OFFTOP 09.29.08...Byebye O'Eight Mariners
Did we ever think it would come to this? Rooting for a team to fail; being upset when they sweep? How surreal. And now it's time to attach ourselves to new teams for a month--and, ojala que, watch some decent baseball.
But let's not get into who we'll miss, who should stay, who should go and who we should pick up. We'll have plenty of time and plenty of threads for that sort of banter. Here, we're all about the random.
With that in mind:
♥It's already 76 degrees here, and it's set to be 88. I want fall, damn it. What's the best part of fall?
♥I walked six miles yesterday as part of training for a marathon (walking it; I'm not completely insane). Question: how many drinks did it take for me to announce my intention to participate? How many drinks would it take you?
♥Anyone in a relationship in which your sports teams are bitter rivals? How do you handle this?
♥Losing scrabulous has left a hole in my heart. How might I fill this? (please, thinking games, preferably ones which can be played turn-by-turn, and I can pause when need be)
♥We've covered countries. Now, imagine you have eight weeks to see cities, specifically. Travel time is not included, and money is no object. How many would you visit, and which ones would they be?
♥Yeah...I've got nothing else
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I've learned that it takes a good long while to explore a city.
I went to San Francisco last summer, and my wife and I were there for 4 days and we only did about 1/3rd of the things we wanted to do.
by Phildopip on Sep 29, 2008 7:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It took a couple years to figure out Seattle
and there are still parts I haven’t seen.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Time = 7:30 AM
Tea Count = 3
Must be Monday
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Cities
1. Vancouver, BC
2. London
3. Ottawa
4. Toronto
5. Singapore
6. Hong Kong
7. Wellington NZ
8. Johannesburg
9. Capetown
One week in each with half a week in Ottawa/Toronto
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
note that this is a vacation I would never take
If I had 8 weeks and unlimited funds I wouldn’t spend all my time in a city
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Toronto struck me as incredibly bland when I visited it 10 years ago
Montreal was incredibly vibrant though
by Robert on Sep 29, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cities
Probably 5-6 days each, eight weeks = 56 days, so I’ll go with 11 cities
London
Paris
Barcelona
Sydney
Tokyo
Beijing
Hong Kong
New York
Temecula
Bakersfield
Boston
Rome
Dayton
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised that I hae even one city in common with Corco
and I really thought about putting Cape Town on there too
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, add Cape Town
I only need one day in Dayton anyway
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely worth the trip
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, I'm sure I'll get to go on business sometime
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless you're in the cattle or corn or paper business probably not
I was born in Dayton (as was my father and two of my siblings) though so it’s a Corco-endorsed town
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd guess he means his job involves planes and apparently Dayton involves planes...
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Contrary to what the state of North Carolina has to say
the airplane was actually invented in Dayton Ohio so yeah
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoever says that airplanes were invented in North Carolina is stupid
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone in North Carolina is stupid
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But #19
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't dislike stupid people
and North Carolina has enough awesomeness to make up for it
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dave Cameron excepted
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Conor's there right now, too...
As are some other people that frequent the M’s blogs…
NC’s actually quite the M’s-loving haven.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah forgot about that
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dayton OH?
Nice city
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Answers.
- Supposed to be 91 FREAKING DEGREES here today. The best part of fall is that IT NEVER GETS TO 91 FREAKING DEGREES HERE IN THE FALL.
- Well, judging on a sample size of my wife, who agreed to participate in the Portland To Coast walk after a night at the bar with her friends, I’m guessing it takes at least one and perhaps two bottles of wine.
- Nope.
- Can’t help ya there. Not much of a gamer.
- Eight weeks would give me plenty of time to see Beijing and Tokyo. I wouldn’t want to do more than a couple cities in that time because it takes a lot of time to properly explore a city and I don’t want my experience of a city to be one full day and a half travel day.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 7:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I know it
but eight weeks is still not a lot of time, and I’m not the kind of traveler that can spend two days in a city and call it “seen”. I need to take some time and properly suss everything out.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My cities:
Dublin
Edinburgh
London
Paris
Barcelona
Florence
Rome
Athens
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 7:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I still can't believe I was less than 25 yards from a wild Polar Bear the other day.
Easily the second most amazing wildlife encounter in my life.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 7:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I really hope #1 involved penguins in some way
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Penguins dancing and/or surfing.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And wearing sunglasses
possibly while sharing a Coke with a polar bear
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Humped by a dolphin?
As many stories as I’ve heard about that, I’ve never actually met a person that it has happened firsthand to.
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by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Caribou actually.
It was a really foggy day one early spring while my Rig was at the Milne Point field off the coast of Beaufort Sea. I was Roustabouting at the time and had to go outside to check on some things. I look over and out of the fog trots a caribou. Then another. Then another.
The fog began to lift and I saw that the entire herd had begun to migrate right by our rig. Literally 10,000 caribou stretched to the horizon in all directions. Some came close enough to me I could reach out and touch them. It was so amazing. Like something out of a dream. One of the most spectacular and spiritual experiences of my life.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I'm in the line for my Smart Car.

I trust this choice is not Corco-approved.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 7:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Easy to park, less gas mileage then you think you are going to get, and expensive and doesn't have room to store stuff
Is easy to manuvre in the big city. If you never leave downtown Seattle again I approve, otherwise no
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a Civic gets better gas mileage and doesn't require premium fuel
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My whole work has Civics,
not one has the mileage people have reported aside from the hybrid owner.
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by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've had the opposite experience I guess
my buddy with an ’02’s Civic has routinely exceeded the EPA estimates
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How you drive may also matter
Many people do little gas-wasting things involving braking/acceleration patterns.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
true
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just bought a new one.
They say 25 in the city, and I’ve been between 22 and 25 for my first few fill-ups. They say 36 highway, but I haven’t really gotten out on the freeway for an extended period.
by Teej on Sep 29, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We drove my friend's from Idaho to Maine and back and averaged 44 MPG
going 5 over the whole way
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is what people never understand about smart cars
People that own Smart Cars or the like should also own a “regular” car for long-distance driving; Smart cars were and are meant for, as you say, in-city driving. Driving to work, driving to Target, whatever. If you want a road trip car use a regular car, but for every day driving get one of these.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just would not want to end up in an accident with a semi-truck on the freeway in one of those things
That’s instant death I think
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, I think you die most of the time when you get hit by a semi on the freeway
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK if you ended up in an accident with a Suburban on the freeway in one of those things
is instant death i think
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh.
It has all the standard safety ratings. I felt as safe in it as I did when I drove around a Sentra.
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by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just come from the "The more steel in front of me the merrier" school of thought I guess
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It sounds logical
But most drivers don’t know how to handle a SUV and the danger of flipping/rolling/etc. because of their inexperience typically cancels out the “cushion” advantage.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
Are people actually that stupid to not know how to manuver an SUV?
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People in SUV's tend to think they're bulletproof
thus don’t feel the need to know how to maneuver. Look at how many SUV’s end up in ditches/over curbs in snowstorms. “I’VE GOT 8000 LB OF STEEL UNDER ME I’M SAFE I CAN STILL DRIVE 60 MPH!!!!”
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
These people are idiots
and yes I know what you mean. I guess I was taught to drive driving SUVs in the worst weather conditions possible (I took my driving test for my license in a snowstorm driving a 15 year old Jeep Wrangler on unplowed roads) so it’s more natural for me
It’s the damn tourists you always see in the ditches
As long as you realize steel does not equal traction but does equal maybe not dying in a head on you should be fine
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, you're the exception, I'd think...
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and I don't know if these people think 8000 LB OF STEEL
so much as they think ZOMG I HAVE 4WD!!!
When really 4WD doesn’t make much difference once you’re moving- good tires are really the key
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it's as easy as it sounds
An SUV behaves a lot differently at 45 to 60 mph than when trying to find a parking spot at the mall. I don’t trust my driving ability to safely avoid a road hazard in a SUV.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
95% of the miles I have logged in an automobile have been behind the wheel of a truck of some sort- I’ve had my share of emergency manuvers and I’ve never really had any problems. I think it’s slightly overblown. You just can’t abruptly turn the wheel
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right
But you clearly have extensive experience behind the wheel of a heavy body vehicle with a higher center of gravity than most cars. And I think that’s where people get into trouble.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
I don’t feel like I’m driving any differently then anyone else when I’m on the road when I’m in a Jeep. I drive a 15-passenger van for a living too and that really is different- you have to noticeably change the way you drive to handle the vehicle because that has a REALLY high center of gravity. But I don’t feel like I drive the Jeep any differently then most people drive their cars.
I can’t help but think thats another thing blown up more then it should be by the media
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no firestorm yet
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm...
For the sake of clarity, I’m not saying you don’t know how to handle a SUV, but I don’t think most people who spend time behind the wheel of one in a non-work fashion do. When it snows around here the vehicles I see spinning out the most are SUVs.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just saying that I think in most driving conditions people know how to handle SUVs
the difference in manuvering isn’t as different as it’s made out to be, especially with newer SUVs. The biggest problem is that people assume that because they are in an SUV they are invincible and thusly end up in the ditch
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(and because of their invincibility drive more aggressively then they would if they were in a car)
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I LOVE about my V70 XC
Handling of a passenger car, AWD, low center-of-gravity. Utility of an SUV. Corners almost as good as my Integra did.
If I could convert it to all-electric and/or a biodiesel I don’t think I’d ever buy another car.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At that point there isn't a point
Some (actually, most) of us don’t have the funding to own multiple cars.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is if your second car costs less than $1000
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't take a car that cheap out of town
because I know it wouldn’t make it back.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://davidjcorcoran.com/goodmorning/?p=1117
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or you make the sub $1000 car your thrifty commuter
and buy a nice car for driving out of town
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There you go
Though that precludes getting a Smart Car unless the price drops dramatically.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could buy a 1990 Dodge Colt or a Geo Metro and get roughly the same gas mileage
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree.
I know exactly the milage I’m going to get, not that expensive, stores all the stuff I need to drive around and fix computers.
My GF has a Baja we already use for road trips.
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by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As long as you don't break up with your girlfriend it's a reasonable purchase then
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never used my backseat before I met her either.
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by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
nice catch
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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved that car.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see your F-14 Tomcat and will raise with a F-18 Superhornet
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish.
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by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Any keyboardist that can’t play that song isn’t really a keyboardist…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also.
You got like three inches of air that time.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love this bike
mine’s black, so it’s cooler, but I would recommend everybody buy this bike because it’s awesome.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't bike to work in this town until they install a place to shower at our office.
Disgusting humidity.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The podunk Oregon coast town I live in lost power the other night
Holy freaking crap, I’ve never seen so many stars (and satellites). And the curvature of the sky was insane, like the view from the inside of a snow globe. How did so many cultures come under the notion that the earth was flat?
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good god, those people are freaks.
If this were golf, the Mariners would be winning.
by kevin_ess on Sep 29, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH @ age of consent subthread
and the guy who voted “0-4”
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just a brief glance at it made me feel unclean.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is hilarious.
Q: “What about gravity?”
A: The Earth is accelerating upwards at 1g (9.8m/s^2) along with every star, sun and moon in the universe. This produces the same effect as gravity.
54!
by joof on Sep 29, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which podunk town do you live in?
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's in Tillamook County
Most people haven’t heard of it, but when I mention the cheese, that usually resonates.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My inlaws have a place in Rockaway
so I’ve probably not only heard of it but been there.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
Rockaway is indeed the town.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You live in Rockaway?
Dude. That’s too funny. We don’t get out there much, maybe 3-4 times a year, but I love that little town. We were there for the 4th of July this year and I’ve never seen an entire town get so drunk in my life.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the fire works and drunken revelry scare the crap out of my dog every year
He needs tranquilizers.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is especially noticable up here on the Arctic Ocean.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can only imagine
Have you seen any auroras?
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some that seem so close you can reach out and grab them. In every color you can imagine.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mmmmmmm. . . That's good rainbow.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I admit I wonder why I keep coming here
- The best part of fall is that it’s the period between too hot and too cold
- Infinity drinks for me… and you should know the answer to the former
- I’m more of a Sudoku solo-games type of guy
- I would just city hop day after day until my time is up. Almost doesn’t matter which ones. I’d play it by ear.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also
WTF happened to the Broncos this weekend? In fact, what happened to the NFL this weekend? Maybe it’s a good thing the Seahawks were off.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
By extension, you could ask what happened to NCAA football this weekend, too.
Lots of upsets.
by Phildopip on Sep 29, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO IT WASNT
but yeah, actually, it kinda was.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm more into football now than I've been the last few years
and I’ve forgotten how volatile it can be. There was a quote I recalled last week from somewhere that noted that the parity of top talent in the NFL is so that the worst players can have great games. I have to remember that there will be weeks where the worst teams can show up and beat better teams.
(Well except for the Rams hahahahaha)
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Woo, go Beavers!
I’m going to the same school as Ocho Chinco. I wonder if I’ll be crazy too.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, UNLV fell back to Earth
They got pimpslapped by Nevada(-Reno) 49-27.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Outside of Champ Bailey the Broncos have no defense, right?
They’re going to have to outscore everyone they play and when their offense falters it’s the opposition’s game to lose.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dre' Bly, DJ Williams
They’re going to get run on all year though
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the defense is pretty bad.
Cutler’s a stud and his offensive line gives him about three minutes per play to find a receiver, so they should be able to keep putting points on the board, but that defense isn’t going to be much of a help.
by Teej on Sep 29, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cities:
1. Istanbul / Constantinople
2. Rome
3. Florence (pretty much all of Tuscany)
4. Athens
5. Alexandria, Egypt
I would probably take Alexandria out just so I could spend two weeks in each of the other cities.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 8:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And now I have that song stuck in my head.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I couldn't type Istanbul without Constantinople.
Then I would be the only person to have the song stuck in my head.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For an entire semester, the guys down the hall would blast this song once a day.
It is not fun to have it wedged inside your brain for four months.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish, with every fiber of my being, that I had not read this. Dammit.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Sep 29, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do what I did after I read it
Put on some Motorhead. Lemmy’ll take care of those two little dweebs in TMBG.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My boy won't take a nap.
So it’s been replaced with lullabies. I can’t find my iPod, there’s a few nooks and crannies I have yet to check. Kids.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Sep 29, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why why why does iTunes shuffle so strangely?
It is convinced I want to hear DCFC every other song. It is wrong.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 8:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"I feel like a eunuch at an orgy."
Now there’s a quote.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 8:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So I learned this at the game last Friday:
MLB’s launching their own cable network, a la the NFL Network, in 2009.
I’m not thrilled, as I believe they will do what the NFL did and try to leverage cable companies and screw viewers by placing exclusive games on their channel.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 9:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That I worry about as well
though given the mobility of the American population and viewers around the world, I don’t think they will.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Should have bought Wachovia stock on Friday.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 9:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Everyone sold.
It’s now worthless.
:(
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll bite for once
- FOOTBALL
- I die if I have to run anything farther than 90 feet
- You wait for this to happen than never ever forget about it. \Once they are gone, view their team’s failures as a personal pickmeup.
- Risk
- 1.Banff
2. Berlin
3. Prague
4.London
5.Munich
6. Budapest
7.Istanbul
8.Sydney
by Robert on Sep 29, 2008 9:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just saw that I'm not limited to 8 so
9. Montreal
10. Vancouver
11.Tokyo
12. Shanghai
by Robert on Sep 29, 2008 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Risk is a game reserved only for badasses
by Fogel on Sep 29, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why
Europe should be more. North America only has three entries.
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also wish the major European powers were divided more
because France offers endless potential for hilarity.
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd be down for this
do you know of somewhere we can all play?
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Sitting Room on Lower Queen Anne allows for board games.
I’ve played Scrabble there numerous times.
If this were golf, the Mariners would be winning.
by kevin_ess on Sep 29, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, I live 1200 miles from Queen Anne =/
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh, I didn't read who posted that!
If this were golf, the Mariners would be winning.
by kevin_ess on Sep 29, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would do this live or online and I would own all of you
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think an LL game of Civ or Alpha Centauri would be beyond hilarious as well
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, so I could probably kick your ass at old Civ.
New, not so sure.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not very good at Civ 2
I am, however, fantastic at both Civ 4 and Alpha Centauri
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who's your favorite civilation to play as?
I’m a fan of the Sioux myself.
by Phildopip on Sep 29, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I definitely make up my own civilizations.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's the wackiest custom civilization you've ever done?
by Phildopip on Sep 29, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One in which I tried to base all the city names and leaders off a band
Lyrics, band members, etc.
And of course they favored arts above all.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do that with simcity.
Example: My main road is always Fascination Street.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, I've done this before, but not with band members or lyrics
just the band names.
by Phildopip on Sep 29, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can't handle me and Lady Deirdre.
My Mindworms will own you.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'd better be fast before my University tech edge gets Synthetic Fossil Fuels and jet fighters early
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What good is your technology when Planet itself fights for me?
All your science is just a blasphemous return to the problems that destroyed old Earth.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're going to feel so bad about yourself when I just orbital insert on your bases, too
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, I feel like if we play, we must rename our civilizations
you can be the North Pacific Empire, I’ll play as the People’s Republic of California.
WE CAN EVEN MAKE MAPS!!!
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll have to do this when Hearts of Iron 3 comes out.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, it would be awesome if we found something turn-based that we could all just play at work
even though games would take a few days most likely
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the way, there is an AC mod for Civ 4 that was released. It's called Planetfall.
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It isn't as good as Fall From Heaven 2.
I have yet to play a single game of Vanilla Civ4 since installing FFH2.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh, I need Civ 4 back.
Guess I’ll go crack it tonight… I had it a copy from my roommate on my computer but then I formatted it, so it got erased =(
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The last game I played went for 4 hours
I will out endurance all of you
by Fogel on Sep 29, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if you were better the games wouldn't last that long
by Fogel on Sep 29, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Europe is where I set up my base always
by Fogel on Sep 29, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More like LoLrupe
It’s all about building up a superbomb in Australia
by Robert on Sep 29, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My friend tried to pull that shit on me and I raped him into next week
I’m a bastard when it comes to alliances too
by Fogel on Sep 29, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, the naivete of youth
thinking that Europe is defensible
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Morning, beauties.
- Best part of fall is the clothes. Coats, scarves, pumps, layers…. the leaves are pretty good too.
- I would agree to walk a marathon without getting sauced first. Running is another story. How many drinks did it take, NOLA?
- Yes. Not with the Mariners – I don’t know anyone who can muster very much hate for the Mariners (except their fans). I had a brief relationship with an Arsenal supporter… we did not talk about soccer.
- Never played Scrabulous. I’m not really a game player, board or otherwise.
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 9:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I regularly get lit up by girls at Scrabulous
I had to stop playing because I’m too competitive
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scrabulous is gone and it hurts my soul.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like they have a new site:
lexulous.com
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Were you able to go up against other facebookers?
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On facebook yes.
This is what I miss.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't appear to be a fan of PathWords.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What now, eh?
Also Scramble is close but not good enough.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have PathWords as a Facebook app.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do I need to be a fan?
Take your turn.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I enjoy it, but I find the time restriction to be annoying.
I end up going nuts with three and four letter words.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too. Plus you don't have to wait for the other person to go.
I find Scramble more fun, I think.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should try Scramble.
You can actually play all three round of PathWords before the other person goes.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I lose enough to my phone at Scrabble
that the thought of losing to another human that regularly does not thrill me.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If my phone had scrabble I would never be bored again.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you have a Verizon phone you should be able to get Scrabble on it
as long as it’s a relatively recent phone. I love phone Scrabble.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
It’s a one-time fee – I think you can “trial” it for about $3 for a month, but I think the download is $7 or something. Considering that I play it for about 30-45 min a day, I’ve definitely gotten my $7 worth.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have phone Scrabble.
I play it less than Might and Magic II, though.
by Phildopip on Sep 29, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know how many drinks it took. It think this might be the problem.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and my cities
Riomaggiore, IT
Stirling, Scotland
Wellington, NZ
Santiago, Chile
Tokyo
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find this insinuation insulting to my people.
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tea Count = 2
Coffee Count =2
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happiness = 4*(tea)^2 + (coffee)
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tea squared?
What does that even mean?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the thing you used in drafting class to draw a straight line.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not sure whether my servers require a gratuity.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How's the veal?
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I'm slightly less annoyed now
but then I ponder it and I’m more annoyed. I just watched the Arsenal/Hull City highlights. The two goals that Hull City scored were definitely quality goals, so that’s good I guess, but WHY THE FUCK IS WILLIAM GALLAS EVEN ON THE PITCH MUCH LESS THE CAPTAIN HE COULDN’T DEFEND HIMSELF AGAINST A MOSQUITO MUCH LESS….agh.
So, well done to Hull City, but good lord Arsenal need a better defence.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 9:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No, because I think this will happen several more times this season
Arsenal have already lost to two relegation candidates this year, and the season’s only six games old. It’s gonna be a long year.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's speak November 15th, shall we.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's less shame in losing to Villa
than losing to Hull City.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just want to see if you still have emotion.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew going in this Premiership season would be a rollercoaster
I was just hoping for some peaks before the valleys showed up.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mind you, Villa lost to mighty QPR this past wednesday.
(blah blah blah, you’re not qualified to mock others, etc. etc. etc. spurs suck blah blah).
by marc w on Sep 29, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Spurs are about to become a billionaire club
so that’s gotta help, right?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh wait. You like Spurs too!
I’ll sit next to you.
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carling Cup games never do.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That win doubled Spurs' win total against Arsenal in all competitions since 1983
so yeah, doesn’t count for much. When they beat Arsenal in the league again (9 years and counting), then that one will probably get my attention.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they end up in 5th I'll actually be pretty happy.
This season has the potential to go completely off the rails.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh if it does and we're way out by Christmas Wenger will actually buy someone
or two people, and sort of give up on his youth thing to try and salvage a place in UEFA next year. That’s what I’m telling myself, anyways…
by Nick S on Sep 29, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see that happening, unfortunately
For all of Wenger’s strengths as a manager – and there are many – he’s also got a stubborn streak a mile wide and won’t change just because of a few bad results. Which I’m not sure is a bad thing.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Christy mcchristballs we outshot them like 75 to 5
I actually woke up for the second half of that game. Gaaah. Eboue reverted to his normal infuriating self and Gallas… uh… yeah. Gallas. Fuck him.
by Nick S on Sep 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it was pretty brutal.
As much as I love watching Arsenal play, it’s really getting frustrating watching them try to score the perfect goal every time. Arsenal outshoot EVERYBODY 75 to 5, and yet they don’t score 9 times a game like that sort of shot rate would suggest.
Coming into this weekend, Stoke had taken something like 9 shots all season, and scored on 7 of them. They’ll struggle to stay up with that low of a shots-on-goal rate, but how much would it make me happy to see Arsenal convert at a rate like that?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say we just start the kids against Sunderland
Let that be a wakeup call
by Nick S on Sep 29, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure how much younger Arsenal can go without violating EU minimum-working-age laws
but at the very least I would drop Gallas, Eboue, and even Adebayor for a game.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I'd do
They’ve shown the energy and passion that the senior squad lacked – why not throw ’em in the deep end and see how they swim?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Best part of fall?
But, dammit! I haven’t had ANY time to go out and take photos for myself (I did volunteer, though, to shoot for three hours yesterday at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Catholic high school down here in Olympia).
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 9:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and that photo...
…is the 4th edition of my annual “Autumn Emergence” series.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems like this would be the ideal Peyton Manning commercial

“BREAK THAT GROUND!
BREAK THAT GROUND!”
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If there is one thing this world emphatically needs. . .
It’s one more Payton Manning commercial.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
=
General manager John Mozeliak confirmed that Lohse was meeting with team doctors instead of making his start.
The team has scheduled a press conference for Monday afternoon.
Senior baseball writer Joe Strauss has learned that the expected value of the contract is akin to the deal signed by Carlos Silva last offseason. Silva received a four-year, $48-million deal from Seattle. Sources have confirmed that the average annual value is worth better than $10 million.
Christ
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 10:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
- The clothes are easily the best part of fall.
- No amount of drinks could cause me to think a marathon would be a good idea.
- My drummer doesn’t care about sports, but he’s from San Mateo and always knows when the A’s beat the M’s and is sure to gloat about it.
- PathWords isn’t Scrabulous, but it’s pretty fun.
- In no particular order:
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Montreal
Tokyo
Damascus
Moscow
Brussels
Paris
London
Berlin
Stockholm
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My mother is
the person who planned that Catholic high school ground-breaking . . . . and I’m not sure why I shared something about my mother on the internet.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice!
Good woman, your mom…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
I would pass along your compliment, but it might creep her out, and I’d have to explain what a “blog” is. It would get messy.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just tell her that it was an honor working for her yesterday...
…and remind her to check her e-mail for the photos :-)
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And as for the issue of fall
I also live in New Orleans, and I love the fall here. I’m from the Northwest, but I really dont understand it when Northerners complain about the lack of “real” autumn weather here (It’s too pleasant and sunny! High of 81 degrees from September to November! Woe is me!) When I was going to school here and going back home each summer I felt like I got 9 months of summer in a row because the spring and fall are so nice here.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought this one was in response to my guided questions.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It wouldn't be LL if we didn't seize the first oppotunity to be disagreeable.
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SHUT UP
see what I did there?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Y'all are scaring off newbies.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(hangs head in shame)
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Still there actually, as a grad student. You originally from the Northwest?
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I work for the HSC and am an MPH student.
From Washington and Oregon.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(Tulane Health Sciences Center)
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MPH?
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah. Thanks.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, thanks for de-acronymizing
I’m studying biomedical engineering Uptown.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, we don't handle your proposals down here.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lo siento.
I work for Grants and Contracts Administration—we see all grant proposals for the downtown campus.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotcha.
My “lab” doesnt really have any grants — which is OK because I’m working on a robotics project and by parts are being paid for. My girlfriend is a senior in Public Health. You might know her. I’ve now given information about my mother and girlfriend in one thread. Huzzah!
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I tried to find you to figure out if we have mutual acquantinces.
But your department’s web page sucks and as far as I can tell, you’re not in the fb LL group.
So my creepy stalker methods have failed.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Robert will be so disapointed.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate it when my stalking attempts are thrwarted.
My name is Justin Cooper. So are you going to do the Mardi Gras Marathon? I ran that last year, but I’m not sure if I will still be around for it this year. If I have things my way I will be graduated and gone by then.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I watched them play at the Dome yesterday.
But the primary reason I was pulling for them was because they were playing the Niners.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it wrong that I was happy that Shockey is hurt?
I had been telling all my Saints fan friends before the season that he is washed-up and injury -prone. They refused to stop being giddy about trading for him.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm still giddy.
When he is in our offense is better. With he numbers Brees is puting up now I expect him to just slaughter when we get Colston and Shockey back.
Oh, and Deuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!!!!!!
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll give you that your other TE options arent great.
But didnt the Saints give up a 2nd round pick for him?
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooh, yeah that's a bit much.
Maybe the Saints think that Shockey puts them over the top this year, but I’m not convinced. How long is he out for? He’s back next week, right?
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Four more weeks I think.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch.
I was going to say I bet he doesnt play in 12 games this year, but I guess that’s already taken care of.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gah I hate falling asleep on the couch.
My back feels like hell.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I did the same thing last night.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right before I fell asleep I thought 'I need to get up and go to bed or I am going to be in lots of pain tomorrow.'
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just woke up at about 4:30am going "Ow!!!!"
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It annoys me that my girlfriend can sleep on the couch without pain, because sleeping on the couch is fun otherwise.
She’s 5’4", though.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My finacee does the same thing, and she's about 5'3".
Must be a height thing.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I slept on my own couch for three months after breaking my rib
It felt better than laying flat on my back.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My last couch purchase was based on sleepability
I love to fall asleep on the couch on the weekends.
by Sec 108 on Sep 29, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My problem is I fall asleep on the recliner part, but then I roll onto my side in the night and end up screwing my back up.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My couch is actually a loveseat and I fell asleep half sitting up with my neck jammed into the backrest.
My problem is that I’m stupid.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That sounds massively painful.
I fell asleep with my arm stretched out under a pillow last night and woke up with a completely numb arm. Wasn’t on the couch though. I’m just saying.
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The worst part is that I do this at least once a week.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you make such poor choices?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...
My problem is that I’m stupid.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate loveseats
My couches must be 75" minimum or else I will not even look at it.
by Sec 108 on Sep 29, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We used to have a gorgeous and ridiculously comfortable leather coach that was about that big.
My girlfriend and I could both sleep on it comfortably. Had to sell it when we moved because out living room is way too small.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can relate to that from past living situations.
When we bought our current house I made sure the living room was big. I have a small 900 sq ft house with about 500 of it in the living room.
by Sec 108 on Sep 29, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Our duplex is huge, but almost all of the square footage is in the basement.
Nice for storage purposes, but the upstairs is tiny. Considering it’s a duplex with a yard in the city and costs $750/month I’m not going to complain.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I might not feel broke all the time if I did not have a mortgage.
I choked when I read $750.
by Sec 108 on Sep 29, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a steal.
Oil heat though, so that’s kind of a burden, but still.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You probably don't want to hear about my three-bedroom / two bath rambler with a fenced yard and two car garage for $995.00 a month then.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel like you gave me no choice in the matter.
by Sec 108 on Sep 29, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm such a jerk sometimes.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's okay.
Don’t you live in Everett or something like that? Your place would probably be much more down here near the city.
by Sec 108 on Sep 29, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that's like a week's worth...
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So DMZ seems to be thinking LaCava and Woodfork are the early favorites to be hired as GM.
I’d be okay with either of those hires, though Woodfork is preferable I think.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I know as much about potential GM's and their qualifications as I do about particle physics
but for some reason the concept of Kim Ng as M’s GM is something that makes me happy.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just don't want it to be viewed as a stunt.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Hey it's a new millenium. Women can do things now. You're just going to have to get used to it."
“What was that?” “I’m sorry, I don’t speak Spanish.”
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it would be
but in the boys’ club that is professional sports, you never know. But she seems to have a good rep with the Dodgers – I have no inside info, I just read a lot of press coverage…
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is anything the Mariners do not a stunt?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Losing seems pretty genuine.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But it will be
go to foxsports.com and read the Ng article and then read the comments
actually don’t
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Kim Ng, but I think there are much better candidates.
And really, I can’t imagine Ned Coletti is going to be around all that much longer; I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s been tapped as his replacement.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They made the playoffs
and he doesn’t have the PR backlash that DePo did.
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, but they'll fall apart soon enough.
There’s no way that blind squirrel can keep finding nuts.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't doubt Torre and Manny though.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The way Torre has managed the Dodgers this year has made me lose a lot of respect for him.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Silva for Andrew Jones
No questions asked.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1/33 for Antonetti
I think I like our odds of winning the lottery and opening Scrappy’s more
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Germany exacerbates cruise ship supremacy conflict with Norway
Here’s Gizmodo’s article on the recent launching of the (currently) world’s largest cruise ship.
I still don’t get the allure of cruise ships. How are you escaping if you spend a nauseating amount of timepacked on a boat with thousands of other people?
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They suck when your single.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you
Also not a fan of cruise ships. I went on an Alaskan cruise with my family a number of years ago, and all I wanted to do was get off the boat and camp/hike/kayak/explore and I was stuck on a big boat for almost the entire trip. I guess some people like the restaurants and other perks, but I dont know if I would ever go on another cruise before I turn 75.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You just read my mind on cruise ships
Seems like an expensive, pointless idea of a vacation. What can do you on a giant boat that you can’t do anywhere else?
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Float? Uh, not escape?
I’ve never understood the appeal of a cruise ship either.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go to international waters and gamble like mad
being from LV you should understand that
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cruise ships are for old people.
They get to travel around and visit different places without much effort. They also spend a lot of money.
And yes, cruise ships suck being single. However, when your grandparents pay to go on them every couple years, you can’t pass it up.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
My grandparents were going to invite the family on a cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary, and I’m so glad that fell through. We are going to Palm Springs instead. While that might not be the most exciting destination, at least I wont be trapped on a boat full of rich old people the entire time.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only way a cruise would be worth it
is if the booze were included in the price, like the food is. My wife and I are debating one of those “all-inclusive” Mexican vacations, probably Puerto Vallarta – the whole concept, to me, seems like a cruise ship that goes nowhere, you stay on the resort and eat resort food and never have to deal with the locals. Which is pretty much everything I oppose in a vacation. But she found a resort that includes booze in the cost, and now I’m thinking “hmmmmm that might not be too bad”.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have heard a lot of horror stories about thos Mexican all inclusives.
Be sure to read some user reviews before paying.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cruise ships and resorts
are both for people who want to travel, but avoid interacting with locals — or at least any locals who dont work at the resort.
by FlaskInSafeco on Sep 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Staying at a resort in a foreign country should not count as visiting the country.
It’s like passing through one of the New York airports and saying you have been to New York.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's the thing
If I’m gonna pay $1200 for a boat trip, you’d better throw in everything. When I’m paying that much and still have to pay inflated prices for food and drinks… fuck. Old people just don’t know what they’re doing with their money.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Food's always included
and from what I hear, it’s quite good food on most ships. The problem is on my vacations my booze budget is more than my food budget, so free food doesn’t entice me; throw in free booze for a week and I’m more inclined to buy what you’re sellin’.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not on Holland America boats, or the Steamboat cruises
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmmm.
I’m not sure I’d go on a cruise where food’s not included – that would pretty much double the cost of the trip.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If only countless other tourists felt the same way
Holland America is super rich.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is usually a set food plan.
But if you want to eat at their nicer restaurants, you have to pay.
And the food plans differ between cruise lines. Some are free-for-all and some are restaurant style. And if they are saying booze is free, I would be wary of the quality of booze they are serving for free. I doubt you get the hard stuff or the premium brews included in the free package.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did something similar in the Domincan one spring break.
For a 20-year-old to spend a week on white sands with everything (incl. booze) paid for in the midst of a bunch of other (mostly european) vacationers for an absurdly low price, it was a great vacation.
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You should check the booze selection though
I went on one of those for my cousin’s wedding in Cancun and let’s just say the booze was not up to your standards
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Corcotopia and Washingtonhighways.org
by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 29, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are an all-inclusive resort that goes to different cities.
What’s there to understand?
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's nice aspects to paying one lump sum
and then never having to think about food/drinks/activities for the entire vacation because it’s all included.
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I worked with a cruise ship company for a long while
None of those are included.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's true
But I don’t think the advantages (multiple locations, having activities and events planned for you, etc.) merit the sacrifice of total autonomy.
Plus, you’re constantly competing with others from your cruise ship and competing cruise ships (during peak season) for the same attractions when you dock. Maybe I need to be more open minded, but that’s not my idea of a good time.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It doesn't balance for me either, but I can certainly understand why it does for some people
notably the older crowd who typically don’t have the zeal to do a more intensive vacation.
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, in some ways...
A cruise would be a dream vacation for me.
I don’t have to drive anywhere.
I don’t have to cook.
I don’t have to figure out where the hell we’re staying, and where the hell it IS.
It takes a lot of pressure on me to make decisions for all of us.
Yes, I still have to pay for my drinks. But since I prefer quality over quantity in that regard, that’s not so much of a big deal for me.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Sep 29, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My sisters and I took mom on a cruise for her 60th (she'd always wanted to go).
It was dreary. The food was actually really good, but it was boring. I mean, unless you really dig dancing in your swimwear by the pool doing the YMCA dance with 300 people. The drinks were expensive, and by the last few ports I didn’t even bother getting off the boat. That said, drinking a rum and coke by yourself at midnight on a deck chair listening to the water is very peaceful.
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But this can be done in most beachfront communities.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mom didn't want to go to a beachfront community for her birthday, or I would have found this out.
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just advising for the future.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard they have a really good bar there
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard it's the original Scrappy's, and the Scrappy's bowling alley and bar is an offshoot.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's happening
I just need to win the lottery four times
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If only we could all get that $23K.
Scrappy’s would be more than just a dream
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget, we already have about fifty grand to get us started.
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So we maybe only need to win the lottery 2 or 3 times?
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I chose not to win the $200 million Powerball on Saturday
that’s too much administrative headache. This wednesday’s $15 million will be much easier to handle.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Believe me, when I win Powerball, Scrappy's will be open within a month
or whenever the OLCC can get my license passed.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
After you win Powerball, you can just buy the OLCC and give yourself a license (to kill?)
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be awesome.
Everything else is getting privatized, why not the OLCC?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to MySpace.com Kathy Griffin is, and I quote:
“One of the funniest women in showbiz.”
Really? According to who?
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 10:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Go Kaitlin Olsen!
Tigard represent! OK, Tigard sucks, but still.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bruce Springsteen is playing the Super bowl halftime show!
this is going to be the best Super Bowl in history.
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 11:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Rolling Stones have been forever ruined for me
by Robert on Sep 29, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Rolling Stones have sucked for a long time now anyway
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But they still put on a pretty good live show
even though they’re 9871 years old, cumulatively.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Prince's halftime show was pretty damned epic
but I think this one may top it.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was sad that Tom Petty did a medely
I thought he was above that
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He usually is, but there's obviously time constraints
so I’m sure he didn’t want to get a whole bunch of “WHY DIDN’T YOU PLAY (MY FAVORITE TOM PETTY SONG) AT THE SUPER BOWL?” type questions.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone with half a brain know he has time for three songs
Just play Free Fallen, Wont Back Down, American Girl, MJ’s Last Dance and go. Don’t bastardize the show with a meledy
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh strike one because they only get 12 mins
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't Come Around Here No More is his best song
by Fogel on Sep 29, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
False.
I Wont Back Down is his best song.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love the live versions of that song
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...they're the highlight of every show I've been to.
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So then why didn't you suggest it the first time?
Seems illogical
by Fogel on Sep 29, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He would never play it during the Super Bowl
it’s half of his 12 minute allotment
9=8
by JI on Sep 29, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Loved his cover of Best of You.
Considering I think it is one of the 10 best rock songs ever recorded, that’s high praise.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUT HIS GUITAR WAS LIKE A PENIS!!!
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the market is having a good day.
These last few weeks (14 months) have been historically amazing to watch. Everyone’s financial future is resting on the overall decisions being made on a daily basis by the government.
I wish we could hold an open discussion about it. Sadly, it would be walking all over the OMGZ NO POLITICZ line.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 11:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We can keep it out of the politics zone...I work in finance and it's going ape-shit around here.
Something needs to be done…perception is reality. We could give all the CEO’s and investors cupcakes and it’ll calm some people.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do you feel about the bill not passing?
Personally, I am glad it didn’t pass. Sure, it would help out people’s retirements today, but for a 25-year old guy like me, it would be selling out my future which has already been sold out.
This economy has been in need of a dramatic recession. Yes, it sucks, but it has to be done. The government can’t bailout fiscally irresponsible behavior. Every time they do, the entire world suffers for it. We need to get the dollar back strong again and voting down this bill was a way to prevent it from being further destroyed.
What do you do in the finance industry?
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Without getting into politics (treading a fine line, but we can avoid it)
Something needs to happen…not happy with govt. involvement but its too big of a mess to not step in. I don’t think we need to take on ALL $700 billion in bad debt, no strings attached. So they’ve been working on that. I’m kinda happy it failed the first time..then they’ll have to work at getting a better bill on the floor.
I work in financial planning…investments/insurance. Right now it’s just been dealing with clients who are freaked out (Do I have $ in Lehman or the market is down 6% today, what about me?) And really, the Dow is one of the stupidest measures of the economy.
I love how AIG fails so they take them out of the DOW and put something else in…like it reflects the economy somehow. It’s a dumb measure but people freak out about it.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the ERA of economic indicators
it’s a number that people can understand. It may not have any relevance to what’s really happening, or it may have exaggerated relevance, but people want something they can glance at and decide whether to panic or not.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed about the Dow being a "good" economic measure.
I just started working for World Financial Group and we help people with their investments, mortgages, and insurance as well. This is a great time to be in the business.
by Wilder. on Sep 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes it is...I'm excited for the potential. We'll probably be doing a lot of investment take overs
As well as insurance…not so much ‘start-up’ accounts that don’t really earn you anything. So it’s a good time. Everyone is fleeing to find new advisors and new ideas.
Definitely an exciting time. But hectic.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The more certain parties freak out about having to pass something RIGHTNOW
The more skeptical I am about their motives.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean it wasn't a good idea to pony up $700 billion after a 2 1/2 page statement was issued by Paulson?
That was the most insane thing I’ve ever heard…2 1/2 pages asking for unlimited control of $700 billion. In any case..I want this to kinda continue on and find a better deal (which typically happens with time and cooler heads)
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So this is nice:
We run a customized (ancient) accounting program, and the guy who wrote it (and therefore is the only guy who can fix it, so he’s on retainer with us), is a professor at the local community college.
So the thing takes a shit on me this morning, and I email him to have him come fix it, and he tells me he can’t be here until after 8:30 tonight. How helpful.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 11:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is the cost/time required to replace the system not worth the hassel?
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're shopping for new software as we speak.
I think we found our solution last week, but we have to find out of they can build a specific report for us without to much additional cost. But that doesn’t do me an ounce of good at the moment.
Normally I could care less and I’d just screw off all day, but I need to transmit some electronic transactions before the end of the business day, or else they’ll carry over into next month and totally screw my bank reconciliations.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So this officially sucks.
No IT fix until late tonight. I either have to drive all the way back to my office at 9:30 at night, stay here until then, or just go home and pray he fixed it correctly before I come in tomorrow morning.
Why in God’s name a company would rely on a single IT guy to custom program something, knowing that he is employed full time+ somewhere else is beyond me.
Not to mention the fact that I’m now going to be a full day behind, and my bank reconciliations will be all fucked up.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is, but that means I'll have to work three times harder to catch up tomorrow.
When you lose 16 man hours, it always seems to take at least 24 man hours to catch up, Don’t ask me why…
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMG THE STOCK MARKET....AHHHHH
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This really sucks for me...It means I can't actually do work...I have to instead answer phone calls and subdue some nerves.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People flip when money is involved.
The only reason to panic is because people are panicking. It’s dumb.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish I had some extra money..I'd throw a little bit in right now.
And the panic is understandable when you have a couple who barely have enough to retire on watch their portfolio drop 8 percent in a few days.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neil Cavuto looks petrified
What? This is the only 24 hour news station Charter’s basic cable provides. I wonder if they’re [no politics].
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People are petrified because there are three 24 hour money channels with time to kill
so everything gets magnified and blown waaaaaaaay out of proportion.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep. And people aren't capable of realizing that "the good times" are called that instead or "normalcy" for a reason.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
500 down day means viewers!! Quick, Murdoch sell all your shares in "company A"
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm grabbing my leatherman multitool and mountain bike then heading to Canada
Edmonton specifically. I want to play Mass Effect 2 before the world rips itself apart.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's exciting no doubt..The Dow chart kinda looks like a Mariners WE chart.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My portfolio is safe and I love big events. I'm unduly excited over this.
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most people invested wisely are relatively safe..it's the dimwits who invested all their money in a few stocks that need to put on their tin foil hats
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A fool and his money...
hehehe, 228-205. Suck it wall street.
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That 400 point drop in like 5 minutes was quite startling...but it's recovered a bit.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The second it does that..it's gonna drop probably 200 more points within a few minutes.
That’s a big mark (kind of like 100 losses)…it’s meaningless really, but people put stock into it (no pun intended! actually, it was)
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Sep 29, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope that a sub-9000 Dow is coming
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if Vons has any tin foil left
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's there in the back
next to the plastic sheeting, duct tape, and MRE’s.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully that'll drag the Dow down tomorrow.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap
it’s times like these when I’m glad I haven’t invested much yet…
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This would be a good time to start.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Sep 29, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perfect, actually.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm disappointed
the drop in the Dow doesn’t even rank in the top 10 drops, percentage-wise. It is the biggest single-day Dow points drop in history, though, so that’s something.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm avoiding all "news".
The way they pick and choose the numbers to blow situations out of proportion or minimize others… AAAAHHHHGGGGGG!!
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Sep 29, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WORLD IS ENDING WHEN THE DOW CLOSES
oh, wait.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard there were explosives in every city rigged to go off if the Dow goes below 8500
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's like Speed, except with the economy
“The stock market is going down… I’M GONNA SPEED IT UP….”
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So what will happen in the sequel?
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nobody will watch it.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Impressive.
I really loved the first one, but I don’t know anybody that’s actually seen the second one. Is it worth watching?
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really? He did Speed 2? I haven't seen either one
but I love me some Joss Whedon.
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, he wrote the original treatment of Speed.
It ended up being hacked up and destroyed, but he “wrote” the movie more or less.
by Phildopip on Sep 29, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on how much you like terrible acting and boatwrecks
if you answered “yes” to both of the above, as well as to “I enjoy completely implausible movies set in the real world,” then yes, you should love this movie
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So what are your feelings on Jurassic Park 3?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And JP3 isn't entirely implausible if you accept the basic premise of there being dinosaurs
Speed 2 was crazy all around
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the Everett family wasn't at your screening of JP3, I trust.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I barely even remember that movie
I must have been like 16 when it came out
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just assuming it must have been awesome
because of the whole part with the dinosaurs and fire and stuff
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't that the one where the boat crashes into San Diego
And the T Rex escapes, but people in the suburbs don’t notice that a giant dinosaur is running around their streets?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 29, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe thats Jurassic Park 2.
I believe 3 is the one where a kid gets stuck on a backup Jurassic Park island, and they have to go rescue them.
54!
by joof on Sep 29, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dinosaurs! Yay!
One day I will develop a time machine and travel back to 1000 AD when Vikings hunted dinosaurs for sport.
I wonder if that will result in A Sound of Thunder situation.
by Frosty Raptor on Sep 29, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm already in line at the soup kitchen.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Sep 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just spent the last hour reading the ticker on the bottome of CNN.
RUN FOR THE HILLS!!! MA, GRAB THE SHOTGUN AND GET THE KIDS INTO THE BUNKER!!!
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Sep 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure you've found some nice underwater bunkers in your work
you’re one of the lucky ones!
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'd think it would be nice and quiet.
My last two supervisors insisted on giving me a running commentary of what they were looking at in the video feed. Plus, I tend to think about the oil/natural gas, the whole system, it’s affect on society. My mind gets totally out of control sometimes, especially on decompression. Ground control to dpseadvr.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Sep 29, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It did that last week too on Monday morning
The ABC News radio talking heads got really uneasy after the market opened, and KOMO actually cut away because they were getting scared.
This ‘being rich and losing my nest egg on bad investments’ thing… I find it hard to relate for some reason.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Based on how great the song "Fade Into You" was, I always expected Mazzy Starr to hit it big.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They were kinda big around that time
but yeah, they sort of disappeared, didn’t they? I don’t know much about them, but my wife likes them so I’ve heard a lot of their stuff and it’s pretty good.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'll get bored if you sit down to try to listen to a whole album of theirs.
They are so monochromatic with their music. But they’re good in small doses.
by Phildopip on Sep 29, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, she mostly listens to it at night before she goes to sleep
and it’s good for that late-night relaxing, not listening too hard to it sort of thing. Not sure I’d want to see them live or listen to them at work.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Microsoft Office 2007 for $21.95.
Yay or nay.
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OpenOffice.org for free.
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by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Already have and love it
trying to debate if it’s worth just getting a legit copy of Office though because it’s only twenty bucks
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would probably buy it, but Exell is the only one I would install.
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by thewyrm on Sep 29, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the one thing I don't like about OpenOffice though is that it doesn't save the Microsoft formats that well
at least in my experience. Excel is the most troubling because of how different the formula systems are, but there’s just weird formatting errors whenever I go from OpenOffice —> MS Office
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the
The new menu system bites it, but if I could get MS Office for $22 I take it 10 times out of 10.
by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, I might just do it now, when I can still get 2003 for that same price
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, I would do 2003 for that price in a second. I love office 2K3
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coach?
I agree with Matthew here. 2K3 is pretty much ideal. Anything else is just (more) bloatware.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, I just checked and they no longer offer 2003 =(
but still 2007 for $22 is a good deal
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's annoying but not too surprising
and if I had the chance to buy 2007 for $22 I’d probably do it.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I keep getting spam emails from the MLBPA
announcing that various MLB players put up stuff on Funny Or Die. This annoys me – not the videos, but the stupid spam from the MLBPA. It’s sent to my blog address, so I can only assume they’re spamming every baseball blog with this “news”, but it’s still annoying.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just sent them an email asking them to stop
which I know is akin to putting a dollar in a slot machine and expecting to be a millionaire 10 seconds later, but whatever. feedback@mlbpa.org.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't even want to be a millionaire, I just want to win that shiny BMW Z4 Roadster on the pedastal in front of me
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(which I will immediately sell, buy my Altima Coupe and use the rest to help pay off student loans)
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find it somewhat depressing that my initial reaction to receiving a paycheck
for some freelance work was excitement over it putting a small chip off my student loan debt.
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Student loans. Brrrrrrr.
I have anxiety nightmares about Sallie Mae every now and then.
by royalcurve on Sep 29, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never thought I'd be this guy
but the last bonus check I got went entirely to buying big-tickety stuff for my house. And it made me happy. sigh.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would make me so very happy...
I love buying cool things
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but it wasn't cool stuff, really.
It was a washer and dryer. And a light fixture for the office.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe you like washing your clothes?
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not as much as I would have liked to take that money on a trip to Ireland.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Student loans are the only thing I regret about my choice of college
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want some of that 700B to be earmarked to paying off my debt for me.
Everyone else is getting handouts, why shouldn’t I?
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No kidding.
If they have 700B, why can’t they give me 7K to pay off my credit cards?
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
by Thingray on Sep 29, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fun fact: $700B is ~$23,000 per US citizen
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that's even counting the children who wouldn't have the slightest clue what to do with $23,000
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm asking for 1.43 x 10^-5 of it, or $100k to pay off my loans
I don’t think this is unreasonable at all =(
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch, you have a ways to go.
I’m close to being down to four-digits.
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I did just graduate last year
and it’s not really near $100K, I just figured since they’ve got $700B I’d ask for a little extra for living expenses too!
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping for one more good tax refund year that will enable me to be debt free before my next birthday.
by Matthew on Sep 29, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goodness, and you're my age too
There are times when I wish I was smart….
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
College debt is not dumb debt.
it’s big debt, yeah, but it’s useful debt, unlike credit card debt.
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by pdb on Sep 29, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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