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Disclaimer: There is to be absolutely no politics in this thread.  The mods will find out and punishments harsher than harsh will be administered.

Three years ago.  Three years ago this day and there was a hurricane, the deadliest one in US history.  In New Orleans, the aftereffects are still felt.  Life is divided into "Before the Storm" and "After the Storm."  I won't say much more about actual Katrina day because y'all have seen the pictures, you've read the stories, you might have even talked to someone who has been through it.

It's been three years and it's as though, for many people here, they're experiencing a flashback akin to what appears, literally, in their nightmares.  Although we are uncertain Gustav will make landfall in New Orleans, it still brings people back to those horrible moments in which they made the hasty decision to leave...and back to the first time they saw their house, their belongings, their life smashed up, thrown around and covered in slime.

As most of you read this, even the ones at work at horrible hours, I will likely be on a plane.  I'm a lucky one.  There are many in this town who aren't so lucky, who don't have the means to get away.  They're struggling to try and make a choice.

This isn't meant to start a discussion of what happened in New Orleans three years ago, or what should happen this week as they evaluate evacuation.  Stay away from politics, I say again.  But I wanted to remind y'all that Katrina still exists, and that Gustav is a scary presence, even if no one is talking about either of them outside the Gulf South.  So take a moment today and remember, and take a moment to think about the people who are living through it again.

Star-divide

Now have at it and have fun.  It's a long weekend!  Yippee!

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Wow, I'm completely dyslexic this morning

it’s really hard to search a database that way, btw.

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 7:08 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Also, NOLA's not here and football season started, so that's what I'm talking about

The triple option is still cool – a very exciting form of offense to watch every once in a while, and definitely different than what you see nowadays (the veer option ran out of the shotgun spread, as popularized by one Vincent Young)

Who saw the end to the Oregon State – Stanford game? Seems like only in the Pac-Ten does stuff this ridiculously stupid happen – this is the second year in a row that a kid has lost a game stretching for a touchdown and fumbling out the back of the endzone instead

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 7:14 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of Pac-10

Former OSU basketball player Nick DeWitz is playin in my league over here. Do you know anything about him? One of my teammates is named Ray Schafer, played at Oregon, just graduated. But he never got much playing time in college, so I wouldn’t expect you to know him.

by brayden04 on Aug 29, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have some vague memories of him...

good shooter, IIRC, don’t think he did much against us

His bio appears to prove me wrong though, as it seems he set his career high in assists @ UCLA, a game I’m almost sure I was present for

I remember Schafer, too, big guy, don’t remember him getting in the game very often at all

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

Yeah... being a Pac-Ten basketball junkie was/is pretty fun

I really do enjoy college basketball, and it’s even easier when your favorite team is pretty good =)

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Football football football!!!

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 29, 2008 7:34 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

God, their non-conf is just brutal, again

perhaps the AD should try scheduling some winnable games and maybe Ty would win a few more

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't care about the Huskies in particular.

In fact, I don’t really have any sort of rooting interest in college football at all. I enjoy watching it…and that’s about it.

The NFL on the other hand…

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 29, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unlike most of you guys

I can only watch baseball if the Mariners are involved. I can watch any football game and get into it as long as its college level or above.

by Robert on Aug 29, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Still not their fault

blame the conference for weird scheduling

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am

Unless they plan on making it a labor day weekend special like FSU/ Miami

by Robert on Aug 29, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only reason they did that was because otherwise they wouldn't bother to play each other

since if they play late the loser would be auto eliminated from the national title picture. I don’t think that’s a big worry with UW and Oregon – that’s happened what, like once?

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that will make me very happy.

Unfortunately, the Cougars are going to have to play their asses off to keep up with OK.

At least South Carolina looked good last night.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh this is cool

Yahoo uses their this-or-that polling system for college teams.

According to this, OkSt is ranked #36 among the ignorant masses, and the Cougs are 60ish.

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love how low Notre Dame is ranked.

I do not love, however, that the Cougars are beneath them.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gamecocks win! Gamecocks win!

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My office is a complete ghost town today

My wife took the day off too. Why am I at work today?

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 8:21 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, sometimes it's annoying being hourly

I love being a contract worker most times but the absence of PTO can sometimes be an irritant.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think that's just the PNW

There’s like no one here but the managers

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Funny

at my work none of the upper level people are here today except the lead programmer for the project I’m on.

