OTFPOTD 1/19, Why Graham is Probably Wrong Edition
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 9:58 AM PST
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1. He's short. Everyone knows you can't trust short people. Instead of stabbing you in the back, they'll stab you in the ass, and we all know how much that would suck (right?)
2. They don't play baseball in England. Why should you trust him? He should have studied at some prestigious American university, like say here.
3. While we're on the subject of the British, the Stamp Act of 1765 would like to say hi
4. He doesn't want to live near you if you're smart. We all know that's just a sign that that 146 > Graham's IQ. He just doesn't want to admit that this makes him less desirable to employers
5. Master's degree? Bullshit. Why not doctorate?
6. Questionable tastes in bad baseball players
7. I won't even get started on Asian people.
Discussion Topics
- Why CoD5 Multiplayer is awesome, and ya'll should get Xboxes and play with us!
- Yay Felix!
- What's your dream job, besides being just like Jose Lopez?
- Random thing you just can't stop buying. I like to buy nice writing instruments.
- Yay OFFTOP, you lazy bums
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Instead of getting COD 5, you all should get Left 4 Dead.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 10:01 AM PST reply actions
Besides adding the experience of being a zombie
versus provides a good balance of difficulty because you’re up against specials who can be unpredictable and have common sense. It makes it much more satisfying when you survive.
Pip
When are we going to play some L4D?
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 19, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Whenever you want.
I’m always down for some zombie killin’.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
a good philosophical question.
you facilitate the life to death transition by killing, but what about the undead to dead transition?
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
Zoey is the best.
She has the most hilarious lines.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Nah. Francis does.
“I hate railroads. I hate stairs. I hate hospitals, and doctors, and lawyers.” Bill: “Francis? Is there anything that you don’t hate?” Francis: “You know what I don’t hate? I don’t hate vests.”
Let's do it!
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
I need to play it more often
But I hardly can make the time to play CoD5 let alone anything else
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
I'm so sorry
I was actually playing Call of Duty with sb. Thank god for my DVR though. I’m watching it now. Jack Bauer improvised gas chamber power hour
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Just got online yesterday with my new Xbox, and got COD5.
I’m online but I suck.
Man do I love midgets.
What's your gamertag?
Mine is the same as my screen name here.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
Going to go play right now actually.
Man do I love midgets.
Do you have any other games you can play online?
I don’t have COD 5, but I do have Grand Theft Auto IV, Rock Band 2, and Left 4 Dead. And Fable II, but that’s out on loan right now.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
It came with Nug Fu Panda, and Lego Indiana Jones.
I bought COD5, and a friend of mine is going to give me GTA IV, but I don’t have it yet.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm off to get my ass kicked in COD5 now,
And that should have been Kung Fu Panda by the way.
Man do I love midgets.
Tootthekazoo and I will teach you to dominate
we’re a pretty solid team with another one of my friends. We ran off like 20 consecutive wins over the weekend
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
What game type?
I’m more of a Headquarters man myself, although most people seem to enjoy Team Deathmatch. I’ve been playing way too much this weekend because of the double experience points they’re giving out.
"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch
by crushedoptimist on Jan 19, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
We play pretty much exclusively TD
both used to it, I guess. Plus I like the killing, I’m not so big on the strategy…
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I like the XP you get from HQ
Also I suppose I do like the strategy, but also you usually get the chance to kill more during HQ, since everyone’s going to one map location all the time.
"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch
by crushedoptimist on Jan 19, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I just like the objective to be killing as many people as possible
how much more XP do you get from HQ? I’ve found that an average 7-minute TD match nets me like ~350 XP, more if I’m playing with good teams
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
A good HQ game can get you 500-600 XP
A normal game is pretty easy 350+, not counting bonus.
"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch
by crushedoptimist on Jan 19, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
It sure didn't in COD4, haven't tried it in the new one.
"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch
by crushedoptimist on Jan 19, 2009 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
How long does the average game last though?
TD games don’t take very long
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
I'd say fairly similar to TD games, probably a little longer
The games rarely go all 15 minutes, since usually (like in TD), one team is far superior to the other.
"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch
by crushedoptimist on Jan 19, 2009 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't play a single match this weekend :(
No double XP for me. Its Zombie mode still available?
On of these days I’m going to play with you guys. Just my timing is always off.
I would say tonight but 24 is on.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 19, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
We saw you online the other day, but no CoD =(
come join us sometime. We usually play in the evenings. We’ll help your K/D and win ratios too, no matter how good they already are =).
We essentially lost one game over the weekend when one of our teammates hilariously decided to spend the entire game charging enemy tanks on foot and went 2-15
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
And I skipped that game because of a stupid controller malfunction
Which obviously means that I am the only reason you play well
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
The way you were bitching about your play from earlier in the evening
compared to how you played when I joined makes this theory even more plausible
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Gratuitous killing in a video game is good wholesome safe fun.
In an American way. I’m this close to buying a console so I can join in the slaughter.
Formerly dpseadvr.
You're welcome to join
We could cobble together quite the group if we could just rope in another body or two
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
Grrr. Want vs. need.
I’ll keep an eye on craigslist, see if I can get a deal.
Formerly dpseadvr.
Try the Live search cashback offer through paypal/ebay as well
Go to Live.com and search for an Xbox 360 or something, and keep an eye on the ads that show up. You should see one that’s offering somewhere between 10-30 off when using paypal and the “buy it now” function on eBay
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 11:55 PM PST up reply actions
You know how you always say you play better in a party?
I now think I’m like that but even worse. I’m like 1.1:1 KD by myself and as soon as I add one guaranteed decent teammate, I’m like 1.5:1 or better
by seattlebruin on Jan 20, 2009 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Don't know about Zombie mode
I didn’t check, I was just taking advantage of the double XP. Between getting awesome teams all weekend and double XP, I somehow gained 16 levels in less than two days.
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I mean if you haven't beaten the single player
Is it unlocked for good?
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by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 19, 2009 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
I am the same way..
Timing is always just off – or I am playing with a few friends already when people start getting on..
And now I just moved, so it’s gonna be a few days before I can get on.. Oh well!
by seattlesundevil on Jan 19, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure if you were to play with me, toot and Coach we would essentially never lose unless we faced an awesome clan
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
I should mention that I went 44-7 in a game of TD on Castle
I know it’s LLLJ, but I don’t care. That was the most kills I’ve ever seen someone get in a game to 750, and I did it, and I’m rather proud of that accomplishment
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
That is pretty good. I've only hit 30+ a few times on TD, never 40.
"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch
by crushedoptimist on Jan 19, 2009 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
You rocked the shit out of that one
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
HAX
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Remember that one "Clan" that we faced the other day?
They were all talking about how good they were and we beat them almost every match?
They were hilarious
of course their clan tag was [PUNK] so I can’t imagine they’d have been any good. We did really beat them down though.
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of the subject of 360
Does anybody here have any experience or knows anybody that has modded their 360?
If you get teh HD-DVD addon there's a huge security loophole in the firmware
that you can use to bypass MS’s anti-cheating protocols.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I'm amassing quite the collection of them
Can’t go wrong with the prices that they are, and $40 for the HD-DVD player is a steal
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
I considered doing a firmware mod on my 360
but it’s a lot of work for very little payoff.
I started playing online recently too.
My gamertag is TouchMyIchiro.
I’m usually on kind of strange hours though, due to my being in Japan and all.
I just can't stop buying food.
I buy food frequently, and yet every week I keep needing to buy more. It’s ridiculous! I don’t buy clothes once a week, nor do I buy furniture or electronics with great frequency. Damn you, food addiction.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
My dream job is not to have a job
Random thing I can’t stop buying – beer. I used to have a thing for nice writing instruments but I so rarely use pens any more that it seems silly to keep spending lots of money on them. But Rotring makes awesome pens and pencils.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Speaking of beer, has anybody had Deschutes' seasonal brown that's out right now.
Fucking. Incredible. It’s one of the smoothest beers I’ve ever tasted.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Not yet but I have some in my fridge
the Buzzsaw Brown, right?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Yes.
I’m not a huge fan of browns in general, but was blown away by the Buzzsaw.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
I like brown ales if they have a personality
Newcastle Brown has no personality, it’s bland and boring. But if a brown is done well, it’s a really good beer.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I used to base all of my opinions of browns on Newcastle (like you said, bland and boring) and Moose Drool (which I used to HATE)
But lately, I’ve come around on them a bit. I tried Moose Drool again, and absolutely loved it. And now Buzzsaw Brown has made a positive impression on me.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Does anyone around here remember the local band Load Levelers?
I went to Slim’s Last Chance on Saturday and saw a band called Side Oiler. Three of the members are from The Load Levelers and it was a major blast from the past.
I used to gig with those guys in the 90’s at Zak’s and Gibson’s. Sadly they no longer have an electronic banjo in their arsenal which made their sound now much less unique than it used to be, but it was still a ton of fun to hear them again.
I do remember them
I saw the Load Levelers once, they were pretty fun. You were probably on stage when I did.
Speaking of “anybody remember”, Girl Trouble are playing at Slabtown in Portland this weekend. I love love LOVE Girl Trouble and for some reason it kinda bums me out that they’re playing at Slabtown.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
At least they are still playing.
Is Slabtown where we saw Cootie Platoon? If so, at least that place has decent sound.
It is
and I’m bummed that they’re there because no one will be there, and everyone should go see Girl Trouble.
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Why? I've been there once, and it was a blast.
And hell, beats most of the places they play in Seattle/Tacoma these days (Sonics reunion show aside, of course).
Yeah, it's a good place
but it’s small and out of the way and never draws crowds. I don’t think GT will ever have a “resurgence” as such, but they deserve to be seen by more than 10 people at a time.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Totally agree
I’m so glad that they opened for the Sonics – really, that was the equivalent audience of a year of shows for them all in one night. Hopefully they sold some merch.
SOme of those dudes were in Redneck Girlfriend, right?
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 19, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure.
Side Oiler has the singer/Lead guitarist, bass player and drummer from Load Levelers.
None of those three were in Redneck GF.
The internet is so kick ass.
One of my favorite games of all time is Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. Unfortunately the company that created it went out of business when they had just released patch 1.2. However, a group of fans got together and began distributing unofficial patches fixing all sorts of problems and even introducing new game play features. Once upon a time the game would have just died a slow death, but now anyone who gets their hands on the game will get an RPG experience they will never forget thanks to some normal people who wanted to make their favorite game better.
It got me to thinking, are there any other PC games out there that have been resurrected by the modding community?
Fear the NPE
Counter Strike was an entirely different game built upon the engine of a different game though.
I was looking for games that were themselves improved or saved by a modding community.
Fear the NPE
Great example. Because EA Sports are as lazy as Porsche's design team
and stopped improving their PC versions, even cutting the MVP series entirely, sites like eamods have done a great job each year churning out new mods.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
EA probably figured the PC market alone wasn't lucrative enough to keep making MVP.
I got my PS2 hooked up after years of collecting dust, and I started playing MVP 05 over the weekend. God it’s so good. And people are still churning out updated rosters. I’m excited.
they abandoned the PC market entirely.
They last 3 editions of both Madden and NBA Live featured almost no update.
In fact, they were so lazy with the ‘08 PC NBA Live that the rosters were a total joke. Alando Tucker of Wisconsin fame was an 87 overall, while Durant was like a 77. They still had Brandon Roy in the low 70’s (meaning they didn’t update any of the players from the previous year) and changed nothing in the gameplay. Then they actually had audacity to charge for it.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
Was EA even allowed to keep making MVP on PC, though?
I can’t remember if 2K’s exclusive third-party rights went for PC, too.
Let me take this opportunity
To welcome you to Lookout Landing, you may want to lurk for a bit and read the LL Style Guide before you go into full on Comment On Every Comment Overdrive Mode.
by JI on Jan 19, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I like how they fall down when they're just skating.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 19, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
You guys suck for going to the game
I was supposed to go but my hookup for free tickets bailed and I’m a cheapskate
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
Not all of the Silvertips
One of them is a man-beast! Did you know that he enjoys working on cars & listening to hip-hop?
On Saturday
He scored a goal and kicked some Silvertips(they are called that because they are old and not good) ass.
As far as I could tell, yes
There were over 2 hours of box time including a fight that broke out EIGHT seconds into the game.
I will be banned if I talk about the reasons Graham is wrong.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 19, 2009 10:24 AM PST reply actions
My tags don't like being taken for granted
they have feelings too
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
To my surprise I was given a new Wii yesterday
I bought Wii Fit for it, because it seemed to be the thing to do at the time. Is there anything else that people here recommend? My only plans for it right now are eventually picking up Mario Party, Mario Kart, and downloading old SNES and Genesis games.
Smash is awesome
Bully: Scholarship Edition is good. Rayman’s Raving Rabbits is fun.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Bully is a lot of fun.
I played it on 360, not Wii, but I imagine it’s pretty much the same thing. But with some waggle.
Wii Music is entertaining too
but it’s more entertaining with a group of people than just on your own. And it’s really a lot more difficult than it should be – not to learn how, but to master. But it’s fun.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I'll check it out!
I haven’t played a Mario game in ages (rather, not one that didn’t end in “Kart” or ’Party"), but I will play this.
Oh yea, Zelda is a great game
perhaps greatest Nintendo game?
I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"
Have you played Power Pros '08?
I was considering renting it for the Success Mode just to give it a shot.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 19, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Guitar Hero WT for wii is a lot of fun
although I totally stink at everything but singing – well actually I stink at that too.
I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"
Just keep playing it.
If you keep practicing, you will eventually play expert. That’s how I got there.
It's really good.
I haven’t played it in a while because Rock Band 2 has taken over my life, but it’s still fun.
My dream job is owning what I call a Cake Cafe.
It’s a cafe that serves breakfast and lunch, bakes all its own breads, makes its own soups, serves sweet and savory pastries, and you can add a cupcake to any meal for $1.
I also can’t stop buying books even though I own at least 20 I have yet to read.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 19, 2009 10:57 AM PST reply actions
I'll take that cupcake please
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
Right now, my dream job is to go back to the job I had when I walked in the office on Friday, and keep that.
Pay cuts make me dream small.
You should apply to become the editor of Lookout Landing
and then use your powers for evil
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
That blows.
How different is your job? I suppose the bright side is that you still have one, but pay cuts are never fun.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Same job, and I do like it.
But for February and March, everyone has to take two furlough days each month, so it’s roughly a 10% pay cut. But at least I get the days off!
It’s supposed to be temporary, but I’m skeptical. I have little debt and a surprising amount of job security considering the industry, so I should be fine as the paper gets smaller. It’s a morale-killer, though. Everyone’s just in a daze.
Yeah, I wouldn't hold your breath
about the “temporary” part of it. I suppose a four-day weekend every month isn’t such a bad thing, if you have any control of when your furlough days are.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I think the idea is:
Everyone gets a pay cut until we figure out whom to lay off. After that, wages/salaries will be restored.
But yeah, still not very confident.
I also recieved a paycut recently. No one told me either, I found out via a memo sent to all the Toolpushers.
It simply told them to begin paying people with my job title X dollars an hour in place of Y dollars.
Fear the NPE
At least you got a memo instead of a mysteriously smaller paycheck for no apparent reason
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Happened about three jobs ago.
It wasn’t much less but one week I was expecting X and I got X minus 4%. We found out four days later that it was either that or lay people off; they never bothered to tell anybody about it until my boss threatened his boss with a mass exodus from my department unless we were told SOMETHING.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Yup.
Management apparently thought that either no one would notice or that we’d all just be grateful that we still had jobs, so they opted to say nothing. I lasted about another six months there then I moved on.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Is that legal?
Obviously an employer can cut your pay assuming you’re not on contract or unionized, but to just do it with no announcement? Yikes.
Glad to hear you left.
Yep, it's legal
At-will states don’t regulate such things unless as you say you’re in a union or on a contract. It’s the employer’s version of a person leaving and not giving two weeks’ notice – there’s nothing illegal about it, it’s just bad form.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
My annual cost of living raise was cancelled.
But I still got a Christmas bonus. What’s up with that?
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
one time costs are easier to absorb than ongoing expenses
they’re probably separate budget centers.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
That makes sense.
We’re not hiring anyone to replace people lost to attrition, but we’re allowed to offer three-month contracts to temps if we need them.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
No I didn't get the memo, my boss did.
Funnily/Depressingly enough I am the one who changes people’s titles in our database. So, in effect I had to hit “enter” on my own two dollar an hour pay cut. Awesome.
In their defense they did go from just me doing my job to like 10 of us. Houston said they wouldn’t authorize my wage for all of them so I had to brought down to rest of the new hires. They did give me the option of going back to straight Roughnecking and I may still take them up on it.
Fear the NPE
I get to see if I get a paycut today when I get my pay stub.
My company isn’t very forthcoming with information.
We’re not even getting annual reviews this year. Uh oh.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I just read Detecto's latest column
Now I need something or somebody to punch. How can one person be so consistently wrong? (article here)
it seems difficult to be so wrong so often, but this is the very reason for FJM.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
I'm painfully aware of this fact.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
Eh. It's not so much wrong as it is pretty base and about 4 years late to the party.
For an author so smug in his own early adoption of things, he fails to credit that solid work on OF arm measurement has been on going for a long long time. In fact, I was doing what John Walsh did in the THT article linked as far back as 2005.
That's true. Like you wrote, it's more his smugness.
I read lines like
I also think that defense in the OF is very important in Safeco. Silentpadna and I have been preaching this since 2000.
It’s just that with us standing at the "Safeco OF Defense = 5″ mile marker, everybody else has gone from =0 to =10 in those eight years. :- )
and start convulsing in anger. Seriously? You’re the one on the cutting edge, Jeff? No. You’re not. And stop implying that you’re consistently further along the curve than Dave Cameron.
Has anyone been to a Circuit City recently?
And if so are there things to be had at massive discounts?
I feel bad for the people who are going to be losing their jobs shortly, but at the same time I need a new tv.
I went last night
TVs are 10% off, dvds are 20.
I’m in the market for a new television too, but if you want one from CC, I’d wait until late-February or so.
When they closed the first 100 stores or whatever, the TVs never dropped below 20% off
they actually ended up being the last things out of the store to be sold
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
I'm surprised they're sold at all at only 20% off
Why would I want to buy a television at 20% off from a dying store when Best Buy, Video Only, or Fry’s consistently has better prices?
That was the best part
at 20% off, they were still more expensive than Fry’s, and by a fairly considerable margin
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
What out for price hikes with shiny %50 off signs.
I have a friend that works there and he said the real price cuts won’t come till march. But nothing will really be left.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 19, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Can't blame them.
They need to get as much money as they can off their stuff in order to pay off their creditors and investors.
It was OK
I bought a stereo I was going to buy anyway, figured I might as well get the extra 10% off.
Game accessories were 30%, incl. all controllers, so if you’re looking for Xbox/PS3 stuff, now’s a good time.
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
They put all their inventory prices up to MSRP before they started discounting
so things haven’t really gone down that much, at least not here.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Here they went to whatever CC regular price whether or not that was MSRP
deals weren’t great except on iPods (because when else do you get deals on iPods?) but like I said, I was going to buy the stereo at MSRP anyway, so the extra 10% was just a free 10% off
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
I finally saw Pineapple Express
I’m not to into Pot humor nor do I find Seth Rogen that funny. But I was pleasantly surprised.
Its like True Lies meets Harold and Kumar.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
I was disappointed in it.
It was way too long. At least James Franco was awesome in it.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
It was every other Judd Apatow movie:
I laughed my ass off and wished it would have ended a half-hour sooner.
Not every comedy needs to be exactly 90 minutes, but with Apatow’s stuff, the fat that hasn’t been trimmed is always very visible.
But Franco was fantastic. And Danny McBride makes me laugh a lot.
Actual statement made by a co-worker:
“This is so stank Ray Charles woulda smelt it.”
Seriously, I can’t make this stuff up.
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That's a real classic
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this has prompted me to think....
While there are some very well known people without sight, is anyone aware of famous people without the sense of smell? Also, we have “blind” or “deaf” as terms for lacking the other senses, but do we have a term for lacking smell?
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That would be unfortunate
but at the same time come in handy…you’d never have to discriminate between foods (presuming you aren’t turned off by the look of a dish).
Texture is the key for me.
The few foods I don’t like are due to undesirable texture (clams/oysters, some preparations of squash, and most forms of squid)
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I have heard that they are linked, but I wouldn't say that you cannot do one without the other.
Something like half of the sensation of taste is supposed to be made up by smell, I think.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 19, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
They are very much linked in that much of what you taste is actually smelled.
Your tongue can sense ~6 different tastes, while there are somewhere between 400-600 different olfactory receptors, each with a certain range (ie each can detect some number of different molecules). If you inhibit olfactory signalling food ends up pretty bland. Fun fact: a guy I know made a mouse in which he fused the ligand binding domain of the receptor for caspaicin (the spicy part of a habanero) with the signalling domain of the sugar receptor. These mice were fiends for chili peppers.
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 19, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
We don't really seem to have many tests that judge the ability to smell.
In elementary school, we have nurses asking us what direction the E is pointing and to raise our hands when we hear noise, but no school administrator is coming by going “Hey, smell this.”
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 19, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
I guess we are more apt to notice functional differences.
Lacking smell wouldn’t manifest itself in a difference in interaction
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When I was a kid I thought I was awesome at that hearing test
My logic was “Hey, I heard all the beeps!”
God I wish I could go back in time and slap some sense into me.
yes, the medical definition. But we lack a laymans term for it
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Isn't "blind" both medical and layman though?
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When was the last time anyone here used a 3.5" floppy disk?
I’m taking a Windows XP command line class (oh joy, I get to learn about the DIR command this week) and one of the requirements is a computer with a 3.5" disk drive. I’ll be damned if I have to shell out anything more than ten dollars for a piece of technology I haven’t used since elementary school.
Does anyone even have a 3.5" floppy drive connected to their mainboard anymore?
I still have a box of floppies at my house
but I haven’t had a floppy drive in about 6 years. Not even at work, which is usually so far behind the curve as to be laughable (I just got a flat panel monitor last week).
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Oh snap, looking now, I have a floppy drive on my work computer!
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
I use mine all the time.
Ghosting is a wonderful thing, and the easiest way for me to do it at this company is via floppy.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It still has its applications, sure
but this class I’m taking for school has all of the important documents distributed to students via twenty floppy disks.
It just seems a little… dated. I think this instructor is trapped in 1994.
Nope
given that I didn’t realize I had one until now
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Why would anyone have that?
I have a USB 3.5" drive that my dad bought me for like four bucks at Fry’s. I think I’ve used it twice.
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
I stopped using a floppy drive when I got my first hotmail account.
I’d just send attachments to myself. Then flash drives came along.
I have one but..
Caveat is that I fix computers as a hobby so I need to do some weird things sometimes. My floppy drive gets used pretty regularly. You can usually find a used floppy drive for $10. They you’d just need a cable; assuming your MB has a floppy connection. If your MB doesn’t have the connection, USB is your best option.
I took a stats class in 2007 that had class materials distributed on a floppy. I was the only one in the class with a floppy drive so I copied the files and hosted them on the web. You may be shocked to learn that the class materials came with the text book that was written by the prof.
I bought a brand new PC in April.
I spent $30 to have a 3.5" floppy drive put in it.
Why? DOS games.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
The last machine I built was actually the first time I haven't had a floppy.
Although I do think this board has the connector for it, not sure though. I think I still got a box in my closet somewhere that has floppies in it.
Actually, I'm interested to know if I can mount a 5.25" floppy drive in a modern machine.
I have some old games on 5.25" floppies.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I have one on my old desktop
It will not be put to use ever. Yours if you want it
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by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
What do you guys think of the new U2 single?
Great drums and the Edge’s guitar is cool, but I think Bono’s vocals are a little weak.
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Haven't heard it yet
but I’m curious.
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That song has one of the best intros ever
where Bono counts to fourteen conveniently omitting numbers 4-13. CLEVER
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those numbers were retired
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Bruce mocked him for it when he inducted U2 into the hall
by JI on Jan 19, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
I swear there was one point
during Pride that I thought he was going to burst into tears. Which is cool.
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I am not happy about the Super Bowl 43 turn out.
I am interested to see if the Cardinals can beat the refs. It would suck if they could do it in one try when the Seahawks had 2002-2007 to do it.
I can't root for either team
Although a Cardinal victory that is a result of the Steelers getting jobbed by the refs would be more than awesome.
Rationalization time!
If Pittsburgh wins than neither Dallas or the 9’ers can claim to be the best team in football history and we don’t become the only team in the division without a title.
That's the ONLY reason I'm pulling against the Steelers.
I still have some love for the 49ers in my heart.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
My mom felt bad for the 49ers when she was a kid and adopted them as her team, so growing up I was a huge fan of theirs.
Tom Rathman was my favorite player for years. Still want the Steelers to win though.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 19, 2009 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Seahawks will win next year.
I am at least hoping for a Dolphins and Falcons like turnaround next year for the Seahawks, its all in the realm of possibly if key players can just stay healthy.
Of all the terrible teams in the NFL this year, the Hawks are probably the most likely to not suck next year
between a terrible division and the part where bad luck was a huge factor this year, plus getting an impact player (or two(!))in the draft, they could very well be very good next season
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
The refs won't matter because the Steelers will beat the shit out of Kurt Warner and take his wallet
Steelers by at least two TDs and the Cards might break 20 if Pittsburgh plays the backups.
So, anybody watch Flight Of The Conchords last night?
I give it a solid B-. Not great, but even a “not great” FoTC is better than 95% of the comedies out there.
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SHIT
I knew I was forgetting something.
Eh, on demand ought to have it.
They do.
HBO puts their shows On Demand the day after they air, so it should be there.
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I too was disappointed, as the first season was amazing down to almost every detail.
Hopefully it bounces back, although I had fears after the first season as the show and comedy style in general are so unique that continuing at that level may be difficult.
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I've read a few interviews with Bret and Jemaine
and it seems like Season 1 used all the songs they’d written in their FoTC guise – they’d had them and performed them for a couple years already – and so they had to write all new songs for Season 2, and they’ve struggled (in Bret’s words) to come close to what they had before. Which makes me glad they’re not doing a Season 3 – I don’t want mediocre FoTC. I’d rather have one or two brilliant seasons and then have it end.
The comedy’s still funny, but the songs don’t have the same zing to them as they did last year – at least not yet.
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This is exactly what I was expecting.
The songs from Season One had existed for a long time, and there was plenty of time for them to separate the wheat from the chaff and go with all their best stuff. It’s going to be tough to match that on the short turnaround time required for TV. Though I wish they’d figure out a way to incorporate “Jenny,” which they performed on their HBO One Night Stand show in 2007. I love that song.
And yeah, I wasn’t blown away by last night’s episode, but it was still funnier than anything else I watched this weekend. Seeing Greg Proops was fun, too.
"Jenny" is probably the funniest piece of musical comedy I've heard in years
every time I hear that song it makes me laugh hysterically.
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I really like you guys
especially one of you.
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I miss Greg Proops from "Whose Line?"
His standup comedy was decent, too.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 19, 2009 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
I was quite disappointed.
There were too many “cut-away” jokes. Though the song about the angels doin’ it in the clouds was hilarious.
“Turning white clouds gray…”
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
I was also disappointed in the "Big Love" episode last night.
I feel like they’re trying too hard to turn around Chloe Sevigny’s character.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
I know but I was out most of last night
I dvr’d it but I didn’t get a chance to watch it, I’ll be watching it tonight.
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Cool.
I just wanted to make sure that you knew it was back on and when to find it, but it sounds like you’ve got it under control.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
I love my DVR
because I don’t even have to reset the season recording or do anything when a season starts – it picked up recording right where it left off at the end of last season. The problem is I’m usually 24 hours behind watching most things, because I tend to forget to watch TV since the DVR has my back. Then I check the next day and go “damn, I forgot this was on”.
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Aw fuck
I need HBO again
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by tootthekazoo on Jan 19, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Graph paper is awesome, and I don't fully know why I feel this way.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 19, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
I use it to map computer game environments.
The in-game maps just aren’t good enough.
I also like hex-paper.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Her comment reminded me of a poll once taken about the worst job for a straight male.
The winner was gay porn fluffer.
My dream job is novelist.
Diving was pretty good though, there were moments you would be on the bottom of the ocean and just stop and realize that fact. It was nice to have a job that only a few people do, and not have to listen to a million people give you advice on how to do your job, or do it better.
Not a good time to be a diver in the GOM though, oil dropped so low production is shutting down, there will always be diving jobs but once you get one you’d better not ever get off the boat.
Formerly dpseadvr.
Random things I can't stop buying: an IPA I've never tried before. I try to avoid beer sections.
Formerly dpseadvr.
Intriguing beer is ALWAYS a problem, one six pack at a time
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Scruff, this may cause your caps lock to break,
but I tried to catch up on 24 last week via Hulu… couldn’t make it through Redemption, tried the season itself, and stopped 20 minutes into Ep 2. The show is just beyond saving at this point. I was absolutely hooked through 3 seasons, wavered in the 4th, got fed up in the 5th, and didnt watch the second half of the fifth or any of the sixth. That show is dead to me.
Has anyone who started watching 24 from the first season been able to enjoy it all the way through? (I’ve found the people who still watch it generally joined the show later on)
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I was about 5 min from giving up on it this year after watching the first three hours
and then the Tony twist happened (in episode three I think so you may have missed it), and now there’s just enough moral ambiguity to it to keep me intrigued, even though the rest of the show is completely and utterly ridiculous. I want to see how far Jack will go in his quest to get the bad guy when it involves him BEING a bad guy in order to accomplish that objective. The minute that subplot is resolved, though, I’m probably done, because it’s still a pretty damn ridiculous show. I agree that the last of the 5th/all of the 6th were crap, and this season is repeating a lot of those mistakes.
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Yeah, they pushed beyond the point where the plot lines maintained SOME semblance of believablilty.
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I loved seasons 1-5, hated 6 and was ambivilant to Redemption
I’m pleased with S6 so far if only because of Tony’s return. The moment he gets killed (again), which seems like a real likelihood at some point during the next twenty episodes, I’m through.
I just started watching 24 with this new season myself.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Ignignokt and Err and a Hunter S Thompson quote? nice
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The key is to completely suspend your sense of logic and rationality
Then just wait for Jack to snap someone’s neck with a single glance.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?" - Dr. Venture
Started with Season 1
No it hasn’t been the same since Jack cut off Chase’s hand. But still entertaining.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 19, 2009 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
The writers were running out of gas in season four
It became clear they were stringing plots along and pulling plot twists out of their ass to keep things going and that’s when I got tired of it.
My dream job would probably do something in Marketing for the Mariners.
Or be involved in the p-word some way or another.
porcupine farming
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peninsula topographer
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+2 Pertinence Points for alliteration
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properly phrased
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Working for NASA or the United States Air Force
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Being Mark Cuban
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This would be awesome
being Paul Allen might be fun too.
Or being one of the Maloof brothers. Actually, come to think of it, being a non-retarded male version of Paris Hilton would be pretty sweet (lots of money, no obligations to do anything, do whatever the hell you feel like)
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
right, and your own NBA team!
That, to me, is pretty sweet. If I were Mark Cuban, I’d even spring for a hair cut
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If I had that much money, I would buy an NBDL team
and then just buy all the good high school players. I’d offer them millions of dollars to not go to college and then just dominate the D-league for years and year
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
just for the hell of it?
you’d lose a ton of money that way, but it would be pretty cool, no doubt.
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If I had that much money, what's a few million bucks?
Plus, it’s not like you wouldn’t be able to sell massive marketing rights and/or contracts of players to the NBA and/or Euroleague teams
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
Mark Cuban is a hero and no one knows about it
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
Deep down I'm always going to hope Mark Cuban gets to buy an MLB franchise.
No one would shake up the Old Boy’s network more than him.
Which is why he'll never be allowed to
because the Old Boys don’t want it to happen, which is too damn bad.
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they already blackballed him on a Cubs purchase
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Fuck Mark Cuban.
His mismanagement of Landmark Theatres has put a lot of my friends at risk of losing their jobs.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 19, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Even if that's the case
he did go on record as stating why moving a franchise from Seattle to OKC was a fucking stupid idea for the entire NBA.
Someday, I am going to buy the OKC Thunder
then, I will create a reality show documentary about my purchase, which will include me walking into Clay Bennett’s office, asking him if he’d be amicable to staying on as a partner, and when he says yes, say “hahahahaha just kidding, you’re fired. You have fifteen minutes to clear out your office before the movers get here to do it for you.”
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
You could try to bankrupt him though
which would be infinitely more rewarding than a mere firing.
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If I ever saw him beg for money on the street, I would get some friends and go give him all the change in our cars
you know, by throwing it at him. 25 points if you hit him with a quarter!
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
more like - you have 5 minutes before I smash your desk with my fists
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Well, someday I am going to buy the OKC Thunder
And promise the ailing fans that infact, the Thunder will stay in OKC. I will “try” to get a new stadium deal, but it will fall through since bitter tax payers just paid for a shiny new baseball and football stadiums. The city of Seattle will then vote to approve to renovate the Key Arena for over $100 million dollars and I will buy out of the remaining lease that I had with the Ford Center there, and move them up here, where I will cause heartbreak for many thousand basketball fans, and the players who just bought houses there. They will be renamed…The Seattle SuperSonics.
Fuck it, I'm not making the city pay for renovations
when I have that much money, I’ll just pay for it myself and flip OKC the finger as I bring in the moving trucks
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
And dammit I can't wait to get ID's "Rage" when it releases.
Gabe Newell is John Carmack’s bitch.
The Idaho State government is like 46th in the nation in salary
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Pulling in 8 figures a year to drive an Aston Martin on every mile of state highway in the country
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Top Gear hires people to do this?
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Top Gear is definitely a dream job
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Except you would actually have to work.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 19, 2009 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
I might possibly be able to hook you up with an internship.
Some friends of mine work there.
Big Z is the MAN.
by .Taylor on Jan 20, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Do you want them to stay your friends after you've subjected them to working with Coach?
by Graham MacAree on Jan 20, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
How the hell does a 13 year old have connections?
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 20, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
How many times do I have to say it? 16. Numskull.
Big Z is the MAN.
by .Taylor on Jan 20, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
I'm....you're...what?
How the hell does a 13 year old have connections?
Big Z is the MAN.
by .Taylor on Jan 20, 2009 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
I should have gone with nincompoop.
Big Z is the MAN.
by .Taylor on Jan 21, 2009 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
It might be cold up there
But I drove down to Denver today and was absolutely stunned to see my cars thermometer read “73 degrees” and the actual temperature outside indicated that my thermometer was not broken
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I expect that sort of thing in SoCal and Florida, but Denver? Interesting!
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I was really confused to say the least
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are you sure you didnt drive
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Absolutely positive
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That happens a ton in Denver actually. Albuquerque too.
They get temperature weather shifts all the time. Snow one day and then 70 degrees the next.
That explains a lot
I suddenly see why people like Colorado so much then. Lots of snow and 70 degree winters? Sign me up
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Mountain climates are erratic.
This is why I keep saying Calgary is a lousy place to play baseball.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
We don't have insane shifts like that in Idaho though
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Up where?
it was 85 degrees outside today for the person that posted this FanPost
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
yeah me too, but San Diego / LA weather is grossly different from Devner in the winter (although not today, apparently)
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"There" = Seattle for purposes of LL
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I'm loving the fog.
It’s been foggy up here since last Wednesday.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Hottest spot in Washington recently: Paradise.
Got near 70 last week….at 5,500 on a massive mountain.
Ah, inversion….
What is with the recent rash of FanPosts that are posted by very new users
with either laughable (or hugely mockable) content or just an outright call for help?
It’s almost like the junk mail folder in my Gmail account, filled with male enhancement ads or requests to invest in stuff…
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Oh not all of it is rubbish to be sure,
but there are quite a few that make you shake your head…
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Not really...
posting the news != decent stuff
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
I was trying to be diplomatic.
Yellowdart’s post is really the only fanpost that has been good. The rest of varied from “tolerable” to “what the flying fuck?”
Actually, there aren't that many besides mlbnotebook posting like eight
which all happened to be news. Only diderot’s really stood out
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
I don't understand the desire to post news as a fanpost.
Anything important to the team is going to get a front page post anyway, why waste your time?
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24-hour news cycle.
Gotta be first!
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 19, 2009 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
I like it personally. Gives us a chance to discuss news that much sooner, and let's face it,
we’re all here because we like the Mariners enough to be here and talk about them.
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
At least there's basketball to make me want to commit suicide
by seattlebruin on Jan 19, 2009 4:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Fuck the Southwestern Division!
I mean seriously, how many good teams can we cram into that bitch? And why do Houston and San Antonio win every God damn night the Hornets do too?
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Nice game against Arizona State Saturday.
Good to see with a top 5 ranking in your sights, UCLA can still screw the pooch with the best of them. See you guys Saturday.
Got beaten by a WCC team that was under .500 last season?
BOOYA!
There are no good individual basketball statistics.
54!
I see 75% of the purpose of the diaries being a place to break news.
The authors aren’t chained to their computers 24/7; they don’t always find out about stuff faster than everyone else. Sometimes news is interesting and doesn’t apply to the M’s either.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 19, 2009 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
It is a bright as a sumbitch light plant.
And that sheet of ice in the forefront of the picture is a holding pit for drilling mud overflow. The thing has a liner and six inches of ice as a base. The thing is damn near regulation size for a hockey game.
Strangely enough it is holding us back from drilling right now because the weather is too warm for the ice to freeze fully. Five days ago it was 30 below and the last two days have been damn near above freezing. Strange.
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My brother did some engieering for the tar mines at Fort McMurray.
If you need it to be warm, the cold sucks. If you need it to be cold, the warm sucks. But there’s nothing you can do to plan for both – just bet on one and hope for the best.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I actually don't think this qualifies as LLLJ; it's a neat picture and people are obviously interested.
As a a general rule however, I don’t think that saying “LLLJ Alert” excuses one from following the rules re: LLLJ.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 19, 2009 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
I'm just gunshy about posting something that I think others my find interest in but turn out to be mistaken.
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Pictures of things not many others are exposed to are generally interesting, as long as it doesn't get too overboard.
The point here though is that saying LLLJ alert wouldn’t exempt you or anyone from them posting LLLJ stuff. It’s the same as the no politics rule. You cannot say zomg politics as a cover for political talk.
Hey, do you guys label the piles alphabetically front to back?
How many piles is that thing? I don’t even know if GOM standards I’m used to apply up there, the rigs in the gulf always align north/south, how does that work so close to the north pole? And how big is the conductor bay on that thing (how many holes do you have drilled? My rig language is kind of weak)? I don’t know if you can mention that stuff. Maybe e-mail me please, I’m curious as a cat, fantastic pic by the way.
Formerly dpseadvr.
Land rigs don't always align north south. They kind of get in there however they can.
All they worry about is getting aligned over the hole correctly. It uses the same moving system they use to move the space shuttle out to the launch pad. We are currently drilling our second hole.
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newb
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That is the entrance equivalent of tripping your coat tails down the stairs
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One time at a party I tripped down the stairs right in front of three really cute girls.
I did however save my beer from spilling so it wasn’t a complete loss.
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That can be cute if you weren't wasted
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if you only had the presence of mind to immediately say to them all,
It’s never happened that fast before, but I just fell for you…
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
Also, those line requires polyester plaid pants and a pomaide part
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
*those type of lines
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
Anybody try to watch Spaceballs: the Animated Series?
Mel can’t possibly be that hard up for cash could he?
Fear the NPE
Wait really?
That exists?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
Close
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=442562c08099ac3f40c4347a21d7ebe1&gid=2219888235
And I am also a admin on the Official Seahawks group
Anybody watch the last episode of Battlestar Galactica?
If you did, you may have seen the single worst ad placement ever.
Seriously.
What marketing genius came up with that idea?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?" - Dr. Venture
Jeezus....
…..I fit all of these.
Except I’m older and MUCH better looking.
(AI)
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This is the sort of this we don't care about
by Graham MacAree on Jan 19, 2009 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
I am still happy with the way things have turned out.
I am optimistic for both Husky and Seahawks football next season.
I could live with that
I think he got a raw deal getting canned from Tampa. It’s not like they gave him a boatload of talent to work with the last 2-3 years. That they were as competitive as they were this season impressed me.
Felix's game against Boston is on FSN right now.
He’s just about to start the Bottom of the 1st.
Fuck JD Drew.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
...
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2007/4/11/82447/2194#3482433
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I agree so completely if you are in fact referring to House
It’s like the stories not only got gay they forgot how to act and make things interesting
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
Maybe this means 13 goes the way of Amber
BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE ALL THE DUDES AND FEMALES ON THE SHOW HOOK UP WITH EACH OTHER??!?! The mysterious House/Cameron thing early on was cool, and that’s as far as it needs to go
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
It killed the Office and it's killing House
For some reason America loves the cheap casual hookup
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
and it is mostly fine but it writes TV scripts into a hole
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
You know what?
Take 30 seconds, figure out what you want to say, and try to say it in one post.
When its integral to a funny joke, it's excepted.
Funny, by the way, is entirely up to the mods discretion.
...
:(
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
this is part of that whole "this is not LiveJournal" thing
and just because you don’t agree with the rules doesn’t make you any less required to follow them.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I know I have to follow them and I certainly will
but that doesn’t mean I have to like it
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
The Office is not dead.
The last episode ended the worst offender thankfully.
by Mariner John on Jan 19, 2009 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
I gave up on it
But that is good to hear
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
Yea I agree.
I am glad the Angela, Andy, Dwight love triangle is done. It was kind of annoying. Now, time to nuke Jim and Pam.
If they split Jim and Pam I'm done with the show.
The only reason writers can’t make healthy relationships interesting is because they are lazy.
Fear the NPE
I felt like the plot of tonights episode was mostly fine but it seemed like Hugh Laurie was just sort of mailing it in
I also hate Cuddy’s season 5 haircut. Bangs are gross
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
Bangs are gross when coupled with long hair?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
Bangs are gross when coupled with long hair.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
Cuddy's haircut was absolutely dreadful
by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 20, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
She was supposed to look tired.
That was the whole point. She’ll look more put-together next week when she has an assistant.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Thank you
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
At least we agree on that specific haircut
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
Nevermind
I noticed that the beer in the picture doesn’t match the beer on the list. Kind of misleading.
What a poorly written article.
The list is highly suspect and the commentary is just bogus.
by Matthew on Jan 20, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He's also missing like 250 10% beers.
10% is certainly pretty damned strong, but it’s not all that uncommon.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 20, 2009 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
So I am now a proud owner of a 40" Samsung flat screen HDTV LCD TV that is in 1080P.
So I ended up paying $850, is that a good deal?
If your box is as old as mine you might have to get the DVI-HDMI Frankenstein
but my experience has told me that once you get up to 40" it is well worth it.
I got my box like a year ago, it's actually pretty new
And it comes with DVR and HD channels, so I think I am good.
I've got one of those old boxes.
Some of the lights that display the channel number are starting to go out.
I think I need a new box, but I don’t want to have to just toss my DVI-HDMI.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 20, 2009 7:39 AM PST up reply actions
I get mine replaced every year because the DVR disks get messed up somehow.
Costs like $15 restocking fee, but I get the updated box at least.
Not half bad
I got my 46" for $900, but that also involved sleeping outside of a Fry’s in Anaheim at Black Friday
by seattlebruin on Jan 20, 2009 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
How about these cables?
They look pretty neat, I hate drilling holes in my house. But I’m out of date on specs, for all I know they could be kaka. Flatwire.
Formerly dpseadvr.
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