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Nolamarinergirl1_tiny by NOLAmarinergirl on Comment 1275 comments

Apparently it's my turn in the rotation.  Yesterday we had over 1000 posts.  When we start splitting our OFFTs rather than our GTs, that's when we know something is wrong.  But hey, we knew something was wrong with this team months ago.

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♥ Gustav's already a hot topic--where should I go for an evacuation vacation?

♥ Anyone found me a job yet?

♥ Have you posted your t-shirt idea yet?

♥ Are you completely apathetic, or did you enjoy the Yaydrian funk blast walk off?

♥ If one listens to enough BBC, does one develop an accent?

♥ Place your bets for when Matthew finally cracks and has a massive meltdown

 

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Also, BBC is telling me to go to google earth and look at cows because they align themselves in a north south direction.

Apparently they line up with the earth’s magnetic field.
I’m bizarrely fascinated.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 7:40 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wait.

Is this true? I’m going to download Google earth to find out.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Please report back.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 7:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My plan failed.

Apparently if you type in “cows” in the fly to box, it just doesn’t understand. I’m too lazy to actually search for cows. Or look up an address to a farm.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm disappointed in you.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 7:59 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I apologize that my well-thought-out plan failed.

If I happen upon a hidden box of inspiration, I will find cows.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:00 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Try this address

2853 NE Johnson Creek Road
Prineville, OR 97754

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey, Prineville is my hometown!

How in the world did you come up with that address as an example?

by edgar is good on Aug 26, 2008 8:52 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Typed in cows oregon farms in google.

I really want to see these aligned cows.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Your Anglophilia extends to watching BBC?

You are truly far gone.

On an unrelated note, link.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:08 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am an intense Anglophile.

And I listen to BBC in the morning so I know what’s going on in the world.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 1:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I listen to local sports radio, because it amuses me.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's what I listen to.

Mitch cracks me up.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:30 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's awful.

Terrible. His show is a goddamn abortion.

Jim in Redmond
“Jessica!”

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 1:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

His show is by FAR the worst on KJR.

I think we discussed this yesterday.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And like I said yesterday

it’s a crime that he still has a daily show but Dave Grosby doesn’t.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 1:37 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yup, the two of you and tootthekazoo.

Your dialogue was about as enlightening the first time.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:40 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We try.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:49 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Local sports radio?

We have more than just AM 550 in Anchorage?

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 1:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I actually live in Tacoma.

I’m born, raised, educated in Alaska (Fairbanks).

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:29 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jim Riggleman said something smart.
Riggleman put forth the theory that Beltre has hit in bad luck all year and his numbers aren’t indicative of how well he’s hit the ball. I’m not sure if that’s completely accurate, but I do agree that he’s had an inordinate amount of line-drive outs. Whether it’s more than any player gets in the course of a season I’m just not sure.

per Larry Stone.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 7:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I got tomorrow off!

So I’m staying up late to participate in one of these!

You know what sucks? One off-day a week, and then I have to use 4 hours of it to wear a suit, go meet a mayor and a governor, and sit in a room with a bunch of people speaking a language I don’t understand. On my fucking off-day too. Dammit.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah a little.

It’s hard not to when there is no English. I can say a few things, ask for a few things. Oh, I learned how to say my height. Learned that real quick. When people stop me on the street and I have no idea what they’re saying, I just say that.

One of my favorite things to do here is to say completely wrong phrases here. Like, I’ll go to pay at the grocery store, and instead of saying thank you I’ll say goodmorning. And I do all my shopping after 7 pm. I’m pretty sure most people here think I’m crazy.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That kicks ass.

“Crazy gaijan!”

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 7:58 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I haven't been to Japan since I was eight.

Is it true what they say about the vending machines there?

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 8:03 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We obviously have very different minds.

I’ll keep to myself what I thought BrianL was referring to.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:06 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know,

the way women are treated here sucks ass for them. But for guys it’s pretty sweet. Not gonna lie. But damn, I’m glad I’m not a Japanese woman.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:16 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How easy is it to get around without any Japanese?

I have always wanted to go to Japan, and it is a relatively short flight from Anchorage.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:22 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually it's not bad. At train stations a lot of stuff is written in English letters...

so you can figure out where you’re going and such. I think if you are in a city like Tokyo it wouldn’t be a problem at all.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:24 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Eh.

I mean, I think more Japanese people know English than speak it. I haven’t found too many strangers who will speak it. A few know some phrases but then if you say a complete sentence they respond in Japanese.

But I’m sure Tokyo is a different world.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm a Japanese person who speaks English

unfortunately, I don’t speak Japanese though…

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ha

Well, I meant…like, Japanese as in born and raised in Japan.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:27 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There is less English spoken in Japan

than any place I’ve ever been to, that’s for sure. But that is limited to North America and Europe.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmmm.......

I am not sure what he was referring to, but if it was true, I’d probably know. But, I’m also in a small city (for Japan). So, maybe in the bigger cities?

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Watashi-wa hensu-giru...

That should get you a guffaw or three…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 9:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Answers:

1. Drive up to Memphis and grab some BBQ.
2. I want you nowhere near the dirty ass roughnecks I work with.
3. Not yet.
4. If I develop a British accent, I hope it is Cockney.
5. I think Mathew will keep his cool.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 7:53 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm aiming for Washington, not Alaska.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:00 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Possible Alaska upside:

No idea if you are single or not, but the male to female ratio here is 3 to 1. You would literally be able to point to a random dude and say “I choose you.”

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:02 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I still contend Robert is scared of me.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But he be a good lad

A fine lass as yarself be lucky as Lady Ocean’s Sirens to have ’im

by Fogel on Aug 26, 2008 8:10 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It never happened!

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:13 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Unfortunately I think Robert saves any and every conversation that occurs.

And if he does not, he shops it. So I have no way to win this.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:16 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Every conversation?

Imagine the work that would go into that. Much easier to just photoshop.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:17 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's Robert.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:19 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well. Yes. That's pretty much the way it happened.

He didn’t relay the grandmother died part.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:21 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just wanted him to have a large inheritence!

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:23 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Living off an inheritence?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great episode.

Bagel Guy 1: Steam valve broke.
Bagel Guy 2: Can we still make bagels?
BG1: Yeah, it’ll just be steamy.
Kramer: HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR BAGELS NOW!?

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:35 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You mean at Prudhoe, I guess.

3 to 1 actually sounds low to me. I would think 10 to 1.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 3:30 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Also destroying our number of elligible women:

Alaska has the highest amount of Lesbians per capita in the country.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 3:38 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's better this way. A kind of 'survival of the fittest.'

Given the relative shortage of women, some men will be unable to reproduce. For the most part, these are the men who really shouldn’t be reproducing, but are able to in other parts of the world due to the desperation of the women.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 3:42 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ah. Well that's one theory, I guess.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 3:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"If one listens to enough BBC, does one develop an accent?"

I’ll test that out this year. I get CNN here. But it’s the British version. I didn’t even know there was a British CNN.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:54 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I watched the shit out of British CNN on both vacations to France.

I love France and French culture as much as any other coonass, but occasionally I just needed to hear some English.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 7:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I watched it when the Olympics were closing.

The announcers were pretty geeked about London 2012. I guess I would be too, but they were annoying the shit outta me.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:02 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I didn't know that either.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No American Football, my own shorthand.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no t enough a bout football

by Robert on Aug 26, 2008 8:02 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Incorrect.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bruised knee.

Thank God. I was afraid it was a high-ankle.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 8:16 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hah.

It’s when the foot turns out instead of in. Turning in results in a regular ankle sprain. Turning out results in a high ankle sprain. No wonder that is such a bad injury. That sounds terribly painful.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:30 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Brayden

I can’t believe you haven’t had more sprains. By the time I was your age I had sprained each ankle at least 5 times. I thought it happened to all tall guys who play sports. Apparently just the (relatively) small footed graceless ones.

by johnbai on Aug 26, 2008 9:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My god. I went from 5'2" my sophomore year to 6' 1" my Junior year.

Sprain city. What an awful summer.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 9:39 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow.

I grew fast in high school too. 6’ freshman year, 6’9" junior. I grew so fast freshman year that I dislocated my knee…..walking down the school hallway. Yeah…slightly embarrassing. Led to me getting put into a trashcan by two future NFLers.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:42 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've had quite a few. At least one per year...

I’ve been really fortunate in that I haven’t had any major ligament damage. At least, not since I’ve stopped growing.

I think what also helped me was that until last year, I wasn’t very athletic. Not being athletic kept me out of a lot of dangerous situations.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:41 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Although something is effed up in my left knee

It’s permanently swollen. And I’m pretty sure I have a torn rotator cuff too. I’ll get it fixed when I’m done with basketball

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So I know this makes me a geek,

but I just found the most awesome comic ever. This is the first comic I’ve read since Transmetropolitan, in fact. This one could be a book or movie easily, if the media could get it’s head out of it’s ass.

“<a href=”http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/121423862589539.htm" target="new">Genuis"
The description – “What if the greatest military mind of our generation was born an angry 17-year-old girl in South Central L.A.? And what if she decided to secede a few blocks of her ’hood…through force?”

Find it and read it. Now. You won’t be disappointed.

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

by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So that didn't work. Huh. Did in preview.

Genius

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

by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:08 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sounds interesting, I'll poke around for it.

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

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My office is out of toilet paper.

If I need to use the facilities, the only thing I have at my disposal to clean up with are coffee filters.

God I wanna go home.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:12 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

To re-iterate on this problem. I know really need to use the facilities.

I refuse to clean myself with a God Damned coffee filter. Seriously, this is a hundreds of thousands of dollars a day operation, what is with this fucking clown shoes no TP bullshit!

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 2:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Perhaps, but probably not quite.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:25 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Reading books on international affairs wins.

Then current affairs.
Then history.
Then I make random choices based upon other factors.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I only read books on history, from that list, then

basketball
baseball
witches and wizards
structural mechanics of aircraft components
physics
american football
fluid mechanics

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 8:30 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Your wikipedia browsing just makes me giggle.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:33 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is a pathetic eHarmony.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:36 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have already declared an adversion to Zs.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:43 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My teammate has a southern accent

He said “look out for that warm” today when we were walking. I was more than a little perplexed. Turns out he meant worm.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:46 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why did you have to look out for a worm?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Big juicy thing on the sidewalk.

It wasn’t really a worm. Maybe it was. They have some GIANT bugs here in Japan.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:48 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good giggle.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 8:34 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If it's good enough for Felicia Day...

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

by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:24 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just bought a new book

The New Turing Omnibus. Its like a slightly less stuffier version of all my CS text books in one book.

I think after some stuff that has gone on at work that I should pick up an intermediate/advanced C++ book.

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

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Serious music question:

What are your three desert island Albums. From now until the day you die you can only hear three albums, what are they?
1. Daybreaker by Beth Orton
2. Achtung Baby by U2
3. Lateralus by TOOL

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

...

Rockin’ the Suburbs by Ben Folds
Be by Common
Ratatat Remixs volume 2 by Ratatat

by Fogel on Aug 26, 2008 8:43 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1. Come Clarity by the In Flames
2. Clayman by the In Flames
3. Everytime we Touch by Cascada

by Robert on Aug 26, 2008 8:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dr Dre’s The Chronic
I’m The Man by Joe Jackson
Rammstein’s Mutter

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 8:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1,2,3, and to the 4.

Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the door.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:51 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ratatatat tatatat like that

and I never hestitate to put [THAT’S RACIST] on his back

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 8:52 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And JI's awake...

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 26, 2008 11:13 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ok, I'll bite.

1. Bob Marley – Songs of Freedom Disc 2
2. Nirvana – Insecsticide
3. REM – Murmur

by Jed MC on Aug 26, 2008 8:54 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Incesticide - little typo.

My favorite Nirvana is a box set I have called Into the Black where most of it is live or relatively low produced studio recording. I’d rather listen to Incesticide or Bleach than Nevermind or In Utero, just like I’d rather listen to Badmotorfinger than Superunknown. Nevermind is one of my favorite albums, but the guitar distortion is relatively mellow and Kurt’s raw voice is toned down as well.

by Jed MC on Aug 26, 2008 9:56 AM PDT to parent up