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

by bluemax on Aug 29, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You could always talk about David Duchovny, sex addict.

Or not.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please not.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What's the deal with the food on those airlines, amirite?

oh, you said topics, not bad standup lines. My mistake.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seinfeld, is that you??

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about Comcast screwing their customers by limiting BW to 250GB/month?

We haven’t had a good Brian-fueled Comcast bashing in a while.

But come on, 250? Is that downloaded or both ways? I could use that in a week, just in Linux builds uploaded and downloaded. Just another way in which the rest of the world is light years ahead of the US in terms of internet infrastructure.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just called them to add HBO back to my cable

and they offered to “upgrade my internet speed” for only an extra $10 a month. When I expressed displeasure that Comcast would artificially limit internet speeds and BW only to charge more for decent speed, I was met with a short silence, a low-voiced “i know, dude, it sucks” and then he rolled on with his sales pitch.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's probably already been fired

but I was glad to know that even the people at Comcast think the things they do are BS.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are pretty low odds that particular call was listened to.

I managed a call center for about a year and managers generally listen to reps only during training/re-training and if they receive complaints about a particular rep. Otherwise, there are too many people/calls/other work to listen to random calls. Maybe Comcast is different, but by the quality of their work, I seriously doubt it.

by Jed MC on Aug 29, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Acknowledgments of companies shortcomings can be used as a valuable selling technique

But fuck the next person that takes it out on me that our HDMI cables are so expensive.

by Robert on Aug 29, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fucking brick and mortars overcharging

Why do you charge 10 times what I can pay at monoprice!!!

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

by bluemax on Aug 29, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Capitalism.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I bought a kidney on craigslist once

and it works so much better than the original one my system came with it’s not even funny. Viva internets!

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't say that

but the mark up for stores on certain items is ridiculous.

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

by bluemax on Aug 29, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Won't disagree with that.

But there’s a decent reason for it; when there are things that most people do choose to order online, they can afford to jack up the price, because the only people who will buy in the store either really really need it right away or are willing to pay the extra cost to not shop online. Lots of online retailers jack their prices up on certain things as well, typically in cases of scarcity.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 29, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's what I hear.

I want 45,000 mediocre cows working to produce my gallon of milk, please.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please wait...

Your order for 45,000 Carlos Silvas is being processed.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My sister works for Comcast, and even she thinks it sucks.

But she hooks me up with the good stuff for free, so I don’t really give a s**t.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good God, 250?

I could blow past that in a week.

by BrianL on Aug 29, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No. Any flight to Vegas is like that.

Flying to Vegas is very entertaining, because most people on the plane are going there to drink and gamble, so they get a head start. Flying home is better, though, because all those people are hung over, broke, and veeeerrrry quiet.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can attest that the NJ-LV that leaves at 0730 is always a raucous flight.

You know who your fellow passengers are by who’s standing in line at the pub in Terminal C when it opens at 6.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My only experience flying out of Vegas

some older guy didn’t understand why he had to turn his cell phone off, argued a lot with the flight attendants and had to be escorted off the plane. Then we had to make an emergency landing in Portland and get bused back to Seattle.

BTW, I was 16, e.g. this was late 2001. This was not a fun experience

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Get off my lawn you damn kid.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What?!?

I’m a little deaf in this ear, you’ll have to speak up.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn kid,

now I’m deaf in the other ear, you don’t have to shout!

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My cousin died from deafness.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A deaf retard, thank you.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Was your cousin a deaf retard coal-mining midget?

Because that would be about perfect for this site

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Weird... come to think of it

I had this deaf retard coal-mining midget friend but I haven’t heard from him in a while…

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Was his name Trevor?

Because I just made that up right now.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought...

…your cousin really was a trad…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Aug 29, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

?? What am I looking for?

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I refuse to turn off my iPod.

I figure if they made me listen to idiots and babies wailing, there’d be bigger problems than whatever effect an iPod has on…whatever it has an effect on.

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

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 29, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fun fact - iPods don't do anything

only if it generates a signal. They just want you to turn them off so you’ll pay attention to the crew

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is why I refuse.

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

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 29, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love that show.

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 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's some interference from devices that generate signals

so they’re not totally lying, but yeah, the main reason is so that you’ll pay attention to the flight crew

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you see the moon landing episode?

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here.

Moon Landing

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crap - that wasn't the full thing.

I can’t find the full video.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll let you in on a secret

Electronics actually have no effect on airplane radio systems. I forget the exact reason for not allowing their usage, but it’s not for ATC safety.

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stopping/starting as I mentioned above

and being able to hear the crew instructions in case of said stopping/starting.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's not about the ipod being on

it’s about the ipod being an airborne missile if the plane has to suddenly stop in mid-takeoff-speed gaining and landing-slowing down,. mostly.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You caught me.

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

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 29, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always love sitting next to Vegas residents on flights to Vegas

because they spend the whole flight mocking the midlife crisis guys in the Tommy Bahama shirts that are hitting on the flight attendants after having their third Jack and Coke, because they’re on vacation without their wives for the first time in a year. People are awesome.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are more babies on fights to Vegas these days

Screaming babies. I don’t get it. I thought the ‘family friendly destination’ efforts had passed.

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is correct.

And then the drunks get in conversations that go somewhat like this:

Drunk: What casino you staying at?
Local: I live there.
D: That must be so awesome, you must party all the time.
L: Actually, I never go into a casino except when family comes to town.
D: I don’t know how you do it, with all that fun right there. I’d be there all the time.
L (Under his breath): You and everyone else that lives beneath an underpass now.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So....

Who’s going to Bumbershoot?

by katal on Aug 29, 2008 8:48 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Burn.

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 29, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OH SNAP

YOU JUST GOT TOLD

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YOU GOT FORK-STABBED.

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 29, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ZOMG stoppit.

My cousin was fork-stabbed to death.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

knock it off

i have a cousin.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tomatina was this week.

That was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen, and I wish there was a similar thing here.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 8:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I want to do that once before I die

so much more fun than the running of the bulls.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is how we do food fights in Britain

Contestants chase a cheese down a 1 in 2 hill. Severe bodily damage ensues,

Gloucester Cheese Rolling Contest

by Alex B on Aug 29, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I very, very badly wanted to do that last year

but we were unfortunately on a plane back from Dublin on the day. At some point I will do it, though, it looks insane like fun.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This place fails without me.

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

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So the last Portland Beavers home game was last night

the first two Salt Lake pitches were Portland home runs. The third pitch was very nearly a home run. It was an entertaining first inning.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 9:12 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It was interesting until the Padres started yoyoing players back and forth all year

They got off to a pretty decent start, and they were pretty fun to watch, but the Padres have played so much roster roulette this year that they’ve been really inconsistent and hard to follow. The problem with the Beavers is that they were (and are) loaded with AAAA guys like McAnulty, Luke Carlin, and Chip Ambres; they’d go to the big club, suck, and come back down and tear up the PCL. Cla Meredith got a few innings of mop-up work last night, so that was mildly interesting – especially since my wife had never seen a sidearm pitcher before. She was amazed that that motion could actually produce a pitch.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm amazed

that the Rainiers started kicking so much ass after most of their good players got called up.

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eh, I still like watching the Beavers

Wade LeBlanc is sort of intriguing as a soft-tossing lefty who [wait! no, serious! Come back! I wasn’t done!] actually gets a decent amount of strike outs.
He’s still a long shot, but it’s actually cool to see how he game-plans each AB, mixes pitches, etc. It’s also cool because he’s either going to pitch really well, or he’s going to get shelled, mercilessly.

The AAAA guys include Myrow, who I still think could be of use to a team, McAnulty and, until recently, Justin Huber. You can see DePodesta’s handiwork all over the club, in terms of the high OBP guys who maybe lack a ton of real power.

Then there’s Dirk Hayhurst, who’s just awesome.

The AA club was down this year, and there really wasn’t much to push up. I’m still a bit surprised they didn’t bring Mitch Canham up (at least to AA!), but hey, Portland already had one local catcher on the roster (Hundley) before he got called up. The club had Chase Headley most of the year, and there’s still some morbid curiosity in watching Matt Antonelli (is he historically unlucky? Never as good as people claimed? Pushed too fast?).

All in all, my second fave. PCL club.

by marc w on Aug 29, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I definitely like watching them

we get a partial-season-ticket package every year, and I see no reason not to do that again next year. I really feel bad for Antonelli – I don’t know what the hell happened to that dude, but man, he’s a shell of what he could/should be.

And there was, last night, the added bonus of the biggest crowd of the year (over 11k!) on $2 beer night, which at PGE Park means lots of drunk meatheads in backwards baseball hats and Paris Hilton clones. Which is always entertaining, at least until it gets irritating.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get so annoyed at that

there were close to 11k at PGE for the last Sounders/Timbers game; initially we thought people came for the whole final-game-of-the-rivalry stuff, but no, just the meatheads and their Stepford chicks waiting to get into the beer garden. They literally tried to kick season ticket holders out of their seats to wind the ID line through three rows… that didn’t go down well with the people who wanted to watch the game (and the plan was finally scrapped).

I used to get the partial season-ticket package every year too, until Tacoma abruptly stopped offering them this year, concomitant with massive price hikes. Not cool.

by marc w on Aug 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Our seats are on the 3B side

so we don’t have to deal with the beer garden crowd; I’d be pissed if they tried to move me so that Random Joe Fratboy could get to the beer garden faster.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup. If ever there was a born DH, McAnulty's it.

My wife keeps score at the games we go to, and she doesn’t even use his name any more – she just calls him Chubster.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They're not that uninteresting

Khalil Greene in and of himself makes the Padres interesting

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

looking at Khalil Greene creeps me out.

He’s skinny and remarkably colorless.

by joof on Aug 29, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think adding Baek to the roster makes their team the most passionate team ever.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love this comment.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd put money in for that.

But we’d never do it. We need clubhouse leaders, and those two would just ruin the chemistry by not being those leaders.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not when we bring in Sheffield as our LF next year.

He’s got the heart to lead a ML ballclub to victory.

(Please don’t come true, please don’t come true)

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Meh, even Gary Sheffield is boring compared to Khalil Greene

and plus having Sheffield around would mean more Joe Morgan, and I don’t think we want more exposure to that kind of stupid

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would imagine he's still passed out from last night.

You might see him sometime around 1500.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

1500....

Alaska time? PST? EST?

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AD.

he’s so drunk he went back in time.

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I'd imagine AST.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This explains the M's fandom.

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

by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This looks interesting...

Written by Kurt Vonnegut

I’ve never even heard about it.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 10:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Did Adam and Eve have navels?

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

by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Peaches?

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why am I already hungry?

I had breakfast just over 2 hours ago.

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 10:38 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm right there with you

I don’t get it either. I don’t usually eat much during the day but I’m STARVING right now.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm starving too,

but I skipped dinner last night and didn’t have breakfast. I’m going to the Mongorian Grill for lunch and feasting!

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fuego Burrito Cart for me

bigass burrito, $5.50? yes please.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That makes me sad.

I miss Gordito’s.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go to Taco Bell.

They have a thing called a gordito.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But then I'd be eating at Taco Bell

and that’s…not a good thing.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If it's not 2:00am, and your not drunk,

there’s no excuse for eating at Taco Bell.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Even then it's questionable

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Most thing you do while drunk are questionable.

I was trying to speak French last night for God sakes.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do that too...

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

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 29, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't spoken a word of French since my sophmore year in high school.

About all I remembered was how to count to ten.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is true

my new dream is to become very rich and buy 1,000,000 turkey dogs.

I will eat three and use the rest to feed the homeless people in Hawaii

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to buy 100 cups of coffee.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't even gotten coffee yet...

Don’t know what’s on the lunch plate.

Mmmmmm Gorditos nachos sounds good

by Smith18 on Aug 29, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

FEAST

I actually ate well last night too, and this morning. I don’t get it.

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I usually find that the bigger the dinner I ate, the hungrier I am in the morning.

It’s like I stretched my stomach out or something.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I ate McDonald's last night

I’m still trying to figure out why

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Because you like trainwrecks

and so does your colon.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The fries are usually worth it.

That’s why I usually go there.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's almost like quitting smoking, really

even though soda’s not addictive, it does some powerful bad stuff to your system.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I've had one Coke in the past two months

and it came when I was drunk outside my mind.

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Pibb is so much better than Dr. Pepper.

Just like RC is so much better than Coke or Pepsi.

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by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wrong and wrong IMO.

Coke is way better than Pepsi or RC, and Dr Pepper rules over Mr. Pibb. That dude isn’t even educated, and he tastes like shit.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't need elitist, pompous sodas.

Mr’ Pibb is the down home prune based soda, unlike that hoity-toity Doctor.

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by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My insurance covers the Dr.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It used to be Mr. Pepper, you know

until Mrs. Pepper insisted her husband go to soda med school.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mrs Pepper is a bitch.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

She just wants what she wants.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mrs. Pepper is a MILF

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by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SILF?

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think that's reserved for Mrs. Butterworth.

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by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

She's so curvy and sticky.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This reminds me of a story

So while I’m living with a friend, who is a diehard wrestling fan, he’s playing Smackdown:Here Comes The Pain on PS2, and he creates a wrestler called Dr. Rape, who aside from the name is so creepy looking he defies description. So I’m watching him wrestle as this character, and I ask, “So, uh… is there a Mrs. Rape?”

And he responds, “NOT ANYMORE, BWAHAHAHAHAHA”

I went back to my room.

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've been off the stuff for 3 months now,

and decided to try one. Holy shit, that stuff tastes nasty if you haven’t had it in a while. It’s like drinking old syrup. I think that one experience is enough to keep me off it for a long while. It’ll be like Burger King, and I’ll try it once every 3 or 4 months just to remind myself what horrible shit it is.

It’ll probably add 5 years to my life.

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by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really like soda too =(

but I’ve actually found it’s not that hard to not have it. Plus at least water isn’t unhealthy

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't do without at least one Coke a day.

I’m addicted.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Churchill & I have been kicking each others asses

Trying to help each other quit our soda addictions.

I haven’t bought pop for home in a long time, so that’s a start. I did have one with a meal a few times recently, so I’m fighting it.

As anyone who reads my Facebook status will know — morning coffee is my other addiction that I’m trying to kick. I’m down to 1 iced mocha a week at work (although I’m not going to quit my Saturday morning Starbucks run) now. Switching to tea…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Aug 29, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No coffee for me.

Hey, how much is that sig space going for?

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Highest offer.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Aug 29, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I offer zero.

Has anyone beat me yet?

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

1.00

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One what?

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Of these.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Weird. It cropped the image.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crap!

You can have the sig space. Too rich for my blood.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I could afford that,

I’d just buy Paul himself. And his little friend George.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 29, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

FAKE BID! FAKE BID!

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OOOh, yes...

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Aug 29, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bigma. Now we're talking!

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by PositivePaul on Aug 29, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Feast is a great movie.

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by Phildopip on Aug 29, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know I'm late but...

Good God, 132 pitches in a single outing for Lincecum?

by BrianL on Aug 29, 2008 11:04 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

From what I hear, he's absolutely, 100%, no question, guaranteed to break down

he’ll wind up, start his motion, and his arm will go flying into the stands for some lucky fan to take home as a souvenir. Unless he barters for its return by offering a signed bat or jersey.

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by pdb on Aug 29, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Flag'd!

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by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He did that regularly at UW

It was unusual when he was pulled before 120 pitches.

by Gomez on Aug 29, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get that

but is it really necessary to let any pitcher throw that many pitches in a meaningless game?

by BrianL on Aug 29, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If he can, and he's not showing signs of fatigue, why not let him?

He could get hurt on the first pitch as easily as the 132nd.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well studies have shown that your arm gets fatigued around 120 pitches

which is when you get into non-repairable stress – e.g. you’re more likely to recover from throwing fewer pitches than that.

Or something to that effect.

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's an average though.

Maybe he was really fresh that day.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's the Giants.

Don’t they have Dusty Baker again?

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by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is there a difference?

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by Faux on Aug 29, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My response below still applies.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Probably not.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It won't manifest itself until after he's done, when his arm is recovering

kind of like how it was for Prior – he could pitch just fine, but it’s the long term effect of the strain

by seattlebruin on Aug 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Comparing Prior to Lincecum?

I’ve never seen that done before. Talk about polar opposites.

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And...leaving the Vegas.

Enjoy partying in my post.

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

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 29, 2008 11:31 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

See you in the NW soon!

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by Thingray on Aug 29, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions</