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OTFP: 11/6/08 The Holiday Season has arrived!

Every year between Halloween and New Year's, I want to crawl under a rock and hide.  Between the long dark days, the seemingly endless west side rain, trees laid bare, family commitments nipping at my heels, finding that perfect gift-  there are days you just want to buy a ticket to Someplace Else, my favorite destination.   So on that cheerful note, have at it!

The news is nothing but NFL roster shuffling,  and political post orgasmic wanking.  So my usual plan of lame links is even more lame.

When animals attack!  Some people handle weird situations better than others, but how did you get there in the first place?  Best reason not to be a jogger I've heard yet.

You can make this stuff up, but when people do it for real it's so much funnier. 

Didn't Gonzo shoot chickens out of a cannon?  Anybody think his chicken fetish was kinda strange?

Soup kitchen is open!  Let the Second Great Depression begin!

Also:  8:20, 8:55, 9:50.

 

 

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Thank you

You are so kind. It was a weird birthday, it started out at 8 am in a Japanese hospital. But ended great with awesome packages from home!

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Long story,

I got undercut in a game last week, landed hard on the floor. Hurt my knee, had to get MRI’s and all that jazz. Had to go back this morning to get a shot into the joint fluid. I guess the shot was nutrients and stuff, but I am not sure. Kinda lost in translation. Then the doctor told me I need surgery, but luckily it can wait til the end of the season.

Actually, funny thing. I got hurt last weekend in the first half, and I wasn’t sure I could play in the second. I was sitting on the bench, and the thing I kept thinking about was Jeff’s post about how pitching through pain in stupid and hurts the team. Anyway, I went back in and played more, but didn’t do much except provide a decoy haha. I can put on a mean decoy act.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So you're saying you didn't hurt the team by playing through pain?

And it’s always fun to have doctors sticking needles in you while you’re not sure exactly what it is they’re giving you.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 7:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, no joke.

Thank God for social medicine too. They told me I can get the surgery in Japan before I leave if I want, I was like, how much will it cost? They said just the copay, so maybe a hundred bucks. Hell yes. Especially considering I don’t have health insurance in the USA!!!

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe I need to go play sports in Japan.

I’m already at the point of having the $5k tax write-off in medical expenses this year. Surgery is spendy—and of course they don’t tell you just how much until it’s too late.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 7:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

I had no idea medical bills were tax-deductible. And 5K is crazy. I love social medicine. Especially since I don’t pay any taxes over here, instead I just reap the benefits! Honestly I’m just waiting for the moment when people realize how stupid this job is and take it away. It’s not like real life.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The PNW is my Someplace Else.

I miss the grey skies all the time, and the rain. Rain on the east coast sucks, and it’s either too hot or too cold.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 5:08 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I don't begrudge that point. It's definetly not a place for everyone.

All my favorite memories involve grey winters and camping or biking or going to the coast when a storm is rolling in.

The best part of winter are the stretches where the sky and rain mute all the colors and make everything look like just another shade of grey. It’s as if the world goes monochromatic for a week, not always making the world darker, but more muted and quiet. Motion seems to blur a little, like looking at an endless series of pictures taken in low light. But every once in a while something will break out, and look so sharp and vibrantly colored that you can’t take your eyes off it until it retreats back into the neutral ash that frames it.

Damn, I wish I was home.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 5:34 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

May I steal your words to try to explain this to others?

Because I can never convey my love for the winter NW adequately.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 6:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely. Steal away.

I wrote something close to that when I was tasked to describe my favorite place and time for a writing class. It’s the one piece of my writing that I can actually stand to read afterward, and the words I come back to when I get homesick.

I’ll post it here in entirety at some point (when I’m not going completely off of memory), and Graham will delete it after everyone tells me that I suck.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm my harshest critic, so it's possible you're right.

And I don’t share much writing with people because I never like any of it after I get done with it, so it’ll probably never end up here anyways.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I consciously picked apart my last post after I hit enter.

I found 2 things to be horribly wrong, and thought of a couple ways I could have phrased it better.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't take it that far...

I don’t mind what I post here because they’re usually short and insignificant.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm happy in my own little world of doubt.

It’s easier to reject myself because I’m so used to it. Other people’s rejection is a different beast altogether.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a feature, not a bug.

The act of writing makes me happy. I don’t feel the need to share 99.99% of it with other people because if I don’t like what they have to say about it my happiness decreases. This would negate some of the happiness I had gained from writing, which makes me slightly less likely to write in the future, and thus get less happiness from writing due to the drop in quantity.

This is also why I don’t like most of my writing. It makes it easier for me to write for others when I have to because my expectations are so low.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was speaking more in general terms.

If you’ve found what makes you happy then that’s great, don’t listen to me or anyone else!

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You don't know me!

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well that picture busted out.

There was a Jerry springer pic in there, I swear.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just rode to work in sloppy wet rain for the first time this season

and my love for the NW fall is thus severely compromised this morning.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

We always headed straight for the coast if we heard there was a storm coming in. It’s something not to be missed.

by coolguyrob on Nov 6, 2008 7:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I never appreciated the PNW until living in other regions, I used to think the whole world looked like this.

When the days get short it seems like it happens overnight, kicks my ass for awhile. The winters I’ve spent working in the GOM were pretty nice though. Everyday is like a vacation, lots of sunshine plenty of exercise. The Palouse area is one of my personal favorites. More scenic than Yakima Valley, still with some sunshine, more snow than Seattle. Ski season is upon us! is a nicer ot title, next time.

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 5:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap Warren Sapp was on Dancing With the Stars, sweet jesus marumba!

I’m so bored, and this is the best I can do dorking around on the internet? DWTS? Really? I fail at the internet.

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 6:11 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

DWTS = ?

Dats What Tom Said?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 6:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Umm... NM

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 6:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does that mean you're buying it?

I’m on the fence. I probably will, but maybe not right away

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 6, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You have it planned out that far ahead?

That’s dedication.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah it'll probably change though.

If I choose the free surgery it will definitely change.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does the free surgery have potassium benzoate?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I worked it out the other day:

Since I’m going to be in Cancun the week before Thanksgiving, and I’m taking Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving, I’m only going to be in the office for 4 days between the 15th and 30th of November.

Woo!

by Phildopip on Nov 6, 2008 7:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Check that.

It’s actually only 3 days.

by Phildopip on Nov 6, 2008 7:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I leave the 13th for Tunica, MS come home the next Tue, and leave the next day for LV until Dec 9th.

I’ll be in the office for all of 2 hours while I go to a meeting about LV on Wed morning.

Although I think I’d rather be in the office.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And NOLA, I realize why I like Biloxi now.

I’ve been to Tunica.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It has to be hosted on another website, like photobucket.

Then you get the link to that photo from there and put that into the photo button here.

Then you put “width=250” in between the .jpg and the /> at the end.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Preview is your friend.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In other words, none?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No I have a sweet photo, but I don't know how to post it.

And by sweet I mean awesome yet thoroughly disgusting

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow. She looks squished.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Vacation sounds nice.

My team goes to Okinawa twice this year….Maybe not quite like vacation though haha.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Vacation?

I thought Paul was going to Cancun for work…

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm being facetious.

He probably is.

I, however, am not. I have lots of work to do in both places.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Here I am at work, and I've just noticed that my new pants have a giant hole in the crotch.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:08 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ventilation.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Apparently. The draft was what tipped me off.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Should be a fun day.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Have a good stapler?

Remember to take the pants off first.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now you tell me. Off to the ER!

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to distract people from the hole by saying things like, "hey honey, is it hot in here, or do we just need to be naked?"

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

By the way, explaining the hole in my pants should have my dear royalcurve here within minutes.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Come pick up your clothing from my house.

(That ought to get people at LL talking)

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Take a number.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't that the point?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a long line.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not gonna lie,

I never expected to learn gangbang theory on LL.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You learn something everyday.

Today I learned about gangbangs.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll take

“things I never want to hear from my kid” for $500, Alex.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 8:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

More interesting than the Big Bang Thoery.

Although I’m sure that has been alluded to in porn before.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

However, it looks dashing on me today, what with the hole in my pants.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Which of course means it's going to smell like Axe and remorse when you get it back.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Pat Gillick interested in Toronto GM job.

Evidence here.

Also, by Toronto, I should note, I mean Maple Leafs.

