OTFPOTD, Midwest travelogue edition
by pdb on Nov 25, 2008 7:48 AM PST
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PrintNo offense to the fine Mr. Corcoran, but Cincinnati is ASS. It's really boring, there's no good food there, and the bars downtown all close at 11PM. WTF? Oh, and that famous "Cincinnati chili" you've heard so much about? ASS. At least the Skyline Chili version. Skyline's a local chain that all my wife's coworkers said she had to try. We did yesterday. It was one step above toxic waste. At one point, my wife looked at me and said "This wouldn't even make good drunk food!" which is the worst indictment I can think of.
Indianapolis proved to be quite cool, however. Didn't spend much time there but I'd love to go back and see it in more depth.
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One of the other terrifying things I saw on the road
was this. I would not so much buy a car from them as run screaming away from them.
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That is fabulous.
Welcome back pal. I assume it was at least good to see the wife for a few days.
Didn’t you go catch an NFL game too?
We were gonna but it didn't work out
The original plan was to go to the game last Sunday, but my wife ended up having to work that day so I flew out this weekend instead. I did, however, go to the Reds Hall Of Fame, which was completely awesome – I thought it was going to be a small thing with some plaques, but it was a three-story museum that covered the entire history of the Reds from inception to today. It was really freakin’ cool. In the section honoring Pete Rose, they had a wall of 4256 baseballs – three stories high. Pretty cool stuff.
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And it's always good to hang out with my wife too
we were both just left wondering why on earth people stay in Cincinnati, or move there in the first place – it’s not even like it was ghetto, or particularly scary/dangerous – it’s just DEAD like a lot of Midwestern cities.
And, as those of you who know me know, I’m not…exactly svelte, but in Cincy I felt like I was anorexic – those people are FAT. I think the entire city’s going to keel over from a heart attack sometime in the next five years.
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They're fat because the food is good
Columbus OH has been ~ the fattest city in the country for years
It’s because if you like being active urban Ohio is roughly the worst place in the country to live
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But the food's not good, it's just plentiful
Granted, I didn’t eat at any swanky restaurants, but the places we did eat we were served mediocre food in portion sizes that would kill normal people – we started splitting entrees because one entree had enough food for three.
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Max and Ermas
Bob Evans
Steak ’n Shake
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These are examples of quantity over quality.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
You can't put a price on avoiding night terrors brought on by evil clowns.
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But it's in Shelbyville
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Which is why I stopped there in the first place
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I had to assume, because why else otherwise?
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
That looks like a fun place to work
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
You think that's bad?
Try dealing with this thing at two-thirds of the shows you play.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
They just put up a mural on the basketball court at the Funhouse.
It is the mst terrifying thing I’ve ever seen. I think if Jeff saw it he would go into shock.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Many of you may have seen this already, but I think it is very LL appropriate.
Subj: investments
If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash.
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
It’s called the 401-Keg
This is pretty much my current investment strategy
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Brilliant
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
This Netflix 360 service is going to be the death of me.
I spent all night watching the History Channel’s “Dogfights.”
I'm not watching that show anymore on the realization that I really hate airplanes
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
I am completely infatuated with this thing
After a bit of gaming late in the evening (played some CoD and finally did well!) I sat and added about 25 more movies to my queue. I am excited to cancel my cable soon. Even my fiancee is impressed with it when I explained it to her
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I hear that Netflix is going to be adding more and more stuff to this service.
I can’t get over how quickly the queue updates on my 360.
It's fun
I didn’t mention it, but after I stopped playing the game I had the netflix up on the xbox, just because it was fun to see things pop up so quickly. And yes, they will continuously expand the service. I hope it will be soon, though I’m sure they’ve already been flooded with emails complaining that there isn’t enough selection, though that would be attached to what I assume is a huge batch of new customers which Netflix can’t be unhappy with
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
I'm one of those new customers.
I didn’t have a Netflix account before the dashboard upgrade, but now I’ll gladly pay nine bucks a month to use this service.
Same here
I miss the super great old plan I was on as a Best Buy Employee, where I got the full service for $6 per month
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
BOTD...
Eggless bacon and cheese omelet (note that it’s woven):
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I want to make a giant one of these and use it as a quilt to keep me warm.
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by pdb on Nov 25, 2008 8:46 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Damn. In looking at that, who in the hell could eat that much bacon?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Raises hand...
Just ask my wife. She used to HATE going to the cafeteria with me in college. I’d load my plate full of bacon and all of the teeny aerobic chicks would look at my plate, look at her, look at me, look back at her and roll their eyes. Or at least that’s what she’d tell me. I was too busy looking at my Plate Full of Pan-Fried PerFection ®™ to notice…
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
How about bacon furntiture, or at least accessories.
Bacon knitting techniques. Afghans, doilies, throws, slip covers. Eat your furniture, have a heart attack.
Haha, nice.
I knew there had to be some punchline; I thought it’d be the bat going back through the head.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
That happens in the game also
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
So did you make this yourself
or did you simply google “Carlos Beltran hit in face”?
Beautiful
Anybody ever see the clip from 2k7 where Richie Sexson runs all over the field trying to score?
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
I did the same when I first saw it
I like when he scores, and then gets up and runs some more
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Need some help from you guys
Mainly watch this – I co-wrote, filmed, and edited this video.
And tell me what you liked and didn’t like. But remember it is symantec and I had limitations
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
Other than the fact you're endorsing a Symantec product, it's great.
Nah seriously, very well done Scruffy. That’s good viral video.
Technically I'm promoting :) Not endorsing
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
Details, details.
Don’t bother me with technicalities.
Meh.
It wasn’t shot on a Red.
;-)
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
How do you know :)
It is compressed :)
It was shot with the Panasonic HVX 200. I did get my hands on a Red though the other day – thing is pretty freaking sweet.
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
I bet!
Looks great, dude. Nice work! I wish I had 1/100th of the video skills you have.
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
meh its just photography with moving pictures.
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Sorta, yeah.
I’ve done video for a long time myself, but not nearly as in-depth. I was actually hired ~10 years ago because I was one of the few people around that actually knew how to put video on the Internet. But just because I knew how to do it doesn’t mean that I was any good at writing/producing video…
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Do you have a Red?
Those are so incredible
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Nope.
I wish. I wouldn’t know what to do with it, though, even if I had one. My production skills are even further behind than my programming skills.
Besides, my 8-year-old Mac G4 tower was barely able to handle the last batch of wedding photos I processed. It couldn’t handle serious video production even if I wanted it to. I need a computer upgrade in the worst way. I’m having a hard time debating if I want to upgrade to a Mac Book Pro or to a Mac Pro tower. Likely the latter, since most of the serious work I do needs as much horsepower as I can get and an awesome calibrated monitor.
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Did you see the new modular DSLR kit they just announced?
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Nice!
I’m still waiting for confirmation of whether or not the medium-format digital Nikon sensor is a reality. I know Leica has just announced their new larger-than-35mm pseudo-MF digital. It’ll be hella expensive, though. I’m sure the modular Red will be even more, though…
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
From what I was reading,
The modular Red is designed to be low cost, relative to other cameras that offer those features (which may not even exist; not my area of expertise). At least, the cost will be considered low given everything that you can do with it
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah!!!
Its now on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMOUi3vTMDo
Go people Go – Need Views
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Can we leave the same level of comments on it that other YouTube videos get?
because I’m looking forward to being able to call somebody an ignorant douchebag and not worry about spelling or anything.
seriously, though, nice job on the video.
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For the time being I'd say yes
I don’t think Symantec has control over the youtube page of it but I’m probably wrong and they’ll disable my comments
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
you ignant dooshbeg
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Don't insult Skyline Chili
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It's industrial sludge.
I was expecting something tasty, and all I got was a plate full of glop with a ball of cheese the size of my head on it.
Steak n Shake, though, that’s some good eatin’.
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At least you enjoyed Steak 'n Shake
I’m honestly not a huge Skyline Chili fan, but I live and die by Steak ’n Shake
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I've been to S&S before and loved it
so any excuse to go back is fine by me.
The only thing to be said about Skyline is that it’s cheap; we had lunch for two and sodas for $9.12. But still. I’m sure there’s better places for Cincinnati chili, but Skyline is what was recommended.
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Oh and YOUTUBE WENT WIDESCREEN!!!!!
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
They alway bloat after a couple of years of being with them.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
no
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 9:06 AM PST up reply actions
It's actually pretty nice, and if you log in and tell it to always play high quality,
You can occasionally come across HD clips. On that note, did you see the Mirror’s Edge PC Trailer? It is using nVidia’s Physx tech, and is AMAZING
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Weren't the physics sick?
Seeing the tarp get shot out by that chopper towards the end, and then kicking the guy through the plastic at the end was insane
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
I watched it like 5 times in a row last night
This game makes me want to upgrade my PC so I can play it like that on my TV
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
I'm already PhysX capable with my setup.
This is further proof that PC gamers are part of the master race.
Do you have the Aegia card, or does your video setup support it because of Nvidia?
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
The 8800 architecture allowed for a complete firmware rewrite.
Set of beta drivers went out a few months ago that upgraded my cards to support PhysX.
Thank you :)
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Good, because buying one of those Physx cards seemed like a waste
But once Nvidia stepped in and scooped them up (good choice, BTW) then it made sense to port it in and get things running on it
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
minus the fact it sucks with their pro apps
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Say goodbye to that organization.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
This was mentioned a few months back
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates hope Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel really do have million-dollar arms.
The two 20-year-old pitchers, neither of whom had picked up a baseball until earlier this year, signed free-agent contracts Monday with the Pirates. They are believed to be the first athletes from India to sign professional baseball contracts outside their country.
Singh and Patel came to the United States six months ago after being the top finishers in an Indian reality TV show called the “Million Dollar Arm” that drew about 30,000 contestants. The show sought to find athletes who could throw strikes at 85 miles per hour or faster.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gufLw_geoRucUnOYAwVuFh59LZeQD94LUCN00
Too bad they didn't sign with Cleveland.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Did you crush it first or snort it whole?
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Snorting it whole does not sound comfortable.
Not that I’m really into snorting anything, but hey.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
You smoke whole tic tacs,
if you want to snort them they have to be crushed.
Man do I love midgets.
That's what I'm assuming
but you never know what kids these days are into.
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You would think there would be a possible "lodging" issue if you snorted them whole.
Man do I love midgets.
Tic Tacs are a gateway drug.
Soon you’ll find yourself rooting for the Mariners and posting in ridiculously hard to load game threads. Whoops! There goes your social life.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Anybody remember that episode of Pete and Pete
Where young Pete gets that marshmallow cereal president lodge in his nose, and has to build up a ton of static electricity to blow it out of his nose? Classic stuff
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Fantastic
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks. Let me know when it's 5:00.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Class is about to end and I'm going to grab something to eat.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Today is going to longest most boring day ever.
I should’ve just taken the week off.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
TEll me about it.
I got in after midnight last night and came to work today expecting to be a) catching up on emails and b) scrambling to cover people while they’re gone. Turns out everybody left last Friday, so I came back to 12 emails and nobody at all around to either support or cover because most of my department and about 75% of our internal customers are off this week. I’m seriously pondering leaving at noon.
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Opposite for me.
Clients always wake up before holidays and flood us with rush work. No complaints though because we have been slow.
I will have to work Friday though which is a bummer. Means I’ll be missing LL football.
same here
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
My clients are not expecting any real work product until after the new year, and I have all done anyway.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I hate you
I have 2 more the of the videos above to finishing writing and film and edit. And then another big project to edit from last October.
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
I would rather be busy.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
there is truth to that
I just get in trouble when I’m not busy
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 25, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
My business is always very busy on the weekend after Thanksgiving
And then the final 2 weeks of the year. I will also be missing the Football game. I thought it was going to be on Thanksgiving, because I could have definitely gone, but Friday just won’t work for me unfortunately
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
See I'm super busy up until election day. then it dies until after new years
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Good to be busy though
I would love to be busy right now, because that would mean I’m making money. As it stands, I’m looking to make minimum wage this month, which is never fun. Good thing the Car biz has trained me to keep a rainy day fund designed to last about 3 months
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Sony says there are no plans for a PS3 price cut.
I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a rough holiday season for them.
I would not worry about Sony too much.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Scuttlebutt says that they mentioned price cuts in a closed door meeting with shareholders a week or so ago
But nothing would happen until March, according to that report
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
For sure
Instead of price dropping this year, they bring out a more expensive (160gb) model, and then bundle it with Uncharted to entice sales. I was at Fry’s last week, and I see a display for the 80gb PS3 for $400, the 160 with Uncharted for $500, and then turn around and see the Arcade 360 for $200, the Premium with 2 popular games bundled in for $300, and the Elite with the same 2 games for $400. Absolutely insane that Sony thinks that this is a good business model. Blu-Ray or not, it is just plain expensive, and this holiday that will be more a factor than ever before
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Sony is making it very hard for me to justify my loyalty.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I'm pissed off that I finally decide to purchase a Sony console
and all it’s just a glorified blu-ray player.
Though it is one of the best Blu-Ray players on the market
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
That's why I haven't bought one
I’m interested in getting to Blu-Ray, but between not having 1080p and not wanting to rebuild my movie library at $25 a pop I just don’t see a need right now. Especially when I can go to Fry’s and buy the HD-DVD player for $40 and buy HD-DVD movies for $12 and under (which I’ve been really considering)
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Netflix Blu Ray FTW!!!!
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
So I'm to set up my plan for next baseball season. Do I order Extra Innings though Comcast or do the MLB TV thing you guys all seem to hate so many problems with MLB TV
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
mlb.tv has all the games
except games you’re blacked out of. (can’t remember where you are since you’re not in Spokane). Extra Innings doesn’t have every game of every team – they don’t have games Wednesdays or Sundays due to ESPN, and they don’t always carry every game for every team. Plus, mlb.tv lets you pick which broadcasters you want to listen to, so you never have to listen to Hawk Harrelson again.
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mlb.tv is also cheaper, portable, and easy to game
Plus the picture quality for EI is beyond terrible.
Furcal
They don't have games in HD on Extra Innings I don't believe
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Speaking of blackouts
is JAP working again yet?
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 25, 2008 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
What is JAP?
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Let's be honest
If I tried to be funny with that it would have been painfully unfunny.
Justice Adjusted Performance
it’s a stat that shows how good Arthur Rhodes actually was.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
That is awesome
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Proxy service
you can thus fool your ISP into thinking you’re not where you are.
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San Fran
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
So you'd be blacked out of Giants and A's games on mlb.tv I think
which could put a pretty big dent in the number of games you watch. Thus, JAP.
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I hate the A's. I only watch them now when they play the Mariners.
I have started to like the Giants, in a weird they suck really bad and I hate the NL kind of way, but it’s fun to go to the games.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Yes. or I would just go to the games I want to see.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Nice. I have a couple of old desk tops to play with.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
ESPN has national exclusives those days
so I don’t believe that Extra Innings can show games on those days. At least that’s how it was a couple years ago when I had it, it may have changed but I don’t think so.
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I think it's only during the ESPN time slot, and there are usually no games on at that hour anyway.
If MLB.tv can show all the games on Sunday, I would imagine EI can, too.
nice. I have couple old desk tops I can have some fun with
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
JI, you seem to be one of the more knowledgeable HDTV people here
I’m thinking about buying a 32" LCD TV. At that size, would I notice a big enough difference between 720p and 1080p to justify the price?
Probably not.
Every report I’ve read is that if the resolution is 13xx by 7xx you shouldn’t even be able to tell the difference.
Furcal
Though if I were getting a TV, I'd start at 37'
because sideways letterboxing on a 32’ set may be a little tiny.
Furcal
I'll keep that in mind.
I’m planning on using this display as both a television set and my primary computer screen.
I wouldn't think so
But the 37" comment is definitely a good way to go.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
A display that big is freakin' huge
Are you planning on using it from across the room?
It would work fine, it just does not seem practical. Plus, all the extra time spent active will shorten the life of your set.
I’m using a 15’’ tv a my monitor, but that’s because my other monitor blew, this isn’t my primary tv, and I got the tv for roughly the same price as I would have a new flatscreen monitor.
Furcal
Well by "primary"
I mean the machine I game on and watch movies on. For general use I’ve got another computer and a 17" monitor.
This is what I do
My main machine is plugged into my 50" DLP with max res of 1280×720. I use wireless Keyboard and Mouse for when I need to access anything on there, and it works perfectly. An LCD around the sizes mentioned above would also work well for that, as long as you aren’t sitting too far from it
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
If you get a 720p tv for use as a computer screen you will be limited to 1368x768.
Most 1080p tvs will have 1470×1024. This is why monitors cost more than comparable TVs.
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What If I did go with MLB TV and I have 46" LCD TV. It would work just fine to plug my laptop into the TV
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I have no idea how watchable the picture would be at 46"
Plus you have to consider that internet streams just don’t have as smooth a picture.
Still, I’d recommend mlbtv assuming you already have a high speed connection. It’s easy to learn how to game the system and watch every single game on the schedule.
Furcal
You have a VGA or DVI plug on your tv?
If so, then plugging it in with that should make it look ok. I used MLBtv on my 50 for a while at the end of the ’07 season and it was pretty solid, all things considered
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I have both on my TV.
I was just looking at Video Cards that handle HD, and I might take an old desk top and turn it into a media server.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
That's what I do with my desktop
Check this out, gives you some ideas on ways to use an old desktop
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Nice. I have a couple of old desk tops to play with.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
What the fuck
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
That was an epic reply fail
I thought I was going crazy there for a minute, after going past two of them and seeing this one. Especially because he made subtle changes to each of them
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
I was weirded out as well!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I only see one. i did have a few problems.
Sorry guys
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Don't be
It was entertaining
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
This is great technology though
I brought this up on the night of the Shuttle Launch, but it’s good to hear that it is now installed and operational. This will make things much better up there for them, and allow longer stays on board.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Totally.
It’s actually a really cool concept, even if it does sound a bit disgusting…
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
What I had read about it before
Makes it sound as though it has no unique taste to it. The astronauts had to bring it home with them and put it in the fridge and get used to drinking it, but said they and their families couldn’t taste a difference
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Oh fuck I just realized I locked my keys in the car
Now I have to find the break in kit in Service…
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I enjoy that you took the time to post
that you locked yourself out of your car. Engage internet problem solving.
I vote the break in kit is your elbow and a window.
As good an idea as this is,
It’s already been handled. I drive a ‘95 Escort, so breaking in isn’t a problem. Took me less than 30 seconds with a bent coat hanger, and that was largely because I couldn’t get it out once I had unlocked the car. I could have probably yelled loudly at the door lock and it would have opened
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
The only time I have ever locked my keys in my car it was a soft top Jeep Wrangler that takes about 20 seconds to break into
not worthy of a posting here so probably Robert
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and that would have been during the L43 days
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I had one week a couple years ago where I locked my keys in the car twice, and it was two different cars.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Shit
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that week pretty much sucked.
Just about as bad as driving to Southcenter only to find out that I forgot my wallet at home.
I’m absentminded sometimes.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
I hate going somewhere and realizing that I've forgotten my wallet
Especially because the trip back home is scary because you don’t have your license
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I've only locked my keys in MY car once.
Though when I was a kid, I locked both the keys and my 1-year-old brother in the car once. That wasn’t fun.
the other angels fan
Scheiße!
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
This is only the second time since I got my permit back in double ought
Piece of cake though
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Oh I get to work tonight.
Although it’s not quite the same.
by Mariner John on Nov 25, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
I'd gladly give up the rest of my day's pay to go home right now
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Mail it to me and then you're free to go
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Today is my 12 hour day at work
I already want to leave, and our semi crazy owner called and said that since we didn’t sell a car yesterday that we’re all on notice. Threatening to fire people over things they have little control over is not a good motivator
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
How many cars are you guys selling per month right now?
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
More than our competition, which is all that should matter
Ownership is unhappy that we are selling less cars than at this time last year. There were 16 million cars sold last year, and analysts are looking at about 10 million this year. So obviously the sales people are not doing their jobs properly, and that’s why we have sold less cars. The way I view it is that if everybody is down, then the one that is down the least is the best.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
So ownership doesn't watch TV, read the newspaper or just generally leave the house ever, then?
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Quite the opposite, which is the strange thing
He’s actually the one that first brought to my attention to the 6 million unit drop issue. He feels that since dealerships are closing all around the country, we should step up our game and overcome diversity. Which is fine and understandable, but he is going about it in a strange way
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I really hope that you're overcoming adversity, not diversity
unless your owner really hates those damn minorities!
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
He probably does, but I blame that slip on this weird ass Macbook Keyboard
I was proof reading before I posted it, and saw “dversity”, and for some reason added the “i” instead of the “a”
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
I think it's funnier when you're overcoming diversity
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Me too, although working at Hyundai doesn't bring us much diversity
Koreans and white people trying to save money make up like 98% of our business here
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'll stop by to take a look when I'm in Seattle
so you’ll have at least one Japanese customer, I guess
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Excellent
We had one like 2 months ago.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, I'm a white guy that was trying to save money.
That and the fact Jeanuts didn’t even want to LOOK at anything else once she drove the Veracruz.
Man do I love midgets.
And again I ask,
Why can’t more people be like that?
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I promise that if I could afford a new car I would almost certainly buy it from you.
As it I’m selling the used one that I love. But in a few years, I’ll be in touch!
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds good
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
After wearing down everybody here
And leaving 3 times to get the price lower. But, we had a new salesperson working with her, so they made the deal just to get her on the board
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Harriet Tubman?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Oprah?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Close, but think of someone with slightly more modest world domination aspirations.
the other angels fan
Rachel Ray?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I got it!
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
so what you're saying is that the decline in the global economy is your fault?
Thanks.
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You just KNEW it was going to be a car salesman.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I'm just surprised it wasn't a Chevy salesman.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
None of them can keep their jobs long enough to cause any problems
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
This is true.
side note: my rental car this weekend was a brand new Impala (150 miles on it), and it was HORRIBLE. It was faux-posh, it had some sort of fake wood paneling everywhere, but more damningly, it had a blind spot the size of a Volkswagen, the front headrests obstructed any attempt to look back before changing lanes, the climate controls were a joke (and the temp was either hot or cold, no in between), and half the dashboard controls were hidden by the spokes of the steering wheel.
I would think building cars like this would be a bad way to avoid going bankrupt.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
And that's why I'm not sympathetic to the Big 3 going broke
Though I understand how important they are to the Economy and will need to stay in business to keep this country afloat, they have operated with zero future planning for the last 20 years, and it is showing
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I'm the same way
I was reasonably sympathetic until I had to spend a weekend in one of Detroit’s finest.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Like I said though,
It’s too bad that the 3 going broke would DESTROY the country. There would be upwards of 2 million jobs directly affected by that, which is absolutely nuts
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
It drives me insane too, because their engineering departments are incredible.
I think they need to be saved, but with serious conditions.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
That's it exactly
They do good things, but don’t do anything with them. Conditional bailout is the only way to go
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
The problem is that when you buy a Toyota or a Hyundai a giant portion of your sales price goes towards the manufacturing of a car
When you buy a GM/Ford/Chrysler about 75% of the vehicles cost gets to go to things like health insurance and pensions.
Blame the labor unions, not the manufacturers. They don’t have the money to do proper R&D
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That is the perfect point to make
Just like in sports, the stronger the union, the weaker the business
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
A good number of Toyota's are now made in the US
They also have to deal with Unions
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
They haven't had to deal with mass amounts of retirements yet because the plants are new
and Toyota’s negotiated contracts are way way less than the ones negotiated with Ford/Chrysler/GM because the UAW realized they were fucking themselves over by demanding too much with Ford/Chrysler/GM
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I shouldn't have brought all this up
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
You just caused me to delete my answer
Because you took the words out of my mouth. Toyota knows how to conduct business, Detroit is still too old fashioned about it
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
What worked in the 1950's doesn't work now
The Big 3 doesn’t exactly have a chance to reverse trends. By the time they realized they needed to change their retirement plans the UAW had become too big and ugly to fight
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Exactly
And this is where my owner’s issues are from. He is training us with methods that worked in the 70’s and 80’s, but just can’t be used today
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
And it's exactly the same problem
In the 50’s and 70’s there wasn’t really any foreign competition. The Big 3 had a firm grip on the automotive industry and as such could afford to take very good care of their workers.
I’m guessing it’s the same with selling cars. If I can’t get a good deal and be treated with respect at my Hyundai dealership there are 30 other dealers selling similar sized and priced cars.
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It should also be pointed out that most Japanese cars made in the US don't even have to deal with labor unions
http://www.uaw.org/uawmade/auto/2008/index.cfm
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I don't think they'd bother coming here if they had to deal with unions the same way the Big 3 has had to
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
No because exactly what happened to the Big 3 would happen to them
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I will admit that UAW had some part in this
but the big three did start making really bad cars.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I can get behind this.
I just have a hard time blaming the unions and letting the executives off the hook.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
My 2000 4Runner has 142,000
and it has never broke down
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
My 2002 Jeep Liberty has 125,000
and it has never broke down
It’s called proper maintenance
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My Mom had a Dodge Dynasty that she maintained perfectly. It died completely at 75k.
I will certainly agree that the Big 3’s quality has improved dramatically, but their products are still boring and unimaginative. Even when they produce an interesting, forward-thinking car, they have no idea how to promote it. They’re totally incompetent.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
I know people who have had good and bad luck with American cars
and I know people who have had good and bad luck with Japanese cars
A common trend is that the ones that have good luck take better care of their cars
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Exactly.
Simple, really
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I take crappy care of my cars.
And I traded my Jeep in after 6 months. It broke down on me a few weeks after I bought it. And then kept breaking down.
The Volvo I took a massive hit on trading the Jeep in for has never broken down (knocks loudly on wood!), and it’s never once been garaged since I’ve owned it. It’s had a few issues, but it’s been far, FAR cheaper to own than any American car I’ve tried owning.
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by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
My dad put 250,000+ on his Toyota pickup.
He put 150,000+ on his Nissan Hardbody and I put another 25k on it. Never any problems. They just work, and they do it efficiently.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
I'm so excited for the Supra to come back
not that I’d ever buy one
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
That's BS.
They do amazing R&D. They just decided to ignore every single global trend in the automotive industry and keep raking in the (doomed to vanish) profits from light trucks and poorly conceived sedans.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
Although trucks just moved back to outselling cars
Funny how much gas can dictate things
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
I don't necessarily have a problem with trucks.
My dad has been a truck guy all of his life. Detroit refused to move their designs forward. That’s my issue.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Same here
And all I was pointing out with my comment was that Trucks are still selling
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Though how about this
Anybody remember when Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep did their $2.99 gas for 3 years promo this past summer? Sucks to be whoever fell for that crap, and gave up their rebates to buy down the price of gas
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone who took that deal should have been forced to wear a t-shirt that said
“I have no idea how the commodities market functions.”
Although I bought heating oil when oil was still $100 a barrel so I can’t really talk. But it was cold.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
but you didn't buy three years' worth just to lock in a price, right?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
To be fair, this promotion isn't the same as buying
3 years’ worth. It’s really only a hedge option at $2.99.
Still, it’s a worthless option at this point in time.
the other angels fan
No, but I'm still annoyed at myself.
Had I know there were still 80 gallons in the tank I would have made a different decision.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
But just remember that it will go back up.
And then you may be ok. Just like gas will go back to more than $3 before too long. In the long run, it works out for you regardless of what method is chosen
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
screw that, hoard heating oil and move to the bunker
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I knew oil was going to take a tumble.
I just thought we couldn’t use the heat because the oil company told us we should be out and wouldn’t bring a measuring stick until they delivered oil because “there’s no way you still have enough oil to measure.” Except we used 70 gallons last winter so yeah.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
That was a stupid deal
even IF gas stayed at $4. Assuming a tank a week (that’s a lot of driving), people would be getting $15 a week in savings, which comes out to $2340, which is a lot less than most rebates/specials that are run.
Any sort of sale/promotion having to do with gas is a gimmick/trap. Gas prices get talked up so much in the media echo chamber that the power the prices have over people becomes a little ridiculous. People no longer act rationally. A dollar for gas should equal a dollar elsewhere, but people just kind of blank out and think “FREE/CHEAP GAS!”
the other angels fan
What it comes down to for most people
is not the mathematical savings, but the “I’m at the gas pump and I don’t have to get out my debit card and spend $40/50/whatever on gas when I could spend that money on food today” thing. The annual dollar savings aren’t really the issue – most people will see it as $40/50/whatever saved, because that’s money they don’t have to spend right now.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Exactly
It’s the same argument I have when somebody complains about a car requiring premium gas. It’s an extra 20 cents per gallon, folks. At 15 gallons, that’s an extra $3 per tank. Assuming 6 tanks per month, that’s $18 per month more. Completely negligible difference
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
That's only 27000 miles/yr! at 25 MPG
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I guess it's all relative.
I’m happy that I’m taking 99/509 to work now, rather than the 5. It’s a straighter shot, and the slightly lower speeds are more fuel efficient. I’m getting close to 2 tanks a month.
the other angels fan
27000 miles/yr is a ton
I consider myself to drive way more than I need to and I put about 18000/yr on
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That's kinda the point I was making
It takes a lot to make any kind of appreciable difference. And I was figuring an average of 18 miles per gallon to keep things reasonable, since many premium-only cars get in this range
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
That's true, especially a car with 15 gallon tank
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you're riled up today
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
And yes, I do drive a lot
And I only have an 11 gallon tank, with a max range of about 275 miles in the traffic I put up with. I drive 60 miles per day, round trip, so the miles add up
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
My car has that annoying habit of getting 32 MPG on the freeway and 18 in the city.
I drive on the freeway once a week. It’s such a tease.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
That's me.
I drove to visit my fiancee in Independence, Oregon last month and only used 3/4ths of a tank to get there, but I had my cruise pegged at 65 all the way there (left Renton at 10:30pm). Driving in traffic to and from work kills my mileage, but that’s to be expected. This is why I like my cheap old car
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
On my trip to Montana this summer, I got 34 for the whole trip.
I was going ~85 most of the way. The next week, driving just in the city, I got 16. Quite annoying.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Going to Eastern WA and back we get
about 23 in the Hyundai, but it’s mostly open range. When Jeanuts drives in 405 traffic, it drops dramatically.
Man do I love midgets.
perception trumps reality, though
if I have $50 to spend for the week until payday, and my gas costs $40 and my food costs $40, I’m not sure I’d care that on an annual basis I’m saving a small amount or not. I’d care that I can get both food AND gas this week.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
It really does
I was still having customers coming in and mentioning that they like how fuel efficient my cars were because they were tired of paying $4 a gallon on their inefficient vehicle. This was at the end of October, when it was less than $3 per gallon
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
The fact that perception trumps reality is all too apparent these days.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
In my line of work perception is reality
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
political consulting
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
That's it, in a nutshell
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
I'm honored
In the last 4 days I have received my first tag and my first photoshop inclusion. Nicely done
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
No there's a generator
I cannot do that in photoshop.
by Mariner John on Nov 25, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Just take the credit
I would have never known
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I fear I would be found out.
My internet credibility would be tarnished.
by Mariner John on Nov 25, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I'd take the fall for you
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think I've ever been mentioned in a tag,
but I’m kind of scared of what it would say anyway.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Your tag for me was good, so that's the important thing
If I’m ever up early enough to make an OT, you’ll get a tag.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I believe the OT regular writers may require you to write one one of these days
like one of those days where we all refuse to post it until you do it
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I will hold out until I get a better contract
Or I will be forced to do one, in which case it will go up at like 2 am when I am heading off to bed
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
That's an unfortunate condition, maybe lay off the booze for awhile?
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Can anyone identify the brand of television that in the "sneak peek" section of this ad?
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/genericContent.do?oid=231834&key=1022243
I want my new TV, and I’d like to avoid the Black Friday madness part if at all possible. I just want to use my Black Friday to go hang around at 3 AM at a Staples and then go shopping at the mall all day
I'm not too sure what it is, but they've got a nice Samsung 40" for $800 through T-Day
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah... they have a 50" Panasonic for $1k too, which is the one that I'm really considering right now.
And before anyone mentions the $800 50" Samsung at Best Buy, I get 7% at CC and I have my old TV under extended warranty there
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Check this out though,
Circuit City’s Black Friday deals on Gizmodo
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, CC sucks pretty hardcore this year
but we’ve known that was going to happen for a while =(.
Looks like Walmart and Staples are the places to be this year. I’m planning on hitting Staples for a 1TB external (I like convenience), a new desk chair (they have a leather managers chair for $100 off), and maybe a Bluetooth headset
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
I'm planning on not buying anything or going anywhere on Friday
there’s not a deal on the planet that would get me to go to a store on the day after Thanksgiving.
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My friends and I have made a tradition of hanging around and shopping and having an annual get together for no reason on that Friday
since it’s basically the only day of the entire calendar year in which we’re all off and in Southern California
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
After working retail on Black Friday
I never ever want to put myself through that
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
We're closed or I'd work it as well.
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Bluetooth has gotten so inexpensive anymore,
I really can’t see a deal worth waiting until Black Friday for. I splurged on one of those Jawbone ones, and it is amazing. I could carry a conversation in a wind tunnel if I felt like it. Hooray for Military Tech
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Yes... hooray for military tech =/
it’s a decent Motorola headset for ten bucks, so I figured I might as well pick one up while I’m at Staples. I definitely wouldn’t go out of my way to get it
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I guess for 10 bucks there's no reason not to
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
If you're looking for a great, cheap HDTV, I'd advise you to hit up Best Buy right now.
46" Sharp Aquos LCD (1080p) – $900
50" Samsung Plasma (720p) – $800
32" Samsung LCD (720p) – $600
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
PS
That Aquos deal is INCREDIBLE…I’ll have more links/great deals in a second.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
One more option
42" Samsung Plasma - $700
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
=(
I wish I could buy my TV at Best Buy right now, but I’m kind of locked into CC, very, very unfortunately
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/11/25/670182/otfpotd-midwest-travelogue#10265258
Though if they refuse to honor my warranty, that Sharp is looking like a winner. I just wish I had 7% off at BB like I do at CC.
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Reward Zone gives you 5% back
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I already had a 40" Samsung that I got last year.
I moved that to the bedroom when I bought the Aquos.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Unfortunately, I don't have enough money to keep two TVs,
so if CC won’t honor my warranty I’d probably buy the Sharp and just sell my Vizio on CL, hoping for $450 since it’s in great shape and I have an extended warranty on it
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
And Circuit City will price match, if you'd rather do that
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
One other:
If you’re cool with an off-brand TV, 42" LCD (720p) – $600
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
I'm totally OK with an off-brand TV
but that Sharp sounds absolutely fucking fantastic; you don’t get $1400 TVs for $900 every day
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, it's incredible.
The Samsung I have right now, I bought last Labor Day weekend for $865 (with a $50 gift card). At the time, it was listed at $1600. I felt pretty damn good.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Yes it is
Hell of a set
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Talk with C.C.
See if they’ll honor the warranty on your old TV and simultaneously match the price on the Aquos. Pay the difference? Would this work?
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Wrong person, but yes I think it might work
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Wrong person indeed. My bad.
As someone who’s had the Aquos for all of 40 hours, now, I can tell you, it’s incredible.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 25, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
I have never felt so defeated in my life than I just was while TV shopping
I was ready to buy that Sharp and there’s none left in Southern California, as far as I can tell.
by seattlebruin on Nov 25, 2008 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
Oh shit that sucks
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently Jerry Yang thinks punctuation sucks.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I meant capitalization.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Well played!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I smell a new meme to be played with
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Crap. I still don't know what happened. I truly only have one on my screen
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Refresh the page.
You replied to like three different posts with variations of that.
the other angels fan
I still only see one
At any rate it is still a good meme, just wish I was not part of it.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
It was funny.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
And in reply to completely different posts
And none of them warranted a response anything close to what you did. It was funny, really
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Why yes, these pants ARE made of bacon.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
...Wow. That's intense.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
So I would be remiss not to mention
that a certain LLers rock combo is playing the Entertainment Show (stand-up, sketch comedy, animation and live music) at the Sunset Tavern this fine evening. $6 at 9:00 if anyone is interested.
Where is the Sunset Tavern?
Probably too far away for me, plus too late on a work night, but still…
Man do I love midgets.
You misspelled "condo".
Probably a bit too far south for me on a work night. I wish more stuff happened up north.
Man do I love midgets.
There's a defunct dance club across the street from the Greenwood Market.
If I had the money I would soundproof the holy fuck out of it (next to a bunch of new condos) and turn it into North Seattle’s only viable venue.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
That would be awesome.
It’s a decent location, too, with parking and everything.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
They'd still complain every time the door opened, or anyone stepped outside.
Man do I love midgets.
Probably true.
It’s a moot point, though, since I have zero money.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Airlock style soundproof doors
Jeff's guide to not looking stupid:
+/- is an absolutely terrible stat, so don't use it, and don't give up on young players before they turn 24.
54!
Just look for the popped collars and follow the scent of Axe
and then, when they all head towards King’s Hardware, go down to the Sunset and catch the show.
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I fucking hate that place so much.
If it was on the Hill it would be fine, but it doesn’t fit on Ballard Ave at all.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Kings?
It’s been so long since I’ve been to Ballard. I think the last time I was there I went to the firehouse in about 1996.
Man do I love midgets.
Ah, the Firehouse.
Giving Pat Travers a place to play throughout the 90’s.
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I may have seen him for all I know.
I went there to see an aquaintance of mine’s band. Wouldn’t even really call hima friend, just a guy I knew from another bar.
Man do I love midgets.
It seems like every time I went to the Firehouse in the mid-90's
they were giving away free tickets to see Pat Travers. I never took them up on it.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I think the only reason I went to see this guy play was because he gave me free tickets.
But his name was “Wolf” (seriously).
Man do I love midgets.
It was okay.
My biggest memory of it was really that I had many, many beers.
Man do I love midgets.
It should just go away, really
but it does serve as a douchebag magnet so that normal people can enjoy themselves without fear of douchebag interference.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I find it to be less of a douchebag magnet and more of a hipster magnet.
And by hipster I don’t mean Ballard hipster types. People like that don’t really bother me all that much, but I don’t like Ballard’s character being changed so drastically.
As far as douchebag magnets I find the Balmar and the Matador to be far worse.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I heard the Matador is getting sued
by Pesos for design and menu infringement.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
It's funny, some good friends of mine moved to Cincinnati a year ago.
They were newlyweds, they were both trapped at jobs they hated (the on I currently have, FWIW) and had family there. She likes it pretty well. Him, not so much.
I'm not an expert having only been there once
but it seems that Cincinnati would be good for about three months, until the novelty wore off, then it would just be unbelievably dull.
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Their reasons for moving were sound.
He was incredibly depressed here, they both hated their jobs but couldn’t bring themselves to cut ties (a feeling with which I am all too familiar) and they wanted to go somewhere where he could concentrate on his artwork. I think they (or at least he) are beginning to think they could have made a better choice in terms of cities to move too.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I don't blame them
on the surface, it looks pretty cool, and like there’s a fair amount going on – two major colleges, a fairly young population, etc – but it just seems like there’s not much, especially in terms of an art/music scene. We did find a good record store, and it was quite good indeed (HUGE vinyl selection, great used selection), but were also led to believe the neighborhood surrounding that store was “really cool” – and it was, I suppose, but it was only about three blocks of cool surrounded by several dozen blocks of run-down houses and boarded-up buildings. The rest of the areas we saw were pretty similar.
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She wanted to move to Chicago.
I don’t see how there was even a question.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
wow, yeah, that's some bad decision-making there
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I can see that I guess.
don’t agree with it, but I can see it.
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I'm a big fan of density and urbanness so it's not a choice I would make
but I have a lot of friends who think Portland is a “big city” and wouldn’t ever consider moving somewhere that’s any bigger.
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Different strokes I guess.
As long as people are living in urban areas, I can’t complain.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I am a person who is terrified at the thought of living in an aptmt/condo
so I understand this. PDX, Seattle (to some degree), a few other cities…. there really aren’t that many actual cities (not metro areas) where having a detached single family house is an option.
God, the thought of people living their sordid lives and making their human noises RIGHT on the other side of THAT WALL RIGHT THERE freaks me out. Seriously. Gah. I need a moment.
All things being equal I agree
but the tremendous benefits of dense urban areas outweigh the advantages of single family living as far as I am concerned.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, many people are happy with this trade-off
many times, I wish I could be. I’m not under any illusions here; the problem is with me and my almost pathological need to be physically separated from other people by a modest expanse of grass and/or shrubbery. It’s totally illogical, and yet I seriously think I would die if I had to live in an apartment for any length of time. Even if that apartment was in the same building as the best bar and live music venue in the world.
I can see that.
And single family homes can still promote density. It’s the suburbs that bother me.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
I love my SF home.
It would be very hard to go back to apartments or a condo.
Man do I love midgets.
I wouldn't have a problem living in the city if they took better care of their green spaces.
Having a messed up park, tagged, burned, filled with hobo’s, broken glass? I’m in the suburbs and half the parks are still messed up around here. So I build my kids the same exact toys in my backyard.
It’s either that or drive them someplace.
If urban areas would stop using suburban design techniques
the parks would be in better shape.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
If parents would stop letting their kids wander around at all hours.
Or let kids grow up thinking it’s ok to demolish everything, the parks would be in better shape.
I’m not sure what a suburban park design entails. What is that? I’ve never particularly thought it out past slides, stuff to climb on, swings, etc. Baseball/soccer fields for the older kids, etc.
Amen to that.
Kids these days…..
Man do I love midgets.
Not park design, property design.
Traditional urban design limits setbacks, has any off-street parking behind the street and has entrances that face the street directly. Suburban housing design tries to put as much space between the property and the outside world as possible.
That’s one thing in sparsely populated areas that don’t attract outsiders, but in an urban environment it’s asking for it. The more eyes on the street (even if it’s simply perception) the less attractive it is for criminal elements. It’s why crime is so high in Belltown at night; no one lives there, and most of the people that do are totally sequestered from what’s happening outside their buildings. Compare it to the older residential areas of, say, Queen Anne. Where would you rather be after dark?
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Suburban houses are big garages with a small front door attached
Urban, older houses have on-street parking and the entire house is house, not car storage.
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Or the garage is off-street, round the back.
Which is fine as well. The key thing is that the front of the house reflects the fact that people live there, not cars.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
that's the way our house is
our garage is off the alley behind our house, and that’s the way I wants it. If I wanted to live in a garage I’d have bought a double-wide Public Storage unit.
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Alleyways are severely underappreciated.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
The only thing wrong with my alley
is that it’s full of really big potholes. But otherwise I’m a big fan.
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Yup.
It definitely keeps people out, and it completely frees the alley from any sort of traffic, which rules.
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Mine is a standard rambler.
The garage faces the front, as does the living area. I wouldn’t mind the garage being out back though, if I had the right type of lot.
Man do I love midgets.
I should point out
that I’m not passing judgment. People have to have a place to live, and because of the way developers have built for the past 70 years, their options are generally limited, especially when you consider the premium that’s placed upon older, traditionally designed homes.
A lot of planners are starting to recognize the advantages of traditional urban design, and some new development reflects that. It just annoys me that it took them this long.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
But I don't like the idea of people walking by three feet from my front door.
Man do I love midgets.
A corner of the foundation for this is zoning.
I have huge problems with zoning, lack of it and stupidity involved.
Light commercial zoning, setback rules, a lot of these issues boil me.
I have both, what is that?
(Note: garage is full of everything except vehicles)
Man do I love midgets.
Ok, this explanation of the differences of styles I understand.
That there is considered a difference for planning in these era’s of building, I did not know. I was expecting some ultra-modern conceptual shit, probably designed by Norwegians, with a title that contained the use of umlauts in at least three words.
My biggest things?
1) Parking. I like to have people over, and I hate to make them fight for a parking space. I need my big driveway and parking strip.
2) Neighbors. They’re loud enough at times in a SF home, but when you actually share a wall, every little thing is noticable. I keep some odd hours sometimes, and I like the freedom of my yard as a “buffer zone”.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm just not a fan of the whole urban design in it's current inception, period.
Holy crap I just typed out a 3 inch column that was square in the middle of politics. See you guys later.
One (okay, me) would argue that there's not really anything "urban" about it.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
I don't either.
It should all look the apartments in “Singles”. Of course that would require people to be friends, or at least be social.
Man do I love midgets.
"Singles", I love those apartments.
And FWIW, remember he (Scott what’s his name) was working for a group designing and promoting a mass transit system, that failed to pass?
19th & E Thomas, if you want to see it in person
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Yep.
No way in hell I’m giving up my 1/3 acre lot, even if it means I have to use a non-riding-lawnmower to mow it.
I love me some elbow room. Heck, our SIDEyard is as big as a lot of people’s backyards…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
In terms of outdoor activities
You’re a lot closer to being out of the city in Cincinnati- you’re pretty close to white water rafting in W. Va, you’re right at the base of Appalachia, so lots of hiking/camping/etc nearby
Otherwise I’d say Chicago might be better
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They're not really outdoorsy types.
I think it was a compromise between metropolis and farm in Indiana.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Hey everybody, the Chinese Car Manufacturer "Brilliance"
Will have a heavy presence at the NAIAS (Detroit Auto Show) this year. Hopefully that means that they’ll begin to sell these in the U.S.
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That sucks for a new car,
but I bet it’s better than the 68 VW I had, or the 74 Chrysler.
Man do I love midgets.
I like the side impact
You know, the one where the dummy’s head snaps in half when it hits his shoulder?
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
HAHAHAHA SUCK IT
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
If I cared about the Cardinals I'd share your pain
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Aahahahahaha!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Nothing wrong with that if you don't overpay for him.
Man do I love midgets.
Good lord, he's like a human ass-penny.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if that is similar
to a stink nickel?
AKA Thingray's Fiancee (not a Midget)
Barely safe for work BTW.
Watch the volume. Not like a stink nickle though.
Man do I love midgets.
It's not all that dangerous.
Just the title says “ASS PENNIES”, and the dialouge isn’t something I’d play loudly in the office.
Man do I love midgets.
Looks like you're going to need to take solace in JAP.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Ryan Franklin and Joel Piniero single handily cost them the playoff last year.
I can take anything.
Furcal
by JI on Nov 25, 2008 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
I hear Boone and Olerud are looking for work as well...
Man do I love midgets.
Good god, driving to Puyallup and back from Vancouver in one day sucks ASS.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 25, 2008 3:55 PM PST reply actions
I-5 sucks ass in general.
Man do I love midgets.
The stretch between Olympia and Chehalis is the worst stretch of road I have ever driven on.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Because it's boring as hell?
Man do I love midgets.
If that's not his reason then it should be
God it’s miserable. I hate driving down to see my fiancee, but I can’t afford the extra time to make the trip scenic
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
"can't afford the extra time to make the trip scenic" would render this suggestion useless
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
The train trip is fairly quick.
At least it was a few years back when Jeanuts took it to join me in Vancouver.
Man do I love midgets.
It's quick if there's no delays, yeah
but Amtrak is not a mode of transportation you want to be using if time is at all an issue on your trip.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
This wouldn't be an issue if we had a high speed rail network between Vancouver and San Diego >:(
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
If southern Oregon would get off its ass and develop a center spoke city
the Vancouver-San Diego corridor would officially be a Megalopolis and there would be a much stronger case for regional planning.
Fucking Oregon.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure how this works.
But Grants Pass is never turning into New York.
Man do I love midgets.
200k+ in one urban area would do it.
The NYC/Boston/Philly chunk of the eastern seaboard is a megalopolis, and they pretty much have to work together on planning and infrastructure issues to some extent. That’s what leads to the kind of collaboration necessary to get things like interstate high speed light rail lines.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure I understand.
Just to much empty space between Salem and the next large urban area?
We’re talking about a much larger distance that the NYC – Philly corridor.
Man do I love midgets.
Right, it actually IS a megalopolis
NYC/Boston/Phila contain tens of millions of people, and the north Boston suburbs are still within 300 miles of Philly in the south.
I’m not getting why a Tacoma-sized burg around Medford would change anything. The distances here are completely on a different scale.
By about 10 seconds was all.
You stated it much better than I did anyway.
Man do I love midgets.
Contiguous urban area.
Yes, the distances are different, but if there was another center-spoke city that supported it’s own suburbs and exurbs, there would have to be more regional collaboration.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
But the distances are so much greater,
you’d have to have thousands of miles of urban sprawl.
Man do I love midgets.
This is like high speed rail from NY to Atlanta (at least).
Man do I love midgets.
It's a scale thing, though;
it’s not that the area has to be heavily populated continuously. We’re never going to see that on the West Coast (well, not anytime soon) because of the way it developed. So does Washington However, California has heavily integrated regional planning. If there was another center spoke urban core in Oregon, they’d do it too. Vancouver pretty much invented the whole concept.
So, if you have four integrated regional plans going on at once, there’s a good chance they’re going to overlap at some point, which leads to further collaboration, and, eventually trains.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
And I should point out
that yes, there are tremendous leaps of faith involved here. My larger point is that this sort of rail network, no matter how much sense it makes, will never happen without a tremendous amount of collaboration between regional agencies, which is unlikely to ever happen without another mid sized city in Southern Oregon.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Again though, why is So. Oregon important?
We currently have major urban areas within 300 miles – Vanc. to the north, PDX to the south. They can’t develop regional planning that leads to high speed transit between them. People want to make sure their tax dollars are spent locally, or at least they’d prefer that.
Why on earth would the existence of a Medford-on-Steroids change this fundamental fact? Collaborating to meld existing, on-the-ground regional networks might be made easier if there was a network every 3-500 miles or so, but it seems….fanciful to assume that a few more cities would suddenly spur the West Coast into action.
I the economics are there to run a high speed line
from San Diego to Canada’s Vancouver. Even if Southern Oregon is laking in population.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Not quite sure what you meant there
“IF the economics…” or “I. Postulate the first: The economics are there…”
I am a complete failure
“I bet the economic are there”
and I have a coupe of desk tops
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
A coupe of desktops?
Is this a sports coupe, or merely a two door econobox?
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I don't think it would be sudden.
I predict that it Sound Transit evercompletes a link system between Seattle and Tacoma, a Tacoma to Portland line won’t be too far behind. Seattle-Everett makes it easier to get to Vancouver. California just approved a massive light rail package that should link California around the same time the network from Seattle-Portland would theoretically be completed. So, if all of California is integrated, and all of California is integrated, a metropolitan area between the Bay Area and Portland would make the West Coast system significantly more viable. If the entire US West Coast is linked, and it works (and it would) a connection to Vancouver would make too much sense.
Really, I’ve just verbalized my ideas really poorly. But the fundamental idea is, I think, a sound and reasonable one. I’m just not holding my breath that it ever happens. And frankly, if it involves Medford becoming more important, I’m not sure I want it to. That is a terrible, terrible place.
I will admit, though, that perhaps I’m underestimating the importance of Fresno…
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
"o, if all of California is integrated, and all of California is integrated,"
Replace one of those Californias with “the Northwest”
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
I don't really want to be connected to those damn Californians
I have no reason to ever step foot in that state unless I drive every mile of state highway in the country in which case I guess I’d have to
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That would be wonderful
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Generally, yes
But I could ride in to Salem, and the trip would only be an extra hour or so. It’s either that, or driving out to the coast from Olympia and then cutting back in towards Independence once I reach Oregon
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
I can spare an hour or two if it means not having to drive
But most of the time when I’m heading to see her it is because I haven’t seen her for a month or two, and I only have 2 days off from work
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
That's gotta be tough.
How much longer are you stuck with that arrangement?
Man do I love midgets.
It sucks. A bunch
This is her last year. She has to do an internship in Spring, and there is a small chance that the internship could be up here. Then, it’s off to work for her, wherever that ends up being. Unfortunately (because I am firmly rooted up here) both the internship and work may be down in the Portland or Salem areas, which means I’ll need to move. We’ll see though
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
Wow.
That’s a very difficult arrangement. You guys must have one hell of a good relationship.
Man do I love midgets.
It's pretty solid, yes
Probably helps though that even if she were at school locally, or if I lived down there with her we would not see each other much more than we currently are, so not much different there. She’s a hell of a lady, though, and I respect that finishing her degree is so important to her that she’d put herself through this to complete it
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
The road is just atrociously bad.
The ruts look like they were made by tanks and if it’s raining the traction is nonexistent.
Also, yes, it’s boring as hell.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
The flooding from a while back certainly didn't help the road conditions down there
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
That's true.
It was severely screwed when I was down there last summer for family reunion.
Man do I love midgets.
My girl was prepping to come up from school, since the term was over
Finished her last test, and then they closed that stretch of I-5 due to the flooding the night before she was planning to leave. I had to make her a map to come home by going over to the coast, and then up and back over. Only thing was the coastal highway was absolutely trashed, and the trip ended up taking 9 hours for her.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Moving north to south was almost impossible right then.
You can still see the damage from that on I-5 and on the coast as well.
Man do I love midgets.
Total mess
She hates driving anyway, and gets terrible road rage (very cute, BTW) so this just about killed her. Idiots turning around all over the place, people stopped and taking pictures, and slow speeds everywhere.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
What I don't understand
is that there’s a big stretch of I-5, either just north or just south of Longview (can’t remember exactly) that has been repaved – but only the middle lane, for some reason. I don’t get that at all.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I had the Cobra Fang
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
As did I
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
Oh shizz, my life is over.
They have 4 seasons of Dragnet on Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 25, 2008 4:06 PM PST reply actions
Excellent.
I’m never going to turn my Xbox off anymore, I suspect. I was adding to my queue a little while ago and noticed that the babysitter was watching movies with my son. It’s so cool
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
I hate how TBS calls House of Payne "Cable's #1 sitcom of all time".
This is the show that has a 1.1 on IMDB. How can they even compare it to Seinfeld?
Seinfeld wasn't on cable, and they're talking ratings?
Also, IMDB ratings are absurd. House of Payne is terrible, but you should never put stock into those things.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 25, 2008 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
Though I'm sure the show isn't that great
But the #1 remark would be about viewership ratings, not critical ratings
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
Seinfeld was not on cable
It’s in syndication on cable, but didn’t start on cable
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
I want a pretzel :(
But, in better news, YAY I’m off work
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
Someone has a high opinion of herself.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Sure, sure.
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This is why.
Who am I supposed to know who I’m making fun of?
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But if I make fun of you now, which one am I actually making fun of?
The one that reads it first?
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God damn it the bathroom effect found its way onto the internets
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by Corco on Nov 25, 2008 9:43 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This is an awesome comment.
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Two girls sharing Maverick???
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
According to involved parties, you could have had some of these at bowling.
Instead:
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/11/21/667021/off-topic-11-21-08-travel#10186527
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Knowing RC, there will be more pretzels at future gatherings.
I think she is compelled to by some otherworldly force.
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I was very worried about today's episode of House based on last week's preview.
I must say that I was pleasantly surprised. It was a very enjoyable episode.
I thought it was a pile of shit
Could someone explain to me why House isn’t going to jail for a very long time, or why 13 didn’t kill him herself? I have a bad feeling this show is going to go Family Guy.
Furcal
ZOMG NO SPOILERS
but my thoughts exactly
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I really don't expect this show to be grounded in reality.
My bar is set very low.
I wish I could rant about how painfully stupid this ep was
except that I can’t do it without giving the whole story away.
Furcal
I just think that could have been potentially a shark jumper
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No, last season was fine, maybe not their strongest, but it ended strong and was solid overall.
It jumped the shark when it started to suck ,and not the once in a while “this episode never really came together” kind of suck. The kind of suck where, you wonder to yourself what show am I watching?
Furcal
An Irishman, a Mexican, and a Frenchman walk into a bar
The bartender says, “What is this, some kind of joke?”
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
How many skate punks does it take to change a light bulb?
Three. One to screw it in, the second to videotape it, and the third to say “DUDE, THAT WAS SICK!”
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 25, 2008 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
Where do bees stop to go to the bathroom?
The BP station
(my son told me this. not sure where he got it)
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
What kind of bees are daddies not afraid of?
Boo-bees.
Silas has a rad dad.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
My kid tells that one,
But it is where do bees get their milk. I like your son’s version better
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
How many existencialists doesit take to screw in a lightbulb?
Fish.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
How many rudeboys does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Two. One to drop it and one to say pickituppickituppickitup!
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 26, 2008 1:05 AM PST up reply actions
How many goths dos it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Fuck you, just leave me alone in the dark.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 26, 2008 1:05 AM PST up reply actions
How many rats does it take to screw in a lightbul?
Two, but the real question is how the fuck did they get in there?
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 26, 2008 1:06 AM PST up reply actions
No, silly...
Existentialists would never use a word as simple as “fish.” More like:
Masticate.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 26, 2008 7:35 AM PST up reply actions
Did you hear the one about the guy who walked ito the bar?
It hurt.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I was reading this thread from the bottom up
and in all fairness I stopped at the D&D joke.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
you can't see it but I'm juggling kittens right now
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I read this as jiggling kittens, and wondered how that was entertaining besides the weirdness factor.
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Hey, that's what I'm doing!
Not that anyone is surprised…
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
All the cool kids are jiggling kittens
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
I may need to work this comment into the lyrics of a song.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
All the cool kids do that, too
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
Gold's sitting in a bar.
Copper walks in, and has a beef with gold, so he walks over to gold, and yells, “AU, get out of here!”
…
This one works better verbally.
Jeff's guide to not looking stupid:
+/- is an absolutely terrible stat, so don't use it, and don't give up on young players before they turn 24.
54!
I would if I didn't already know it.
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You also wory far too much about install cds.
Slipstreaming into images is much easier.
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Acronis RestoreAnywhere (or whatever it's called)
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pdb-style Disclaimer:
I’ve never tried it. But according to the person I got the Acronis idea from, it works well for his desktops at least.
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In other words, get a trial and test it with your laptops before you get it.
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I'll definitely investigate it.
Provided I can get back to work sometime in the next month, I’ll be in the middle of a project to restore just about every non-IT desktop computer in the company to their original roll-out state.
YES
My professor just sent me an email saying I need to come to class more and if I miss another class he’s dropping me from the course.
My response “I take it I’m not getting an A for class participation then”
His response “no”
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I had a history prof knock on my dorm room door once asking why I didn't come to his class more
that was fun.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I was completely caught off guard by it and had no real response
which I think was why he did it.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
There's no point in having a real response
If he’s pissed at you for showing up giving some crazed song and dance grovel routine isn’t going to fix the problem so why bother- that’s why my entire response was "I take it I’m not getting an A for class participation then."
I could have said “Yeah, I was feeling sick/whatever and for some reason didn’t email you to tell you I’d be missing class like I’m supposed to” but that’s not going to fix the problem, I have no actual evidence after the fact
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I don't understand why class attendance is so important
I’m paying for tuition, what does he care if I don’t show up? At 8:30 AM I have better things to do than attend his pointless class and as long as I do all the work and do a good job on it, why does he even care?
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I mean if the only point of going to class
is so we’ll have meat for the papers (which it seems to be), and I’m getting B’s on the papers, and I’m happy with a B, what the hell is the point?
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Because he's a teacher, not a paper grader.
by Graham MacAree on Nov 25, 2008 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
You mean teachers exist for more than rote information distribution?
Blasphemous!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Papers= demonstration of knowledge of material
demonstration of knowledge of material=i learned the material
teacher teaching effectively=i learned the material
Same conclusion
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I'm about 100% sure this is exactly the case
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Paper writing is the only used method of evaluation when assigning grades
for better or worse quality of grade is assumed to equal knowledge of material. I’d argue that this isn’t the case, but society as a whole disagrees with me
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Papers can be faked
I’ve gotten A’s on papers where I barely learned anything about the subject in question. Interacting and discussing is a great way to learn assuming your teacher and classmates aren’t retarded.
Furcal
I totally agree
I just got a 94 on a paper that I couldn’t even tell you one thing about what it said now
But I go to school, especially a required class like this one, for that magical letter that will yield my a nice rectangular piece of paper.
If the class is relevant, sure, but I’m pretty sure I can fake my way through British Influences on Indian Culture during the Imperial Time Frame in the real world
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If I'm ever doomed to teaching something so long-run pointless in the real world at 8:30 in the morning but required to take
and my student says “Hey, let me just write my papers, ‘learn the material,’ and not bother with coming to class”
I will say “Sure, you won’t get the 20% participation part of the class grade, but I’m not going to harass you about it”
Maybe this is why I need to take a year off
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If I wanted people to come to class I would require them too.
If he wants you there he should make you show up. I hear you, but as someone who studied briefly to become a teacher, I understand why he’d want you in class.
Furcal
Except maybe things you think are pointless right now aren't really all that pointless.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 26, 2008 1:10 AM PST up reply actions
The lesson Corcoran is failing to grasp here is as follows:
Don’t piss off the people who are grading you.
by Graham MacAree on Nov 26, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
How does this mesh with your second comment?
I just got a 94 on a paper that I couldn’t even tell you one thing about what it said now
demonstration of knowledge of material=i learned the material
teacher teaching effectively=i learned the material
Those papers must show how much you know rather well.
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apply it to another comment too and it makes sense
for better or worse quality of grade is assumed to equal knowledge of material. I’d argue that this isn’t the case, but society as a whole disagrees with me
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The sky is blue on a clear day
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Costco gas is also cheap.
My receipt says I paid $1.89 per gallon. I’m going to scan it and show it to my children one day.
One of these days there will be a horribly boring thread.
Every body should be required to make pointless comments for at least 20 minutes. Maybe an hour.
I was equating his correctness with another fact
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Somebody linked a random comment thing on reddit earlier.
Kind of made me laugh, your comment just reminded me of it.
Also, I realized this morning I have stockpiled enough valium and hydrocodone from various injuries that I can ride this cold out in a relative coma! So everything is sort of funny right now.
I've never had it...
I heard from some of my other friends that it’s actually quite terrible. I’ve been a bit afraid to try it.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 25, 2008 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Very wrong
It’s delicious, huge, and cheap
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
Netflix on the 360 now even more awesome.
Sony films are available to stream now.
My 360 is ~2500 miles away.
I missed the new features.
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You mean my TV will be used for things besides RB2 and Wii?
Hmmm, this may be interesting when I get back.
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Definitely give the trial a shot.
About two hours playing with it I knew that I would have no problems shelling out nine bucks a month to continue using it.
I've had Netflix for a while now.
I use it to … catch up… on old movies and shows I like.
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Who what where?
The Tick, Outer Limits, Sliders, etc.
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It's possible.
I was never into the space based shows.
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I'm unhappy that the streaming isn't 5.1
At least not that I can tell
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
The XBox is in 5.1?
Oh wait, not over HDMI they’re not.
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I use the Optical Audio on my 'box
Everything else is in 5.1 though, even some of the movie copies I have on my PC that I stream over to my ’box
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
I do the same, it just irked me.
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Wooo found Newtons!
I didn’t realize I still had some. This’ll help wash down crappy casino food.
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I olny had three.
And I won’t get more because they were 6$ a sleeve, and my company isn’t paying for them anymore.
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ew they redesigned google maps
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It's not so bad
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
It's not as bad as I initially thought
I dig the larger street view, I just don’t like having to hold my mouse down to see what roads are in street view, zoom in, and select the road all with my mouse button clicked
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My Xbox (not a 360) just gave me the red ring of death. Just as I was about to watch disc 2 season 2 of Dexter.
Fuck my poor ass life.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Wow, that sucks
I didn’t know the original Xbox had a red ring failure. Interesting. Was this your dvd player? Because I have one here that I don’t use at all, if you’re in need
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
I'd suspect the optical drive as well.
That was the one component of my two first generation Xboxes that I could guarantee would fail at some point.
I never had a problem with that
I went through about 4 of them, but that was merely because I would cash in my Best Buy PRP every time they did a price drop. Nobody ever so much as checked it when I did it.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair, I've had this thing for like four years.
I’ve only made love to it twice, but apparently it caught my ghonoherpacyphiclap.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Wow. My own comment disturbed me.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Har Sexbox
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Rec'd
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Weee
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
Might take you up on that.
I’m planning on asking my folks for a 360, but in the meantime…
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
As with the router thing, just shoot me an email
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
Will do. You're awesome. Thanks!
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No problem, man
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
Let's tie it into a beer. What are you doing Thursday at around 5:30?
You, me, Silas, and the Wingdome. My treat.
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Thanksgiving dinner and hanging with my fiancee
Though I’d love to get some wingdome…
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
Oops - forgot about Thursday. I'dsay tomorrow, but I have to wait for an oven repair man. Hmm.... What if you came here in Phinney for beers?
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When?
My fiancee hits town tomorrow afternoon, and we haven’t seen each other in 6 weeks so that’s out, probably : /
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Ahhh. Well, shit. We'll rain check the beer. Let me think about it. I'm going to be in a condo in Long Beach this weekend.
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Just give me enough time to plan and I can do it
I am up for just about any kind of meetup, so let’s figure something out. Also, lucky dog going to LB for the weekend.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I'm down forbeers with you anytime, so we'll make it work.
Perhaps Monday/band practice, if we indeed practice. We can meet before, grab a few beers, then rock out at 8:30.
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This could work. Let me know when you are sure of practice, and I'll figure out my end
The “baby momma” is out of town for the next week and change, so any scheduling is tough, but I’ll see if I can figure it out
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:49 PM PST up reply actions
My wife is subjecting me to Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Am I a freak if I find it mildly entertaining?
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This is no surprise, I suppose.
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I'll see you at the gay support group tomorrow.
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No.
You’d be a freak if you made time to watch it.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 26, 2008 1:17 AM PST up reply actions
Unfortunately not mine to take credit for
But this is super awesome, for sure
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Ratatouille is a silly movie
I have other more important things to be doing, but now that it has started I can’t stop watching it
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Honestly I'm not that big a fan of Pixar's work.
I give Toy Story credit for being a technical marvel at the time, but I simply prefer hand-drawn animation.
I do appreciate hand drawn animation
But Pixar has a real knack for storytelling, and they have some incredible animators and artists working for them.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
I do appreciate the storytellers Pixar seems to have recruited over the years.
I just wish a hand-drawn animation studio would steal them away.
They can pretty much take a story and apply it to anything
I mean, every one of their movies seems vastly different even though they follow the basic kid-movie core with the happy endings and all. But changing the scenery from flick to flick helps breathe new life into them every time
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
I'm a huge fan of these flicks.
Silas is all about Monsters Inc at the moment. Kung Fu Panda is a close second. He’s in love with School of Rock, so he calls Kung Fu Panda "Jack Black Panda. "My god, I love my son.
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My son also loves School of Rock,
But didn’t make that connection with the Panda name. I love Monsters, Inc. but I think that The Incredibles is my fave, closely followed by Wall-E
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
His kid is awesome
He and I hung out for a bit during bowling. We connected his markers and made them into swords, and then he challenged me to a sword fight.
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
That was great. And thanks, Brian. You'll undoubtedly meet he and I soon.
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By the way, we need to get our kids together sometime
They seem like a perfect fit
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
ANY TIME.
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Perfect
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 26, 2008 12:00 AM PST up reply actions
Wow. What a lovefest this has turned into. We must all be drinking.
I flarrghkinglove yoush guysh.
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I wish I was drinking
Because that would mean that I probably wouldn’t have work scheduled tomorrow. Alas, I do, and I’m not tired at all. This is bad news since I have to be on time tomorrow so I can leave on time to meet my fiancee, as well as to drop my boy off with some family
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 26, 2008 12:02 AM PST up reply actions
And I'm never gonna dance again, these guilty feet have got no rhythm...
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
And Brian? I know it'seasy to pretend, but I know you're not a fool.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Goddamnit, I should have known better than to cheat a friend.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
You know, the way I did with you. Ohh. Ohh.
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You rock so hard
Peace man
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 26, 2008 12:11 AM PST up reply actions
That said, I'm going to bed. I'll Twitter all about my dreams tomorrow for you all to adore.
One wish – Think positive thoughts about a safe flight for royalcurve, and either say a prayer or hold positive thoughts about what she is going to experience this weekend. * Big love, my darlin!
*I’ll let her explain if she wants to.
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I;ll use my positive thoughts beam on her then
*Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 26, 2008 12:04 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks, love. Deep breaths!
(Going to scatter dad’s ashes this weekend. Gin and tears coming right up.)
I love you.
And I mean that, my sweet. Damn. I’m not good at logging off. Here’s to another glass of wine.
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THis guilty liver has no rhythm.
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Very sorry to hear that
Best of luck
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 26, 2008 12:21 AM PST up reply actions
Oh - and another thing before my wine-soaked ass lays down...
WELCOME HOME, NOLA!!!
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She is safe and warm and sleeping in my loving care.
Until 2 hours from now when I get on a plane anyway
Does she look like Mz. Peachez?
That comment almost got me banned months ago. I had to say it, though I know she’s a great looking woman. Here’s to misunderstanding jokes!!
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Hay disrespectful
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 26, 2008 12:21 AM PST up reply actions
It was a silly joke that was taken waaay out of context. All good (hopefully now).
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I don't get it
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 26, 2008 12:24 AM PST up reply actions
Corco-tastic.
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Also JI-ncredible.
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And Coach-jestic.
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And TaylorH... Aw, fuck it.
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As well as kevin_ess-somethingorother
I’m not good at this
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 26, 2008 12:25 AM PST up reply actions
Ok time to start a movie so I can go to sleep.
Adieu, y’all
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Yep, I'm done as well.
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