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OTFPOTD 2/23/09 - I Forgot My Pants edition

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I got my new bike yesterday.  I haven't ridden in a couple weeks, so I fell out of the routine of packing up the next work day's clothes/lunch/workout gear the night before.  I woke up this morning, threw everything I needed into my pack, and went on my way, giddy from new-bikecitement.

I roll up to my office, park/lock my bike, and go in to change.  As I'm getting changed, I realize that I brought everything - shirt, belt, socks, workout stuff - EVERYTHING BUT PANTS. FECK.

So here I sit, at my desk, wearing my riding gear.  Fortunately, half my office is out sick today and I have no meetings, so I can hibernate.  Which is good.

What's the most embarrassing thing that you've forgotten when going to work or school?  How'd you deal with it?

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I'm just glad it's not summer

or I’d have to sit here wearing shorts.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now you tell me. I sure wish I had some riding gear.

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I feel like I should be in a 1980s video

because the riding gear I wore today was my waterproof/windproof tights. So yes, I’m running around my office in tights. Fortunately I always wear shorts over them.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What are you doing for lunch, Paris?

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I saw the title of this post I thought it was yours for sure.

I was going to call BS on the “forgot” part.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ha!

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I thought this exact thing

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 2:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not as much as you might think

I look like a bike messenger who is being punished for something.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I showed up to a UW-UCLA basketball game without tickets.

I showed up to a gig without any spare strings and guess what I did two songs into the set?

I showed up to a soccer game without cleats.

I showed up to a networking/marketing meeting with no business cards.

The more I think about this the more I realize I am an idiot.

by Sec 108 on Feb 23, 2009 10:22 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I showed up at a soccer game without cleats once

I tried to play anyway. I lasted about 38 seconds.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I went to a softball game after work

and forgot athletic shoes of any kind.
It was a well-attended game, and I got a lot of attention as the shortstop in dress shoes and athletic socks. It was a damn good look.

I made it through the game, but the dress shoes were toast.

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How were your feet?

I tried to play basketball in Chuck Taylors once and my feet got tore up something fierce.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There were unhappy. Decidedly unhappy.

Basketball is clearly rougher on the feet, and my feet have fared worse after 20-30 minutes of hoops than 1.5 hours of softball.

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I flew out of LAX in October to go a Bat Mitzvah in Portland.

Brought my carry on with normal clothing, left my hanging bag containing my suit, shirts, and ties at home. I realized this as I parked at LAX knowing full well I couldn’t do anything about it.

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Your phone seems to go oft forgotten...

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, that's right!

In fact, I lost my phone on my birthday last week, and haven’t gotten it back yet. Someone found it, but I have yet to get it back.

by royalcurve on Feb 23, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Happy belated!

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Seconded!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So, in my recent TV watching, I've caught two separate, hilariously obscure pop-culture references.

First season of 30 Rock: Liz Lemon falls down in her apartment, and for a brief second, cries like the Grape Lady.

First season of Lost: During Charlie’s second flashback (where you see him take a job as a copier salesman), somebody mentions ‘working for a paper company in Slough.’

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 10:28 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I haven't actually seen "Chuck"

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you should check it out

it’s a fun show.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It certainly beats most of the dreck on TV these days.

Can anyone bear to watch the stuff CBS puts out?

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 10:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I got tired of HIMYM in a hurry.

I find the characters to be way to shallow and predictable.

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But isn’t that true of almost all sitcoms people?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I think the writing on HIMYM is miles above any other sitcom

Most sitcoms are lazily written and go for easy gags, but HIMYM has a level of complexity that you don’t often see in a sitcom.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How is Jason Segel in it?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome, as you would expect

He doesn’t play the luckless doofus like he does in the movies – he’s still kind of a doofus, but he has a career and is married.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And he's awesome

Jason Segel hasn’t ever really dissapointed in any of his roles thus far, from Freaks and Geeks right up to now. He’s always the same character, and I for one enjoy the hell out of him.

Neil Patrick Harris, though, is definitely the clincher on HIMYM.

by cwel87 on Feb 23, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's weird, I never really cared for Jason Segel until I had seen Freaks and Geeks.

For some reason, that role made the rest of his roles click for me.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 11:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He was a riot in Undeclared as well.

Though he didn’t get as much screen time.

by Teej on Feb 23, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He was the best part of that show.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Chuck, Psych, Monk, Life, HIMYM, Scrubs, Boston Legal (before cancellation), House, SVU

And I have hopes for Dollhouse. Joss Wheldon is a take-it-to-the-bank kind of innovative mind. I didn’t particularly enjoy Buffy that much, but it was original. And Firefly/Serenity were just amazing.

Just gotta know where to look is all. And CBS definitely isn’t the channel to look at.

by cwel87 on Feb 23, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dollhouse, after a rough pilot episode, started showing some promise in the second episode.

I’m still skeptical that it’ll stick on FOX, but I think if it does it could go some amazing places.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have no interest in Psych, Life, Monk to some extent, HIMYM, SVU, or Scrubs.

Scrubs was terrific through 4 seasons, then ran out of ways to run their shtick, like Family Guy.

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Scrubs has come back with a vengeance in Season 8

I will totally agree though, Scrubs was much better before everyone started watching it. Tells you how follow-the-masses this society is today; they put out what was more or less a pile of crap for two years, and everyone watched it because it was the cool thing to do.

by cwel87 on Feb 23, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So my group did our ticket draft for the upcoming season on Saturday.

Now I am fully jonesing for some baseball. What event for you all makes the season feel close and makes you yearn for some games?

by Sec 108 on Feb 23, 2009 10:31 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

The Padre/Mariner charity game

did you happen to get tickets for the weekend of April 16? I’m going to at least two of those games.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I got 4 tickets to April 15th already.

I am excited for the season to start.

by Fin on Feb 23, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I will be there.

as it gets closer I’ll be in touch.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Right on!

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's cool.

Is it the full 81 games?

by Fin on Feb 23, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We have four seats of all 81 games that we split between four people.

We do a draft every year in blocks so we do not each get one seat to every game. Some games I have all four, some I have two and some I just have one.

by Sec 108 on Feb 23, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nice.

I think I remember this happening in the movie Fever Pitch.

by Fin on Feb 23, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've been buying baseball cards like crazy since 2009 Topps came out this month.

I think it’s a way to self-medicate until spring training games start.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also, I am dying

because I got hired at an airline back in August, and one of my first thoughts was “Now I’ll be able to fly down to spring training for free!” Except now my schedule is totally full and I won’t have the PTO available to do it this year.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My title is Reliability Analyst

a lot of regulatory paperwork, and support/analysis of our maintenance program.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We're all going down...

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Haha

if you’re worried about me, I don’t touch the planes.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

::Relief::

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They have sticks of gum like the old days!

Albeit HUGE sticks of gum. In an attempt to give Silas a crash course on how to be gentler with his toys, I’ve started him on card collecting. He already loves baseball, so I bought him a binder and some cards, and so far he’s taken great care of them.

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does he need any more?

I have some old ones if you are just stockpiling …

by msb on Feb 23, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The great part of it is he could care less who it is on the card right now.

Years from now he’s going to look at this “collection” and say, “fuck you, dad.”

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I might take you up on that.

Just the ones you don’t need, like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, etc.

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I was a kid

I showed up to a Pop Warner championship game without my helmet.

by MartinVanBuren on Feb 23, 2009 10:31 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

unless you're the punter or a similarly undersized kid

then it’s just terrifying.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 10:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I played football when I was younger

I was both the quarterback and punter…nobody else on the team could kick. And it was like that for most teams

by Fuzz on Feb 23, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know most people here are console gamers

but does anyone play Team Fortress 2? If so, any thought on the Scout updates?

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 10:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

It really is a lot of fun.

Lots of different styles of play for different types of gamer. Like healing? Be a medic. Sniping? Building things? Being stealthy? There’s a class for each type. It really rewards the teams that are balanced with differently skilled players.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I play on Xbox 360.

I’m not cool enough to be a PC gamer.

Except Civ II that is.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Next question...

Why hasn’t someone (Probably Microsoft) come up with a way to play Networked games between an XBox and a computer? Seeing as how the environment is recreated on each system using the information feed from the rest of the networks, why couldn’t you do that with both PC’s and Xboxes involved?

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There was a rumor that this was going to be possible on Left 4 Dead

but it never came to fruition I guess.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You could do it in Shadowrun, I believe.

More broadly, I think the idea is that mouse-and-keyboard folks would obliterate those of us playing on a controller.

by Teej on Feb 23, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I heard there was some PS3 FPS that allows PC vs. Console

and that the PC people totally murder the console players.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Halo 1 PC controls were pretty good

Halo 2 PC was one of the laziest ports ever. It was like moving in molasses and the resolutions/menus were all weird. A lot of them still had the “Hit X to continue” messages.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes but it wasn't that.

Like in the controls, “X” was bound to Enter, or something stupid like that.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Console players would get absolutely worked by mouse/keyboard people

console games really end up having no one be particularly good or bad – for example, I get 1.37 kills per death in CoD: WaW and my ratio is considered pretty amazing, whereas it would be really ho-hum on a PC in CS or something.

by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One of my best friends was 5.25:1 in CS

I was 3.3:1.

This was a very, very long time ago. My goodness, has time gone by.

by cwel87 on Feb 23, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My clan's req was a 4 or higher in general play to even try out.

We still got creamed by pro players that would put up upwards of a 10 K/D in out-of-clan play.

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

by Faux on Feb 23, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was talking about CAL play, actually

He actually frapsed a 103-0 run. It was a high-end piece of entertainment.

by cwel87 on Feb 23, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

KJR goes ST crazy.

today….

3-6 Gas with Washburn & Branyan and others.
7:30-10:00 Puckett and Nellie and guests. Sigh.

by msb on Feb 23, 2009 10:52 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

So, I was playing the "Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection" for Xbox 360 this weekend

and came across a game that I had not thought of in probably 15 years. Fatal Labyrinth. Does anybody else remember this simple, yet awesome RPG?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 11:31 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

My worst: Got to the airport for a trip to Vegas, and realized I forgot my ID at home.

Funniest work related: Jeanuts once wore a new shirt to work that still had a sticker on it that said “INSTANTLY SLIMS YOU”. I noticed the sticker on our lunch break after she had been to mulitple meetings.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 11:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Oh god that's horrible!

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The ID or the sticker?

Because I thought the sticker was funny as hell, but the forgotten ID not so much.

Note: Never take your ID out of your wallet the night before leaving for Vegas on a VERY early flight. Stupid bartender at the bowling alley just HAD to card me, didn’t she?

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Definitely the sticker.

I would have blown a gasket over the ID thing.

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just about crapped myself when I pulled out my wallet and my ID wasn't in there.

I had an old (expired) one with me, and they let me through security, but I was sure it would cause a huge issue once I got to Vegas (especially if I won anything). I was trying to figure out how to have a friend overnight my ID to me or something. But it turned out our flight was delayed and a friend was able to get it from my house and bring it to me.

As for the Jeanuts thing, needless to say she has me double check any new clothing before she wears it out of the house now.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You can still fly without an ID.

In fact, it might get you through security faster if there’s long lines. They’ll usually have you bypass the normal screening lines, though there will be more questioning.

Example

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't surprise me.

They looked at my old expired ID and the sheepish look on my face, then they rolled their eyes and let me through.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 12:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unless I'm flying to Belfast I think I'm safe.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I guess you haven't met him.

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I look like a drunk who bowls crappy,

there’s a difference.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How does one "look like they bowl crappy"?

Other than Stephen Hawking, of course.

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 12:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's the stumbling...

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is where I should post a picture of myself.

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did anyone who watched the Oscars last night see Danny Boyle's acceptance speech?

He definitely dropped a “Fuck me” in there. I’m thought there was supposed to be a little tape delay?

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 12:17 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Huh.

I think you’re right.

:52

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't want to go see King Khan at Sasquatch? Wanna see them in Seattle instead?

Too bad. But you can come to Portland and see them.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 1:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is acceptable.

In my ‘why aren’t KKatS playing in the NW outside of Sasquatch’ cri di coeur, I mentioned that I would be OK with them playing in PDX.
They heard my pleas, or rather they responded to the air-tight logic of my argument.

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Air-tight logic cannot be defeated.

If only that logic could have extended to playing a different Sasquatch date so the PDX show could be on a day that’s not a Monday. Ah well, sometimes one must suffer for one’s rock and roll.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Believe me, I know.

However, the Monday night show pretty much guarantees that I won’t make it, which is of course another form of suffering for one’s rock and roll.

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, if by some chance you can make it

we have a guest room if you need it.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm very tempted to have a chat with Washburn this year after reading this quote.
Washburn is aware there’s a segment of Mariners faithful less than enamored with him.

“Nobody ever says it to my face,” he said. “I think most of those people who do that … they hide behind their computer and write it online and do all that and nobody ever knows who’s saying it. Lots of people can do that.”

by Sec 108 on Feb 23, 2009 2:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

needs more hitler references

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by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know, right? Like anyone would actually be named Kermit.

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And I'm going to change my name here

going to go with chris_pee

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No poop jokes.

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

by Faux on Feb 23, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Been called that plenty

Which is total bullshit cuz I’m smooth as hell

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Your taunts mean nothing to me

Everybody knows you’re just a figment of my imagination anyway

by Kermit. on Feb 23, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think that people give ballplayers too much credit for "smarts",

when none is deserved. He’s paid to throw a ball (badly). He’s not paid to actually know how to work a computer, or go on these sites and figure out what they are saying about him. He’s probably not even seeing it firsthand.

You notice you never hear these quotes out of the new school of ballplayers like RRS and Schilling (as much as I hate that smug asshole), because they understand that those are real people out there. They are the same that come to the ballpark and cheer or boo, and that part of what makes them more popular is their outreach to the rest of us.

I know that I was never that big of a fan of RRS until he started blogging, and the fact that he is sharing in a way that speaks to fans like me and interacting is part of what makes him so likable.

Although he may have just sealed his own fate. I, along with many other people I’m sure, will now take time out of my game to go out to the bullpen and tell him he’s overpaid and among the worst pitchers on the team. In fact, I’d probably suggest that during the first LL night I go to that we go down and serenade him as a group.

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

by Faux on Feb 23, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

PS -

Sincerely,
Chris Davidson

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

by Faux on Feb 23, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It is a bit generic,

but it comes in handy when you want to be double-searched every time you get on a plane.

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

by Faux on Feb 23, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And it probably doesn't get mispronounced very often

which would be nice.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You have no idea how many people miss the second "d", both writing and spelling.

It’s not Davison (Davisson?), sorry.

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

by Faux on Feb 23, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I tried to warn my wife before taking my name

that she’d get really tired of spelling it for people, pronouncing it for people, and correcting people when they mangle it. She didn’t listen.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I thought it was "peedeebee"

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by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Depends on your accent

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by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Go away, Mencia.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2009 2:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Your words cut deep

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 2:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Watch it, man! You want Joe Rogan showing up here?

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

IF I DON'T SAY IT THEN WHO WILL!?

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by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Crass Davineax

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm thrilled this is being discussed

Saw Jarrod’s comment in the paper this morning, flipped out, then went to work and forgot about it.

I love the idea of heading down to the bullpen before the first LL night at Safeco. Screw you, Jarrod. You’re a bad pitcher and you sleep with underage girls. A year from now you will likely be one of the millions of Americans dealing with unemployment.

Sincerely,
Eric Behrens

by katal on Feb 23, 2009 5:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just found out that Leslie Miller now works for KABC 7 in LA.

Any LAers that deliver me evidence of her ears will be rewarded with 10 recs.

by acblue on Feb 23, 2009 2:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Skeletor sighting!

That woman frightens me.

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 2:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow!

Pretty cool

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 2:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is excellent, and will consume much of my free time

On this subject, what ever happened to the Cosmos viewing party?

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by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like what you did there.

Also acceptable: it fell through for billions and billions of reasons.

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I went to Barcelona and forgot to bring any sort of shorts.

Meaning that I had to scour the stores on the way to the beach to find a $10 swimsuit.Thank God I found one. I would’ve looked quite foolish on the beach in just jeans.

by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2009 3:11 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Does anybody have any luck with contesting speeding tickets?

I got nabbed for doing 61 in a 40 while trying to pass a gravel truck. As soon as I passed it I got in the right lane and lowered my speed (50) to the limit but the officer already was intent on getting me. He let me off with a 55 in a 40 but I still think that I have a valid case since in the past gravel truck have dinged the hell out of my car. Does anybody have any advice for my current situation?

by Robert on Feb 23, 2009 3:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I wish.

I’ve not had any luck with that, and I’ve had plenty of opportunities.

On the plus side, they’ll almost certainly cut the fine, but striking it entirely? Probably not.

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you've got the time contest it.

They’ll pretty much always reduce your ticket simply for showing up, as long as you weren’t doing anything really dumb.

by acblue on Feb 23, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Apparently they are changing their tune on this these days.

They now will make you pay the full fine but offer to drop it from your record if you have no moving violations over the next 6 months.

I do not know if this holds true everywhere, but I ran into this recently.

by Sec 108 on Feb 23, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've never seen this option, but I've heard about a lot.

That would certainly make me more likely to contest it….

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you don't tailgate the gravel truck (3 second rule) you don't get dinged

and you can’t exceed the speed limit to pass.

I would have done the same thing, but you’ve got no legal grounds to lose, but if you show up the cop may not be there and it might get dropped

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Cop doesn't have to show.

Not for a moving violation like this (in my experience…. I’d have a few less tickets if that was all that was required).

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

Interesting- that’s definitely required in most states

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, i'm sure that they have to show if you contest it

The fun ones are if they get you by plane and you contest it, the pilots never show up

by Fuzz on Feb 23, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not that I'm aware of

Other ways you can contest it too are the calibration records of the radar gun. If they haven’t been done regularly like they should be, the ticket is null and void

by Fuzz on Feb 23, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wish I'd contested my speeding ticket.

For going 24 miles an hour in a school zone.

by royalcurve on Feb 23, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Practically.

There was an unmarked cop car that was doing u turns in the same block, just pulling one person over after another for going about as fast as I was.

by royalcurve on Feb 23, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If I were a cop I would have been a hardass there

You don’t speed in school zones, and most juries would agree with that

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's hard to speed when I'm trying to run the little bastards down.

Little kids are shifty.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Feb 23, 2009 4:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a tightrope game really,

because you need more weight to effect proper carnage, but that toys with your handling, lowering your speed. I guess the Laws of Physics say just go for a Lotus Elise and gun it.

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 4:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This whole sick conversation reminds me...

Did anyone ever play Carmageddon? That game was awesome.

by abender20 on Feb 23, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude I loved that game

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by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2009 8:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

OK that's bullshit

If anything you should have been going 2 under, I know I would have been

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is one I actually did contest.

Judge overturned the ticket and wiped it off my record.

by BrianL on Feb 23, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I actually brought a bunch of pictures showing where I had slowed down to present to the judge

but as soon as the judge took a look at the ticket she overturned it without me having to say anything.

by BrianL on Feb 23, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No cop in their right mind gives a ticket for going UNDER the speed limit in a school zone

I hope he was disciplined severely for that

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

On the sidewalk?

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by kevin_ess on Feb 23, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't have to, but they get overtime for it

so they have no reason not to. This is why Trial by Written Declaration rocks my socks

by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In re-reading your original post

I don’t think “in the past gravel trucks have dinged the hell out of my car” is an acceptable legal defense – the law doesn’t care if your car is dinged by flying gravel or not. If you go contest it, I’d stay away from that line of reasoning and just emphasize the fact you were trying to pass.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah that's just going to get him in more trouble

I can almost guarantee that if you actually followed tailgating laws to the book (which I admit nobody does) you will not be dinged by a gravel truck at 40 MPH- you should be at least 50 feet back

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was taught a three-count spacing

between me and the car in front when going freeway speeds. The car in front passes a landmark, you should be able to count three in a normal cadence before you pass that same landmark. At slower speeds two is probably sufficient.

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

by pdb on Feb 23, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think 3 seconds is the standard now in ALL situations

replacing the 1 car length per 10 MPH

3 seconds at 40 MPH is a good enough distance that you’re not going to get knocked by a gravel truck

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Washington State actually has a FOUR second standard in place

After looking at the Driver manual

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A whole football field?

Ok, I think the last time I’ve had that amount of distance between myself and another is when I’m driving at 4am

by Fuzz on Feb 23, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Try keeping that up on the interstate too.

Its impossible because you would be constantly slowing down because other cars are getting in front of you.

by Kirkharbaugh on Feb 23, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nobody does

It’s usually impossible to actually maintain a 4 second distance (try it on I-5, it won’t work)

But in the eyes of the “I keep getting hit by a gravel truck” defense

The judge will say “You’re tailgating, stupid”

Regardless of whether he was tailgating or not

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WA placed dots in a few places on I-5 to give drivers an easy visual for following distance.

Instead, people kind of freaked out and they quickly painted over the dots.

They had some in the nisqually area; drove through it every day. People would jam on the brakes for some reason.

by marc w on Feb 23, 2009 4:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hahahaha

That’s a waste of money anyway. Urban Interstates are always going to be as crammed full of cars as possible- if you leave that big of a gap somebody is going to move into it within a short period of time regardless of what dots you paint on the roadway.

WSPs don’t give out tailgating tickets on the freeway except in extreme circumstances for this very reason

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was going to take some pictures of the dings that I have gotten

And have them in case the judge asks why I made it a such a case to pass the truck so quickly. Mainly I am hoping that I can convince him that me speeding was a case being too eager to pass the truck as opposed to reckless driving. I am generally really good with adults compared to most people my age so I hope that will help me out as well.

by Robert on Feb 23, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you complain about the dings,

they’ll just tell you to file a complaint with the trucking company, or say you should have called 911 about the “unsecured” load.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Feb 23, 2009 4:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've got to go with Corco

that’s one you just can’t win.

by BrianL on Feb 23, 2009 4:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've been fairly lucky with (non parking) tickets.

I got pulled over for doing 49 in a 35 when it was sort of snowing (it wasn’t sticking). The guy asked for my phone number and I guess let me off when he saw I gave him the right number.

I also didn’t get a ticket when I rear ended someone. Granted my Camry didn’t do much to his F-250 but still lucky. Thank God there are no cops ever on West Valley.

by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've been pulled over 3 times

Once was the first day I got my driver’s license, which was hilarious. I got a warning for “Running a Yield sign.” I’m guessing what happened was the local cop wasn’t sure why a 15 year old with out of county license plates (had just moved from Boise) wasn’t sure why I was driving around the school on a Wednesday afternoon.

The second time I was driving on the New York Thruway, was going 82 in the 65 near Albany while overtaking a semi truck and just got nailed by a cop as I came over a hill.

Then last August I was on my way from my house to work and was running late and was going 57 in the 35 and a county sheriff came over the hill the other direction. I apologized profusely and explained I was on my way to work and was really sorry and he let me go because I “seemed like a nice local kid” but he said “Please, never, ever do this again because if I see you speeding again I’m giving you a big ticket” and that was that

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've been pulled over plenty of times, but the scariest was when I got pulled over by an M.P. for going 25 in a school zone on Ft. Lewis.

I actually had no idea it was a school zone (it was at least a mile away from the school) and M.P.s do not exactly have a reputation for leniency, especially when you’re on base but aren’t actually military. It took him forever to get out of the car, I was convinced it was because he was assembling an M-16. I was shaking like a mofo by the time he got to the car because I didn’t even know what I’d done. He strolled up to the window and when I looked out I realized he couldn’t have been a day over 20 which is how old I was at the time. He said “So I know it doesn’t seem like it would be, but this is a school zone and technically you’re speeding. Now I honestly don’t give a shit, because they’re aren’t any kids around here right now. I’m just pulling you over because every other M.P. on post is a giant dick and they get off on sitting right where I was sitting and nailing people coming through here. You don’t look like military so they would not hesitate to write you the biggest ticket possible. Just so you know. Have a nice one.” And he turned around and went back to his car and drove off.

by acblue on Feb 23, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've only gotten a handful of tickets

My latest ticket. I went back home to North Eastern WA for Thanksgiving and I was driving back to the Spokane Airport. My rental car had Oregon plates and I had my shiny new California drives license. There was a skiff of snow. I got pulled over for going 63 in a 60. The WSP Officer told me that people from California should not be driving that fast in snow.

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Feb 23, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

People from California should not be driving that fast in snow

I would have given you 2 tickets if possible

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did you make that very clear to the cop?

Because most cops I know in Idaho are essentially told to give the biggest tickets to Californians to “get some of that California money in here”

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 5:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I did and he just laughed at me

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Feb 23, 2009 5:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In fairness I would have done the same thing

And that’s reason #568 I will never move to California: If driving through Idaho or Eastern Washington you’re almost guaranteed to get a ticket, and I’ll probably still need to drive through those places

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 23, 2009 5:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does Washington have Trial by Written Declaration?

My roommate is somewhat an expert on this, but it applies mostly to California speeding tickets. Drop me a line if you can do TbWD in WA too, I actually don’t know the answer.

by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

On Friday I ran a stop sign with a traffic cop not twenty-five feet away

Nothing happened. It’s hardly fair that I get away with that, while you get a ticket. Sorry.

by katal on Feb 23, 2009 5:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

watched*

What an unbelievable show. That and Arrested Development are the two best shows ever. Too bad normal people are stupid, and normal people don’t like shows that outsmart them.

And normal people make up around 85% of our current population.

by cwel87 on Feb 23, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is why I don't let him drive my car

I don’t know where he will go and IMO you should make him pay you for a tank of gas

Good news is that you got the car back in one piece

by Fuzz on Feb 23, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs