OTFPOTD: December 9th Edition (Now with more vitamin D)
by BrianL on Dec 9, 2008 7:50 AM PST
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PrintWell I'm back at the office today. Those UPS batteries have been cleaned out and the place is safe again.
Today's interesting links:
Kotaku has their annual holiday gift guide out today. The gift prices ranges from "Secret Santa" to "The Person you're Hoping to Sleep With."
Seattle city council votes to extend the SLUT service. My commute gets a little harder and slightly more dangerous.
Jesus Christ it's going to get cold this weekend and ZOMG SNOW!
Another Extreme Makeover home is facing foreclosure.
Fans bid farewell to the instant Polaroid film.
Guitar Hero arcade system coming in February.
Today's potential discussion topics:
- Read any good fiction novels lately?
- Who can find me the cheapest deal on a full 1080p 32 - 37" HDTV?
- MLB: The Show's "Road to the Show" feature is incredibly addicting and a great time waster. Y/N
- How much Christmas shopping do you have left to do?
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I actually didn't know this was going to be the case.
I think there was a subthread a while back trying to decide the best tag, and I don’t think Usain in the Membrane was even mentioned.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
They Might Be Giants is not actually an awesome band though
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I am not an expert on music
but I find them twee, precious, and too clever by half. But that’s just me.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:10 AM PST up reply actions
They put on a good show - or at least they did about 10 years ago.
Although I think of them as a band to get into during the mid-late teen years when you still have Tiny Toon nostalgia and still find them clever. I’ve never seen them advertise an 18+ or 21+ show and they are non-threatening so parents will let their underage kids go see them.
I also am not a music expert and the sentences above are my non-expert opinion only.
"Beer is ... love ..." Ben Franklin
Your first line is right on.
I listened to them a bit in college, liked ‘em OK, then about six months ago put on Flood and didn’t even make it all the way through the second song.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
Lies!
Though my roommates declared me musically retarded, so what do I know.
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!
But you're right in the TMBG target age range at this point
give it 10 years, and you’ll look back and go “why the FUCK did I like this band?”
How’d that mix tape turn out? Find anything good on it?
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I will answer this in around 5 hours, because holy shit, I have a final in 11 minutes
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!
Now that NOLA lives in the Seattle area
the early morning parts of the OTFPOTD are kind of quiet.
That and I was at shows for a month.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Have you seen Control?
I was never a huge Joy Division fan, but after I saw that I became one.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
No I haven't
and I am in no way qualified to be a Joy Division fan I just like that song and Dead Souls. Really the only 2 songs of their’s that I’ve been exposed to.
You should see Control
and pick up a copy of Unknown Pleasures. Really good stuff. A lot darker than Love Will Tear Us Apart, but still really good.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
Not a huge Joy Division fan, but New Order is in my top 10 favorite bands of all time.
I even prefer Bernard Sumner’s vocals on Love Will Tear us Apart.
Fear the NPE
Fuck this whole being at work thing. I wan't to be in bed. It's too cold.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
You think it's cold now?
Check out the 7 day forecast.
So I rent a car to go to Eugene for Sunday and Monday and it might snow?
I do not appreciate this.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 9, 2008 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
I refuse to do such a thing
Plus everybody knows that weather man lie.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
It won't snow
You know how NW weather predictions go – five days out they’re OMG CLASS 5 KILLSTORM and then on the day there’ll be four snowflakes. You’ll be fine.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
However at the first sign of a snowflake
drivers in this region with ditch their cars on the side of the highway and flee for safety. Bunch of pansies…
It’s not me driving in the snow around here that’s scary. It’s everyone else.
Everybody else is terrifying out there when it snows
My first time ever behind the wheel was in Spokane in January in a 2 wheel drive Chevy pickup on a completely frozen and compacted road. Between that and my Dad teaching Winter Driving courses for King County Search and Rescue, I’d say I’m ok out there. Everybody else is batshit crazy when it comes to snow driving
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
My dad grew up in Alaska.
Day after I got my license he took me up to the pass and taught me how to drive in snow and ice.
That's the way to do it
Seriously, it’s not hard. And if you don’t have the right car for it, then don’t leave the house
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I can only shake my head
when I see someone driving their little rear-wheel drive Chevy pickup on ice around here.
And possess a basic understanding of physics.
And don’t fucking tail other people.
We have the same problem in the rain down here. People go either 4 mph or 70, and at least one person dies virtually every time in rains.
(Though I should say that it rains much harder here than it does in Seattle, the freeways have huge pools in them, and the roads are slick because the rain is so rare. But still . . .)
People are a lot worse at driving in the rain where we live than in Seattle
which is really saying something
People in Seattle can't drive in the rain, snow, fog, dark, or sun though
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
This is depressingly true.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I will actually be doing just that on Friday
what do I have to look forward to? And what about Austin?
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Fortunately I think my friend's going to be doing most of the driving
I just have to get to her house, and she’ll do the rest. Which is good because it sounds like driving there would make me crazy.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Where's the construction on I-10?
About how long will it take me to get from Austin (Arboretum area) to SA?
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
TBH I don't know where the Arboretum area is, I live in South Austin near downtown.
But you won’t need to drive on I-10 going from Austin to SA. The construction is mostly west of downtown SA. As far as the time for the drive anywhere from 1 hour to 1 1/2 depending on the time of day and accidents on I-35.
To put it in Corco terms
Arboretum area is close to the junction of 183 and 1 (Mopac Xpwy). A ways north of downtown Austin. Good to know, thanks for the info.
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I'm happy I've never been to San Antonio...
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
my point.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Yup.
I feel safer driving in Seattle than I do here. California drivers are fast and you have to really try to get a speeding ticket, which is nice sometimes, but I miss being around drivers who use their turn signals and at least make some sort of effort to let you merge.
People in California as a whole drive a lot better than people in Seattle though
by seattlebruin on Dec 9, 2008 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I would agree with this.
Fast does not mean unsafe, and everybody in CA drives the same way, so at least you know what to expect – up here (Portland’s just as bad) you’ll get a bunch of people going fast and then one guy in the left lane going the speed limit mostly to make a point.
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That's usually my dad.
Except he’s going 55.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I haven't driven in Seattle in a long time, but that's amazing.
The people here just seem oblivious to the cars around them. That’s my only real problem, but it’s a big one. As pdb says below (or above, by the time I post this), fast can be good. I like doing 70, 75 on the freeway and knowing I’m not going to rear-end someone going 55. I just have my beefs with the cell phone fucks who swerve into my lane with no blinker and almost kill me. I almost got rammed off the road last weekend on my way to L.A., and the dude didn’t even notice me. Then I realized I was interrupting his phone conversation by driving in his universe. My bad, bro.
Those people are everywhere
The only difference is here they slow down to 50 while they text on the goddamn freeway.
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Not if you know what you're doing it isn't
I swear, T9 or iTAP or whatever word recognition system your phone uses… they were all invented so A. people could text and drive and B. so that texting and driving would result in hilarious texts that make no sense because you don’t read them before you hit send
by seattlebruin on Dec 9, 2008 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Also works with texting and drinking.
I’m going to invent a dictionary that shows which words correspond so that people are able to translate drunk texts. Good = home, if = he, of = me, and so on
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 9, 2008 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Good and home are the frustrating too
when are you going to get good? he you get good early let’s get dinner
by seattlebruin on Dec 9, 2008 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
I'm with you here.
I would like to install a stabbing machine on my car a la Ben Hur so I can demolish cars on the freeway when the driver is texting.
My favorite is the Californian who — despite the new hands-free law — hasn’t bought a Bluetooth earpiece and instead puts the cell phone on speakerphone and holds it in his hand. That is absolutely awesome.
I'm not gonna lie, I just don't care enough to bother with bluetooth until I get my next car, for which integrated bluetooth will be a requirement
but I happen to be a very good driver
by seattlebruin on Dec 9, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I'm getting my lady something that's probably the next best thing.
It’s a Bluetooth speakerphone system that attaches to your visor or something, so you’re talking right into it. And it’s loud enough to hear on the freeways. And you don’t have to fumble with the earpiece, which I’m starting to think is less safe than holding a phone to your ear.
Think I might buy one for myself, too.
What about NOT TEXTING UNTIL YOU GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING?
What’s so important that you can’t wait to text it until your car is stopped?
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the car is stopped then though
because it’s wrapped around a telephone pole or a pedestrian.
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This was a fad for cell phone use a couple years ago when I was in Louisiana.
I don’t know if it was anywhere else, but lots of people would hold the phone flat next to their mouth (speakerphone on) while just walking around Wal-Mart or something. Just blabbing away, speakerphone on max volume. Like everybody else wants to hear both sides of the conversation. Yuck.
Pretend Nextel people
They just wanted to fit in
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
So that's what that was all about.
Another question of weird social behaviour answered, thanks. Serious about that, sometimes these little things nibble at my brain demanding answers.
That's just my guess, by the way
But I’ve seen a lot of it even up here and would have to think that’s at least part of it. I never really understood the Nextel Walkie Talkie thing for anybody that didn’t do hard labor
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
There are quite a few people who do that in Oakland
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I'd always assumed it was popular on a reality tv show of some type.
MTV Real World or something, so the audience would be able to hear everything.
.
Just buy one of these for Christmas:
Man, that WOULD be fun to own — amphibious, seats 8… I would totally pwn Mob Wars with one of these!
This signature space for rent.
I think someone tried that in San Diego a few years back.
Didn’t end well for him. Plus, just wait until you get started on the “Blood” series of games on FB.
Man do I love midgets.
My computer finally accepted an invitation from one of you guys.
I have yet to play the game though. It looks like you all have finished Mob Wars.
Far, far from done,
at least for me.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm afraid to get started on things that might need to be finished on a schedule.
Like right now, I put the kids down for naps, an hour later my boy is still awake so I rocked him for 45 minutes. Whatever that was all about, probably another growth spurt.
Things that I can’t put on pause or walk away from can be a problem.
There is no time frame with these at all.
Whenever you have time, you log in and play. It’s great while I’m at work. I can play for 5 seconds then quit.
Actually, you don’t even have to really participate. Just joining someones “Mob” or “Gang” helps them, even if you never do anything else.
Man do I love midgets.
Yes -- this.
I pick it up and put it down for ~2-3 min. at a time right now.
Letting my cash stockpile while I acquire properties and the like…
This signature space for rent.
Watch out that nobody attacks you and steals your money though.
I keep all of mine in the bank just to be safe, even though it costs 10% per deposit.
Man do I love midgets.
I spent a few winters in Pullman and Boise, and I drove a heavy-ass Maxima.
You learn pretty quickly what your car can do and what it can’t.
I enjoy sitting out on a lawn chair and watching people freak out in parking lots up here
In central Idaho we have a thick layer of packed ice on the ground 6 months of the year and nobody even flinches
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People out here also manage to do things with their cars when it snows that I didn't even know was possible
I saw one girl in a BMW get stuck in a parking lot with one wheel on a tiny little patch of ice- I just laughed
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People are goddamned stupid in the snow
It just baffles me how people can find it so hard. And even worse, if they know they suck at driving in it, then DON’T DRIVE. Take the bus or something if you have to go somewhere
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I think a lot of it is people just don't have emergency manuvre instincts
As a high school kid in central Idaho my time was passed spinning donuts in our old Ford F-250 in the parking lot for fun. As a result if I start to slide I have the developed instincts to instantly exit said slide without even thinking about it.
Folks up here don’t have that and it exacerbates the situation
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Correct
That’s definitely the biggest part of it
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
General Pacific Northwest reaction to sliding on snow/ice
“Oh shit I’d better throw on the brakes REALLY hard.”
And then start turning back and forth, to force myself into a spin when I swipe a dry patch
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I just checked the forecast for up there
It’s not so bad…
Actually yeah fuck that
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
There are 300ish new comments in yesterday's off.
People stay up too late.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 9, 2008 8:34 AM PST reply actions
It was nice.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
And several of us were making him stay awake and post more
And besides I was up until 4. I was going to go to bed at midnight or so, but thought I’d watch the first episode of Weeds. Then I watched the next 7 episodes of Weeds instead of sleeping. Good show, that is
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Scrappy's idea
so apparently there’s this bar in Temecula with a big bell in the back that they ring anytime someone orders Coors, Budweiser, MIller or PBR so that everyone in the bar knows what you just ordered. I suggest we serve these beers at Scrappy’s and have this same policy.
That's an awesome idea
I’d expand that to include Zima. Public naming and shaming is the only way to stop these things.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
that's a real zhame.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
'Zokay
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
zeattlebruin
And where’z kevin_ezz? He needs to contribute to this
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I have no complaints with PBR
but the hipster douchebags that drink it so they can look cool with their friends should just go away.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
PBR has a huge following in Minneapolis
I was almost drawn and quartered for loudly making fun of it there.
Fuck yeah
Now that’s what I’m talking about.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I saw 50 cents at a bar in Fremont.
At least I think it was Fremont. I’m not up on my neighborhoods.
Can't really remember, but I'll take your word.
I was just in town for a day or two and somehow ended up there one night.
I like Full Sail (pretty much all of them)
I am going to go out on a limb and say that is my favorite beer for the price. So freaking underrated
I haven't had Full Sail beers in a while
but I remember them being pretty good. I really liked their amber.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, the amber is fantastic, as well as the pale ale
and best of all, they’re usually like ~$7 for a six pack
Their pale ale is pretty good.
So is their LTD and Session. Everything else? Meh.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
I'd rather stay sober then drink PBR
and that is the only beer I can say that about
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I have that same thing with Miller High Life.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
Funny. That's my favorite at home casual beer. I hate Bud.
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PBR tastes like perpetually drinking the last drink of a can of MIller High Life
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
I can deal with PBR if it's ice-cold
like straight out of the cooler. But the minute it starts to warm up I can’t do it any more.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
That's certainly possible
I haven’t had to drink PBR in any quantity since high school, and we never exactly had cold beer in high school for fear of our parents finding it chilling in the fridge
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I think it's worse than most of the other domestics that people like to hate.
At first I thought it was all right because it’s what people brought to softball, and any beer is good at softball, but the more I tried to drink it at a bar or at home, it reminded me of cracking open a fresh battery and downing it.
or
http://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Aquos-LC32D64U-32-Inch-1080p/dp/B001338KTQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1228842295&sr=8-1
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
BOTD...
Oh now come the fuck on…
Chicken fried bacon:
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
by kevin_ess on Dec 9, 2008 8:52 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Oh shizz, that looks awesome.
Need some greasy food after last night’s wine?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
Feeling good. Just tired from taking care of my sick wife and child.
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They better or worse?
I figured the stank of my awesome from when I shook your hand last night would have healed them
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
They're about the same. My hope is that they both recover today, as it's Anna's day off, and I don't want to miss work tomorrow.
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That is one fo the great food items of all time
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
FUCK
the guy that shares my cube came in this morning DRENCHED in cologne. GODDAMIT.
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I'm not sure I want to know how YOU know what that smells like.
In fact, I’m positive I don’t want to.
Man do I love midgets.
Option three. Dan Devone.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
The only lasting memory I will ever have of Dan Devone
was the stunned look on his (and New York Vinnie’s face) when DMZ told them that the Mariners wouldn’t compete for a division title in 2006.
The latter
because the cologne usually doesn’t do the trick 100%.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
patchouli on its own.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm.
Chain smoker trying to cover up their habit with $2 cologne. Or smelling like they smoked a whole pack on their 10-minute break.
Sorry smokers out there, but that’s big time pet-peeve of mine.
This signature space for rent.
Wash you hands, eat a mint, and except the fact you smell like a smoker.
Man do I love midgets.
BO+cologne.
I’m less offended by BO than most, but that combo is terrible.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
32-37" 1080p HDTVs
It’s a really weird size to be getting 1080p. If there’s a reason you need specifically a 32 or 37" TV, then go for it.
The Samsung above for $700 is solid, and here’s a 37" option
If you’re not locked into that size, there’s some really nice 40-47" TVs that run between $800 and $1,000
Also, just thought I’d mention it, but there’s also this option in the 32" for $1,000 (with blu-ray player).
Honestly, it looks like this week is a down week for deals. I’ll keep my eyes peeled though and let you know if I find anything unreal.
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
Yeah, I'm no tech expert, but 1080p seems unnecessary at 37" if there's a big price difference.
But aren’t pretty much all the new TVs 1080p anyway?
My TV is about 4p.
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Yeah, but is it a calculator watch?
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I have an abacus watch
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
I used to have a girlfriend whose grandfather ran a little corner store.
And he counted people’s change with an abacus. Dude might have been the wackiest, smartest guy I ever met.
I'm using this also as a display for my media computer.
If I went with 720p I’d have to downgrade from the resolution I’m currently running at with my 22" Hyundai monitor.
Keep your eye on the website
dealnews.com
And don’t be afraid of a Vizio if you have a external sound system.
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
And like Andrew said
40" is probably the best bang for the buck
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
I have had a Vizio 32" 720 for about 6 weeks now
And i have been satisfied with it so far.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
I would have been without a TV for 6 weeks then
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Is he still trying to sell a car, also?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 9, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
It's almost like you know the guy I'm referring to
and no, he’s not trying particularly hard to sell his car, though car prices are continuing to fall
by seattlebruin on Dec 9, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
No, stay away from the Vizio for anything 1080p.
The people that think they’re good haven’t seen it next to a real tv.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And you should have asked me a week ago when I could have gotten you a 42" Toshiba for like 900.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
1080p, 120 hz, 4HDMI, PC Input.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
There was also a 37 that I didn't get the price on, but would imagine being around 700 with shipping.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm totally bummed I missed out on that $900 Sharp Aquos 46" two weeks ago
but it worked out OK – I found an unadvertised special at Fry’s, $900 for the Samsung 46" 1080p, but the base model (20,000:1, 60 hz)
I have a 42-inch Philips that I got from Costco this summer for $999 (including delivery woo!)
I love it. I’m sure the picture’s not quite up to par with the magical Sharp TVs, but it’s more than good enough for me.
Might be a bit big for you, though, if you’re trying to use it as a monitor. Though it does create a hilarious visual in my head.
I have absolutely no room for a 42" screen.
I wish I did, because that would be awesome.
there is a woot off right - keep your eyes on it
A TV should pop up
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
link fail
but I can’t get into woot.com right now either, server’s too busy.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Delicious bento.
I’m ready for bed, Mr. Bubbles…
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 9:19 AM PST reply actions
Yesterday I bumped Wall-E to the top of my Netflix queue, because I have to see it again (even though I just watched in on Saturday).
Plus, my wife hasn’t seen it. I’m looking forward to her reaction to the movie.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
I think I'm going to buy it for my girlfriend (and me) for Christmas.
I’ve heard great things here and elsewhere.
Assuming Rod Blagojevich goes down as I think he will, I just want to point out that my state now has a 66% indictment/conviction rate over the past 6 governors.
And it’s bipartisan too. Hooray, I live in the most corrupt state in America. What a fucking laughingstock we are.
Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism
They haven't indicted a governor since Huey Long though
I think IL wins this one.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
Because instead Louisiana reelects congressmen who store money in their freezer.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 9, 2008 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
well, you don't want your money to wilt in all that humidity now, do you?
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so see, if you didn't keep it in the freezer
you’d just have to launder it. Again. And that’s a lot of work for an ambitious congressman.
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Actually, he lost in a massive upset a couple days ago.
Which is a shame, because William “Cold Cash” Jefferson was awesome in his own corrupt way.
Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism
I've always maintained
that Seattle could use a good dose of political corruption. Want that third runway at Sea-Tac? Hand over the cash and BOOM it’s done. Want a replacement for the viaduct? None of this 20 years of discussion garbage, just grease a few palms and you’ve got yourself a shiny new waterfront.
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I always compare Seattle's airport to Philly's
Seattle’d been talking about a third runway for about 15 years – it finally got built, but it took 12 years of discussion to turn a goddamn shovel. Philly, in the late 90’s, built a runway (can’t remember if it was a third or a fifth) AND a new terminal in about five years, conception to ribbon-cutting. There’s no way that was on the up-and-up. But shit got DONE.
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NO!
If the Mets sign both K-Rod and Ibanez, we get their second-round pick instead of their first-round pick. Anaheim would get their first-rounder.
Damn.
Cubs cubs cubs!
Mariners ----> Brewers.
by .Taylor on Dec 9, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder if Minaya's willing to sign two Type A's, though.
They didn’t let any Type A free agents leave, so they wouldn’t have a draft pick until the third round. That seems pretty scary for an organization whose farm system is already pretty unexciting.
Angels were passively linked to signing Raul
and trading for Michael Young. Why anyone would trade for MY is beyond my comprehension, but the Angels doing both of these things would make my winter.
I can't believe how cheap cars are right now
if only I had a little more money… =(
where and how much?
like used or new?
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
somewhat
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
If you're looking to spend >9K and like VWs, drop me a line.
E-mail address is on my profile page.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
what kind?
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by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
the best invention EVER
My wife’s Jetta has them, and I mocked her for having a car with them. This was in August. Then, November rolled around and I fired it up, just to see – and now I never want to have a car that doesn’t have them.
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I am really going to miss them.
The passenger side mirror that tilts down when you’re in reverse is pretty amazing as well.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Her Jetta doesn't have that, sadly
but I had a friend with a BMW M3 that had mirrors like that, and it was really cool.
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My 2002 Subaru Forester has ass warmers AND sideview mirror warmers.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, the Jetta has mirror warmers too
A completely unnecessary invention, at least in this part of the world, but still pretty cool.
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Mine fog up quite a bit actually.
Heated mirrors are nice.
Man do I love midgets.
I get spoiled because we have a garage
so fogging’s not a huge issue.
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I know, our Hyundai has them.
I get mad every morning when I watch Jeanuts drive off in it, and I’m freezing my ass off in the Honda.
Man do I love midgets.
what year?
I may be interested
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by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
It's a 2000.
78k. Also, see comment below.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
and by "it" I of course mean
your chance to get RICH by selling a <9K car for A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
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.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Hahahahaha
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
I have done 0% of my Christmas shopping
But Macy’s Friends and Family starts tomorrow, so 20% off and then 20% off means everyone gets a gift from Macy’s.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 9, 2008 9:45 AM PST reply actions
Same here.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I have also done zero percent
I bought the new Banjo Kazooie game for the Xbox 360 for my kid, but I technically promised that to him for something a few weeks ago, so it doesn’t count
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Are you sure you didn't get that game for you?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Quiet, you
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I got it on sale for $26 at Amazon last week
So it was a hell of a deal I couldn’t pass up
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
No kidding. $26 for a new game? Nice.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
It is normally only $40, but still...
The demo was entertaining, but my kid loved it. I already got the original Banjo Kazooie on XBLA, so this seemed like a good next step. The original has been bringing back good memories from my N64 days
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Tuning my old 12-string is a pain in the butt
but holy flying donkeys does it sound awesome when it gets there!
I've always meant to play a 12-string.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
I've got 9 guitars
Fenders. Les Paul, you name it. And the one that I get the most satisfaction out of playing is this old 12-string of my Dad’s that I started learning on when I was 14.
Try tuning a hammered dulcimer.
Which reminds me… I need to tune my hammered dulcimer. Actually, I also need to re-string my larger one. It’s not a full-size hammered dulcimer, but it’s still fun to play. My small back-packable one is OK, but I like playing the larger one.
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by PositivePaul on Dec 9, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't go so far as to call it a word.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
So your mission is to stop people from using addicting as a description?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 9, 2008 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Yes because there's already a real word that means the same thing.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Once this mission is complete
can we move on to “iterate”?
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I find iterate to be a billion times worse than conversate
mostly because I’ve never actually heard anyone use “conversate” in a serious manner. IT departments are rife with people that say “iterate”, and it always sets my teeth on edge.
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Does it make you less performant in your duties?
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I am kinda underperformant today
but it’s ok because I’m exploring a whole new paradigm.
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I'M A SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT BITCHES
Every time I’m introduced to someone that’s gone through Six Sigma, they always, without prompting, tell me how close they are to being a black belt. Like I care, and like it matters.
I have always thought that the best job I could have is to be the guy that invents methodologies. Throw together a bunch of buzzwords, make some pie charts, and BOOM I’m rich. Then I invent a new one next year and sell it to the same companies as the natural evolution of what I sold them last year.
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Sometimes I'm very happy I never ended up in a corporate structure.
Bullshit like that would drive me over the edge, I think. I have one meeting a week, it’s like 20 minutes, and it’s essentially optional.
I have learned to ignore 99% of it
but it used to completely drive me mad. My strategy now is that I automatically take things said by Six Sigma professionals, PMP’s, and other random-letter designees about 65% less seriously than I take the guy at the end of my aisle that’s been doing this job for 24 years and knows where the bullshit lives and how to cut it out or work around it.
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I have found that the more formalized methodology someone knows
the less actual knowledge they have, because their brain is crammed full of stupid meaningless crap.
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I've only really heard "conversate" in rap songs.
And it’s kind of a “I know it’s not a word, fuck you” thing, and I find it humorous.
I know plenty of people who use it in all seriousness.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I'm trying to remember the word the guy on "Man vs Wild" uses all the time that drives me crazy..
Man do I love midgets.
Vit-amin?
Disorientated?
Glass-ear? (Glacier)
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Disorientated.
That’s the one I was thinking of.
Man do I love midgets.
He makes me giggle when he talks
And then I remember that he could probably kill me 10 different ways before I hit the ground
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
To an extent, yes
But anybody that will willing jump into the water while up in the Arctic, or eat the nasty bugs that he does, or squeeze some elephant shit to get the water out is going to get all the respect I can muster
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Yes but given a choice between watching him or Les Stroud
I’ll choose Stroud.
Same here
Though I love me some Bear Grylls still. I like watching his show to see what kind of goddamn insane thing he will do.
“You should never drink your own pee, but if you have to then just pee in your shirt like this and squeeze it into your own mouth”
“I’m here in the Arctic and my clothes are soaked. I am going to strip down naked and exercise to get my blood flowing and keep warm”
*strips naked and does jumping jacks and push ups on a sheet of ice
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I love both shows,
but if I actually want to get tips on how to survive, Stroud is much more realistic for the average Joe.
I still haven’t seen the hunting episode with him and his buddy, I wonder if it’s On Demand…
Man do I love midgets.
Oh shit I think that's on my DVR
I don’t ever check that thing anymore. Stupid Netflix on the Xbox 360
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
I once heard the word "Wiscansin" in a rap song
and then I heard it 100 more times because that song is hilariously awesome
by seattlebruin on Dec 9, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
I guess I do have to respect the testicular fortitude of a man
accused of statutory rape releasing an album called Chocolate Factory.
Fear the NPE
Adolescent Peeist.
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Honestly, deep down I know I shouldn't enjoy his music
but it’s way too awesome to not listen to. Every song is about alcohol!
by seattlebruin on Dec 9, 2008 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I'm entering the age where I'm listening to more underground stuff and I can't stand a lot of the pop rap out there,
but there’s something about T-Pain that is wonderful. It’s all about alcohol and different places where you should drink that alcohol, but the way he uses words is so ridiculous. He’s some sort of absurd poet who knows exactly what he’s doing because he makes songs that are both radio-friendly and highly entertaining even if you pay attention to the words.
Again, like R. Kelly.
I thought the same while reading through and getting myself caught up just now
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
What about at the beach?
Man do I love midgets.
My sister and I got pictures made last night to give to our folks at Christmas.
The photographer wasn’t wearing shoes. I came very close to walking out.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
oh but you don't understand he's (she's?) an ARTIST and that's an EXPRESSION of FREEDOM
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So I guess I'm lucky she was wearing pants.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Well, there goes my studio.
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How do you feel about furish lined slippers that look like loafers.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 9, 2008 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Comfy cozers, fine for around the house, anyone in public should get an Indian burn.
The Shell station up the street has loafers made out of bandannas. I am horrified and intrigued.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Bandannas in general horrify me
unless it’s 1988 and you’re Axl Rose. Then, OK. But I need to see these bandana loafers.
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I keep meaning to take a picture but the guy that works there is really nice and I don't want to hurt his feelers.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
That store is run by a giant ant?
I want a picture of THAT.
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but a nice gesture for the family so that's something.
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yeah, it wouldn't do it for me either
especially if it involved a trip to a JC Penney’s. I can’t say I’ve set foot in a Penney’s since I was about 20.
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They were playing a nostalgia-rock version of the Dreidel Song.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I would have burned down the store at that point.
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and now I have the fucking Dreidel Song in my head.
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I'm going to be at the Kemmerer, Wyoming JCPenney in less than a month
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If they add addicting to the dictionary I will set myself on fire.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
I'd go after that Noah Webster asshole, myself
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Agreed. Self-immolation is for sad Buddhist monks only.
Plus, we need more people like you in the world, not less.
I think it was an attempt at a link that was blocked by the link provider
unless it’s some sort of meta-joke that sailed way over my head, which is possible.
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I don't see the point in providing emoticons if you won't let people link to them.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I think they want you to save them to your machine first
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Psh, fuck that.
That requires a modicum of effort.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
So there's at least one bit of modern technology that's older than I am
Happy birthday, the mouse.
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Okay.
So now I know what I’m putting on my Christmas list:
And to wear on Sundays (I play keyboards at church):
This signature space for rent.
Can't see the second one at all
all I see is a black t-shirt. the Pong one would make me crazy.
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Blue graphic equalizer.
Sensitive to noise, even!
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by PositivePaul on Dec 9, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Oh and...
Obligatory “I’ll get off your lawn now” comment, since you can’t see me there either…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Dec 9, 2008 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
It's less about the Pong
than about the fact that I don’t want a t-shirt that does stuff. Clothing should clothe.
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I must purchase this.
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If I saw someone wearing one of these I would be terrified.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Those are awesome.
I’d want to see one in person before I bought it though.
Also, machine washable?
Man do I love midgets.
These remind me of the Wi-Fi detector shirts
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
So Jimmy Fallon is getting the Roots to be the Late Night house band
when he takes over for Conan next year. I can’t imagine anyone being less funny than Jimmy Fallon, but he at least has decent taste in bands.
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I can't beleive he's getting a show.
He’ll just sit there and laugh at himself for 30 minutes a night.
Man do I love midgets.
Yeah, I don't understand how Jimmy Fallon isn't a joke in Hollywood.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
I don't understand why I can't spell/type "believe" correctly.
Man do I love midgets.
Horatio Sanz will likely be his douchebag sidekick.
Hell, at least they didn’t didn’t give that douche nozzle Jim Brewer a show.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I don't know who Jim Brewer is
but if he’s on the Jimmy Fallon level then I don’t want to.
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He used to also be on SNL, playing Goat Boy and doing an awful Joe Pesci impersonation.
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Then Pesci beat the crap out of him.
Man do I love midgets.
Naw, I've apparently got a streak going here.
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"Just keep quiet and turn daddy's halo screws."
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Same reason I drink as much as I do:
You cry too much
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Silas used to have a shirt that read, "Daddy drinks because I cry."
You’d be amazed at how many scowls I would receive prom people.
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That's fucking great
I had a onesie for my kid that said my daddy is a real MOTHERfucker
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Ahahahahah!
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Bitchin
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Hahahah
Silas had another on that read, “Hung like a five year-old.”
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That's great!
I bought matching shirts for my kid and I that were “Team Ramrod” from Super Troopers. He liked that it had a police car on it
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I need to find some of these t-shirts.
Man do I love midgets.
Click
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Ha here's a good one for when Thingray is around our kids
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
.
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My kid does hate the Yankees. It's great
I also had him cheering against the Sawx and Angels in October.
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
I just bought these two...
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!
Man do I love midgets.
Go here
Make sure you take time to ogle the cute T-shirt models. Something about online t-shirt retailers attracts super cute ladies to be models
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
That is random
But awesome. They have gotten several of my dollars over the years
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I just threw them more.
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I likely will also
I get their newsletter all the time, and have a short list of shirts I may get soon. Probably more for my kid than me, because I get yelled at by the fiancee for having too many t shirts as it is
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Good reason for us to shop there then.
Man do I love midgets.
Weird
SBN doesn’t like when people do links like that, it seems. I wonder if it automatically converts links if they are typed out and gets confused when you link a link
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Somebody has to laugh at him I guess
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He acts like a 15 year old stoner.
Is Horacio Sanz going to be his sidekick?
Man do I love midgets.
Jinx, you owe me a Coke.
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Shasta Cola count?
It’s all I have with me right now.
Man do I love midgets.
YES. Better.
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Better than Coke?
Okay then, it’s already open, and it’s only half full though (this is a good thing, it means there is room for rum in it).
Man do I love midgets.
I will also prep rum for the addition of coke.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm speechless that people can have rum & coke for lunch
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Some of us are lucky.
(Note: Thingray is not lucky in this sense)
Man do I love midgets.
Nor is ess, sadly.
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I probably could
My line of work is silly like that. I won’t test it, but I could probably get away with it. Hell, I’ve had beers over lunch with the old owner of the Mazda store I worked at a few times before
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Actually I am allowed to have a drink at lunch if I wanted to (off premises),
but that’s more for holiday parties and things like that. I wouldn’t want to push it by just drinking at lunch. Nor would I want to be that much of an alcoholic (I drink too much as it is).
Man do I love midgets.
Wow, that's gotta piss off Conan something fierce
I know Leno’s new show won’t be the Tonight Show, but a lot of the audience of that show will follow Leno rather than give Conan a chance, especially since Leno’s taking his “best” bits with him. I’d be pretty goddamn mad if I were Conan.
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I actually think it's a good lead in to Conan's show.
I think more Leno fans that weren’t particularly sold on Conan will stick around. Smart move by the network.
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Never thought of it that way but you could be right.
I really want Conan to do well – I love Conan. When he first took over for Dave, during that first week I thought “damn, this guy’s not going to last a month”, but he really developed into a seriously funny dude and I hope moving to Tonight doesn’t mean he has to be less Conan.
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Yes.
I don’t think Leno sucks, I just think Conan and Letterman are much better, Letterman’s humor is often very assholish and non-sequitur, and Conan’s humor can be rude, so I can see why Leno has a lot of appeal.
by JI on Dec 9, 2008 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
I find him painfully unfunnny, although I do enjoy headlines.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I'm a huge Conan fan, a big Letterman fan, and a moderate Leno fan
My big issue with Leno is that it seems like he’s trying to hard to sell his jokes. Conan just says them, and if nobody laughs then he admits that the joke sucked. Letterman will say it and move on like nothing happened because he’s weird like that
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I'm almost positive Letterman does unfunny bits on purpose
and I find that hilarious
by JI on Dec 9, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
That's my thought as well
Letterman is just completely off the wall, and Conan is just purely talented with what he’s doing. Leno forces his jokes, and explains them if people don’t laugh which is a huge no-no in my book of things that are funny
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
He always has, that's what his humor is built on
and why I love David Letterman more than I love most members of my family.
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After seeing American Splendor, I lost a lot of respect for Letterman.
Mariners ----> Brewers.
by .Taylor on Dec 9, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Uhh, if Leno is on at 10, the same audience can watch Tonight at 11.30
by JI on Dec 9, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
But my thinking is that they won't
because they watch Jay for Jay. So after Jay, they might turn off the TV.
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Like they do at 12.30?
If anything, moving Conan to 11.30 will get him more viewers.
by JI on Dec 9, 2008 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
I know I'm in the minority here,
but I think this is a good medium for Fallon. I don’t like him in movies, and I didn’t really like him in SNL, but he seems to have the kind of giggly improvisational skills that can make me laugh. I’m oddly optimistic.
That said, I don’t want just another guy aping Conan’s style. Carson Daly is painful enough.
To counteract my optimism, though, I don’t have a good feeling about Conan going to 11:30. Please don’t change, Conan.
Absolutely.
I fear the simple, see-them-from-a-mile-away jokes that Leno’s audience appears to crave. I’m not sure if you can do a masturbating bear bit in the 11:30 time slot.
He'd fucking better
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
They'll never get to play because Jimmy will keep cracking up at his own jokes and waste all of their airtime
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
I heart me some Jonathan Richman
“Rock n Roll Drummer Straight From The Hospy-Tel” always makes me laugh, and “Vampire Girl” is even more awesome.
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Pablo Picasso was probably never called an asshole.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I've got some steaks thawing at home for dinner tonight,
but I can’t decide how I want to cook them… Good steaks too, free range and fresh from Jeanuts’ Nana’s ranch.
Hmm….
Man do I love midgets.
I doubt the kids would eat that.
Man do I love midgets.
Not if it's the kind of "steak salad" I'm thinking of.
Plus, waste of good steak.
Man do I love midgets.
I don't think I have the required greens at home.
Now I’m debating about wrapping it in bacon…
Man do I love midgets.
Actually I'm torn between nice and simple seasonings, or a quick marinade,
Man do I love midgets.
If it's really good steak, stick with the simple seasonings.
Save the marinade for steak of a lesser quality,
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
That's what I'm thinking.
Salt, pepper, a touch of garlic.
Man do I love midgets.
That does sound good.
Again though, I doubt the boys would eat it. I suppose I could make two different kinds of steaks.
Man do I love midgets.
They can have jelly sammiches
You and Jeanuts can rock the delicious and exotic dinner by yourselves
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Kinda need to cook the steaks now that they're thawed though.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm off at 9
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I guarantee there will be no steak left by then!
Man do I love midgets.
zadface
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Not my fault you work so late.
:)
Man do I love midgets.
Bring me dinner
It’s the right thing to do
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
And the right time to do it.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Now?
Good God man, it’s still lunch time!
Besides, who would want a cold steak delivered from Everett to Shoreline?
Man do I love midgets.
I don't have specific meal times.
As it stands, I have not eaten since yesterday at about 5. I’m hungry, but if I go get lunch now I’ll need to eat again before I leave, and then I will get hungry at home at like 11 probably.
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe if you ate on a regular schedule,
you wouldn’t have been sick so much lately. Eh?
Man do I love midgets.
Shush
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Wilford Brimley used to say,
It’s the right thing to do, and the right time to do it."
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
He also says diabeetus instead of diabetes
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Today is the day
This is the place
And I am the man
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
If I weren't so busy at work, I'd seriously show up with a quizno's steak sub or something.
Man do I love midgets.
No worries.
I’m about to head off to lunch anyhow
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Then bring me something!
Just kidding.
Man do I love midgets.
No you aren't
And since if I leave I will end up having about 10 orders in tow I don’t believe I could swing that way
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Actually I am.
I already have something here for lunch.
Man do I love midgets.
Well fine then
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Fine, fine.. Just fine..
Man do I love midgets.
FINE
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Okay then...
(crawls under desk)
Man do I love midgets.
Time to run out for lunch
I expect lots of good comments while I’m gone so I have entertainment whilst I eat my food
Let us discuss the merits of the spatula.
Why can’t you ever find one when you need one?
It's here in my pocket.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Any Rock Band drummers out there gonna pick up the Mad Catz cymbal add ons?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 11:46 AM PST reply actions
Goddammit.
I’m assuming he lets you play it, too.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Drums aren't really my strong suit
So no. I haven’t given them near enough time to decide if I am capable or not yet
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I think so
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Done, and don't bother.
It doesn’t add anything to the experience. I was hoping it would put a set of circles or something in the inbetween, but they just act as extra pads for the ones already on there.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This I already know.
I’m mostly looking for a more “authentic” drumming experience.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 10, 2008 7:37 AM PST up reply actions
Ever seen these?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Ha
“Hey Mr. Gammill! Your cartoons suck!”
“That gives me a great idea for a cartoon!”
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Has anybody else been having problems with Gmail lately?
It’s been real slow for me, and keeps hanging up when I try and do stuff
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
have you two sat down and had a good honest talk about it?
Maybe you’re just seeing things differently.
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Same.
Do you have one of the themes?
Mariners ----> Brewers.
by .Taylor on Dec 9, 2008 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Nope
I’m using Gmail Redesigned, but I’ve never had any problems with it. Gmail has been slow on both my Mac and my Vista laptop, as well as with the Gmail app on my phone, and when accessing it directly over mobile web
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Everything Google seems to be running a bit more slowly over the past few days.
Search, GIS, Reader and Gmail.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
I've noticed it a bit
My gmail manager add-on for firefox isn’t even connecting correctly. It just times itself out
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Heheh
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I do not know of this musical combo
perhaps I should investigate.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
I don't even play guitar and I want that.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
Ooh, I love Teles with humbuckers.
Best of both worlds.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Unless we're talking SGs, hollowbodies or random vintage weirdness
I’m a strict Fender loyalist.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Les Pauls are great guitars, just not for me.
Fenders are perfect for my playing style, and I like SGs because they feel like Fenders to me.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I mean in terms of feel, weight etc.
Les Pauls feel like having a bowling ball around my neck.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
THAT DUDE SHREDS THAT BOWLING BALL
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
God I love this image.
http://i35.tinypic.com/30l041e.jpg
Mariners ----> Brewers.
by .Taylor on Dec 9, 2008 1:08 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
That's really damn funny.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
FUCKITY FUCKPANTS
I hate it when I try to print off a boarding pass and the site’s not optimized for Firefox. Now I have to show up at the airport and get a new boarding pass because both my boarding passes for tomorrow printed overlapping each other. GAH
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I should expect nothing more from USAir
but yeah, they pretty much do.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Can you use the IE Tab and get it to work?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I love IE Tab so hard
But at the same time hate the fact that it has to exist
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Too late
USAir only lets you print once. Didn’t think of IE tab until it was too late.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
I should say
USAir lets you print as many times as you want, so long as you stay on the page/in the session. Opening the same page in IE results in an error.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Far too late for that kind of advanced thinking
I’ve got to beg plead grovel bribe for see about getting an exit row seat at the airport anyway.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Next time drive
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by Corco on Dec 9, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If time were not an issue I would
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
The band Swell deserves way more attention than they've received in their career.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 1:14 PM PST reply actions
I've been listening to them for almost 15 years.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Hey look, the first full length trailer for the new Terminator movie
When I first heard of this movie, I was terrified that it would be the worst thing ever. But, Christian Bale automatically makes a movie good, and it’s The Terminator. I can’t not watch this movie.
Check the trailer here
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Oh, man.
I want this movie to be good sooooo bad.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
and its what T3 should've of been
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
T3, when viewed on its own, wasn't that bad of a movie
Didn’t fit much with canon and everything, but if it were a standalone film it would have been just fine. That said, T4 looks so awesome. I think that between Christian Bale and those motherfucking MOTORCYCLE TERMINATORS this film will be just fine
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
My buddy built the explosives for that scene
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
That's pretty freakin' cool..
Man do I love midgets.
FUCKING AWESOME
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 9, 2008 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, you're in for a treat. Terminator and Terminator 2 are amazing films.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously?
I thought everyone had at least seen the original…
Man do I love midgets.
I've seen T2 but not the original
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, man. See Terminator SOON.
I saw it as a kid, then saw Terminator 2 a bunch. I was under the impression that all of the deep story lines happened in the second film, but really it was all PERFECTLY set up in the first movie. James Cameron’s forethought was amazing.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, you need to see the original.
Sounds like we need an LL Terminator watching party.
Man do I love midgets.
I had to pause for a second and think about where he was in that movie
But now I remember. The beginning
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
And yes, he very likely was in more than anybody
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
His voice has lways bugged me.
Man do I love midgets.
Yeah, the punk that runs away when the Arnold first shows up.
His voice is kind of buggy, the only movie he made back then that it worked for me was Aliens. I’m not a fan of his acting, but I like his stuff which makes zero sense.
And I think “Fear” is a great movie (he was actor/director), which is hard to do with Matthew McConaughey carrying the load.
I tried Big Love, but couldn’t get into it. I’m married and have kids, so watching a guy deal with three wives and all the baggage of the religiosity conversant to the perpherant parentialism is baffling. I have no idea what I’m saying.
You should host a Terminator viewing party
I have the movies so we’re good there
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Drat
Still doesn’t change my viewpoint though. We need to make this happen
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I'm down if you guys want to come over.
Let’s wait til the holidays are over and we’ll do a T / T2 night.
I can't believe Yahoo LaunchCast STILL doesn't support Firefox.
Seriously, wtf?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 1:38 PM PST reply actions
Jeff's latest Tuesdays with Sean Green is hilarious.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 1:44 PM PST reply actions
Best one yet definitely.
Man do I love midgets.
BCS related hilarity
eleven of the twelve teams in the ACC this season finished with 3, 4 or 5 conference wins
Baker seems to think that the Mariners could sign Josh Fields.
Link.
The two sides are only $500,000 or so apart, so you know it can get done. Seattle is in the driver’s seat on this one. And no, they don’t have to sign Fields before trading Putz. They have to figure out who is going to be on their 2009 team first. If Putz is there, then there is no urgency to sign Fields and maybe you pass him over in favor of another first-round pick next June. If Putz is dealt, then the team can approach Fields, cough up the $500,000 extra if necessary, and move on from there.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 2:10 PM PST reply actions
Not really. I just didn't realize they were so close money-wise.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Seems stupid not to get it done.
Unless they regret the pick in the first place.
Man do I love midgets.
With Fontaine no longer around
I’m not sure if GMZ would have much of a desire to sign Fields, especially if he thinks he can get better talent in the next draft.
That's what I'm wondering.
Man do I love midgets.
So I finally decide to get some food today
And a customer calls and tells me he will be here in half an hour to buy a car. Always works like that
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Not a car thing,
but that’s similar to how I end up skipping or missing lunch quite often.
Man do I love midgets.
That's annoying
he’d better damn well BUY the car, then.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
The worst is when they do that
And then run late without calling. This guy called at 1:45 and said he’d be about 45 minutes at the max. My luck, he’ll probably get here at like 3:15 and I’ll be pissed because I had time to go and didn’t because he said he’d be here. Just another case of people not giving a shit about us sales people. I spoke to a guy today that had mentioned possibly coming in last weekend. I called because he didn’t show, and he explained why he won’t ever set an appointment with a car salesman because he doesn’t care if somebody is waiting on him. He says he’d rather just show up because us “vultures” (his words) are always happy to help him
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Good god, people suck.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
If I didn't find so much humor in how people treat us
I would have quit long ago. It’s kind of fun having people automatically think I’m a lying piece of shit, though. Plus it makes it easier for me to keep my customer service scores so high when everybody has low expectations.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Good point.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Sorta makes you wish for a little less transparency in car sales
so that guy could be hit with all sorts of “dealer charges” like they used to do in the 70’s.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
That's probably why most act like that though, unforunately
I’m definitely not going to sit here and say that many car salesmen aren’t pieces of shit; hell, I’ve worked with a bunch. But things are much different now and customers have so much info available that there should be no reason for them to treat us like they do. We have very little opportunity to make any real money on the average person anymore, and we don’t need it rubbed in our faces every time somebody comes on the lot
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
This is my contention.
As a car buying customer, I am in more or less complete command of what I pay (which no doubt sucks for you, but bear with me), because there’s so much information at my disposal; in that sense, I see no need to see the salesman in anything but a collaborative light, because if I don’t get the price I want from salesman X, no worries, I move on. No need to be douchey about it.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
I don't get that though. The guy that sold my wife her Honda was a POS.
But treating every car salesman like I want to treat that guy is a doesn’t make sense to me. He was just a dick, end of story.
By the way, I think we checked out your store. I wasn’t exactly sure which one it was until after bowling. A really nice woman caught us in the parking lot, she was great. Couldn’t find anything in our price range though.
This is what I will never understand, though
if that guy was a POS, get out of there and go to a different dealer – it’s not like Hondas are rare. Why should that behavior be rewarded any more than the behavior of the guy that treated kazoo like shit?
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
I've worked enough retail in my life
to know that people deserve to be treated well.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
I have no problems treating car salesmen badly after they really piss me off
but that kind of applies to anyone I encounter. If the person I’m talking to treats me well, then why wouldn’t I want to extend them that same courtesy?
But again
if someone in a sales transaction treats you badly, why bother treating them badly? Just go somewhere else and do the deal with someone who’s not a tool.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Because this person's manager happened to call me back and offer me a really good deal =/
I had no desire to interact with him again after I got out of there the first time, and to me, treating someone “badly” can be as simple as just getting up and telling them I’m leaving when they’re trying to make a sales pitch
I don't know.
I have been exploring a few different cars, and I feel like I get harassed any time I set foot on a lot. It does not matter how many time I say, “I really don’t want to waste your time, I am not going to buy a car today. I am just trying to get an idea of what I want.”
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Don't say that
That’s the kind of thing that we like to hear, because generally the person that says that is more trying to convince themselves of that than they are the salesperson. I’ve sold tons of cars to somebody who started out by saying they weren’t buying today
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Agreed, because thats all I want to do
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
See below
The only thing you can’t do online is drive and buy. Build the list of what you want, narrow it down on “test drive day,” then pick a single car based on overall value and how well it fits your needs.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Exactly what you just said.
Don’t tell them you’re “just looking” or anything like that. Tell them that you are interested in X amount of models, and that you’ve already seen Y amount of them. Trying to drive cars onto your “short list” before doing anything serious.
Basically, in my mind, the only reason a customer should come on a lot anymore is to test drive and/or buy. All the rest of the info you need about the cars is available on the manufacturer’s website and whichever review site you choose to view. Take your list of cars you like, drive each one on the same day, pick the 2 or 3 that you most like, and then begin to dig a bit deeper into comparing them. Once you’ve singled one out, then begin the price search
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
What I don't get is why people nowadays seem to think that being a total rectum gets you better customer service.
When someone is a jerk to me, I do the absolute minimum I can get away with. When they are nice, I go the extra mile to help them in any way I can.
Man do I love midgets.
Fuck your car
The oops was because you replied incorrectly ;)
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
but at least you're self-policing so that's something I suppose.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I wish I had that flexibility
See my comment below about being a slave to the paycheck
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
It's the whole sense of entitlement thing
“The customer is always right” has given people the license to act like a douche because they know they won’t face any consequences for doing so.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
When I was working at Mills
my manager gave me permission to deck any customer who acted like an ass to me. I never took him up on that, though…
This is the kind of manager I tried to be at the video store
I never gave anybody permission to deck anyone, but I was always supportive of my employees that gave shit back as good as they got it, because 99% of the time it wasn’t my people that instigated it.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
I had one customer who bitched at me the entire time
I was trying to help their daughter find an alto saxophone that responded well to her. The usual jabs:
“You’re just trying to sell the most expensive instrument to me because you make commission.” (I didn’t make commission there)
“How could you possibly know what instrument is best for my daughter?” (I’ve been playing this fucking instrument for nine years, lady)
“Why are you giving me such a bad deal on this instrument?” (I’m quoting you at the lowest deal I can possibly cut, if you’ve got a problem go yell at Yamaha/Selmer/Kielworth/Yanagisawa)
It got to the point where I told the customer that if she wasn’t interested in my help she could choose the instrument without my input. She would up buying a $5,500 Selmer Reference 54 when her daughter sounded far better on a $2,400 Yamaha 82Z. As it happens that cheaper 82Z was the instrument I was going to recommend.
My least favorite customer assumption
is that any time you make a suggestion, you’re trying to rip them off. We have prepaid rental blocks, and if I see someone often enough or if someone has a large-ish late fee I’ll suggest that maybe they should purchase one. Generally the initial outlay is a few bucks more than they would be spending, but I only make the suggestion if I know it’s going to save them money. I’ve had customers than rented four or five movies a week, which is almost $25. When I pointed out that they could have had seven movies for that same $25, they’re often times furious.
I’ve had a couple people tell me they wouldn’t ever come back because I was trying to upsell them. And yeah, I suppose I was, but 1) it made sense for them and 2) if you don’t like people trying to upsell you, just say no thank you and ignore it. It’s pretty much ubiquitous, and as long as no one is being overbearing, it’s totally harmless.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
That's something I deal with on a daily basis
I don’t make any more money (generally) between the base model and the loaded model of a car, so I really don’t give 2 shits what they get
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
And telling them this makes no difference
because you’re a lying sack of shit.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
you're obviously out to screw over the innocent consumer
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Of course.
And while they have every right to find the best possible deal in the world, suggesting that maybe their needs would be better met be spending a fairly insignificant amount more is immoral and somehow sexually perverse.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
you strangle children for fun, don't you?
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
some people do it for work
when they get home they’re too tired for fun.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
They put up too much of a fight.
I’ve moved on to the elderly.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
All hail the path of least resistance.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
but you have to use a 100lb halberd to do it
so not a lot of seniors are strong enough to do this any more.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
You also can aquire your death benefit from
life insurance policies.
"Beer is ... love ..." Ben Franklin
not as fun as legally killing a hobo
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Let him raise him.
He’s spry and full of wisdom.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
That's it
An extra $10 per month for power windows and locks instead of manual everything. I’m obviously trying to rip them off
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Please tell me the next time someone comes into your dealership and doesn't want to pay $10 a month for power windows and locks on a new car
I want to punch them
Though to be fair $10/mo over the life of a car loan can add up to a fairly sizable sum of money
I still can’t imagine any situation in which I’d ever NOT want to have those options.
It does add up, yes
But when most people are making payments then the final price at the end is of less importance
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
it's like $360.00
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
For some reason, I always think 36 month loans are for two years.
I am not sure why
For a 36 month loan
Those are rare though. The bulk of our loans these days are done at 72 months since it locks you to a lower payment.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I ended up with a 50 month loan somehow
I think I’m retarded.
P.S. is it a common thing to have the interest automatically applied to a car loan (you have to pay it off whether or not you pay it early?) or did I really fuck myself on accident.
Depends on the state, I think
Washington State law does “simple interest loans” so you only pay interest for the amount of loan you carry. That’s why we do so many 72 month loans. People just pay them off early, and the total interest will be the same as if they had chosen whichever term they end up paying
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Wait, this is a law in WA?
I bought my car at home, and the dealer mentioned something about how the interest was fixed (it’s through BOA) and I’d have to pay it off either way, and I was stupid enough to sign without asking the obvious question (if I can pay it off early, it makes a big difference as to whether or not I buy a car, since I was operating under the assumption that even if I paid it off early, it was of no benefit to me)
Well, to be fair, I'm not sure if it's a law
But every place I’ve ever worked has always been the same. Check with the bank to see, I suppose
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Yup, sounds like a good plan.
Yes, I really am that stupid to forget to ask a really important question…
Most folks don't know one way or the other
So don’t feel bad
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Wait, really?
You don’t get commission based on sale value?
Gross profit only
However much over invoice price. I get 30% (most get 25 or so, but I negotiated better). So, the higher priced vehicles technically have better earning potential, but these are the ones that people want bigger discounts on so it doesn’t usually work that way
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I never really rude unless there is a major screw up or the providing a service is a dick to me first
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
But even still
what do you gain by being rude in that situation? Just walk out and take your wallet with you.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Sometimes you don't have a choice, like dealing with your cell phone provider, some guy at hotel when your on vacation.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
True, but in any situation where you essentially "select" who to deal with
Just walk away if they aren’t treating you right. Or, if at a car store, maybe ask for somebody else. I don’t come across as a dick at all, but I’ve worked with people that do. Give somebody else a shot and see how you’re treated. We don’t make a dime unless we sell you a car, so try and give that money to somebody who deserves it
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
You always have a choice of whether to be a dick or not
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Really It is not a standard practice,
but say I bought something from a store, and the sales rep. says it will be in on thursday. The tuesday after the thursday rolls around and the item is still not in. Then come to find out, the sales rep. forgot to order it. I get a little pissed
Or in with my apt. security, they handle our packages. I order something 2nd day air and they forget to tell me it is in. There is a reason I ordered it 2nd day air. I get a little pissed.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I guess I'm just more about the solution than attaching blame for the problem.
in the first situation I’d pretty much just say “ok, order it now, and when it comes in, I’d like a $20 rebate or gift card as compensation” or something. Getting pissed off rarely accomplishes anything worthwhile.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, it seems like it does accomplish a lot.
Which sucks. I’m generally unfailingly polite to service reps, even when I catch them later screwing me. Most times, they just remove the parts they screwed me on. A friend of mine, who has the get angry, threaten to pull service, demand to talk to manager routine perfected, gets huge service credits 80% of the time.
Thanfully businesses are beginning to realize that school of thought is total bullshit.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Thank God.
If there’s no way to please a customer, it’s better off for a sales person to spend their time tending to other duties that might be productive.
There are more people who have never worked customer service jobs than there used to be.
That’s my theory. People don’t understand how customer service (especially retail and sales environments) works, and so they automatically assume everyone is out to get them.
There’s also the fact that Americans have developed a really shitty attitude towards people in the service industry. Whether it’s people like me that are working retail to make ends meet while they get going on their real lives or people who have decided to pursue careers in retail management or big-ticket sales, people view them as less of a person in many cases. You would be amazed how often people assume I’m a fucking retard because I work at a video store, or that I’m a total phony because I am polite and helpful. It’s not an act; I’m actually a pretty nice person and I like interacting with customers, but a lot of folks assume I’m doing it because I have to.
A lot of people genuinely believe that everyone in the service industry is an idiot and doesn’t deserve any respect at all.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
People used to say to me
“yeah, but when you’re tired of the video store, what do you want to do with your life?”, like working at a video store wasn’t a valid job choice for “someone like me” (I got that a lot, too – as if going to college automatically makes me “better” than a service job). Seriously, if that job paid me a decent wage, I’d probably still be there.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
This. People assigning status to other people based on their personal views of success drive me nuts.
They can all go jump in a lake. Money, degrees, who went to the better university. Who gives a shit.
AMEN brother.
I never finished college, that doesn’t make me any different than someone who did (and is probably still paying of their student loans while I’m buying the bar a round).
Man do I love midgets.
Would someone please lend me hand.
I jumped in this lake when Kermit told me to and it is so cold my legs cramped up.
Call Bear,
or Kermit the diver can help you I would think.
Man do I love midgets.
Actually I totally agree with what you said.
I finished Valedictorian in High School. Finished magna cum laude in college while working full time to pay for school.
When I finished school I realized my dream was not to work 60 hours a week during my young years just in search of some brass ring.
So I got a job at a print shop and started a punk band. I have taken tons of shit from people over the years for wasting my intelligence.
Screw them. I had more fun in my 20’s than most people will ever have. I will never regret one day of it.
Amen, dude
That’s where I am. I’ve got friends, family, and even coworkers telling me that I’m too smart to be selling cars and that I’m wasting what I’ve got
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I'm just as happy (if not happier) than most of my friends that went to college and/or make a ton of money.
So I drive an old Honda instead of a brand new Lexus. So what?
Man do I love midgets.
I'm still driving my '90 Honda Accord.
190,000 miles and still going.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
True that. I'm not saying I dislike people that do those sorts of things. Not a lot anyway.
Like my job, there’s people always trying to establish a pecking order. Who’s worked the bigger badder job. Who’s the strongest, the toughest, been deeper in the water. Blah blah blah. It’s just the pecking order type of mindset makes me want to puke. It’s dismissive and I would have missed out on meeting some really great people and some nice friendships if I had behaved that way.
What’s also amusing is when you’re on a shitty job or in the army and doing something shitty, and there’s a guy next to you talking himself up as better than you. And then you look over and say wtf dude, we’re both in the same place doing the same thing right now, just as dirty, eating the same food, so just how much better are you?
I have some friends that pull that crap because they were in the military.
Never saw combat, never went overseas, nothing…
Man do I love midgets.
Hell, I technically never even finished High School
Before I am chastised for this, I must point out that I had more than enough credits to earn my diploma but my school had BS rules about how the credits were to be received. Apparently my high school level math I took in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade is not as important as an English elective in my second semester of my senior year.
Back on topic, though, is that I’ve done very well for myself selling cars, and definitely much better than many of my fellow classmen
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I have a friend who just got his GED last week.
He’s 43. Lives in a beautiful house overlooking the sound, has a beautiful wife, Seahawks season tickets, and is happy as hell.
Man do I love midgets.
That will be me
My fiancee really wants me to have at least a GED, so I will get it within the next year or so. I actually went and got my high school transcript last summer, which is what reminded me that I had more credits than required to graduate the school. In fact, I found out that my Diploma was printed and is on file at the school, but they won’t give it to me because of the course credit requirements
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
That's crazy.
Doesn’t take long to do the GED though, my buddy did it in a week I think.
Man do I love midgets.
When I was in the army we had a major everybody hated.
Flat out told us we (enlisted) weren’t worth a shit, if we were we have gone to college an been an officer. Funny thing is, it was an engineering unit (not combat, but construction). His driver had a double major in mechanical and civil engineering. The major had a degree in ceramics (I shit you not). Not knocking a liberal arts degree in pottery, but who’s more qualified for this majors position?
Upshot was the majors’ boss (light colonel) started out as an enlisted guy years ago and got tired of the guys attitude. So he got rid of him, and when he found out about the driver’s skillset, started using him to put jobs for the unit together. Which was no small thing, not long after the unit went to Costa Rica to rebuild some roads and bridges after a hurricane.
And they all lived happily ever after.
The End.
Hahahaha
That ending cracked me up for some reason. Perfect
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I'm terrible about being long winded.
If I could change one thing about myself…
Sitting around with a bunch of people over beers or coffee and yakking is something I consider a lot of fun. LikalottafunwishIwasdoingitrightnowinsteadof
changingapoopydiaper
I'm also pretty long winded when telling stories
I like to set them up correctly though. Also good job typing while changing a butt bomb. I’d be afraid of getting doo on the keyboard
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Heh, you said butt bomb.
My little girl ran up right when I typed the last line. As of today my kids are officially potty trained however, which is an exciting day for a parent.
Quite possibly one of the most exciting
But still keep extra clothes and such on hand at all times, just in case. My kid took on the training real well, but would constantly get so engrossed in playing with his toys and stuff that he’d realize it was time to go after it was too late
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
This was one of the worst things about working in the corporate world in the Northeast
So much of your social status is based on where you went to school, it’s stupid. When I met people, the first questions I was asked are “where are you from” and “where did you go to school” – and these were people in their late 40’s/early 50’s asking me this. Like it matters at that point. Why not just ask me my SAT score while you’re at it, it’s just as irrelevant.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Like when women ask right off "what do you drive?"
I used to bail out of a date so fast after that moment.
I was turned down for a second date once
because I “wasn’t GQ enough”. Which I thought was the world’s shallowest reason to not date someone.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I was more surprised than disappointed
because the whole date we did have we ended up talking about music – she was the station manager for her college radio station in the late 80’s and had met The Replacements, Husker Du, The Minutemen, and all sorts of cool bands. She had impeccable taste in music, and didn’t look too well-dressed herself, so the fact that I, in my button-down shirt and jeans, didn’t make the fashion grade just kinda caught me off guard.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
My girlfriend worked at a movie theatre while she was in school.
She stuck around for about a year because she wasn’t really in any hurry to enter the professional world and was waiting to find the right opportunity. A guy came up to buy a ticket and said, “so, you in college?” and she told him she had graduated about six months before. He said “wow, so you went to college so you could work here, huh? I bet your parents are so proud.”
And I agree; I don’t love my job, my it’s not terrible either. I could have rushed to get through school and into the working world, but I had no idea what I wanted to do when I was 22. I have a much better idea now, and I make more money than most of my friends that DID rush to finish. But because they make their money sitting in a cubicle they’re respectable. I get to sleep in, watch movie for free, take time off whenever the hell I want and when it’s time to move on I’ll have a job I like instead of the job my 20 year old self chose for me. And I’m the idiot?
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
I worked with a guy that never made less than $150k per year
He had his 4 year from WSU, played football there, and then got into the car business. His college buds were making half the money with the same degree, and he loved to flaunt that whenever he could
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
This is so sad but true.
Just revel in the fact that your social skills far outpace the average person’s.
Exactly what crossed my mind. This or just sell him a car with a bum transmission packed in sawdust and 70 weight.
Probably doesn’t work on these newfangled cars though.
Thankfully I do not have to deal with this crap.
If someone blows off one scheduled meeting with me I will not reschedule.
I'm such a slave to my paycheck at times :(
I’ve literally kicked somebody out for being both unreasonable with their offer and being a dick about it, and then had my manager grind me to call them back to do the deal anyway
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Your manager made you do an unreasonable deal?
I’m already excited for you guys to get that Genesis coupe Type R in!
That would completely and utterly suck
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
I understand that, but I have run tons of metrics on
How my time equates to sales. If I do not “click” with someone I have learned that I will make very little money off of them.
My best clients are the ones that I have fun talking to and working with. I am lucky that I have repeat customers I guess.
And hey my customer still isn't here
Groovy…
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
He's probably eating lunch right now.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Shhhh. Wait until he starts talking about going to lunch again
I’ll give his manager another call and tell him I’m running late but will be right there.
Since this seems to be today's designated car thread
God, I really wish Mazda would come out with a coupe version of the 6. I think I’d buy that car in like thirty seconds if they ever decided to make one…
The new 6 looks freaking amazing
If everything else is the same,
I actually prefer having four doors.
Man do I love midgets.
As soon as I'm trying to shave a tenth of a second off my lap times, I'll get a coupe.
Until then I prefer not to have to wedge my friends/cargo in over the seat belts and front seats.
Man do I love midgets.
I wish I had a gif of Lil' Jon saying "YEEAAAAAAAAH"
Cuz I’d totally throw it down right here
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I'm disappointed I couldn't find the real thing, or at least Chappell's version.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
That's what I was hoping for
The Chapelle one
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
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Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Oh these will come in plenty handy in the future
“OKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY”
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
WHAT?!
WHAT?! OH KAAAY!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Yes, the new 6 is gorgeous
Though no 5-Door :( :(
Coupe will probably never happen, though, because the Mazda 6 is already too much of a niche car as it is.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
That's okay.
I miss having a trunk so people can’t see what I have in my car all the time.
Man do I love midgets.
Privacy Glass
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
if you stack the corpses densely enough
nobody will be able to tell what they are anyway.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Nuts to that
The 5 door looks awesome. I always wished I could have removed the spoiler on mine though, to look more like the Ford Mondeo at the rear (not a fan of spoilers)
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Really?
I love the spoiler on mine, but I do think it looks the spoiler looks a bit better on the sedan than the 5-door
The Mazda 6 5-Door had a cover over the storage area though
You couldn’t see anything in there at all. It was nice. Plus when folding the rear seats down in the 5-Door the seat bottoms would actually lower to the floor boards, giving a flat load floor that had more cubic feet of storage than most SUV’s. And it was comfortable as hell to sleep in like that
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I can't attest to the sleeping, but I can attest to the fact that my 6 moved me from Seattle to San Diego on it's own
so it has plenty of room.
Seriously, why am I trying to sell this car again?
The more I think about it
the more I’m just leaning towards doing this
Do it. See below
You should see net gains in HP and Torque (WOOOOOO!), as well as better gas mileage since your car will be breathing better. Plus it sounds so badass. Real deep, throaty growl on it. Lovely sound it is
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Freaking HUGE gains for a V6 intake. I'm really starting to lean back towards keeping this car long term
if I can get it up to 230-240 hp and about 225 ft. lbs at 27-28 mpg, I think I’d genuinely be back in love with it.
I also think not having a broken transmission will make me like the car better too…
A/T, unfortunately. I was too scared to get a manual when I bought the car
if I could do it again, I’d get a manual
I'd look into getting the Mazdaspeed Lightweight Flywheel installed
Revs up so much faster
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Interesting... how much?
and what (if any) mods did you have on your 6? Actually, hell, got any usable parts left that I could buy off you?
Unfortunately I did nothing to mine
And as such have nothing I could hook you up with. But, I would have done the intake and flywheel to mine if the opportunity were still there. Everything else would basically be aesthetic stuff. The only other benefit you could do is get some lightweight rims. But honestly the intake alone will make such a world of difference that I think everything else would just be gravy for you.
You ever browse the Mazda6Club forums? Lots of good info in there
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I'm still signed up there
I poke around every once in a while. I like all the people that don’t mind being guinea pigs because of how much disposable income they have. Nice to learn from other’s mistakes
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I gotta do my lights and dash too if I'm going to do this
new FB status too!
Go for it
I expect pics when you’re done though
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Need to get my bonus first =(
though the exterior mods will probably happen first since they’re going to be cheaper
*cosmetic
why the hell did I type exterior?
Hmmmm
/w 20% Live cashback, this intake would be ~$190 and then I could just buy the CP-E Injen fix MAF customizer and get kind of the same results for about $100 cheaper….
Not a bad way to go
And Live Search Cashback is so fucking wonderful. I’ve bilked MS for like 200 bucks already. Love it
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
But keep trying for the 30% discount
It’s there somewhere
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
=( seriously, I love my 5-door
I thought it was stupid when I first saw it, but after having the car for 15 months, I freaking love it.
I guess my two biggest (and really only) complaints are power and economy… I think I might drop $500 on an intake for the car instead of getting something new. It’s gotten great reviews, and supposedly adds about ~16.5 hp and ~15 ft. lbs on average. Users were also reporting a gain of ~2-3 mpg highway as well, and since I’m now past my warranty (or will be like two days after I get my car back…), I wouldn’t mind this at all
I nearly got that exact intake
I had heard nothing but great things about it, and this one won’t even throw CEL’s at you once it is installed. Plus it’s not too hard to install if you don’t mind making a mess and getting your hands dirty. Plenty of walkthroughs online
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God, fuck it
it’s settled, I’m spending my Christmas bonus money on this intake, especially now that lots of used ones are starting to pop up with the new 6 out
Find one cheap and put it in by yourself
Toughest part is getting the bumper back on correctly. But it’ll save a ton of money on installation, and you’ll get a better appreciation knowing that you did it yourself
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Yup
and the really nice thing is that I happen to live in a house of all Mazda drivers, and I’d be the last one to start modding their car, so I’d have lots of help
Though to be fair, my roommate got really lazy with his intake and just had the Fujita shop do it
but he only did it because the shop was like four miles away and they did it for twenty bucks
Well for 20 bucks it makes more sense to have a "pro" do it
But most places will charge by the hour, and it is like a 4 hour job, so you’d be looking a couple few hundred bucks likely
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Exactly. He was just going to do it himself, and he called them to ask if they had a video or something to show him how to do it
and they just asked him where he was and when they realized how close he was, they told him just to bring it in and they’d do it for $20
Some shops will do that just so they can learn on their own
I could have had a whole exhaust system designed for mine for free, but I would have had to give my car to a shop for 6 weeks while they figured it out, and I couldn’t swing that to work
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My roommate did that for the coilovers on his Speed3
unfortunately, they screwed it up and he hasn’t had his car in two months while they wait for new parts from China…
but since he’s now just borrowing his old IS350 from his parents, I really don’t feel all that bad
If I had access to another car for that length of time I would have absolutely done it
Of course an exhaust isn’t as sensitive as coilovers. Less chance of terrible damage being done
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Damn shame having to "fall back" on an IS350...
Damn shame..
Man do I love midgets.
We used to tool around LA in it
when we were juniors in college. I’m a little jealous
It must be tough growing up like that.
Man do I love midgets.
I think the #1 thing that bugs me about being a junior engineer
is typing other people’s names under the “responsible engineer” section of the presentation I’m writing
How much of the engineering work did you do on said presentation?
At what point can you be a “responsible engineer”? I don’t know how these things work…
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
It's a proposal to do a study that will result in us getting funding from the Air Force to write a few acceptance test procedures
I have done all of the leg work in terms of tracking people, understanding current processes and why we are making changes, and I’m writing the bulk of the presentation as well as dealing with the red tape associated with getting a proposal to board.
There’s no requirements to be an RE, I’m the RE on several important documents, but since this wasn’t assigned to me, I have to put the person’s name who it was assigned to into the RE field, despite the fact that I will most likely do the majority of the work. Oh well. At least my boss will give me credit for it.
And that's the important thing
as long as your boss gives you credit, that’s key.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
My boss doesn't decide if I get promoted or not or if I get raises
he really just tasks me. So yeah, the better work I do, the better tasks I get, but unless my name is out there with the real bigwigs, I don’t get a lot of recognition outside the group. One of the few really bad things about working for a big company.
Who decides your promotions/raises if not your boss?
That’s annoying.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
My boss can put in the paperwork and put in good words for me, which he has done
but ultimately, he has no final say over whether or not I get what I want. Well… he could have say over me not getting what I want, but he can’t force them to give me what I want.
That sucks.
Do you have any ambition towards management yourself?
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
He manages to get dressed and show up for work...
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Where as you often forget to wear pants.
Man do I love midgets.
Define "forget".
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sorry..
I meant “refuse”..
Man do I love midgets.
Define "pants."
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
"Fabric that covers your junk"
and is much appreciated by the rest of us.
Man do I love midgets.
Tighty-whiteys would seem to fit into this definition
and I’m not sure I’d call those “pants”
The English do
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Still better than nothing.
Man do I love midgets.
great, now he's going to wear the loincloth again
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, you guys are a wealth of ideas.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Yes, I want to be a lead as quickly as possible, which is why I'm trying to get to business school part time starting next fall
the birds-eye-view management side of engineering is much more appealing to me than the nuts and bolts of the actual work
My bro-in-law is the same way
and honestly, if NG works like Raytheon, once you get to a lead position you’ll be an actual manager in no time if that’s what you want – within two years as an engineer, the BiL was a lead, then six months later he was a manager, and now three years after that he’s three levels of management higher than he was then. Which raises the “good lord how many layers of management does a company NEED” question, but the point is once you get out of the trenches if you’re good things roll pretty fast in the defense contracting world.
His last performance review featured a glowing recommendation from a three-star general.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
I think my first performance review as an engineer will feature a nice review from a few colonels...
or something like that
awesome.
Keep those coming and you’ll do well for yourself.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
I hope so at least
I doubt it will show up in my formal performance review, but my boss is well aware that our customer is very happy with the documents that I manage for us, so I think that bodes well for me.
I'm about half way through listening to The Funhouse Compilation Thing 2
there’s some pretty decent bands on here.
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Can't be assed to read this entire thread.
For a good TV price, I’d be looking at CostCo. $450 for a 32" 1080p LCD HDTV. Also, they have a 42" 1080p Plasma from Panasonic for $800.
Alternately, stalk fatwallet.com
If you're not planning on buying over the internet
Costco seems to be the best place to pick up a TV. They also have the best electronic return policy out of any store you could possibly deal with, 90-days no questions asked.
I bought mine from Costco over the Internet.
Same price as the store, free delivery.
And they extend the manufacturer’s warranty to two years.
If they expand SLUT to Fremont, I for one, will be a happy person.
It should connect down near the Market as well. And be covered on my bus pass.
That'll be good to go no later than 2087
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
Unless there's an unexpected delay of any kind.
Like roads or people or something.
For reasons that connot really be mentioned specifically
it might happen much, much faster now.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Let's just say I have my doubts about the Seattle civic process
especially as it involves transportation infrastructure. The discussions alone will take 10+ years.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
There will most likely be a very shiny incentive to break with that tradition.
We’ll see how they handle it.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
If I hadn't lived there through the 90's and the "extend the monorail" discussions
I’d probably be more inclined to believe things like incentives would work. I hope I’m proven wrong, though.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
There's an important difference this time though, and I have no choice but to be hopeful
because without the belief that real mass transit will be here soon I am horribly depressed.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
I'm intrigued by this difference of which you speak
can I read about it somewhere? Or did Seattle instantaneously take my suggestion of getting mobbed up?
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
just got it and I'd never thought of it that way
I hope you’re right.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
check yer email
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
you've got mail
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
Me too me too me tooooooo
Just because I’m now intrigued
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Thank you
And that’s kind of what I thought this was about, which is good to know
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but what's your opinion of the streetcar?
ba-dum-ching
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
Am I the only person who hates this fucking song?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 9, 2008 3:16 PM PST reply actions
Maybe?
I can’t honestly say I have a problem with it – I don’t love it, but it doesn’t inspire hatred either.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
I love the 5-6-7-8's but that song has been horribly abused.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
I find it less irritating than Woo Hoo Woo Hoo Hoo
or whatever the name of the one in the Vonage commercial is; I can’t listen to the album that song’s on for fear of hearing it again.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
I assumed that was the song he was talking about.
I’m at work and couldn’t actually load the video.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
No, it's the instrumental one that plays
when Lucy Liu’s badass crew is walking into the House Of Blue, uh, Leaves? (or is it shadows?) the one that starts with a guitar riff and is mainly percussion and a trumpet sample.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Kazoo, did you get a chance to listen to Oceansize? I can't recall if we talked about that.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Ahh, I just saw our email. Let me know when you get a chance to listen to them.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I did!
Although, to be fair, I loaded the three we covered into a playlist of their own and fired it up while I tried to go to sleep at 4 this morning. Still, what I heard for the half hour or so before I drifted off was great
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I have seen old Israel's arid plain
it’s magnificent, but so’s Maine.
I’m on a HUGE Jonathan Richman kick today and it makes me happy.
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There's a lotta lotta lotta hard work to do
today at the Government Center. I don’t have time for all of this Jonathan Richman banter.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Whenever I'd go to Boston and walk by Government Center I'd start singing that song
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Still no customer...
Buncha bullshit. The manager lost a quick game of dice and had to buy lunch for himself, me, and one other salesperson. He went to Taco Bell and got a grande meal (10 tacos or burritos) PLUS 3 other tacos, just to be sure there was enough. I grabbed a burrito, and then took a phone call that lasted 10 minutes (!) and when I finally got off the phone, the food was all eaten. So I ended up with a single burrito out of 13 items, which was supposed to be split between the 3 of us.
Fucking weaksauce
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
When I was in college one of the many jobs I worked was an overseas
shipping company. On ship nights we would work from 5am to 2-3am the next day.
Around 8pm the boss would buy pizza for everyone. Me at 5’9" & 140lbs trying to fight through huge dock workers to get one slice was a joke. These guys would grab 6 slices, fold them up and eat them in under 5 minutes.
The worst is that they sat at my desk to eat
And ignored the fact that I had 1 single bite taken out of my burrito. They even gave away a taco since they were both full. Motherfuckers…
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
You should offer to buy them lunch tomorrow,
then come back with one taco for each them, and a huge bag of food for yourself.
Man do I love midgets.
Not a bad idea
Though tomorrow is my early leaving day so I usually buy lunch on my way home
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Wait a few days and it will be even funnier.
Man do I love midgets.
Well, my 360 messed up.
It took almost 3 years to do so, but it also happens in the worst economic period in 70 years and right before Christmas when I’ll be getting more games. I love my luck!
by Coach Owens on Dec 9, 2008 5:04 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
3 red lights?
Should be free to fix if so. I’ve been through it 3 times and it sucks, but get it sent out as quick as possible and you’ll survive
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I swear that everyone I know with a 360 has had it go tits up.
Is this normal? If so, why does everyone put up with it?
Man do I love midgets.
I imagine most of these people got their 360s around the same time.
Launch-era consoles that shipped with wonky mainboards that tended to flex too much under heat.
So you're saying the new models are more reliable....
Man do I love midgets.
It's my understanding that newer models are shipping with more reliable parts right now.
Apparently Microsoft has added some extra heatsinks to the GPU and have changed the physical hardware a bit.
You're right on all points there
My Elite is quieter and cooler running than any of the others I have used.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
My Elite is awesome.
My brother had it for a while, but he’s getting my Launch era pro once it’s back from repair.
They will probably send you a refurb, or plant in the ne MoBo and chipset for the Pro
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And hopefully preferred
My first was repaired, the second 2 were refurbs
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I'm interested to see what they've done with mine.
I should get it back next week.
I suspect it'll be a refurb.
Seems that’s what Microsoft is doing with most of their RRoD repairs these days.
I think they developed a whole new boardset just for the refurbs
Opus is the internal name, I believe
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Good, because that's what I want to buy.
Man do I love midgets.
Do it, and get Xbox Live
You won’t regret it
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Getting Xbox live is a given.
Man do I love midgets.
Especially now with Netflix.
Seriously, I can’t get over how awesome of a service this is.
Watching it as I type this
Though I’m really starting to get pissed at how much of the content is not widescreen. It should be catering to the widescreen audience and not the other way around. Letterboxing a movie on a fullscreen TV is much better than fucking with the format on a widescreen TV
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly I haven't noticed
because I’m watching so many TV shows that weren’t originally displayed in widescreen.
Probably 75% of the movies I've watched have been 4:3
Real buzzkill, to be honest
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
In my opinion, every movie should be in widescreen
There’s no reason in this day and age that movies should even be offered in 4:3. I don’t even know why they sell them anymore. But I’ve watched both The Sphere and The Abyss in full screen, and 2001: A Space Odyssey was as well. Several others that I don’t remember off the top of my head.
It just annoys the shit out out of me. Between that and the lousy audio quality, I’m not quite as happy as I was when I first signed up. That said, I still love the service and can’t quit it
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
There was never a time (post cinemascope) when movies should have been offered fullscreen.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
Sydney Pollack said Out of Africa was his greatest regret as a director.
Caught an interview of his, he said it was the only film he didn’t film widescreen, and the only film he made that absolutely deserved it. Kind of like that, but then I’m a fan of his and that movie.
Out Of Africa is a brilliant film regardless of format
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That's my belief
And that’s why I can’t stand that the netflix stuff is mostly Fullscreen. I mean, is anything natively filmed in 4:3 format?
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
Some stuff.
Low budget indie films mostly. Digital video cameras are getting cheap enough that it’s less and less common.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
Not exactly normal
But there was a higher than usual instance of failure on earlier machines. Haven’t heard of it being an issue for quite a while now. They fixed whatever it was, and made a 3 year warranty for the “red ring failure” that was the most common
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Warranties are nice,
but it’s no fun if you never get to use the thing.
Man do I love midgets.
True
Try waiting in line for 23 hours to get one at launch, only to have it freeze repeatedly as soon as you plug it in at 2 in the morning. That sucked. A lot.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
At least Microsoft gives you a 3 year RRoD warranty.
If you have any sort of issue with a Sony console, you’re fucked.
You're cousin has terribly bad luck.
My launch-era Pro that I’ve had since the retail launch of the 360 was fine up until last week and I’m pretty sure the RRoD was my own fault.
i had the same terrible luck
Launch box died immediately after hooking it up, after me waiting 23 hours in the cold ass outdoors to get one (27th in line!). Went through 2 others after that. 3 if you count the one I sold my brother, which he had to send out a week after I sold it to him
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My brother got that one,
I think it’s the video card
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Some website says that it's probably a "scaler chip error"
which are the chips near the AV cable input, so yup.
Same thing that hit my bro
Which means it would have been my 4th failed console.
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Which is a rip-off to get fixed if you look at it.
You see on all these commercials that you can get a new one for $200 dollars now. Why would something that’s probably just taking one little chip out and replacing it with a new one cost almost half as much as getting a whole new console?
But they make the best stuff, because they have more money and people working it.
And there’s no such thing as a machine that replaces a chip on a board. I used to work for a Siemens circuit board plant, and if there was a bad chip on the testing board, it had to be replaced manually, or the board recycled.
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A few years.
Let me clarify, I’m sure there are machines that can do it. But it costs less to just recycle the board and use a known good instead.
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That's still the way it's done, Coach.
Once a mainboard is finished up it simply isn’t very cost effective to use an expensive machine to replace a single chip. It’s actually cheaper to manually replace it by hand or swap the entire board.
But machines can't feel human emotion!
Don’t you get it?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
That's what the robots' creators in I, Robot thought.
But they found out something different, didn’t they?!?!
Only 27 years from now
With totally far out ideas of technology that we won’t be even close to implementing into the real world when we get there
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If you would have told me 27 years ago the Koreans would be turning out a damn good automobile
I would have laughed and said “Impossible!”
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That's changing quickly though
Given that just 14 years ago Hyundai was churning out the pathetic excuse of a car that was the Excel (along with the original Elantra and the Scoupe, the ‘94 Sonata was the first of the good cars) that really did deserve to be called a piece of shit, I’d say they’ve made a remarkable turnaround in perception
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They definitely have
i still laugh a bit whenever somebody gets into one of the Sonatas and gets this surprise face when they realize how nice it is
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If I were buying an imported sedan that would be at the top of my list
The build quality is better than that of a modern day Nissan or Toyota, and although it might not be quite as well-built as a Honda (I hate Japanese cars with every bone in my body but Honda puts out an automobile that’s actually worth its reputation) it’s still a way, way better deal and I like the look/feel of the Sonata better anyway
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Honda does put out a hell of a car, but you are paying a lot for that big "H" up front
The Hyundai “H” is just as good, and it looks like it’s being swept because it’s fast (riiiiight)
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I totally agree
Earlier this summer one of my good friends paid $9000 for a 2001 Civic with 95K miles on it.
I was really mad at her because I told her to go to a Hyundai dealership and check out a new Accent since she was in the 8-11K price range, and her only desire was “a car that won’t break down on me”
She never did, saying “Hyundai’s are pieces of junk”
to which I said “Look, even if a new Hyundai isn’t as good as a new Civic, you can’t possibly tell me a new Hyundai isn’t as good as a 7 year old Civic with 100,000 miles on it, plus you get a warranty which your Civic won’t have”
Her response was “I’d rather have an old car that doesn’t have to go to the shop all the time then get free repairs on one that does”
She wouldn’t even listened when I mentioned things like spark plugs, the clutch already has 100,000 miles on it and you have no idea how the previous owner drove it, etc, etc
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The problem is...and this baffles me
She gets her advice from the local McCall import car mechanic, who (I also extolled the virtues of a Ford Focus/Chevrolet Cobalt)
A) Recommends only imported cars because hey he’s the only import car mechanic in town and likes business
B) Lives in a town where the average car age is about 18 years old and likely has never even seen a new Hyundai
C) Lives in a town where the average car age is about 18 years old and has not seen very many cars less than 5 years old
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Get that often
I had a guy come and look at a used 2001 Ford Focus (possibly one of the worst modern cars to be released) on Saturday. He asked what else I had in the price range ($6k +/-) and all I had was an ‘02 Sonata with 45,000 miles, leather, and moonroof or a 2002 Oldsmobile Alero with 40,000 miles and basic equipment. He laughed when I mentioned the Hyundai and told me he’d never buy one because they are unreliable. Then he gave a long hard look at the Alero and the Focus. Might be the dumbest man I’ve ever met
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The Alero is a solidish car
but the pre-2005 Focus is shit
still, I’d take the Hyundai
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I should clarify that it was the Alero with the 2.2 motor
Which, if I remember correctly, may as well have been made out of cardboard. But again, the first years of the Focus literally may be the worst cars of the modern era.
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oh the old Ecotec 2.2
That’s bad news
The Focus is the Dodge Neon of the 2000’s, went from Car of the Year to oh wait this car is crap really quickly.
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And the 2001 model had terrible brake issues
Like, total and complete brake failure for many people
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I remember they had dozens of recalls
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My mom and my ex were both service advisors in Summer of '01
Which was when the recalls and problems became prevalent. There were literally lines of Focuses sticking out of the service drive at all times of day. Fucking disaster
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My girlfriend's dad bought her a car for graduation.
He told her he was going to do it, so we spent a lot of time researching and finding out what the best car for her would be. We decided on either a Saturn Ion or an Elantra. He spent 15k, which would have bought a fairly well equipped Ion or Elantra, on a Civic VP. It’s a great car but so are the other two, and they were way cheaper.
We showed him reliability ratings, customer satisfaction surveys, etc and she told him she didn’t want him to pay a premium for a Honda, but he totally ignored her (and me) based on a ten year old prejudice.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
What the fuck, how did she pay $9k for an '01 Civic at all
much less one with almost 100,000 miles on it? This car had better fucking be magic or come with Mariners season tickets or something
by seattlebruin on Dec 10, 2008 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
In comparison in the 10 years since Toyota started cutting costs
nobody has realized that their cars are considerably crappier than they were 10 years ago.
Few realize that Mercedes-Benzes have been crap for the last 15 years compared to how they used to be,
and few seem to realize that in the last 20 years American cars have closed the gap considerably with the Japanese and their cars aren’t the POS rustbuckets they were 20 years ago
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Correct on all accounts
Consumer Reports finally pulled Toyota off of their “auto-recommend” list, and mentioned that Hyundai/Kia will be on it by next year’s report. That’ll be the day people start to really catch on, I’d say
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That's good
I haven’t been impressed by a new Toyota model since the 1992 Camry
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Youwould have been a zygote back then. Apparently a very articulate zygote.
With a keen eye for world economics.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
The sperm that created me would not have even been created yet
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Quit calling your father names.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Do sperm live for 7 years?
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Care and feeding.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I didn't. Thanks for pointing that out.
Mariners ----> Brewers.
by .Taylor on Dec 9, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
He always uses those when he's dead serious
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My understanding is that the intranet thingamajig deely bobber is tubes.
So just roll it up and stuff it in there dude.
Sound advice, my friend.
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Then sell your broken one on ebay or craigslist for close to $100
And go buy a new one.
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They'll part it out and make money selling the individual pieces that still work
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Yeah that
Disc drive and mobo alone would make more than $100, most likely
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I'll give you $40 for your Xbox
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I have an extra PS3 skips
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Parts.
Maybe they need a disc drive, or one of the other litany of components in the machine.
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Well. Um. Yes
Yes it is.
Damn you and your reasonable responses
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If I can get my Xbox fixed soon and I get it (the new one, right?) for Christmas,
then maybe I could play with you guys.
Don't forget to ask your parents first and make sure its OK
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by Corco on Dec 9, 2008 5:55 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
From the tone of your comment it read like
There’s a big TV in the middle of your living room with your family sititng around and you have to make sure it’s OK with parents before you can do anything with the Xbox especially something that involves playing online with STRANGER DANGER
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Nah, it's more that I just don't know if I'll be able to play much around
that time. My brother’s coming home and is only going to be here for a few days before he goes back to school and since Vancouver Film School isn’t actually a college, he won’t really have time to come home again until next October. So, of course, my parents will want me to not be upstairs all day playing Xbox.
by Coach Owens on Dec 9, 2008 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I envision Corco's comment becoming green.
Mariners ----> Brewers.
by .Taylor on Dec 9, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
Can't argue with that.
Mariners ----> Brewers.
by .Taylor on Dec 9, 2008 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
bahahahaha
That’s classic
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This is ridiculous
Hyundai’s internal website is still not compatible past Internet Explorer 6. There is a big warning on the front page stating that it will not work with IE7 (and it actually won’t; I tried). Total bullshit. I just sent an email to Hyundai Dealer Customer Service reminding them that IE7 launched back in October of 2006, and IE8 is currently deep into beta status. How complicated can it be to devote a few people to working on a site upgrade? Hell, one person could have done it by now given the whole 2 years of development time
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Toot, you are the fucking MAN.
This router is at least 70% faster than my other shitbox.
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I thought it was a fuck slab
Either way, no problem. Glad it’s working for you. I hope you kept the Dance Party moniker on there
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I'll have to resurrect it now that it's been reset.
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I think it was spawned
From this Head Automatica song, though I’m not quite sure why. Catchy, I suppose.
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And on that note, have you ever heard of Glassjaw?
Sung by the same lead singer, but cut from the mold of Bad Brains and other Long Island Hardcore. If you’ve not heard of them I will cut you a CD of theirs, because they are terribly under-represented on Youtube
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Damn. Not bad at all.
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I'll get you that CD
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence is one of my favorite albums ever, hands down.
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Cool!
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Correct!
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
Cool!
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Correct!
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
Heard of them, but never heard them...
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I like my username because I end up with silly nicknames from it
I’m always either Toot or Kazoo to people. It’s pretty funny
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Anybody got an hour or so to kill for a beer and a burger?
My weekend was spent re-plumbing my basement and I’m going 2 1/2 year old baby talk crazy. If I don’t get out of the house soon I may be a bullet on the bottom of CNN’s ticker tomorrow.
If I could skip work I'd most certainly do it
I need to get out of here and a beer and burger sounds perfect. Too bad I can’t
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Heh, I should pull up in my pickup and give you an excuse to bail out of there for half an hour.
I don’t get enough calories I get cranky.
With my luck though
My long lost customer will randomly show up and keep me here all night
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You could spend money and outsource the paper to Corco in Tacoma and then hang out with BrianL
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My only goal for outsourcing is to keep 8 year old's busy in Bangladesh.
Idle hands and all that. I’ll probably just go catch a movie. This mall complex up here has a couple massive movie theatre’s
So I literally thought I was going insane, hearing Christmas music in my head.
But it’s the Vegas/Burning Man Christmas Street of Lights next to my house. They’re playing Christmas music and apparently aimed a speaker at my window. It’s funny how acoustics work, I move a foot left or right and I can’t hear it.
Ok everybody
Time for a fun game to pass the time tonight. What’s your world IQ?
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I've made it as far as 31,787 on level 9
Gets tough very quickly
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Every day is a new day...
Man do I love midgets.
I don't think that will work for JI
Somebody just needs to shake the shit out of him
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
that only works for babies and the elderly
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only if you're a baby or an elderly person
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I'll do it.
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It's the one with the funny statues on it.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
Don't joke about that.
Funny statues killed my cousin!
Man do I love midgets.
shut up
my cousin was a funny statue.
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I swear revenge against your cousin then.
Man do I love midgets.
(Psst! I'm not really left handed...)
Man do I love midgets.
why the hell not?
are you saying there’s something wrong with being left-handed? WHY ARE YOU BEING LEFTIST?
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What's wrong with you?
Left handed is the way to be.
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Nah, I'm just referencing Princess Bride. Badly.
I’d like to say quoting, but what I’m doing is so bad it’s more like paraphrasing.
I love that movie but haven't seen it in years
plus I’m kinda drunk so it’s not a surprise that I didn’t pick up on the reference.
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My reference was so thin I'm lucky anybody picked it up.
Thingray’s all over it tonight.
That sword scene was fantastic, maybe one of the best ever filmed. Not like I can think of a single other specific sword fight, I just like making dramatic statements sometimes. The guy that correographed it was famous, did all the best apparently. Stood in for Darth Vader for the sword fights, and I think he was in his 70’s for Return of the Jedi.
I'm left handed, youson of a bitch.
You saw how I bowled. They make those lanes for righties. Fucking racists.
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I know some lefties who totally kick ass at bowling.
They don’t even ever have to adjust their shot, either, since they’re usually the only lefty on the pair. What is that?
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 9, 2008 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
Unfair is what it is
I wish I could have a pair all to myself when bowling league
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
Fact:
The two times I’ve shot 300, there were only three people on the pair.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 9, 2008 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Cheater
All 5 of my 279’s have been on full pairs
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
The closest I've ever come to 300
was in 1987, at Town & Country in Keizer, where I shot a 287.
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Better than I've shot at T&C.
Though I did shoot the front 6 there sometime in the last month.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 9, 2008 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
Carroll, this comment just reminded me of one of my favorite Nintendo games. T & C surf and skate, or whatever...
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When I was in high school
I took two semesters of PE outside campus because I needed all the academic credits I could have, so by senior year I needed PE. i took a semester of bowling at T&C and a semester of racquetball at Chemeketa – the bowling was the most fun I had in high school, without question.
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In high school,
my buddy and I (“High” school at it’s finest) would write ourselves into bowling tourneys, start from the top lane, then lose all the way to the other side of the alley. Our “team” name? 800 Ice.
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That's fucking great
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
I can't help but wonder
The woman who runs that right now also does a coach-and-bowl league on Thursday nights. She doesn’t say much to me often, but I also have a tendency to put up a 600+ series, so when you’ve got success, what is there to say? I think her name’s Kathy. Was she there back then?
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 10, 2008 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
If she's over 70 it's entirely possible
My time at T&C was from 1986-87, and the couple that ran T&C at the time was oldish, so it’s possible that the same people run it now…
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Not the same person, I don't think.
In the meantime, I’ll be getting off your lawn.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 10, 2008 12:13 AM PST up reply actions
She could well be a relation
I know not of T&C in the las 15 years so she could be part of the same family for all I know….
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Not sure if you're still here
But ever since we played football after Thanksgiving I couldn’t help but shake that I’d seen you before. After a bit of near stalker like behavior, I found you on bowl.com. We did bowl PSTL at the same time, after all
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 12:22 AM PST up reply actions
I'm still here. Will probably still be here another hour.
PSTL was good times. I still have my shirt from then.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 10, 2008 12:25 AM PST up reply actions
In a wild bit of small-worldness
One of my sales managers’ sons also bowled in the league at the same time
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 12:33 AM PST up reply actions
Do you ever see Ty anymore from that league?
He slimmed down a whole freakin’ lot.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 10, 2008 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
Did he?
Haven’t seen him since I last bowled the league. Good to hear he slimmed down though. Good for him
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 12:39 AM PST up reply actions
He's just sitting there, looking funny
easy pickings.
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Just like cow tipping..
Man do I love midgets.
my cousin was a cow
wait, I think I’m doing this wrong.
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Depends on if your cousin can here you or read this.
Man do I love midgets.
he's a funny statue of a cow
so I’m pretty sure we’re safe.
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I'm kind of tired and getting goofy.
The news coming out of the winter meetings has been great news so far, at least by my expectations and hopes for the team.
She still is.
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That's my biggest complaint with this game
The map is small and has no contrast to it. Can’t hardly see between some of the European and African countries
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
I'm going to try it again with a real mouse on my better laptop
And with more practice I will find more things.
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
I'm trying to decide whether to continue packing
or drink another Double Bastard. I fear after two of those packing won’t take such high priority. But then I’ll have to pack in the morning, which is no good. This is what passes for a dilemma in my world.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
DRINK MORE DRINK MORE DRINK MORE
And my current dilemma is finding childcare for tomorrow morning. I’d rather have your dilemma
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Drinking more wins the day
but I’ve switched to AV Winter Solstice for now because I can drink….a few more of those, whereas one more Stone Double and I’m done for the night. I don’t have to be anywhere until 10AM tomorrow, so I want to keep this buzz rollin’.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
Shit, enjoy it man
Carry the buzz as long as you can
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This is my new strategy in life
I used to get to that nice buzz point and then burst through that and just get shitty drunk. But I like this point and I want to stay here for a while.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:42 PM PST up reply actions
I've been kinda the same as of late
And I’m ok with that, really
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Yeah, there's a time and a place for shitty drunk
but on a daily basis I’m a much bigger fan of the sustained buzz these days. Easier to recover from, too.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'm with you, anddoingthe same tonight. Again. Liver, FTW.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Quit drinking without me, dammit
Not fair
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
Can't
Gotta work early, and I only have 1 beer here
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Sucks to be you then
I’ll catch up for you. I’m nice like that.
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Me too. You're with me in spirit, Chris.
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Fair enough
I’ll need to be there for real at some point though
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
You name it. We'll get drunk and go beat some hobo shit more senseless.
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Woo I'm down
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Road trip, Kevin!
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
Talk about an LL get together! I like my friends!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Ok time to fuck around for a bit before leaving work for the night.
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And...course evaluation memo turned in.
Goodbye, Business Communication 110.
Good thing you're leaving that behind
because you’ll obviously be a failure in the business world.
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
says the guy who's being nice to his profs on his way out of UPS
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
Didn't say it wasn't smart
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touche
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by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
I still say there's no need to burn the bridges behind you.
Man do I love midgets.
this is what I'm saying and I think corco agrees.
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Then we all agree.
Good, now I can sleep.
Man do I love midgets.
Burning bridges is more fun
Not burning bridges is smarter
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Far from it
as an adult, he can consume said juice boxes ironically.
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And take naps as well.
Man do I love midgets.
Naps are the most awesome thing ever
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I love naps
except it sucks when you take too long of a nap…
Correct
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
Eh, true.
I just didn’t want to appear too lazy.
that implies they were on in the first place
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there's a mom joke in here somewhere but I'm not man enough to say it
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Your mom was man enough to say it
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My mom was more of a man than I'll ever be
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I was hoping to see her head on a pike.
Mostly because I always get polite no matter how pissed off I may be. Was hoping to see somebody else deliver a nice clock cleaning, or just get crazy.
The new Radio Birdman album is surprisingly good
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OK, so it's not so new (2006)
but it’s new to me and it’s still worth checking out.
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Best non-season finale episode of House
Since the Christmas episode two years ago where he had the hots for a midget
Dammit I'm still without cable.
I’ll have to torrent this one, too.
Shush
I DVR’d and will be watching it a bit later tonight
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Best/worst
There seems to be a slight difference of opinion.
by JI on Dec 9, 2008 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
So I bought my first legal PC game in 5 years tonight
Yet thanks to steam it would have been faster to pirate. Good going guys.
What'd ya get what'd ya get?
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
Pac Man.
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Ass Steroids
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
Ass roids.
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Good choice
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
Hair Of The Dog's Fred
isn’t nearly as good after several AV Winter Solstices.
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Finally saw The Dark Knight tonight. Holy fuck. What a great six hour movie.
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First time?
Hell of a flick
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
First. I HATE theaters.
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Dark Knight will always and forever be best viewed in a theater, I believe
But I can understand the theater hate
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah it sucks seeing a movie on a 20 foot high screen.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2008 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't say I agree with the theater hate
I just said I can understand how some could hate it. I love going to the theater, personally. Saw Dark Knight 3 times, twice in IMAX
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
Too expensive, and too many fucking idiots yowling and fidgeting with candy wrappers.
And I always end up sitting next to the guy who forgot to bathe for the last six months, who suddenly deems it appropriate to chew on his two inch long toe nails during the flick.
The best theater is home. If I feel like I need a big screen, I’ll put my nose on the glass.
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This.
When we saw the Dark Knight it was at the 3pm show, there was no one there but film geeks and comic nerds.
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Generally not an option to me. Weekdays are work, weekends, the boy needs a nap.
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i saw the dark knight in IMAX
and I can’t imagine seeing it in a “normal” theater. It was brilliant in IMAX.
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Very much so
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
It's to the extent that
I can’t even imagine it on my own TV (42" 1080p) because it looked so good in IMAX.
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I've seen that in reviews of the Blu Ray disc
The reviewer mentions that it’s the best HD transfer he’s seen, but says that it sucks compared to what it was like in theaters
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:47 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know.
Sitting at home, curled up nice and warm on my comfortable recliner couch, the lights off, and a good beverage beats sitting in a theater in stiff chairs and having to putting up with annoying people.
I’ll say I enjoyed watching it more tonight then I did 6 months ago in the theater.
I didn't get out of that theatre until 3.30am...
Batman begins was impossible to watch on pan and scan, but looked fantastic on HDDVD so I’m holding out until I see it on blu-ray
by JI on Dec 10, 2008 1:28 AM PST up reply actions
I pre-ordered my copy two months ago.
But now I have to wait until it ships here!
Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber
Because your face
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
That was rude
I have no idea why they don’t, but I agree that they should
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:49 PM PST up reply actions
Because your face
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My cousin was fucked by a clown, ass eyes.
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Yeah, take that kevin
pdb’s got my back
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
Fish. That's a word.
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Ham is also
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
Cheese ham fish of the day.
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Cheesefish?
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:59 PM PST up reply actions
Time to walk my garbage can down my 1,000 ft. driveway
I am completely overwhelmed with excitement at this awesome thing I get to do
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Just roll itdown on a skateboard.
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Fucking space key.
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Gravel and potholes
No good
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
And 1,000 motherfucking feet
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
Don't be a boy
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
Please be a girl. We have so much in common.
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Funny how when it's just us late at night, these threads deteriorate.........
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I've not been a part of these night threads for a while
I feel…special.
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Participate more
I’ll likely be up all night again. This feels like one of those shitty weeks where sleeping before 3am is a foreign concept
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