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 6, 2008 8:10 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Netflix Queue question:

What TV series should I acquire next:
Animaniacs
Pinky and the Brain
Aeon Flux
In Living Color
Greg the Bunny
The Tick (Live or Animated)
Futurama

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:17 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

If I were to rank them

Greg The Bunny
Futurama
Pinky And The Brain
In Living Color
The Tick (live)
Animaniacs
Aeon Flux

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 8:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My order

Futurama
Animaniacs
In Living Color
The Tick
Pinky and the Brain
Aeon Flux
Greg the Bunny

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not a big fan of anything Seth Green does.

Except for portraying Joker on Mass Effect.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

two ships, passing in the night

throwing mail at each other.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Careful, nemesis. That's my girl-pal.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's my nemesis. I have to give him shit.

And by shit, I mean in a flaming bag on his doorstep.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Put the sake down, sir.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't touch my mustache!

My version of ’you’re welcome’.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't have one.

But am considering getting an ugly porn mustache for one game. Just for the hell of it.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of which

the Yankees didn’t pick up Giambi’s option, making him a free agent.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Where's that link to the pornstache team?

Dammit, someone else has to have that.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If the Mariners even THINK about it, I'll be pissed.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What's the show where there's a rabbit played by Bobcat?

Because this should be on my list somewhere as well.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unhappily Ever After.

Married…With Children with a puppet and bigger boobs.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 1:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's it.

I have a collection of almost everything else Bobcat’s done, so I figured I should finish the set once I got Netflix.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm surprised with the low ranking of Aeon Flux.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not particularly keen on anime series

so they’ll always rank low on my list. Doesn’t mean it’s not good, just a very low priority for me.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 8:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Looks like Futurama, Pinky and the Brain, then In Living Color it is.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Go with Animaniacs over Pinky and the Brain

Though Pinky and the Brain is amazing, Animaniacs is that much better.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going by a mashup of the responses.

And since 2r2l only put one thing on his list, that’s a #1 ranking I have to take into consideration. Not that it’ll take long to go through them all.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Little known facts

Maurice LaMarche (voice of Brain) was also the voice of

Inspector Gadget
Kiff Kroker and Morbo (Futurama)
Verminus Scumm (Captain Planet)
Dizzy Devil (Tiny Toon Adventures)
Egon Spengler (The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters)

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In Living Color aged really, really poorly.

Futurama is the best series, followed by Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. Didn’t much care for Aeon Flux myself.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 1:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I really want ILC for mainly Homie the Clown and Fire Marshall Bob.

I’m not even touching the later seasons.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Damn. I fail.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I still find Homie to be hilarious, but the rest of the show is so very early '90s.

I know it was funny at the time, but it just doesn’t do it for me anymore.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How very bizarre.

I used Acronis True Image to make a base image of these T400 laptops I just got. Just did a restore off of it and the only thing that was broken was the video drivers.

I’ve had all sorts of other things pop up with images of identical machines, but normally it’s related to the proprietary software we use at the office and not system drivers.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Did you try turning the computer off?

That’s what I normally do to fix broken computers.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I carry this around the office with me.


It keeps people from asking stupid questions.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm 6'10" and while

you think that would be a natural deterrent, most of the questions I get are stupid.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

so, really

how IS the weather up there?

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 8:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm 6'4" and 300lbs. (Only mostly fat, some muscle)

When I get into disputes, I usually get deferred to.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Do we need to step outside, tiny?

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've seen your picture, which makes this funnier.

You look about 5’10" ish?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

6'1" and 160. I'm not a big man.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, taller than 5'10".

Now you only get a banjo.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is a scary comment.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite comment on this movie ever.

Burt Reynolds said they programmed the movie so much on cable, most people think it’s a movie about 4 guys on a nice rafting trip, (after all the editing).

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok you get size

but kevin_ess gets one acoustic guitar he’s allowed to smash against your head. To even things up you see.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Meh. Acoustics are ok.

Just none of those stupid mahogany electrics.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm switching to an electric, you bastard.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Kevin is a gentle lamb. Tall and skinny and gentle.

But he has the crazy eyes. You know, the ones where if you fuck with someone he loves, or even a little old lady trying to cross the street he’d probably get all Tasmanian Devil.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is correct.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I read this as 6'10" and white.

And I figured that would lead to stupid questions based on your location.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think I remember seeing a 6'10"andwhite@yahoo.com on "To Catch a Predator."

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know, I was going to make a joke here,

but I think I would live to regret that decision.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was.

But I don’t have morning practice tomorrow. And it’s my birthday…in America. So I’m staying up unreasonably late.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

seconded. Facebook told me.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Shift fail.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok now I'm off to bed for real.

Once 2 hit I started fading fast.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Word, dude. G'night.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

brb dessert

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Over my head. Huh?

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Butthol thankfully predates me.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

butthol

Although I should have replied to Brayden instead.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You can tell it's sarcasm from the big laugh!

That’s so funny!

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hm...

Excuse me. I need to purchase a hammer.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No, I roof test broken computers.

That is, I go up to the 4th story roof of the building and chuck gear into the parking lot.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say that's an odd thing.

Dropping back onto a T400, I assume?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Disk image or complete file tree backup?

I’d try doing another upload/download and see if it was an anomaly.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What does the Device Mgr say is there?

Basic VGA hardware?

Did you bring the comp back up after the imaging, and it was fine? Or did you drop it right back down onto it? Did you sysprep?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My head wants to explode for reading this conversation.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the bad sentence sturcture on my part.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like shiny things.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

*swallows fish hook*

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's an odd looking toothbrush.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't that a bathoom TP key?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did the sysprep yes.

Device manager is showing two unknown “Video Controller (VGA Compatible)”

I just find it odd that this is the only thing that’s not working right. The rest of the hardware is still associated with the correct drivers, it’s just the video that’s having issues.

It isn’t too much of a problem, I can simply redownload the drivers and reinstall them after restoring the image and still have saved a ton of time.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Were the driver files on the image?

Quick tip: when you do images, leave all the driver installs on it. It makes thigns much easier in the long run, especially looking at one a year down the road.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My advice is to kick it.

In the literal sense, and also the ebonics version.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah the driver files were on the image.

I just went through the device manager and manually tracked them down on the hard disk.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's even more odd. Try putting in the non-plugnplay checkbox on the sysprep.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be damned

God my boss is an idiot. He ordered three T400s but not all of them have the same GPU.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's possible?

Same chipset, different GPU? That’s tough to do on a LT.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What does Lawrence Taylor have to do with this?

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Get up to speed. The new LT is LaDanlian Tomlinson (sp?)

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not since Madden.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Smart as a fox.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I deserve that.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I keep telling people I'm not smart, but nobody listens.

I’m just smart enough to get by.

Didn’t anyone read the xkcd I posted yesterday?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love you.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unluckily for you, your wife doesn't have the same mechanism.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unluckily for her.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yet very true.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Another thing about these T400s

the keyboard has a bit more flex than I’d like. Well, I’m sure it’s fine, but it’s significantly more than the tank that is my R50p.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Anybody play an instrument? Even badly?

If so, and you want to join in something that could be really cool, there’s a Tuba Man memorial this weekend outside McCaw Hall. Details.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:13 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Do I actually have to reply to this? If I can find the time, I'm in.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I meant as far as playing an instrument. I think my rep here at LL has musician all over it.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

or, canticle

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You've got me pegged.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But I refuse to play the UW fight song.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I refuse to bring my guitar and be conventional.

How’s about an LL section devoted to the kazoo?

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Damn.

For once, I’ll actually get to BE IN SEATTLE on Saturday.

If you see someone carrying a case that looks like this, it’s probably me:

My trumpet’s a little dented, but if I can pry it away from Wynton Marsh-alis long enough, I may tote it with me on Saturday…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 9:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

You’re right. It is a cornet.

Had to check your brass section snob-dom :-)

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by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Being the marching pianist sucked.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

At least my marching band harp had wheels.

If I would have had to carry that thing around that would have been unpleasant.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ever tried playing marching sitar in the rain?

Tuning that thing is such a pain!

I had a double-necked Sitar-Dulcimer custom-built just for me. Although, I wanted a hammered dulcimer, dammit!

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by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 10:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You always have to outdo me.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 1:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know what marc w did, dontcha?

Marching Mormon Tabernacle Choir + Southern Baptist Church Choir playa…

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by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wasn't going to brag, but hey...cat's outta the bag now!

On the plus side, I have really strong lower back muscles.

by marc w on Nov 6, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They must have argued the whole time.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Get out of the pool.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We just had a big outage drill at my work

I’ve never worked somewhere that has a contingency plan for “storm season”.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Portland has storm season?

Or do you mean a general power outage drill?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

PGE's service area covers a few counties including the Cascades

so they have outage drills to prepare for sudden outages due to snow or wind or anything that could happen.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hippies.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And wind.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

pdb says
due to snow or wind or anything that could happen.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did I mention the wind?

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've had tornado drills in the midwest before, but never had anything like in the PNW.

My wife has those, but she works for a hospital. In Admin, so it doesn’t make much sense for her either…

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Someone needs to make me lunch today. I'm thinking pdb, as the travel amuses me.

I forgot my lunch at home, thus my day has begun badly.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:23 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

NO NO NO.

I don’t need you bringing me anything. You’re already my favorite person here. And I just remembered I have a can of soup in my desk. I have no idea why, though.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You might be right.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's MR. Yuk.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I am an incredibly unimaginative maker of food

so unless you like boring turkey sandwiches your travel would be wasted.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think he means his travelling.

And I would offer half of my steak sandwich (chopped filet, homemade black bean and corn salsa, jack cheese), but you have to come and get it yourself.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh you son of a-- Man that sounds good.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sitting on a pile of ingredients.

Ciabatta bread, black forest ham, sprouts, avocado. I’m trying to decide between munster or havarti cheese, I’m thinking munster may go better w/ham, havarti with turkey. Either way I think this is the best sandwich I’ve had in a long time. Completely motivated LL OT threads of course!

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 10:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting.

I don’t usually sit on my food before I eat it.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Spices it up like you wouldn't believe, but makes eating a bitch.

Which I’m doing right now, dumped the sprouts & cheese, added two fried eggs & fresh baby spinach.
My arteries may be screwed, but I can’t see them from where I’m standing.

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap you're right, this is a breakfast sandwich!

Didn’t realize it was a McMuffin ( I forgot to mention the 3 strips of bacon, this one’s for you ess) until you pointed it out. I’m one of those people that could eat breakfast 3 meals a day.
Having a day where everything is overly complicated & confusing, including the menu? I order breakfast.

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 12:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My wife's got a three hour layover in Newark on Saturday

but I don’t think sandwiches can be smuggled past the TSA, at least not in any condition to be eaten afterwards.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 10:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Food's OK

I fly from Newark all the time with a bag of food to eat on the plane. Sandwiches, whatever.

But drinks aren’t ok. Drinks could be a bomb.

by darmok on Nov 6, 2008 10:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

gotta get the food on the gate side of security, though, right?

I thought they confiscated food at the security line – they do that in a lot of places.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I guess it is pretty pricey, huh....

I only use air travel for vacations, so I guess I never really think about the cost per drink.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 11:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was pretty astounded

I haven’t flown in about a year, since before they started charging for everything. USAir charges for EVERYTHING – even coffee and water. Which on a two hour flight, whatever, but on a six-hour cross-country flight is pretty goddamn ridiculous. I get charging for sodas, alcohol, even food, but WATER? That’s stupid.

Of course, I’m only this angry about it because my connecting flight was late and I didn’t have time to stop and get my own, but still.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 11:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My last trip I flew on Alaska,

they didn’t even charge me for booze. But that was before the economic plunge. I know Southwest and other airlines usually charge for drinks though.

But it did used to be that soda, juice, water, coffee were free, but you had to pay for alcohol.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that's all changed now

unless you’re in first class you pay for pretty much everything. i believe water and soda are still free on a few airlines (Delta, I believe, still has free stuff like that) but otherwise everything’s pay. the nice thing is that you can in fact bring anything you want ON the plane these days, so if you don’t want to pay exorbitant airline prices you can instead pay exorbitant airport quick-mart prices.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 11:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What she said

Maybe elsewhere, but never at Newark for me, and never at PDX either.

And food is expensive once you get inside.

One thing I don’t understand about the TSA— I can carry on a laptop, with a battery in it, but not a laptop battery by itself. Want to put your battery in your checked baggage so that your carry-on is lighter? Too bad! As far as I can tell, if a laptop battery was a bomb, it would still explode, even if in a laptop.

by darmok on Nov 6, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does it maybe have something to do with the passenger compartment being pressurized,

where the cargo hold isn’t?

Just guessing here.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 11:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That would make some sense

but that doesn’t really explain why you can have a laptop battery in a laptop in a checked bag, but not by itself in a checked bag.

by darmok on Nov 7, 2008 3:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Doood

Yaaaaaaaah!

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by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 11:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Those children need to pull up their pants.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I am buying a bottle of Woodford Reserve Bourbon for a friend

And I just found out you can personalize the label online. Sweet.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 9:32 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Thanks! You're such a good friend!!!

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Will it say "give me back my damned clothing, you freak?"

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Gahh!

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Curry bourbon sounds disgusting!

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll admit that. Yes it does.

One of the few things not improved by adding curry powder.

by marc w on Nov 6, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Green for me.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

small blue segment for me actually

which is a surprise. TNS namespaces and wireless connections. Thrilling.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's BAAAAaaaaaackk....

He, being Churchill, and BAAaaaaack being Prospect Insider…

Site’s a bit rough yet, but it’s at least got content back up.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 10:08 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Awesome.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Formal LL announcement

here

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is great.

I’ve missed that place.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know I hate Access 2003.

Access 2007 is the software equivalent of Satan.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 10:36 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I fixed your post...

OFFICE 2007 is the software equivalent of Satan.

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by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 10:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're all lazy.

It’s no different, aside from the extra memory consumed. It’s basically the same aside from the stupid bar.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I can use it fine

but if I ever rolled this out to the company I would be burned alive.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 11:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Meh.

It’s not that bad. My company has a larger than average moron/human ratio, and we did ok.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nick Drake is awesome

but incredibly draining to listen to while you’re trying to work.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 10:45 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nick Drake is not music for happy fun times

I’m not sure how it made it onto my work playlist. It’s pretty intense stuff.

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, that's it, I'm making a roast chicken tonight.

I’m lighting the fireplace, having roast chicken with 2 little kids and enjoying my indentured servitude.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 10:53 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I know. I am so tired today I can't even assemble ingredients for a crockpot dinner.

Roast chicken is even easier. And nope, the fireplace is just because of the coldness of outside.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We have one at home that we use for roasting chickens.

You seems like a “kitchen gadget” type of person as well.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That works.

Any roast chicken is good roast chicken in my book. Given a choice I’d probably eat chicken 5 days a week.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 11:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've never actually used many "plug it in" cooking gadgets.

With the exception of the immersion blender and the crock pot. I usually cook slowly – I take pleasure in prepping, basting, tasting and correcting seasoning, and the long wait. I have modern flaws.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now, kitchen tools on the other hand?

I"m insane for them. The food mill, ricer, mandoline, zester…. love it. I’m also a ramekin freak.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 11:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oooh, let's talk ramekins

You a flan/creme brulee type of freak?

by marc w on Nov 6, 2008 1:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

salsa

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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But then you're wasting the great Power of a ramekin

and having it just sit there as a small bowl.

Still, I do not love tiny quiches and I love salsa, so there’s that.

I shall be content with my limited use of ramekins, knowing that I am putting my effort towards what the RE people call highest and best use.

(seriously, I have chickens and need to use a lot of eggs… or I did when the bastards weren’t molting. So, my wife learned creme brulee and now we make it all the time. Little blowtorch, flavored sugars, alcohol, kick-ass ramekins… it’s livin’.)

by marc w on Nov 6, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You can take my food processor from my cold dead fingers.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've always wanted one.

I want to make my own fruit/vegetable smoothies so I can get strong and pull an RV by rope with my teeth.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 12:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Smoothies in a food processor?

I could see it in a blender…

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The RonCo one is actually a middle of the road one.

Good value for the price. You better start getting your stuff straight from a farm, though. You need a lot of veggies to make a little juice.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In a perfect world I'd grow my own.

But I have heard that’s an issue with them. Eight pounds of veggies and fruit for two glasses of juice.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 12:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You get a little better return on fruit.

You get about 20-25oz of juice from a 5lb bag of carrots, no joke.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Although with carrots the shavings are good for carrot cake.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously?

Ouch. If I get a juicer I’m planting more veggies in the garden next year.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 12:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Juicy fruits you get more from a juicer than a press would.

Red apples, grapes, oranges, etc.

Stuff like cherries, rowan, and most berries don’t give you much at all.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A salsa that used to take about 2 hours of chopping to make a party batch of?

Try 10 minutes.

My company gets decent ones fairly cheap. Solstice is coming up. Send me a FB message, and you’ll get a nice surprise one day.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The immersion blender (with attachements) I bought Jeanuts for x-mas last year was the best gift I've ever given.

Plus it helped to make up for the unintentionally crappy mini food processor I bought the year before. We have every plug-in gadget on the planet. Rotisserie, quesadilla maker, Foreman grill, steamer, etc, etc..

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 12:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, I bet your kitchen is fun!

I would throw a punch for my immersion blender.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So RC picked up the Silver Bullet for Jeanuts, then?

Y’all better hope she doesn’t share it w/NOLA…

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by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 12:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry...

There are very few times I act like a 12 year old…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Jeez that makes that punchline so much better too!

You should add this to the style guide under “how to be crass and funny”. The hard part is the set up takes being mature about 99% of the time.

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you got the Kitchen Aid Imm Blender, the food processor attachment is a good standby.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That food processor attachment is awesome for any immersion blender.

I can’t remember what brand ours is, but it’s really quiet, and it works wonderfully.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just know about the Kitch Aid one, because I have it.

I wasn’t sure if other brands had ones that were as good.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They make decent stuff.

I think the percolator we have is Braun, and it rules.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The pasta attachment is worth the price of admission alone.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Had any experience with the grinder?

I was considering getting it to start on my own sausages. It should be worth it, it’s KA, right?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Woo, happy solstice to me!

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've made homemade peanut butter

With the flour grinder.

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by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Or get one from me because I get them quite cheap.

Not cheap enough to gift in most instances, but yknow.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Whyyyyyy is this?

Are you the heir to the Kitchen Aid fortune?

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm curious myself.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My company sells them.

I can’t give exact prices, but it’s quite a bit off market value.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Aha!

You are dreamy, did I mention that?

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I already made an offer to you.

I still don’t see that FB message.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not a mixer.

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/11/6/655011/otfp-11-6-08-the-holiday-s#9852090

Although you can get one from me at a great price, I can’t really gift something that expensive.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not stupid, just inobservant.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the Artisan 325W, right?

Red is the color you want?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did you hear that NOLA?

He knows the model number

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This was one of the enjoyable side benefits of marriage

We registered for one, but didn’t get one. But, Macy’s does this rewards-points thing where people that buy stuff off your registry earn you points, which convert to cash off.

By the time we got back from our honeymoon we were $100 short of a Kitchen Aid mixer; three weeks later, Macy’s had a sale, $100 off Kitchen Aid. BOOM free mixer.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It seriously felt like Christmas

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 1:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There are many valid reasons to marry

but the cavalcade of free stuff you get is pretty much just icing on the cake.

Neither one of us really NEEDED anything, since we’d both been living on our own for years, so we just registered for upgrades to everything we already had. It was sweet.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We actually started to feel somewhat guilty

there was a stretch of about 10 days before the ceremony that we were getting TWO FedEx drops a day.

We didn’t think people would take our registration at all seriously, and that we’d end up getting thirteen gravy boats and a serving platter, but all the family/friends that couldn’t attend apparently sublimated their guilt into purchasing. Which works.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a little concerned about this myself.

We don’t NEED anything. So unless someone wants to buy me a new truck, I have no idea what to register for. Can you register at the team stores?

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Me??

Just kidding. That’s not a bad idea.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You can register almost anywhere.

But seriously, just register at Macy’s and Target and you’ll do fine. Never underestimate the coolness of having new stuff – and you can donate all your old stuff to a shelter/church/whatever should you desire.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm flattered, but I'm taken.

oh, wait.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

I want to be invited.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 1:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know I would probably stay far far away.

I like my bachelorhood to stay the way it is.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not really a bachelor.

I’m pretty much married, just without the tax breaks.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't understand this argument.

If you don’t plan to have children right away, why does it matter? Don’t you get a better tax break?

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 1:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have always been of the mind that I would not get married until I was a financially stable adult.

To me, marriage is damned near the most grown up thing you can do (short of having a kid) and I want to know that I’m a grown up before I go through with it.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I gotta tell you

buying a house was FAR more of an adult-identifying moment than getting married was. Anybody can get married in 5 seconds in Vegas; it takes trust, accountability, and a willingness to be completely open with another human being in order to buy a house.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 1:59 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I know what you mean.

I’m just deadly damned serious about marriage.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Which is admirable and rare in this world

and also why I waited until age 38 to do it.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rec'd

So damned true…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is a good mindset

and I’m certainly not going to try to talk you into it. I just wondered.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It makes a certain kind of sense, no doubt.

I wouldn’t judge anyone else for getting married before they reached the point that I’d like to be at.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Marriage need not be serious.

My wife and I just make fun of each other all the time.

by Sec 108 on Nov 6, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah - marriage should be easy.

Sometimes I think that making marriage this vitally important thing moves it from the realm of love and companionship to the realm of human mortgage, and I think that CAN be a problem. I’m with Sec 108, but then I got married in a drive thru – and I’m happy I did.
I’ve been married a long time, and it’s never been a chore for a day. Just have fun (and yeah, making fun of each other helps).

The more it’s about Life Stages or Stability, the more I worry.

by marc w on Nov 6, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I watched my sister go through a terrible divorce at 22.

Right wrong or indifferent, it had a real effect on me.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Or, as a much wiser man than me once said,

“…these groups seem to go along with what, the belief
that love is deep in everyone’s personality.
I don’t think we’re saying there’s anything wrong with love, we just don’t think that what goes on between two people should be shrouded with mystery.”

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fear? No, no fear.

A bunch of girls sitting around talking about tomatoes and kitchen appliances? We are harmless.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Harmless?

Sure…. :)

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In one word, bullshit

girls:harmless :: jose vidro:skinny

by seattlebruin on Nov 6, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't see how I'm not harmless

I thought I was all nice and pretzel delivering and record giving. What happened? Backlash?

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Give a whole new perspective...

…to “The Girls of LookoutLanding” now doesn’t it…

(I still suspect my wife keeps an eye on this place on occasion, but who knows…)

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by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 1:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know all the KA model numbers.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Look up KFP750

And tell me a color. White is preferable, as we have it in stock, and I would have to custom order almost every other color.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It is a

Artisan® Series

Model #:
KSM150PSOB

I believe its shade is cinnamon.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 12:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The actual number for Cinnamon is GC, not OB.

OB is Onyx Black.

If you’re actually interested, we’ll talk on FB later (I can’t at work), and I’ll see if we can get one of that color in. We normally don’t stock anything but the base colors.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I might be willing to sacrifice for a really good deal.

And yeah, kitchen aid won’t give me the letters for the cinnamon.
We’ll chat.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 12:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

GC = Gloss Cinnamon.

For your future reference.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yep it's gotta be,

the 6qt isn’t in red.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That would be a fun job.

Although I prefer the “back of a box truck sales” method.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I still have time to bail out.

JUST KIDDING!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Do it while you still can.

Once that ring is on it’s all over.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That wasn't me....

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Never said it was...

Just commenting on the general overall discussion of topics at LL, not yours specifically :-)

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 6, 2008 1:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Whew!!

Thought maybe I blacked out there for a minute or something!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't do it!

It’s a trap!

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 12:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We have one of these as well.

It’s a rather interesting orange color.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 12:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's better that way.

I do that camping. As well with roasts and pigs. MMMMMM beach barbecue.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 11:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's so worth it.

I made my own spit, but I know they sell them in outdoors stores. If you have a welder or know someone that welds, it’d cost you about 20$ in materials and time. If you have to buy one, it’ll end up costing you at least 50$.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do know people who weld.

Heck, they might even be able to get me materials from leftover scrap.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 6, 2008 11:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This as well.

One thing I would recommend is making the down poles extra long (like 5’) and with Us on the ends, not rings. Double weld the Us to the poles and drill a couple holes into a piece of wood to cover the ends while you drive the poles in. If you want to do a pig, get at least 5/8" diam for the cross rod, and give yourself some extra room on the handle so you can park a chair w/o being to close to the fire.

If you want to get really lazy, get a dowel and attach a ring big enough to go over the spit handle and you can spin it with less effort.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs