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  • Ways to pick car locks
  • Free methods of getting into a car
  • Are Ford ZX2 car locks interchangeable?
  • Ways to trick AAA into thinking that you have a membership with them.
  • Stories of how you locked your keys in your car but were able to figure out how to get them out by the time you had to work at 12:45 the next afternoon.
  • Is anyone driving to Issaquah tomorrow? 
  • If you were Robert's spare key where would you be?

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If you have a friend

with an AAA membership, ask if they’ll phone it in for you. Rarely does the truck driver ever check your card. I’ve been using my dad’s membership for years.

by naviomelo on Aug 13, 2008 12:36 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This

If memory serves, you’re even good if they do check, and the friend claims they were a passenger. I got a tow for my friend once, with them driving, through my AAA membership.

by Fez on Aug 13, 2008 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

They’re so happy about AAA calls (because they can charge a higher than average amount as specified in their AAA contracts, which is almost as high as what they can charge for insurance-related tows) that they’ll take them any way they can get them. I once called in on my way into work for a friend whose truck had died. When the AAA driver called me I told her I was with him but I had to get another ride to work so I wouldn’t be late; She said not to worry about it and didn’t even ask for any additional information from me, just gave him the tow.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Once, I locked my keys in my car and the window was cracked open about a centimeter

My girlfriend had some wire that she used for art projects or something, so she formed the end into a loop and was able to hang the wire down and somehow wedge it into the lock enough to pull it up. I’ve never been attracted to her more.

by Schaefer on Aug 13, 2008 12:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I've done this before

where I locked my keys in a car/truck and I found I could get my arm in enough to manually unlock the door.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One of the best things about being in Surveillance is that I get to watch people do stupid, and often times hilarious, shit.

About a month ago, a dude locked his keys in his car in our parking lot. He tried for about an hour to get them out with a coat hanger(where he found one at a casino, I’ll never know) but had no success. The cops showed up and they didn’t have anything to help him with, so they left. He picked up a rock and started hitting his back passenger side window with it. He hit it about thirty times and didn’t even make a scratch. At one point, he hurt his wrist while hitting the window. So finally his girlfriend shows up, all pissed off, and hurls the rock through the window. She then made him climb through the window and grab the keys.

Good times.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but then I would of had to write a crazy long report.

And I’ve already had to write a report on a guy dieing at a poker table before, so I’d rather not do it again.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

.... do we want details of what happened?

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need that report ASAP.

A short version works, too.

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cliff notes:

About 2 years back, we had a guy playing Hold’em on a full table. He’s got a decent amount of chips in front of him, but nothing special. At one point a the beginning of a hand, he picks up his cards, looks at them, and makes his bet. Then he leans back and stretches his arms. Then after a minute, his slumps forward slowly and on to the guy next to him. The guy next to him shrugs him off and he falls onto the floor, already dead.

Turns out it was a brain aneurysm. Guy was in his 50’s IIRC. I didn’t even notice it until I see people flying off the table. I called the paramedics and they arrived in less than 2 minutes(we’ve about a dozen blocks from a fire station. Then tried to revive him,but no luck. He was long gone.

The worst part is, his wife was sitting on the other end of the table.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh, I'm not sure. That would of been a good time for somebody to snag them, because I wasn't even paying attention to the chips when shit started going down.

Hell, I was pretty much ignoring everything but that incident. People could of been stealing shit left and right for all I knew.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And for the record, because I get this question every time I tell this story.

He had a 4/10 of spades. Flop had a spade in it, so he was looking at a possible flush if the next two cards bounced his way. Though they obviously didn’t complete the hand.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I miss working in a casino... Sort of

Used to manage the books and run bank deposits for a small one in my college town. Learned some interesting things about all areas of the business… I’m surprised they didn’t make you rewind the tapes after all was said and done to make sure that nobody touched his chips (or anything else on the table).

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They might of when somebody else was on shift, I don't know.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What casino is this?

Is it the one by Ocean Shores? I don’t really know of any other near Aberdeen.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God, they should have a casino.

Those poor bastards need SOMETHING decent to do.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When this happened, I was working for Sidney's Casino in Aberdeen.

Though it’s more a cardroom than a casino. Now I’m working for the Shoalwater Bay Casino out near Raymond.

I applied at Quinault once(the one near Shores) but they wouldn’t hire me because I’m not an indian.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Alright.

I don’t know the area too well, as I try to avoid Grays Harbor as much as possible aside from Ocean Shores.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had a Ford Explorer a few years back that I locked the keys in once.

Wasn’t able to get the keys or the door unlocked through normal methods. But I was able to kind force the door open long enough with a cedar block cutting edge to get it unlocked. Ended up breaking the weather seal on the door, but it was better than breaking a window.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 1:07 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

edge=wedge

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I keep a spare key in my wallet.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I need to get a spare key made.

They only gave one key when I bought the car. It was used, so go figure.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 1:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mine was the same way.

And my key was a chip key that costs 115$ to make (bullshit). Instead I opted to put a button hidden under a hole in the front fender that triggers the door locks. Cost me all of 5$ for the waterproof button and 20 mins to put it in. Also it doesn’t help thieves because my car needs the chip key, or the computer won’t allow the car to start.

Win-win! (Except for the bastard Mitsu dealer that doesn’t get to make 90$ on a 15$ key + 10$ in labor time)

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 5:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aren't most towing companies 24-hours too?

It may cost an arm and a leg to unlock the car, but I guess it’d be worth it.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One advantage of a cheap deadbolt lock:

It is physically impossible for me to lock myself out of my home.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite part about driving a car with an RFID key

Is that it’s impossible to lock your keys in the car (not to mention you never need to take them out of your pocket in the first place).

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Get a AAA membership.

Quite useful if your battery ever dies and will not start via a jump from another car.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 2:41 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They'll give you directions to wherever you're going over the phone, too

My mom gets chronically lost and she uses this service multiple times a year.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ZX2's are easily SlimJimmed.

Get a set. They’ll make you very popular at work, provided you ever get a real job.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 5:14 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You do very noble work

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 6:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wish I could rec you more than once for that

that’s just priceless….

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The most noble of all

so my roommate was in Vegas a couple weeks back and he gets back and the first thing he says to us is “so… somehow this weekend I gave my number to a stripper and she kept calling me at 5 AM, and then my girlfriend found out.”

The ♥ Jose Lopez ♥ Watch - 146 H, 16 BB, 44 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"somehow."

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 13, 2008 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why would you intentionally give your number to a stripper?

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Strippers in LV are different.

I’ve had all sorts of weird interactions with strippers in Vegas. They’re everywhere. I was getting breakfast before my workday last year, and one sat down next to me and started talking political sociology and the effect on land use planning (the book I was reading was on urban renewal). She wasn’t even in school anymore, and wasn’t planning on getting a job in her field (architecture) until after she stopped making money stripping.

Speaking of, who wants to do a LV LL meetup the week of or after Thanksgiving? I’ll be in town doing a product show for 2+ weeks. I might even be able to get cheap rooms for friends again this year (I’ll know in a month).

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey now

Our job is a real job. Who else would sell you a resistor and capacitor?

by Fuzz on Aug 13, 2008 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Various electronic depots that have the parts I'm actually looking for in stock.

I may have to get them shipped, but I have to from RS as well, and it’s still cheaper, with better parts.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, I've always meant to ask this.

Are you assholes on commission, or get yelled at if you don’t hound every single person that comes into the store until they spit at you and walk out? That’s the first and foremost reason I never come close to one if I can help it.

Every time I go into a RS, some lobotomy patient that thinks he knows something about electronics saunters up to me and proceeds to ignore what I say I need, and tries to sell me the latest and greatest sirius unit, or some crappy JVC TV, or even worse than AT&T phone.

I can yell at the person, tell them that if I need help around their phone booth of a store I’ll look for a more capable sherpa, and tell them that, no I won’t give them my fucking phone number, I don’t swing that way, look for an uglier male that might be more in their expectations.

Please tell me that you aren’t all like that, because I haven’t found one yet.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is the way these sorts of stores operate.

The people working there are just doing that they’re told. It’s not heir fault. Don’t take it out on them.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 13, 2008 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Try going to Frys sometime.

I hate their employees so, so much.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used to work there and holy god I hated it

And my favorite way to spend a rainy day is going there with my old name tag and outfit and just mouthing off to customers to make the company look bad.

by Robert on Aug 14, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then ask once and leave it at that.

Don’t follow me around like some fucked up stalker.

by Faux on Aug 14, 2008 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or, don't go to Radio Shack if it bothers you so much

if you don’t have sympathy for retail workers, you’ve either never been one or you have no soul.

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

by pdb on Aug 14, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

See my comment below.

And fuck you, I’m the best customer in the world given-
When you ask me if I need any help, and I say no, I’m just looking, then don’t hound me about the latest phone that you can get free with a new 2 year plan, or why I need DirecTV.

You can stand 10 feet away and watch me, I don’t care. You can come up to me a couple minutes later if it looks like I even might be lost or looking at something in detail and ask me again, I know that every retail manager in the world wants employees to prod at least a little. But just don’t stand 2 feet away in the corner of my eye endlessly trying to show me merchandise you know I don’t want.

If those standards are met, I’m your best friend. I understand your life is tough or you’re just starting out, or you wouldn’t be working retail. I’ve been there. I can deal with problems that arise and product outages and the odd personal problem that arises on shift and you need to take a call when I’m waiting on you. I’m not petty, I’m not an asshole, I’m just looking to get my shit and go, and then you can go back to hitting on the one hot girl working in the store or goofing off with your friends.

/end rant

by Faux on Aug 15, 2008 4:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've been one.

Hell, I do it now, on occasion (long story). I ask people if they need any help, and tell them where I’ll be if they need anything. Just as a rule, people seem to appreciate being treated like guests in a house more than idiots that can be sold anything. I don’t follow them around and try to sell them stuff they are looking near every 60 seconds (no joke). Honestly, my favorite retail types are the ones that are goofing around until they see a customer waiting. Everyone should be able to enjoy their job, if that enjoyment doesn’t come from annoying the living shit out of every customer you can find out of sport.

I only go in there if everywhere else is closed, and I can’t wait for another place to open. No other stores have people like these, past jewelry places in malls, and I sure as hell don’t go in there but once every couple years, so that doesn’t bug me.

I just wanted some confirmation that maybe other RSs weren’t as bad as the only one in a 10 mile radius of my house.

by Faux on Aug 15, 2008 4:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I make triplicate copies of every important key I have. One set stays in the house and one set goes to a friends house.

You can never be too careful. Also, it is good practices to leave a house key in your wallet as well as your key chain. I don’t know how many times I have walked outside to do something quick and someone had locked the doorknob on me.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 6:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nah.

Key and lock based off-topic threads run rampant on LL. I saw at least 4 last week.

Also, the new bumper sticker hanging in my cube:

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pssh.

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slamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandere
rintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum

"Hole in one, eh?"

by Coach Owens on Aug 13, 2008 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Got nothing on

Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDPqB9i1ScY

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Junior.

My layout.spellcheckDefault goes to 11

by PositivePaul on Aug 13, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about Silva?

That way we won’t care if he strains something.

"Hole in one, eh?"

by Coach Owens on Aug 13, 2008 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Coach

You are the only person whose mind might act in more bizarre ways than mine does. What would you do if you were in my hypothetical situation?

by Robert on Aug 13, 2008 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I drive a '96 Ford Contour.

I pray that I will accidentally lock my keys in it and the car gets stolen.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 8:09 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I used to wish that would happen to my old '88 Nissan hardbody pickup.

Damn thing hand 330,000 miles on it and it just wouldn’t die.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously. It's craiglist logic

Basically, you set a stupid price for something that isn’t worth it, and just hope that someone’s stupid enough to pay it.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know this has been said ad nauseam

but holy crap Michael Phelps is freakishly gifted.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 8:15 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

...

holy crap Michael Phelps is freakishly gifted.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Saw the 200m butterfly on the tube last night

He is just too much man for the rest of the field in any race.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately I am stuck at work for the whole olympics and they come on way too late for to watch them.

The only race I saw was the relay, and only because I downloaded the bit torrent.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I miss so many good things up here.

Shitty things too. I was up on 9/11. We shut down operations for about an hour to talk about what had happened and then it was back to work. I was so fucking angry at the NFL for canceling their games the next week. I had to literally go right back to work after watching 3000 people die and those asshats couldn’t play a football game 5 days later?

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was in hopes to try and be sensitive to the situation,

rather than saying “well THAT sucked… Let’s play some football!”

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Still pissed me off, and I am still angry about it to this day.

Are their psyche’s more fragile than mine? Did doctors and lawyers take two weeks off? It may be a cliche, but in this instance it was 100% the truth: When we cancel football games the terrorists win.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we're treading dangerously close to zomg no politics =(

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess, but man I lost A LOT of respect for the NFL players union that day.

Especially after reading some of their statement where they were just incredulous about the fact that the owners wanted to play that weekend. I just wanted to kick them all in the junk and shout “Some of us didn’t even take THAT day off you spoiled piece of shit!”

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

I had to go to High School as it was developing. No assembly to talk about it, no time off, no option to go home and be with family. We kept writing essays and doing calculus problems. Granted High School is a cake walk, but COME ON

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was six months old when that happened

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We watched it live, and our teacher was crying as well.

Then they brought the principle in to “discuss” what happened with us. After that we just had a normal school day.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Same here.

Luckily, I don’t think any of us realized the magnitude of the disaster.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't even comprehend that.

What did they do about Columbine?

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I found out about that one from my gym teacher

He was watching TV in his office while everyone changed after class. They just sent us along to our next class and we didn’t talk about it at all.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was getting up to go to work, and saw it on the news.

I wasn’t even sure if I should go into the office or not.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

We were pretty much told that there wasn’t going to be any actual school work done that day. We had a choice of either going home, or staying till the school day ended and talking about it. It was a weird day.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Same here.

I was glued to CNN on my computer the whole day. I didn’t accomplish anything that day.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was in the fourth grade.

Our school wheeled in tv’s so we could see it. Then we were sent to the gym to watch ‘The Red Balloon”.

by dpseadv on Aug 13, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But, but, I thought they were airing live!

How can NBC get away with putting the “Live” tag on an hour+ tape delay?

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I blame Janet Jackson's breast

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dislike how deleted Diaries are no longer

allowed to be secret comment threads. It was funner that way.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 8:23 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That was one of the worst FanPosts of all time

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I had a dollar for every time I heard about someone having their laptop stolen from their car

I could buy three of us and I lunch.

NEVER leave valuable items in your car, not even the trunk.

Seriously, next time someone mentions it without irony, I’m gonna shake the shit out of them, only because doing what I actually want to do when I hear it would get me arrested.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 8:24 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If my laptop isn't locked in my office or at home

I’m carrying it with me. Leaving it in a car is just plain stupid.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good call

In fact, that should go for anything of value whatsoever. If it would hurt to lose it, don’t leave it in your car unattended. I don’t care how good your locks or your security system is. Thieves know how to pick all of them.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jesus Flores, boy, don't you know a cop?

They all carry slimjims, and can get into any car.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have done this.

Cops are useful “tools.”

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My second date with my wife, I jumped out of the car and shut the door with the engine running.

Classic stupid.
There was a fire department across the street (Phinney Ridge), I asked them for a coat hanger, they came over to help out, spent the next 15 minutes hitting on my wife.

by dpseadv on Aug 13, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ha ha ha! You're so right!

Especially when her date is standing there trying to break into his truck to turn it off. Easy pickings you’d think!

by dpseadv on Aug 13, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be right back.

I’ve got to go get my son out of the trunk.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who said there wasn't a fight?

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's only two. I can take him one on one for a bit longer.

When he’s five I’m in trouble.

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Once his limbs are long enough to reach you when you hold him at an arm's length

you’re in deep trouble. They have an incredible ability to hit you in places that really hurt.

by Jed MC on Aug 13, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or actually, four...

Trust me on this one :-)

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by PositivePaul on Aug 13, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm already scared.

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I tend not to haul many valuable things with me in my car.

Normally all I have is my laptop for work or one of my saxophones when I’m gigging, and those never stay in the car if I’m not in it.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I drive a Jeep Wrangler.

If you understand the concept of the zipper, you can break into my car. I never leave anything I wouldn’t mind never seeing again in it.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate people like you with your high-tech security devices

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love my setup.

I had to take out my passenger airbag to do it, but I have an old laptop attached to the inside of my trunk lid, functioning as an in-car computer. The touchscreen flips out when in use and looks like the dash when it’s flipped in. Took me way too long, and I’ll have to leave it in the car when I get rid of it (unless I keep it long enough to junk it.

Best part, unless someone sees me using it, it just looks like the most expensive piece of equipment in my car is a crappy old XM unit.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Passenger safety < technology.

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have never heard a more correct statement.

If it would pass inspection, I would have replaced my horn and driver’s airbag for a touchscreen with a HUD. Unfortunately, NJ inspection law doesn’t allow things such as this.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My cousin had an old Trans Am he wanted to modify.

Yes, KITT’s interior. Apparently that’s against WA state law though.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will get that HUD in my car someday.

I think that day will come when I take two weeks off to replace my gauge set with LCDs.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a traveling IT guy.

I use my car for everything. I’m in it right now, waiting 15 mins for the guy to open the office I’m setting up.

That and I have the urge to take everything apart and make it better (ie more technology).

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a small fridge for my OJ and water.

Close enough?

Seriously, if I carried around a portable toilet, I could live in my car with no problems. Most of my camping stuff stays in my car anyways, so food and toilet are the only problems I might face.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Passenger seat.

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's my office.

I was thinking about just attaching a bracket to the side of my car that would allow me to attach a toilet seat. I could just stop on the side of the road and w/i 2 minutes, have a toilet in a bag.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would leave the toilet seat attached.

It’s an eyecatcher.

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does Chris Onstad get paid?

He sells a ton of merch/books/whatever, standard webcomic model. And he just started subscriber only content. From what I understand, he’s making a qood deal of money.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or at the very least, don't leave it in plain site.

A friend of mine leaves his GPS attached to his windshield. He’s had it for 4 months. It’s a miracle the thing hasn’t been stolen yet.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's some psychology attached to this concept

The whole “hiding it in plain sight” rule. If it’s that blatantly out in your face, you’re more likely to think it’s a set up. If it’s too good to be true…

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My wife does this ALL THE TIME.

I can’t even count the number of times I’ve asked her not to leave it attached to the windshield.

I live in georegia but i dont see rusia no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie-Yahoo Answers

by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do keep my bowling balls in the trunk of my car

but that’s because they weigh a collective 64 pounds, and I’m feeling damn lazy by the time I get home. They are pretty valuable though, probably $700 worth of bowling equipment, if people realized that high-end bowling balls cost $200 or more, I could be in trouble.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bullshit.

I had $300.00+ worth of bowling equipment stolen out of my car about a year ago. Theives will take anything in a bag, and find out if it’s valuable to them later. I hope the bastards wear an 8 1/2 shoe, and have the exact same size hands and fingers as I do, otherwise my stuff was no good to them.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My mom had a bowling ball stolen from a car before

but we sorta figured that the thieves just went through their haul and went “WTF, let’s dump it.”

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always have my 3 ball bag in my car

My car was stolen several years ago. They took everything of value in it… except tthe bowling balls. Stereo, speakers, steering wheel, spare tire, left it sitting on blocks, and gutted the engine. But, my bowling balls were left neatly in the trunk, after being first removed to take out my subwoofer and amplifier. I laughed long and hard when I got to the impound and saw that

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by tootthekazoo on Aug 13, 2008 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lucky man..

Thankfully I only had one ball and my shoes in a single bag in my car, but unfortunately that was the ball and shoes I needed for league 4 days later. I had to beg and bribe the pro shop to get me new ones in time. That led to a horribly drilled ball, but I bought a new one a few month’s later anyway.

I always figured I’d read a newspaper article about some kids dropping my ball off an overpass (or maybe find it in a nearby ditch), but I never saw it again.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He thinks he's pretty funny. He tries to throw witicisms into his answers to Mitch's questions.

Mitch just says, “I suppose you’re joking?”

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Someone should say that to Mitch

Every time he opens his mouth. How is he still on the air?

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you "Angry Man?"

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, just an angry man.

I used to listen to Mitch about 8 years ago on the way to school, and after about 2 years of this I decided that the only part of his show I actually enjoyed was The Bigger Dance.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hot women, gambling brackets

Aside from the idiots who call in to vote, what’s not to like?

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Steve, we can't hear you - turn your radio down

Angelina Jolie or Cameron Diaz?

JESSICA!!!!

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looks like?

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only thing he's got going for him is that he's a pretty solid interviewer,

not afraid to ask hard questions.

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by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Neither is BJ Shea

But that doesn’t mean I enjoy listening to him.

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bob Rivers #1.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What station is he on?

I really enjoy Adam Carolla, but I’m not so loyal that I wouldn’t give someone else a shot

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

102.5

KZOK.

There’s a podcast too.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bob Rivers

is one thing I miss about not being in Washington.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 13, 2008 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do really like Carolla's wittiness and street smarts

But sometimes it seems like he bitches and moans too much if things aren’t going his way, for example dancing with the stars. Other than that he’s cool. Anyone see his movie, The Hammer, it was pretty good (which he whored out for months on his show).

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, he tends to overdo things

But I love his revolving door of guest hosts.

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love his bit on the CL pennysaver

I think it was back when Bonaduce was host, but they found an ad for a lady who was looking for meat chunks, since she would grind her own dog food in her kitchen. And she didn’t have money to trade, but she could give baked goods in return, from the same kitchen where she grinded the meat. The best part was when Carolla posed the question who’d be the creepier one when they met up, the lady grinding up the food, or the person with the meat.

Whatever happened to Bonaduce, he just went away one day? I think it had something to do with giving the faceplant to that douche guy.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He has a show on that network later in the day

I started listening after he left thankfully.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

New Zero Punctuation.

I live in georegia but i dont see rusia no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie-Yahoo Answers

by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 9:12 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Heh heh...

Yahtzee looks pretty much exactly like I thought he’d look:

I live in georegia but i dont see rusia no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie-Yahoo Answers

by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 is pretty freaking awesome.

Holy crap I can’t wait till the finished product comes out.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 9:14 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

RA2 was futureistic. This is just continuing along that timeline. Except this time Japan has thrown their hat into the ring.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also, you up for a game before you head to work?

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Beta

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of which I use Azureus

and their built in search feature rocks. It searches several torrent sites, and usually displays a rating system by people who have dl’ed the file. E.g. “34 users have confirmed this file is good.”

Of course, not as useful if you’re particular about using only torrent searchers that aren’t being monitored by the feds.

by johnbai on Aug 13, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Same here.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just about any torrent client allows you to specify what your up/down settings are.

On my client at home I’ve got it set to unlimited down/150k up.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've got unlimited down/50K up.

And yeah, I thought that was standard on all clients as well.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I had to wait 45 minutes to download. And that was a week ago.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have successfully conned AAA into unlocking my car.

They wanted to charge me 40 dollars to what essentially amounted to 2.75 seconds of work.

by Robert on Aug 13, 2008 9:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Meaning he still lived there?

Or used to? Those are two largely different things. Just because he was local doesn’t mean he was close, or it didn’t take any time.

Did you at least “tip” him?

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The International or Pacific Coast League?

I didn’t know the Rainiers keyed cars.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't Julie Mateo in the PCL?

If he’s talented enough to counterfeit money, he’s talented enough to break into your car

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Put the keys down, Potatoes

Great syntax error on my part.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Article in the Seattle Weekly chronicling Brandon Morrow's trip to Tacoma.

It’s written with the casual-fan-who-doesn’t-know-who-Morrow-is mind, but it is reading material.

Linky Mclinkerson

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 9:28 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I still have a soft spot for Yuni.

It’ll take another couple years of horribleness to make me not like him.
Morrow looks too much like Papelbon for my taste.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Despite this team's pile of suck this year, there are more than a couple players I like/can get behind.

But so far the team’s bad enough that I still only really want to go watch on Felix Day.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yuni but not Loafie?

I’m personally taking a lot of excitement out of his development into a cheap, useful fixture on this team over the next couple of years.

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will be attending my first Felix Day today

I am quite excited to get off work

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Excited to get off work"

Not so excited for the Felix day?

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

=(

I am excited to get off work because I can then attend Felix Day

Also, I got someone to take 3.6:1 odds on the Angels winning the World Series

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, from the guy who told me three days ago

“See, I TOLD you before the season that Joe Saunders was Cy Young candidate!”

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh dear lord.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wish I could live somewhere where everyone was naive like that

I’d make a lot of money on sucker bets. Kind of like when I bet on the Packers beating the Seahawks in the playoffs and all my Seattle-area friends didn’t even want a spread on the game.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Should be a fun game.

Felix vs. E. Santana

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Arsenal's CL qualifier is on ESPN2 today

The season’s starting, things are looking up. Except for Fabregas’ hamstring. This could be a long season.

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

by pdb on Aug 13, 2008 10:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love "lock sport"

I bought my first set of lockpicks a couple years ago. It’s a lot harder than it looks on the X-Files… even if you understand the basic concept. The only locks I find it reasonably easy to pick are filing cabinets. Those locks are a joke!

I’ve watched some videos on bump keys, but those are only interesting to me in the sense that the physics behind them is pretty cool. Not nearly as satisfying as actually picking a lock though. It’s a cool way to bypass mushroom pins though!

Or you could try this: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/410981/blondie_unlocks_car/
Although others say this has been debunked.

by johnbai on Aug 13, 2008 10:57 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Apparently, Washburn has been claimed on waivers.

Per Buster Olney on TV.

He is not sure who the team is.

Anyway, YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 11:37 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm not jumping the gun this time.

I will not celebrate until he is sitting in a new locker room.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why would the Mariners waste money to build a new locker room?

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They could build him one on a bus.

And then throw him under said bus.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And then blame Silva

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That sucks

I enjoyed watching the Mavs when I could be bothered to get and see them

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why?

While they’d be out of the horrible hitter’s league, that’s way farther away. Although I guess Florida to Tennessee is closer than Adelanto to Tennessee.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The distance isn't a big issue

Many teams have farm teams stationed across the country from where they are. The M’s themselves have an Advanced Rookie club in West Virginia and a AA club in Tennessee.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But he has been claimed!

The only thing that can go wrong is that Lee pulls him off waivers. Why would he do that now?

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Because he thinks we can get blue-chip prospects for him in the off-season.

And is Olney the only one reporting that someone put a waiver claim in on Washburn?

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As far as I know, yes.

They had him on the phone for like 30 seconds. Sounds like it just went down and now just waiting to hash out the details before making an official report on the ESPN site.

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not being reported on the website yet

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh please let it be true

And don’t let this become like the Sexson drama from last August…

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's been 22 minutes since you posted this.

And I still don’t see some crappy 2 line diary about it. Good job, everyone.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hold up, let me go make a FanPost

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't one crappy diary about some inconsequential event that probably won't pan out enough for one day?

Hey… wait…

Don’t forget to flip out and make a bunch of accusations when people tell you your diary sucks. Preferably without any capitalization, grammar, or thought.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We should go tell him his FanPost sucks

and to delete it before a mod sees it

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We can give Matthew a 75-word warning

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heyman says Washburn cleared waivers.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_heyman/08/13/heyman.cashman/1.html

Mariners pitcher Jarrod Washburn (5-12) has reportedly cleared waivers, no surprise considering his $10.35 million salary for next year. But the Yankees don’t seem quite as enthused as before. “Starting pitching isn’t our problem,’’ one Yankees person pointed out.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe the Rainiers claimed him

They’ll ship top reliever prospect Brandon Morrow to the Mariners for him

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What would they need Washburn for?

Sounds like this could be a three-way deal. Rumors out of Atlanta have him being flipped to them for some guy named Lillibridge?

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that happened yesterday.

The new news is someone claimed him, supposedly.

In other words, TARDY.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right but once he cleared waivers

he can’t be claimed. He could be traded for, but teams can no longer claim him and negotiate exclusively. (I’m 95% sure on this, but it’s all confusing).

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmm, that part I'm not sure about either.

Although I thought that waivers meant the other team had to take the whole contract and nothing else, and trades after waivers would give us some minor filler and we could give cash. So that means we could get him going to a team that wouldn’t pay his full price.

It’s possible we’re both wrong.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If a team claims a player on the waiver wire

They get exclusive trade rights to him. It doesn’t have to be a salary dump. Players can be involved (see: Adam Dunn). If the player clears waivers, he can be traded to any team, just like pre-deadline.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, it could be that Washburn had to clear waivers before awarding the waiver claim to a team.

There is a like a 3-day period to sit on waivers and during that time teams can put in their claim. After that 3-day period, the player clears waivers and is either claimed or not claimed.

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That doesn't make sense to me.

Clearing waivers means that nobody claimed him. You can’t be claimed and cleared.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You have to clear the 3-day period before a claim can be awarded.

During that 3-day period, teams can put in a claim, but also take it away. Clearing waivers doesn’t necessarily mean they weren’t claimed, it’s just that the 3-day period is over and a claim is either awarded or not.

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Think about it this way

New York might make an immediate claim on Washburn, but they won’t know until the 3 days are up if a team with higher priority than them also made the claim. You have to wait the three days so that all teams have a chance to place their claim and then the worst team that made one (highest waiver priority) gets to negotiate for that player.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This makes much more sense than what I was thinking.

But still not completely.I think it’s off to The Google for places maybe more credible than mlbtr.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

To be fair, mlbtr was summarizing (and linked to) an article by Steve Phillips.

Yeah…I know, Steve Phillips. But you gotta figure he should know this stuff.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 13, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Although,

I do like the “Starting pitching isn’t out problem.” Have they seen Darrell Rasner or Sidney Ponson?

Not that Busburn is any better, but at least be truthful about it.

by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ZOMG all this Washburn talk is disturbingly close to not off-topic

Then again, if this is a thread about off-topic (not-baseball) discussion, the Washburn subthread is off-topic to this thread and therefore on-topic here? But if it’s on-topic it can’t fit in with the off-topic thread… ZOMG HEAD EXPLODE

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by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 12:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Events you will remember forever:

So talking about 9/11 and the Challenger up above got me to thinking. How many events have I witnessed in my life that I will remember where I was and what I was doing when it occurred for the rest of my life? Here is my list: Watching the Berlin Wall fall (I was too young to know what it meant, but understood “this is important”;
The Challenger Explosion; Kurt Cobain’s suicide; 9/11; my mother telling me my friend [name withheld] had killed himself (also one of the worst drives in my life. I lived 40 miles away, my mother calls me and tells me I need to come home, but refuses to tell me why over the phone.)

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 1:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Less disastrous but still pretty big news,

those of us in Seattle probably remember the ‘01 earthquake well.

I remember running in the back door of my house and sliding on the living room floor just in time to see the Everybody Scores play in ‘95….

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was in my 6th grade English/Social studies/literature block when that hit.

At the time I had just picked up Michael Chrichton’s “Airframe” and was a few pages in. Right about the point where I got to the line ”...the plane began to shake violently…” the Earthquake hit.

I about shat my pants.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was standing in my bedroom, and my girlfriend at the time was sitting on the bed.

I ran to the doorway of the bedroom, and she, being from LA, laughed and cheered while I was virtually shitting my pants. I leaned around the corner to see my huge living room windows bowing like Stargate, then BOOM. I got knocked on my ass.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh. Just remembered...

My GF’s sister called us from the Alaskan Way viaduct (traffic was understandibly stopped). She said she could see the huge bolts popping up.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Basement of the gymnasium at Garfield High School, Seattle.

Had just finished a standing-long-jump fitness test and started playing foosball when the ceiling started shaking. Started running upstairs for fear that the building would collapse on us.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Band room

Spanaway Lake High School.

No one ever tells you how to react to an Earthquake in BAND CLASS.

People were putting their instruments under their chairs. Apparently a $2k saxophone is more important than your own ass.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 13, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was in middle school, 8th grade I think, at lunch when it hit.

The table started shaking, and me and a friend thought somebody at the other end of the table was doing it. So we yelled at them. Then my friend told me to look at the floor and you could see it slightly rolling up and down.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 13, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoa whoa whoa.

You were in 6th grade in the 2001 earthquake? You’re only 19/20 years old?

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by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good god.

You don’t seem like you’re 19. I’d have pegged you for late-20s.

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by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know what's more worrying

that you’re younger than my middle brother or that my youngest brother might know Coach

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm being entirely honest on both counts

I used to help my dad coach little league and a few kids from the team are in Coach’s fanclub on FB

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It terrifies me

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is that what you say when you finish an IT request too?

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Depends on the request.

Sometimes I just mutter “fuck you” under my breath.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One time I called IT to request a bigger monitor

and the guy tried to walk me through changing the resolution on my current monitor. I was not amused.

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I try to be competent at my job.

If I don’t want to give you a bigger monitor, I spin it so it sounds like I’m helping you out.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's a lot of truth to this.

In addition to doing the general IT work for this company, I’m also the equipment purchaser. I’m up to my eyes in printouts of various desktop/server/notebook options as well as software solutions.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck me.

I am almost 10 years older than you.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eleven for me.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Never mind, it was 4th grade.

I had the same teacher both years so I got confused.

We were rehearsing a play and we all ran to the hallway off the stage.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I once read an article in SPIN magazine that put forth this hypothesis:

Everyone remembers when and where they were the first time they ever heard Wonderwall by Oasis. I thought about it and they were right, I do. I will also always remember the first time I ever heard TOOL. God damn do I miss 120 minutes with Matt Pinfield.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was at home in our den .

I had Mtv on in the background but was intrigued by the song and turned around to watch it. That song had a pretty profound effect on music. Radiohead said in an interview once that they had to totally change their sound because Wonderwall had just made their band obsolete.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Amen.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have some staple songs everytime I go out.

Song 2 by Blur and So Alive by Love and Rockets. I f’ing rock those tunes.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh and Livin' on a Prayer

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please don't

I hate karaoke songs where there’s more instrumental than vocal time during the song, especially since most karaoke discs have terrible backup music. War Pigs is a great song, just doesn’t lend itself to karaoke.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It is only seven minutes and change.

And I don’t suck, so it isn’t torturous.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

For the 3 minutes of lyrics, no

But for 4 minutes of awful attempts to emulate Black Sabbath guitar I think otherwise

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kill me now...

Oy

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Welcome to the Black Parade

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just discovered how fun that song is the last time we went

since we basically just tossed the mics in the middle of the room and formed our own mosh pit for four minutes

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Livin' on a Prayer is in Rock Band 2.

FTW!

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by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me too.

And Dinosaur Jr.

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by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am more excited for the Guitar Hero World Tour

I don’t really like Rock Band, not as much as guitar hero anyway.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think Guitar Hero will have the better playlist

but I like them both. The Doors and Hendrix on GH make me happy.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know At The Drive In and Sublime will be in it

I am excited for that, I think the song will be Santeria.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The setlist for GHWT so far looks awesome.

I’m a Rock Band enthusiast, but GH looks damn good.

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by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. I'm getting tired of waiting for one or the other

I’ve officially decided to get one, and now have the blessing of the fiancee. I’d prefer to go the Guitar Hero route for the instruments, and then disc only for Rock Band 2. But, I’m impatient about it

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

by tootthekazoo on Aug 13, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Drum Set for GHWT looks much cooler than Rock Band's

And I think GHWT will come with more new features, even thought I think Rock Band 2 might have more songs, I think you will be able to customize your own songs on GHWT.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It has a song creation mode

not song customization. Albeit they haven’t detailed too much of how this works.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 13, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's what I meant

Wrong choice of words.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully the drum set will be more durable

I’ve had 2 pedals broken in the month since I bought Rock Band by my neanderthal of an ex-roommate.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 14, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mine finally snapped about a month back.

I bought a replacement from Best Buy (new pedal, silencing pads, and composite sticks for $20). But the new set has more responsive heads (finally!), accelerometers built into the heads (the harder you play = increased volume), and a steel reinforced pedal.

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by Phildopip on Aug 14, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

20 bucks for a new pedal, pad silencers, and sticks.

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by Phildopip on Aug 15, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I definitely remember where I was when I first heard Wonderwall.

On my couch, in front of my laptop, about two weeks ago.

My girlfriend was pretty blown away that I had never heard the song in its entirety before. I get in zones where, for spans of a year or two, I will only listen to the CDs I own, without ever turning on the radio or MTV or whatever, so a lot of stuff goes right past me. And I kinda like that.

by Teej on Aug 13, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How long do these zones last?

Wonderwall is 13+ years old.

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do not.

Of course my age has something to do with this.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't

Wonderwall is a terrible song though.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 13, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hope that's not too big.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't live in Vegas, but I know EXACTLY what you're talking about.

When all that rocket fuel went up, that was INSANE!

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Didn't only one person die in that?

I did hear that they tried to put it out with garden hoses, fuck that.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Two people, I believe.

Pretty amazing that was it. I bet people had never run that fast in their lives.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Kidd Marshmallow Plant next door was annihilated

And by ‘next door’ I mean at least several hundred feet away.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anything within at least a mile was flattened. I've seen some pictures of the sight,

the devestation is almost unbelievable.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Friends and I went out there one night a few years ago for kicks

At the time, it was still just a giant pit of desert.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

You have more guts than I have. There must be so much toxic residue still out there. Of course, that’s not too far from the atomic test site, so it might be the least of your worries!

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

We figured, since there’s sodium percholrate in our drinking water, how much more marginal damage could it do.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good point.

I’ve probably inhaled / eaten more toxic compounds diving for softballs then you ingested out there.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fucking enter button

Okay… it was 3rd grade, we were out at recess and we see this mushroom cloud to the south, followed by what remains the loudest explosions I have ever heard. We ran to the other side of the field… then it exploded again… then we went inside and hid under our desks. Most of the kids thought it was a nuke and that they were going to die.

by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's an event to be remembered:

Where were you when Big Foot’s corpse was dragged to a press conference?

by Jed MC on Aug 13, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good list

I remember 9/11, Columbine, Princess Diana’s death, JFK Jr.’s death, all of my grandparents and my dad’s passing, Heath Ledger’s death, the Nisqually Earthquake (I missed out – I was on my way to Canada and heard about it on the radio)...

I’m sure there are more deaths, but it’s getting kind of sad to keep thinking about them all. I don’t remember the first time I heard Wonderwall though…. Like most songs, I just remember knowing it for as long as I can remember.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I contemplated incliuding Princess Di.

But all I remember is being at home and hugging my mother. My late maternal Grandmother was English, so I have a soft spot for the royal family.

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I watched the coverage in bed for a few hours

I was too young to really understand who she was, but I remember the very distinct feeling that it was a very big deal and the gravity of that prevented me from getting out of bed to do anything.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

For those of you with the iPhone,

make sure you download the application Shazam. It’s free and it’s the most useful tool when you don’t know the name or artist of a song.

Say you are driving down the road listening to the radio and a song comes on and you have no idea what it is. Run Shazam for 15 seconds, and it goes and finds it. Then it is logged and you can go download it when you get home. Awesome application.

by Wilder. on Aug 13, 2008 1:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Midori isn't as good

although its attempts to identify my singing are pretty funny.

Shazam is great for listening to non mainstream radio with. Finally finding out who that random punk band was is very nice.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 13, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dunno

I don’t have a Windows Mobile device. I wouldn’t even know where to really look.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 13, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hrm

a short Google search says they trade marked a version of it back in 2006 for WM.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 13, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quick trade question:

What kind of rules are in place to prevent a team like the Mariners from allowing a team like the Rays to pick up a player off waivers with the handshake agreement that they will ship Seattle some players in trade after the season is over and no longer need to worry about waivers? (my god that is a long sentance. Sorry.)

by thewyrm on Aug 13, 2008 1:56 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I believe there are a few safeguards, starting with the waiver rules that the best teams have the last shot at claiming players

also, I believe that all trades are reviewed by the commissioners office, so this kind of trade might work once or twice, but after that they’d really crack down and kill post-July 31 trading for everyone

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not that it really matters if we're trading with an AL team.

Since we have the worst record in the AL, we get first shot at anyone placed on waivers.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to start a project.

I think the Mariners have been around long enough that they should probably have some kind of rivalry with virtually every team in the American League.

For instance, the Angels.
‘95, ‘97, and ‘01 M’s clinched division championships vs. Angels
‘00 M’s clinched Wild Card vs. Angels
‘77 Frank Tanana shuts out M’s on the inaugural game
‘90 Mark Langston and Mike Witt combine for a no-hitter against the M’s
‘90 Griffey’s hit back to back HRs of McCaskill in 1st inning

That’s seven moments off the top of my head. With a little thinking and research, I imagine we could make a list like this for just about every team (maybe minus Tampa)

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 2:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I think on MLB 2k8 or something

The Mariners rivals are mainly LA, Oakland, and New York. I think their ownage of Boston even when totally sucking should be considered too.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

7-14-1977

Leroy Stanton grounds into a 5-4-3 triple play against the Angels, the first such time the M’s hit into a triple play.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Triple plays are really weird.

I have now spent the last 20 minutes looking up all the triple plays in Mariners history. There are some weird ones here.

1992: Mike Deveraux (BAL) flies out to Buhner, starting a triple play where baserunner Randy Milligan is called out for passing fellow Oriole Brady Anderson on the basepaths, who is confused into running to third, and gets tagged out in a rundown.

2002: Ron Wright (SEA) grounds into a 1-6-2-5-1 Triple Play against Texas.

2006: Raul Ibanez strikes out against the Rays, starting a triple play as Beltre is caught attempting to steal second and Jose Lopez is thrown out at home while attempting to advance on the throw to second.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

1995 @ Toronto

Sandy Martinez (TOR) bunts the ball into the air, M’s catcher Chad Kreuter yells at Nelson to let the ball drop. Nelson picks it up and throws to Luis Sojo (SS), who tags Shawn Green (the runner at second) before forcing out Alex Gonzales by stepping on the bag. Sojo throws to first base, where Joey Cora is covering because of the bunt. Cora tags batter Sandy Martinez for out number three.

Cora then RE-TAGS Gonzales and Green, as retrosheet puts it, “for good measure.”

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 13, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, I'll bet Red was going nuts in the booth trying to explain that one.

I would love to hear the call on this play! I’ll be looking all night.

by dpseadv on Aug 13, 2008 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dangerously near on-topic...

But I’ve been out of civilization for four days.. Is today Felix Day?

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 3:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yes

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

HAPPY FELIX DAY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Woooooo!!!!!

I was in the middle of nowhere for four days, I’m so happy to be back in town!

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wooooo my boss is awesome!

Just gave me a pair of tickets to this Saturday’s preseason Seahawks game.

by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 3:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll be there too.

Taking the GF’s Dad to his first game at Qwest. Section 125 or something like that.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Club Level..

Well ain’t you just one a them thar high rollers….

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 13, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had 30 yeard line seats 18 rows from the field for the Cowboys playoff game where Romo shat his pants.

And I was also lucky enough to be able to attend the Championship game against Carolina.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 13, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's looking like Hasselbeck won't play much.

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by Phildopip on Aug 13, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be there too

My dad traded 2 M’s tickets for them. Section 340 though.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Was he looking for cheap things to overpay for?

Target> “Sir, that copy of Madden 2004 is on clearance, it’s only $9.99”
Bill> “But it says right here on the other sticker that it’s worth $59.99”, and you seem like a nice establishment so I don’t want to rip you off, otherwise you might not want to sell to me in the future.”
Target> “No, sir, that $59.99 is what it was worth 5 years ago, when it was still relevant and in demand. Now it’s only going to cost you $9.99.”
Bill> “Well I’d rather pay you the full price, just to be on the safe side if that’s ok with you.”

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 13, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

I will attest that people do not do this

I have had to get confirmation on a price difference of $.30 once.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Late theft story

For some reason my retainer, a backup contact and most of my toiletries got stolen in a hotel on the outskirts of London.

by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2008 4:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nowhere else to put this...

Jose Vidro’s mug has finally been replaced on the West Facade of Safeco, by none other than Jeff Clement. I’ll check on Washburn tomorrow.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 14, 2008 2:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I was curious who got the window spot

Good for Jeff, even though I’m not sure he’s catching here in a couple years.

by Gomez on Aug 14, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

According to ESPN the rumors of claims are

The Bus —> StL
The Guy Who Takes Pride In His Awful Defense —> Tampa

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