OT, Feb 22-- Whither the weather edition
by msb on Feb 22, 2011 11:54 AM PST
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So the February Snowpocalypse is upon us, and hence, what traditionally follows --- Danger Jim Foreman in a yellow parka and everyone checking the various news sites and weather forecasts.
Is there a particular place you go for what passes for accurate forecasting in this region known for screwing with meteorologists heads?
For me, the blog that Cliff Mass (UW professor, in the Atmospheric Sciences program) writes is a go-to spot, and Scott Sistek at KOMO (co-author of the entertaining book "Somewhere I Was Right: Why Northwest Weather is So Predictably Unpredictable") has both a blog and often writes up the regular KOMO weather forecast.
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Theres a theory that if you look up the Surrey BC forecast
Its more accurate for Bellingham then the actual Bellingham forecast.
Weather info
I check Cliff Mass’ blog but it’s more as an informational supplement since he generally posts about something that already happened.
I follow Scott Sistek on Twitter since he is always providing realtime updates of what’s going on, as well as providing links to the forecast maps he’s using.
I check Weather Underground for all of my weather needs otherwise. Plenty of ways to customize the radar and they are linked up with tons of personal weather stations (PWS), which makes it easy to get a real idea of what is going on in an area instead of the broad-brush forecast usually given out. Plus, the site was just redesigned and looks pretty sharp now, in addition to them trying out a new forecasting model that uses more of the PWS info to try and be more specific in forecasting the upcoming weather
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 12:12 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I see Cliff just put up his pre-event forecast
“So bottom line for snow. My prediction: South Seatttle—1-3 inches, North Seattle—2-5 inches, northern Snohomish (3-8 inches).”
That seems to be less than Sistek's latest update
He’s saying 4-6 inches through most of the lowlands.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Yeah, especially keeping in mind that the November snow was only about 4" everywhere
Granted, the ice-up that went along with it made things worse, but we’ll still ice fairly good by Thursday. Fun!
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yup, they're saying it'll ice up solid on Thursday/Friday, which will make for GREAT commuting!
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
On the flip side...
You could set up lawn chairs on your local hill and watch as people try to drive up/down the ice. Cheap entertainment
2 stop lights on the way up, even
It’s one thing to have a long, steep hill but for there to be 2 stoplights including one very awkwardly placed light is just nuts. I hate being the type to miss work because of the snow but this snow may force my hand, just like November’s did
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
I just got a new laptop from work
And own two Subaru Foresters. I’m ready.
by chrisisasavage on Feb 22, 2011 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
Drool!-Weather Underground is now my new favorite.
Love all the weather station info. at the bottom of the page.
It's really a great site
It’s not cluttered with shitty articles or anything like Weather channel and Accuweather are. It’s just weather info, very specific to where you are thanks to the weather stations. One of the PWS’ is less than a half mile from my place, so I can get incredibly accurate details for my area and it’s awesome
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
I use NOAA a lot.
But this is even better. We work outside and over a large area and weather can vary so much in a few miles from Spokane to the east side of Lake CDA. This is just awesome.
I haven't seen it since the redesign and I kinda like it
but it has a hilarious bug, at least for me. I have four favorite cities set up, and Portland designated as my home city. The temperature for all my favorite cities appears to be the same as the temp for Portland, which is especially hilarious as one of my favorite cities is Kona.
The cause of and solution to all of life's problems
by pdb on Feb 22, 2011 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I know this one :)
A fermented extract of Malt Barley (or other malted grains) that is flavored with hops.
by chrisisasavage on Feb 22, 2011 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
I read that as "A fermented extract of Milton Bradley," and then tried to think for a second what that could be.
I came to the conclusion that it would both be disgusting and illegal, and left it at that.
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by thehemogoblin on Feb 23, 2011 2:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not true, someone will probably tell you to go pleasure yourself instead.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's actually been quite chilly the last couple days
by seattlebruin on Feb 22, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
My in-laws are down there visiting family and were excited to be getting away from the cold weather up here
They left on Saturday and it snowed overnight down where they are in Cali.
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
It's been cold at night in LA
which is like, 50? I dunno maybe high 40s.
Also there was that random rain last week. Then it was sunny the next day.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
That's how Thursday and Friday were here
rained pretty good both days, but only in the afternoon and it was clear and sunny, but chilly in the mornings both days.
For some reason we had a ridiculously hot fall and looks like a cold spring =(
by seattlebruin on Feb 22, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah I keep waking up a bit cold
and go to bed cold. And then its hot when I got outside for lunch (could also just be relative as the office I’m working in right now is chilly).
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It's been cold during the day, too
just brisk more than anything. Sun’s been out, just chilly
by seattlebruin on Feb 22, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
There've been a few warm days lately
but yeah I guess it has been mostly cold.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It's been really nice up here in the Bay though.
After a week of nonstop rain. Apparently Lake Tahoe now has like 8 feet of fresh snow.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Feb 22, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Tahoe is supposed to get another 2-4 feet in the next day or two.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Feb 22, 2011 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
Your weather complaint posts crack me up
I’m always trying to think of some witty and creative response but haven’t really come up with anything yet. Days like today when the temperature at work dropped 10 degrees in less than 3 minutes trust me, I’m thinking about you and your SD weather.
Because of the family tradition that began over the last 15 years or so, where we had to drive over the pass on winter holidays
my ‘First Snowflake Freak-Out" persona still tends to kick in at the notion of snow. I keep trying to remind myself I don’t have to look at the Pass Cams and worry about getting to my dad by car anymore.
All the trees are different and the guys are both wearing shirts in the close-up shots
Some video editor you are
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I know.
I was definitely expecting shirts off when I saw the title. Boy, was I sorely disappointed.
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 22, 2011 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
Nobody wants to see underage scruffy with his shirt off.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 22, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
I got a new job and my computer crapped out on me so I have been hopping on my brother's while he is at work.
I haven’t had a ton of time to be on here unfortunately, plus whenever I get on here all of the offtops are over 1000 comments usually and it takes forever to read through. Most of the thoughts have been expressed already, too, so I feel like I would be jumping in way late. I have been working earlier these past couple of weeks, so I was able to hop on again.
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 23, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
I very rarely look more than 24 hours ahead at weather, especially in the winter
It’s so volatile there’s really no point in trying to figure out today what is going to happen on Thursday.
I am going fishing on Saturday and the forecast is rain.
Any chance rain brings out more fish?
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 22, 2011 12:57 PM PST reply actions
According to conventional wisdom it does.
According to a big fishing uncle, supposedly rain knocks bugs out of the air, making fish that would normally be lower come up closer to the surface.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
But you'd think if it created the smorgasbord that he made it out to be, the fish would be full.
But as with all conventional wisdom, I’m sure there’s three scientific studies that conclude three opposing viewpoints on the issue.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
See, I'd always heard it the other way
Rain keeps the fish down because there are less bugs flying around. Plus, they can’t see up past the surface so they stay low to avoid aerial predators. But whatever, I was always more about the sitting around with friends/family when fishing than the actual fishing thing, and was always a fair-weather fisherman in my younger days, when we went as often as possible
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Time for the single most boring Mythbusters episode ever.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 22, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Until they blow up the fucking lake to get all the fish
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, this myth is obviously busted, but we did wonder how many pounds of C4 it would take to get the fish to come up off the lake floor.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 22, 2011 1:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Fuck yeah
That’s why Mythbusters is good stuff, because even the shitty episodes end up with a goddamned huge, unnecessary explosion
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
I was so sad they didn't blow up a crocodile when they spent half an episode running zig zags like morons.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not the PNW
But it snowed about five to eight inches last night and the city shut the fuck down. Which is absurd because the city is located in a snow belt but apparently no one knows how to respond to it here or drive in it.
The most absurd thing is not but four days ago I was in shorts and a t shirt throwing a baseball around with my pals.
It's really more of a den of as opposed to a series
The profile is correct, it’s Pittsburgh and they drive worse in the snow here than they do in Seattle.
by ungoreatstefan on Feb 22, 2011 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
WeatherLunch!
As I mentioned in the last offtop, the weather in the south end was absolutely glorious this morning. Very clear skies, great visibility, fairly warm. I went out for lunch and settled in to a restaurant under calm blue skies. Sometime after ordering, I noticed that it was snowing rather heavily.
By the time I was done with lunch, it was again clear and blue, with no hint (save for some water on the ground) that I hadn’t imagined the snowfall. I got back to work in time to get snowed on again, but looking out my window now, it’s mostly clear and blue. This is basically awesome, where every once in a while I get to look out on a snowglobe scene, but nothing sticks and it’s mixed with clear skies. Beautiful winter scenery, hold the nightmarish 3-hour commute? Perfect.
And in Poulsbo
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Feb 22, 2011 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
There was wet heavy snow here in Belltown
But it just stopped and there’s now some blue sky.
snow!!
in Noth Seattle its snowing pretty hard but not sticking.
Sistek just tweeted that we've gone from storm watch to storm warning throughout all of Western Washington.
Snowpocalypse!
fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck
I’m supposed to work a closing shift the next two days, so either I won’t be making any money or I’ll be making a small amount of money and perpetually at hazard from everyone else’s dumb driving and all the hills.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Feb 22, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
More details coming soon--but potentially 2 - 8 inches throughout Western WA
There is a gargantuan difference between 2 inches and 8 inches.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
All depends on where you live, I guess.
I am assuming that in the tropic-zone where I live, 2 inches.
4 am Wednesday - 10 am Thursday
Pretty long by WA standards.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I'M SEEING FLAKES, BUMP UP THE ALERT LEVEL
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by JY on Feb 22, 2011 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Alert the dandruff police!
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Feb 22, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone here have an ancestor with a funny name?
A cousin of mine is really into geneology. She sent me a copy of the family tree going back to about the mid 15th century. Glancing across the names I came across one Sir William Waldrop Wardrip. I kind of want to change my name. Immediately.
I thought my ancestors had some amusing names but none of them are in the same league as Sir William Waldrop Wardrip
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Make sure you hypenate it.
Closest I get is Zipporah.
Except for the Norwegians on one side, we tended to very boring Anglo-names, with a lot of repeats.
Was I the only one that got this or just the only one that thought it was really funny?
Probably the latter…
You! Cake or death?
Weird, me too now.
It was a tiny picture so I can’t think they hid it. But I’ve noticed sometimes .gifs won’t show up for me either. Anyhoo, it’s there in spirit.
Is anyone else running the risk of getting stuck at work tonight?
I go until 9 and I’m worried about how big of a bitch the bus will be, if my routes will even be running at all.
I don't think it's supposed to start really snowing until early Wednesday AM.
by Eyebrows on Feb 22, 2011 5:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oops
-is mostly clear out right now. I have a test tomorrow that hinges on whether the snowpocalypse happens in Bellingham so they better be right.
The radar loop is showing more and more precipitation on it
But it’s really hit and miss. Darrington has like 16 inches of snow. Oak Harbor, Olympia, different places have like 4 or 5 inches. But downtown? Nothing yet. Auburn? Nothing yet. We’ll see. This is a really weird snow event.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
We're caught in a snow shadow right now.
Sistek keeps reiterating that we’re due to get slammed during or shortly after the evening commute.
I don't mind when the weather people are wrong because it's a tricky science
I just wish they wouldn’t practically guarantee a blizzard when obviously a blizzard was nowhere in the realm of possibility.
Damn the weather has been all over the place today.
I drove into Seattle from North Bend and I saw a mix of everything.
It’s snowing and sticking right now in North Bend.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Just after noon the temp dropped from 48 to 38 degrees F at UW in less than 3 minutes
At 1 o’clock it looked as grim as any verge of a snow apocalypse I’ve ever seen, 10 minutes later it was sunny with blue skies. Half an hour later back to lowering skies. This is pretty unusual and kind of impressive.
On a scale of 1-10 how much of an apocalypse is this NW Storm compared to
The storm that shut the city the fuck down in 2008?
I'm guessing it will be in the 3-4 range.
It doesn’t seem like the snow will stick around for too long once it’s here.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Feb 22, 2011 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
Hardly going to go above freezing until the weekend
I’d say it will hang around for a fair amount of time, although not the 2-3 weeks that we saw back in ’08
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
They're saying it will be the "worse since the 2008 storm" for whatever that's worth.
So worse than November’s storm, at least.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
It hasn't been that bad from what I could tell
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Feb 23, 2011 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Hit and miss, apparently. If I was in Darrington and getting 15 inches, I'd probably think it was bad.
Here in downtown Seattle where I haven’t seen a flake, I’m not particularly impressed.
Here’s hoping my drive home goes ok…
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
So the NAWAS alert system we have at the casino says 2-6 inches of snow together with possible 60 MPH winds.
I’m perfectly fine with driving on the 2-6 inches of snow, but having it blowing at me at 60 MPH? Fuck that. I’m not doing a 45 minute commute in that kinda shit.
RIP Dave Neihaus.
I think the worst of the wind will come through the straits and upper puget sound.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Feb 22, 2011 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
It's quite obvious
that we’ve entered the next ice age. Next week it’ll be glacial maximum and Seattle will be under a mile of ice. Try getting home in that!
Even though I was up in Washington recently and saw snow
the idea of snow still feels strange and foreign to me right now.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I actually read somewhere that we were actually in the middle(?) of an ice age.
Any science folk care to correct me on this one?
Sure.
We’re not in the middle of an ice age.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Feb 23, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You really should have included some kind of a graph so that your science credentials would not be called into question
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
That looks an awful lot like ice.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 10 recs
It looks even more like a urinal cake
OH MY GOD IT’S A URINAL CAKE AGE!!!!!
by pdb on Feb 23, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Man, I wish.
I’m tired of the world smelling like acid and cheerios.
...and now I'm here
Yep
Poor choice of color for this graph. Clearly his science is not enough scienced
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes we are
We’re in an interglacial period of an ice age
by Graham MacAree on Feb 23, 2011 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Well if you want to be all correct about it, maybe.
But I prefer the pie chart route, as evidenced by the pie chart above.
...and now I'm here
I believe the guy with the pie chart.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't know interglacial relationships were permitted here, regardless of age.
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by thehemogoblin on Feb 23, 2011 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
No climatology!
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Meteorologists Unite!
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
Not wanting to go all off topic in the new Community Feedback on Our Rules and Policies thread
I would like to thank LL for having a minimum grammar requirement policy. Years of instant messaging and IRC had left me with the grammar skills of a retarded blind chimp on drugs. Not wanting to come off like a complete moron here has made me actively try to improve my grammar. I only wish more websites did this type of favor to the world.
One of my most used resources for when to use the dreaded there, their, they’re and its, it’s is a wonderful post at theoatmeal.com. I use this page several times a day just to double check I’m using words the proper way.
10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling – The Oatmeal
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
That's Grammar Nazi 101. Wait until you get into the more specialized courses.
There’s an entire class dedicated to using the phrase “begging the question” correctly in a sentence.
For all intensive purposes
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
by bluemax on Feb 23, 2011 9:20 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Even worse is
All the sudden
That one drives me super-crazy
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
That class is only open to people in tents and porpoises.
by ThomasG on Feb 23, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Irregardless of their age group.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
I used it as a joke on a birthday card once and was told I mis-spelled it.
I almost cried.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
Irregardless seems to be more common in conversation than in writing.
Probably because it’s easy to say, much like “fustrated” is easier than “frustrated”.
This thread is addicting.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
"could care less" and "addicting" are the only ones that are fingernails-on-chalkboard annoying for me
I can generally let the other ones slide, but those two just set me off.
Man.. what is wrong with addicting?
Honestly, I don’t understand what’s wrong with this one
Much like nauseous and nauseated.
Which is a grammar fail that amuses me
You are most definitely nauseous.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Nauseous is an adjective, nauseate a verb
While they can be interchangeably used somewhat, the following is grammatically ambiguous:
“Do you/I feel nauseous?” Use “Do you/I feel nausea?”
Nauseous means both to feel nausea and to cause it so saying “I am nauseous” is ambiguous and can (correctly) be interpreted to mean that you yourself are causing nausea in others. “I am nauseated” has only one correct interpretation.
Speaking of which
@LarryLaRue #Mariners OF Franklin Gutierrez sent back to Seattle for medical exam on his stomach, which kept him out of games last September.
If I had to make a top five list of annoyingly incorrect words/phrases, it would look like this:
1. Fustrated
2. Could care less
3. Literally
4. Affect/effect
5(a). Alright
5(b). Irregardless
That I have a top five list probably says more about me than people that use incorrect grammar.
I've also heard "flustrated".
Flustered + frustrated
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
For whatever reason alright doesn't bother me in the least.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Yup. Alright is not a word. All right is correct.
However, alright is gaining traction as a real word… someday it might be accepted as correct.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Same thing with alot
I made this mistake for years until some nice girl corrected me
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Alot, until that girl got ahold of him.
After that, he was alright.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I do tend to overexaggerate.
Irregardless, I could care less.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
And all the sudden Eyebrows is pissed off
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Is he more pissed then Eyeball Kid was at "I could care less"?
Because if he is than we have a problem.
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
That is one I am always correcting myself on.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
I feel the same as you, which is odd because I'm a Writing major and a tutor
I know it’s grammatically incorrect, but I guess it’s become so prevalent I don’t mind it anymore.
But other incorrect words/phrases are just as prevalent and still bug the crap out of me.
I am having trouble reconciling this in my brain. Now I need a drink.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I type alright a lot whereas I never use alot and see alot as not acceptable.
I think the different is that if alot was one word then it would be pronounced a lot differently.
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
I have honestly never heard "fustrated"
but if I were to throw together a list, it would look like this:
1. Could care less
2. Addicting
3. Noock-yu-lur
4. Literally
5. like (as a filler for a pause in a sentence)
Basically, that is like
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
You have to throw "jew-ler-ry" and "real-i-tor" in there as well.
It’s “jewel-ry” and “real-tor”, bitches.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Also, there is no such thing as the word "nup-tyoo-al"
It’s “nup-shul”. Just look at how it’s spelled: nuptial. There is no “u” after the “t”.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
In class once, a freshman started talking and I counted twenty-five likes in a single sentence.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
In this sentence, you should have written 25 (at least if you're using AP, which is my writing bible)
Also, if you want to be constructive, tell people saying “like” or “um” that they should talk slower.
I think CMS would have me use 25 too, but I'm not much of a grammar Nazi.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Hey, I love lists!
Can you make a whole nother one for me?
by .Taylor on Feb 24, 2011 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
What is wrong with literally?
This thread has me so confused now. I think it might be time to take an english course or something
People using it when they mean figuratively.
Which is annoying when there is actual confusion but I enjoy it as hyperbole.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
People misuse "literally" as a substitute for emphasis.
Such as: “I literally ate like twenty pounds of carne asada last night. I was starving.”
No, you did not literally eat twenty pounds of food.
Literally is almost never used correctly
the word “literally” means “exactly as expressed” and that is almost never the way it is used. People have started using it as an emphasis word – “I have literally had 1,000 emails this morning” when you had 20, in an attempt to express that 20 is more than you would normally get and you’re feeling stressed.
I think language subthreads are my favorite non-Mariner/Beer/Music threads on LL.
I like to think of myself as somewhat of an armchair pedant but I always learn a thing or two from them. (Nuptial being today’s lesson.)
"Definitely" I always spell "Defiantly"
Makes for odd comments
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 23, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I just thought you were always defiant about things.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Side question: I just recently was discussing this with someone
When you pronounce the word tree, does it sound more like “trrreee” or “chree”? They both sound very similar when I try to say it one way or another, but I think I tend to say the latter. I guess the difference has never jumped out at me and I’ve just never noticed it.
Definitely the second.
There’s a “ch” sound in there for sure.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Follow-up question:
Is that the default pronunciation for “tr”? Does it sound the same for trial, triage, trip, etc….?
I actually thought about doing that, but didn't want to pile on.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Lost recs cannot be recovered.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
I have noticed that people who talk fast tend to sound like they're saying the latter.
People who have a slower pace to their speech tend to enunciate it more precisely.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
Mmm...pistol whip...
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
The 'H' sound after a W is technically supposd to be pronounced.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
One thing that has only recently started to grind my gears
Ahold, as in “grab ahold of something”. It’s not a word.
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
I read this as "Ahnold" at first and the whole sentence was recited by him in my mind.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
I screw this up all the time.
Then I look at it three times both ways and it still looks wrong no matter what I do.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
OH GOD HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS ONE
this is in my HOF as far as linguistic annoyances. Unique never needs a modifier. Ever.
Literally.
Well, unique can have a modifier
Almost unique, for example. But it never should have a redundant modifier like very.
NO NO NO NO NO
Unique is binary. Something is either unique or it is not. Not “almost”, not “completely”, not nothin’.
What is wrong with "nearly unique?"
to me it means an item that is not one-of-a-kind, but is extremely rare.
I think that the issue is whether you look at unique as having a modifier, or look at “nearly unique” to be a distinct phrase with a separate but similar meaning
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
I would always go with 'extremely rare' instead of 'nearly unique'
Only because “unique” is such a strong word.
I disagree, pretty much for the reason sb stated below.
Unique, like perfect, is an absolute adjective but can percentaged, for lack of a better term. You can’t be more than perfect but you can certainly be x% of perfect.
Things like that I just view as part of the younger American-English vernacular
they’re things I grew up saying, and even though not technically correct, convey a well-understood meaning
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Partially is a completely different modifier. It acts more as a contradiction in that case.
You could, logically, say that you are almost pregnant (i.e. the sperm is about to do its thing with the egg) and have it be understood. You really can’t say “partially pregnant” or “partially unique” because you’re now opening a paradox of saying you’re there but not quite.
You’re pefect, you’re not, or you’re almost; you can’t be both perfect and imperfect at the same time which is what partially implies.
Don’t know if that makes much sense
Doesn't 'almost perfect' connote being both perfect and imperfect
at the same time? All we’re talking about is the relative weight of each…
I look at it the same way as "nearly unique"
in that it’s a completely separate phrase with a different meaning
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I understand and probably do that myself.
It’s not a phrase I abhor or anything.. just one of those things where trying to demonstrate how different it is from saying ‘almost pregnant’ gets tricky.
When the sperm is moving towards the egg, you are almost pregnant.
BAM!
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I need to learn to not skim. =/
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
If you get 99 questions out of 100 correct, you were almost perfect.
But, because you missed one, you were not.
And also the recent, annoying use of the word "fail" as a noun
“Full of fail” and “epic fail” make me want to burn down buildings.
It's a cultral thing
if you like LOLcats, you probably use “fail” as a noun – if not, it probably drives you insane
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
"Epic" is the one that gets on my nerves
but it became a widespread thing around the time I was taking a class that read a lot of epics.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Feb 23, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Epic has completely lost its strength as a word
Because even mundane events are now frequently described as epic.
I will also agree with the mass hatred for FAIL and WIN.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Actually, in general I hate the growing use of verbs as nouns
I still become violent when I see the Droid billboards that proudly proclaim the phone is “A bare-knuckled bucket of does.”
DOES, WIN, AND FAIL ARE VERBS AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE VERBS YOU FUCKWADS!!!
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Win can be a completely valid noun:
So can fail, dating back to the 13th century.
Does, however, is a conjugated form of “do”, and is indeed not a noun.
My pedagogy extends to people who are trying to be pedantic but are in fact misinformed.
This is true, I was a tad zealous.
Win and fail can indeed be nouns.
However, the current usage of them as abstract ideas, used without preceding articles or pluralization, makes me violent.
“A win” is fine. “Wins” are fine. “Win” as an abstract idea that something can be full of… that’s another matter.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I need badly dental work done.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
One more:
I hate how football commentators call an end-around a reverse. IT’S NOT A REVERSE!
I fucking hate you Mariners
This, along with calling every direct-snap/option offensive formation "Wildcat", are my two biggest sports pet peeves.
For chrissakes your job, in part, is to know and properly use the correct technical terms. It would be like calling tech support and having the person refer to the monitor as a television.
TMQ ruined this one for me as well
it drives me absolute bonkers now.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
How is "irregardless" easier to say than "regardless"?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Probably the "ir" part being easier to begin in an exhale after a pause than the hard "r" sound.
I’m no linguinitician but irregardless seems to flow easier during normal conversation.
That word always trips me up.
Both spellings look weird wierd odd to me.
Old old mnemonic:
“I before e except after c”, right?
Well, weird is spelled in a weird way.
There's this hilarious section during the Penny Arcade Show 4th panel segment where they are talking about teaching their kids English and how it is the worst fucking bullshit because the language makes no sense
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Don't get me fucking started on that
I’ve got a 7-year-old and it is goddamned impossible to explain the rules of the language. I’m pretty convinced that it’s all based on having somebody else tell you how something should be spelled/pronounced and then remembering the phrase “because that’s just how it is” for the remainder of your life
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
I do it because I took German and now my brian makes me spell things like germans would pronounce it.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I will not be shackled to this farcical wretch of a language!
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Aaron's reaction to Felix' extension comment suddenly crosses my mind
Before following that link
This combined with the finding of Scruffy's remake of the volleyball scene from Top Gun makes me want the Mariners to do the same.
You got slurved!
It is 40 degrees and partly cloudy here in Puyallup.
WHERE’S MY GODDAMN SNOPOCALYPSE! I WANT SOME GODDAMN THUNDERSNOW!
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Hello.
Hoping this is the right place for this question.
A couple of friends and I are heading down to spring training in a couple of weeks. Having never been there, I’m wondering if the workouts are open to fans. We have tickets to games, but I would like to be able to watch some practice and hopefully get a couple of autographs.
I don't know the Mariners policies...
but when I was still an Angels fan (gasp!) I had the pleasure of walking around the back fields at Tempe Diablo for an hour or two before a scheduled game and was able to watch the coaches working with players, including Scioscia running catching drills.
That is an excellent question and this is the right place
Practice is indeed open to the public, and you don’t need a ticket – you just show up at the complex. Most days, workouts start at 9 AM (although it might be 8, I’m not 100% sure). The M’s side of the Peoria Sports Complex has eight different fields (The Padres also have eight fields on the other side), and the big boys work out on Field 1 (right behind the stadium, more or less). Pitchers throw in the pitching area, which is just to the rear of Field 1. Fields 2-8 are reserved for AAA and lesser players, and all of them are connected by a central walkway that makes it really easy to get around and see all kinds of stuff.
The earlier you get there, the more stuff you’ll see – it’s all free, easily accessible, and kinda fun. I’m not much of an autograph guy so I can’t really say with any authority, but I know a lot of the “lesser lights” walk between fields 2-8 to get to where they’re going and are usually really happy to sign for little kids and families and stuff. I’m not sure how this applies to the 40-man that works out on Field 1, though.
But yeah, show up at 8AM or so and you’ll get a whole day of workouts, drills, and a game at night. It’s an awesome way to spend a day.
by pdb on Feb 22, 2011 8:50 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Just be aware that autographs get harder to get, the closer the team comes to opening day.
As the ST games start, things start to get more business-like and there isn’t so much player interaction. I know a lot of folks hang out by the parking lot entrance before and after and sometimes get guys to stop at the gate…
Me, I mostly just stood around and took pictures all morning :)
You know the best thing about being a Mariners fan right now?
Not having to endure the “who will be the Opening Day starter” debate that is already raging on other teams’ blogs.
It’s Felix, bitches.
Remember when Erik Bedard kept saying that he's the number two guy behind Felix?
And we started Bedard as our opening day starter any way?
You got slurved!
Fucking 2008
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 22, 2011 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
You know, I wonder what his reaction was to that
“Erik, you’ve got opening day this year.”
“Oh god dammit”
by tootthekazoo on Feb 22, 2011 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yes but Erik Bedard is awesome and legitimately could have been the #1 guy for just about any team in baseball
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
THREE ACES!
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
I have a theory about Robert's missing words.
Every now and then, you will be talking to someone online and they will excited use too many letters in a word or use the word more than necessary. When Robert omits a word or a letter he is simply making up for the use of superfluous words and letters.
Already did it
6085 Kalanianaole Hwy Honolulu, Hawaii
by Robert on Feb 22, 2011 11:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
well this is ironic
you will be talking to someone online and they will excited use too many letters
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
I need bits of Ichiro goodness.
My sister lives in the Twin Cities and said she could like Tsuyoshi Nishioka if he’s anything like Ichiro. This has forced me to flame her with links about how awesome Ichiro! is. I’ve already done the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fid%2F2171520%2F&h=eb5a1" target="new">Slate article on Cleveland, the laser beam, his spring training outfit, him <a href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.q13fox.com%2Fvideobeta%2F03f5b9b9-cbd4-4fb6-9d74-5ff6fdcd8ca8%2FNews%2FWATCH-VIDEO-Fan-Goes-Crazy-Over-Ichiro&h=eb5a1" target="new">touching that girl’s leg, and the beer commercials. What else am I missing? I’d like to keep this up for a week, if at all possible.
Here you go:
Slate Article
Touching the girl’s leg
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Feb 23, 2011 5:41 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I was more just fixing the ones that people might want to click on.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
"What did the scissors say to paper?"
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 23, 2011 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
That would make for an awesome version of Jeopardy
The entire board is filled with bad joke punchlines and you have to provide the joke as your answer, in the form of a question
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
They have a category called
Stupid Answers that’s pretty great.
Example: It was the top-selling fiction book of 1986
What is “It”?
Didn't take it that way.
No worries bud.
In the future, I would go to the site itself and copy from the address bar before posting links to SBN. It has enough trouble not catching links as it is without adding a facebook wrapper to it. That and the Preview button is almost a must for link/picture posting with how SBN tends to mangle text.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Vegas
I’m off to Vegas in June for a stag doo [Bachelor party?]. Now I’m not big into gambling so I was hoping to do some other stuff when I was in the area. We’re already planning a chopper tour of the Canyon, however obviously I want to incorporate some baseball as well.
By chance, the Rainiers are playing the 51’ers in a four game series at the same time I am there! However, I’d like to take in some other baseball culture if possible whilst I am there. Now I know Vegas isn’t really a baseball stronghold, however do you guys recommend anything baseball related in Vegas itself that might be worth popping along to?
Also, just any other recommendations in general for shit to do when I’m there. The bulk of my friends are obsessed with casinos so I’ll have plenty of spare time to entertain myself when I am there.
Oh one last thing, how likely is it that I’ll be able to catch a Mariners game in a bar when I am in Vegas? Are FSN games available out of the PNW?
If you're going to LV in June, make sure that the game you go to is after the sun goes down.
Most are scheduled as such, but skip that 12 oclock game unless you like getting way too much sun.
As you can see, there is very little shade in Cashman Field:
As for bars that show Mariner’s games, most of the sports bars in the casinos have enough TVs that you can get them to change one to a Mariner’s game, especially if you’re talking Monday and Tuesday, as the games will be at 4PM. Otherwise, the larger casino’s sports books usually will put it on a smaller screen as long as their schedule isn’t packed, even more likely if you place a bet on it.
As for general entertainment, I’ll let people that like LV talk on that. I get stuck there for work for a three week+ stretch every year (and I don’t drink or gamble or anything) so I do things that nobody else does, like walk around the back of the casinos until I get kicked out.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Thankfully the games are all 19:10 start times, I don't think my fair skin could handle more than five minutes in LV sunlight.
Looks like a nice little stadium though, it’ll be my first ever Minor League experience. Hopefully Ackley is still around at that point.
LV doesn’t appeal to me at all to be honest, but I figure if I go with low expectations, I cannot be anything other than pleasantly surprised if things aren’t as tacky as I expect!
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
Embrace the tackiness.
It’s the only way you won’t be miserable.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 9:02 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty much this
the entire point of LV is that you are on a completely different planet than the real world
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
It's not a bad stadium but it's also not particularly close to anything
especially if you’re staying on the Strip. Which brings up a point. Getting around Vegas is a pain – you have no idea how huge and sprawly it is until you get there. The casinos are HUGE and it can take 10-15 minutes to get from your room to the street depending on where your room is, and to get from casino to casino takes a deceptively long time.
There is a cheap bus you will see and hear about that runs up and down the Strip (and all the way to Downtown Vegas, the older, cheaper, more cheeseball, and in a lot of ways more awesome casino district) that will get you from casino to casino. Do not, under any circumstances, take this bus. What you gain in cheapness you lose in oh my god why does it take an hour to get a single mile up this road I want to kill everyone now.
I like the Deuce...
…as long as you don’t go during peak hours. It’s a great way to come back from Fremont at 3AM without spending 30$ on a cab.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
True, and the other thing to remember
is that in Vegas, “peak hours” are any hour between about 10AM and about 2AM.
I wouldn't go that far.
Busses and cab lines start clearing out after midnight, as people are done with their shows and start settling into their casinos and bars for the night. I’d say that peak times for taking buses and cabs (and traffic in general) is between 4PM and Midnight, with the mad rush between 6 and 10 in spurts.
When you get a little closer, let us know (or email me) with what property you’re staying at, and I’m sure we can crowdsource some advice (like don’t take the tunnel from the airport to the strip) that could save you some cash.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Here's a tip
when you’re at a strip bar and have had a few too many drinks, don’t randomly sign a credit card slip, no matter what is promised to happen after said slip is signed.
by pdb on Feb 23, 2011 9:22 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, a few people I work with have gotten burned on that one.
That and “don’t give your phone number to the bar whores” or “turn off room service and movie rentals before you call the escort services”.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And if, for some crazy reason, you do end up meeting/using an escort
make damn sure all your valuables are hidden in non-obvious places. At my bachelor party, one of the guys who came along ended up, shall we say, engaging the services of a lady. He brought said lady back to our shared room, which was annoying enough, but then after they were done she quietly started going through people’s backpacks to find stuff to take.
Fortunately, I was only half asleep (hard to sleep when that’s going on) and was able to, with another guy, stop her and throw her out but not before she got away with $400 of my friend’s cash.
I've been thinking about leaving my bank cards back in England!!
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Very, very smart
And also, set a gambling budget, and STICK TO IT. You won’t ever see that money again, so make sure it’s money you won’t miss, and try to avoid the “I can rally” mentality which is what built everything you will see around you in Las Vegas.
I like the per day method
$100 per day losses (insert # that works for you). So you don’t blow your wad on day one.
Good days pay for dinner and entertainment, bad days only cost me a hundred for a few drinks and 30 minutes of entertainment
by Craptastic-J on Feb 23, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I'm thinking about not even gambling at all.
I hardly ever gamble, but when I do I bet big, and because I suck that usually means I lose big. I’d rather sit in a bar and watch baseball all day than gamble to be honest, or maybe bet on the baseball [hopefully they do in-game betting in the States].
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
They do
gambling really is fun though. Not sure what kind of table games are typically spread in the UK, but part of the Vegas experience is getting hammered off free drinks while shooting craps, in my opinion
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly, that's a good strategy
If you don’t succeed at gambling, just sit in the sports book (that’s what they call the bookie) and drink.
Cheers
Will the sports books be inside the hotel? What are they like?
I’m genuinely excited at the prospect of sitting in a bar, watching baseball for nine hours and getting wrecked in the process.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Yep, the sports books are attached to the casinos.
There will be big signs pointing the way to them.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
The one at our hotel was fairly modest, just a wall of TVs and a bar.
At other hotels they were massive; the one at the Mirage was basically entirely composed of jumbotrons and had what seemed like twenty bars. There were multiple televisions showing cricket.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, they will be inside the casinos
every major casino has one, but a few are much, much nicer than others.
Specifically, the Wynn and the Venetian have the two nicest, and the Flamingo probably has the worst.
The Venetian one is probably my favorite, it’s somewhat secluded from the rest of the casino, so, you’re not overrun by people walking through your fun all the time. It also has the greatest number of TVs, I think except for the one at Caesar’s.
For a really awesome experience, I can’t recommend Lagasse’s Stadium at Palazzo strongly enough. It’s like an actual stadium experience with bleacher style seating and a large ring around the outside with tables and TV’s in every table. You can also reserve back rooms there, which are an awesome way to spend a day – we watched Game 3 of the World Series there last time I was in LV.
It’s also not too bad price-wise if you’re with enough people. The minimum for the bigger back rooms is like $500, but that’s counting food, drinks and gambling, so between 10 people that should not be even the least bit difficult.
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Another good point!
If you and your mates do end up at a gentlemen’s club at some point, get bottle service. On the face of it, it’s expensive (750ml bottles of spirits for ~$125), but split 10 ways it’s actually cheaper to do that than to buy drinks at $12 a pop, which is what mixed drinks will cost at a strip bar.
Plus if you get bottle service you get free mixers.
We've had this recommended to us already and we're going to go for it.
We wouldn’t usually do it over here, but we want to do this “big” so we’d rather pay more for a better experience.
Any particular cool bars/clubs you recommend?
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Spearmint Rhino comped us a limo home the night of my bachelor party so they're awesome
and Scores is pretty good too. When you arrive at the airport, get a cab to your hotel and tell the driver you’re in town for a bachelor party and wondering what the good strip clubs are.
Most cab drivers in the city have deals with the various strip clubs – the driver will often get you and your group in the door without paying the cover charge (usually $20 or so) and you’ll get a decent seat by one of the stages. he gets kickbacks from the club for doing this, so it’s not exactly a verboten thing, it’s pretty well known. If he does this, though, tip him well.
I don’t know if you’re all getting rooms, or if you’re getting one suite, but when you check in, slip the agent $20 with your ID and ask if you can get “upgraded”, and it’s pretty likely you’ll get a better room, with a view or with nicer amenities.
Great advice.
We’re getting five rooms between the ten of us. But I’ll try your idea with the upgrade, and the strip clubs…
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Don't be shy about asking for comps or offering tips
Everyone does it, so it’s not likely to catch anyone off guard.
I might even try that with the airline, the prospect of ten hours in coach class makes me very upset...
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
That will probably be a much tougher sell
Airlines are really stingy with upgrades and rarely do it for a non-regular customer without an extremely good reason.
The upgrade works nearly every time
and I’ve never seen them pocket the money and not do it – either they’ll quietly upgrade you or politely tell you that they don’t have any more upgraded rooms or something
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I'm guessing this is where I come in
I’m assuming you guys will mostly be on the strip, but there aren’t really any good bars in the traditional sense – more or less everyone is drinking everywhere, so your choices are casinos or clubs.
Clubs, the most popular are Tao at Venetian, XS at Wynn Encore and Pure at Caesar’s. I’d probably recommend XS, it’s the most fun experience if you don’t typically like the club atmosphere (has a huge pool in the middle, with a dance floor off to the side, really closer to a giant lounge than a real club), but it’s also the priciest.
Pure is probably the best combination of cheap and fun, and has a sweet rooftop deck.
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Cheers, I've heard good things about XS: it's one of the reasons I've been in the gym more often this past month in prep for the pool. ;)
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
I hope you don't actually end up in the pool...
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Next tip: Never go into a hot tub in LV. Never.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I wish I could remember the name of it,
but there was a really cool bar across from the Hard Rock. Like the White Elephant or something. We were waiting in line for dinner at the Hard Rock, and it was taking forever, so we asked the doorman “Where do you go for a burger?” and he pointed us across the street.
Good food, you can draw on the walls, and if you order beer they throw it to you from behind the bar in those plastic stadium bottles (hope you can catch).
BUT, that place might not even be there anymore, it was about two trips back when I tried it.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
The in-MGM Studio54 wasn't bad from a lurker's standpoint. Tabu was a mess of sound and no place to dance/watch drunk people dance.
The club at NY NY across the street I am told was atrocious, but didn’t go myself.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I have spent several days in Vegas doing just that
It’s a lot of fun. And as bruin says, either follow the signs to the sports book or ask anybody in a uniform – they’ll be happy to show you.
A lot of the sports books I’ve been to are as Aaron describes – typically they’re a massive wall of TVs (at Caesars I think there are about 100) under which, running the length of the TV wall, there is a bar where you place bets. There will also be a drinks bar, usually behind or beside this one, but they’ll also come to you as you’re seated.
The seats are a combination of typical table seats and rows of classroom-like seats with a long table running in front of them. It’s pretty easy to find a comfy spot and much harder to focus on one game as there’s a bazillion going on at once. It’s fun.
If you at least pretend to gamble though then the drinks are free and bottomless
Sit at a blackjack table and play minimum bets the whole time. The drinks will keep flowing for as long as you can last at the table. Play your cards right and even if you lose at the table you’ll have more than made up for it in free drinks
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Cheers mate, I'm actually staying at the MGM. There are ten of us in total. Hope the hotel is nice as I am sure most will be living in the Casino.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
MGM is a bit far from the main action, but it is a nice enough hotel
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Get a monorail pass.
You can get up and down the strip for a fraction of the cost of a taxi, and much quicker than walking.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
Given that he will be with a group of gentlemen, I don't think he's going to need to be going up and down the Strip very much
and Wynn, Venetian, Caeser’s and Bellagio are all walkable from each other
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
But if he's staying at the MGM, it might still be worth it (just so he can get "home").
They were only like $12 for a four day pass last time I was there, so it made sense for me. Even if I only used it a couple times per day.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
7:00AM to 2:00AM.
Until 3:00am on weekends. Just looked it up, it’s $28.00 for a three-day pass. About the price of one cab ride.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
Thanks, sounds like a good deal then and probably easier than looking for several cabs when we all venture out together.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I thought it was great.
It can be a little bit of a walk to the stations (since they are in the back of the casinos), but it was well worth it to me.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
There are a number of better and worse minor league stadiums. Cashman is a very average place to see a minor league game, and that's not a bad thing.
It’ll allow you to see the game without being distracted, and that’s all you can really ask out of a stadium.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I bought a couple of cheap pairs of shorts from the employee store at Venetian with no ID, took in some employee dining, and walked around for two hours looking at their event facilities before someone asked me if I worked there.
As long as you look like you belong there, nobody will bug you about it. There are always so many third party contractors in there that not even security can keep track of them all.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not sure how I replied here...
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I can imagine that people such as yourself lurking around the back of casinos are what keep Goose employed.
I write for Stumptown Footy, SB Nation's Portland Timbers blog.
by thehemogoblin on Feb 23, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
See my reply above.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
A good majority of the people I see that just lurk around like that are generally tweakers that are cruising machines
looking for whatever Rocket rewards or money that people have left on machines after they’re done playing.
RIP Dave Neihaus.
LV has no baseball culture
Other than the 51’s, there’s really nothing about Las Vegas that is baseball related. Totally agree that you shouldn’t go to Cashman for a day game – it can get unpleasant fast.
June means the college season's over, so you can't catch a UNLV game
I’d echo the recommendation to go catch a 51s game. Brett Lawrie will probably be there, and if Ackley’s still around for some reason, it’d be really cool to see two of the better 2B prospects face off.
As others have said, you’ll be able to watch any game in any league at the sports book. I know it seems weird to tell people from England to go hang out in a spruced-up Ladbroke’s, but they’ll have M’s games.
Yeah, that's why I said 'for some reason' -
but if Wilson’s healthy and Ackley’s defense is improving-but-not-yet-good, it’d be possible.
Will they serve beer in the bookies?
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
In Las Vegas you can get beer in car washes
So yes. And the “bookies” are much nicer than the Paddy Power/Ladbrokes you’re used to – they’re basically gigantic bars in casinos with dozens of TV’s showing most every live sporting event anywhere in the US.
They will serve it for free if you are betting enough money
do keep in mind you can’t use cell phones in the sportsbooks though
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Beer is served absolutely everywhere.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Meh, not sure about this one, actually
rum and coke though…
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
In Las Vegas, you can get any kind of alcohol in almost any establishment into which you walk
And also, englishmariner, you are allowed to walk around outside with your booze.
From what I have been told I might not enjoy walking around Vegas much in June...
Next question: I am a big Islay drinker, do you think they will serve Isley inside the casinos? And in the sports books? What about good quality vodka? I take it they keep the booze prices reasonable to get everyone pissed/gambling?
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Good stuff is available, but it's expensive.
The other thing is, booze is only cheap if you’re gambling or if you get whatever the casino has on special. Otherwise it’s actually really expensive.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Or go to the Vons located about 15 minutes off the strip and stock up on alcohol.
That’s what I’ll be doing from now on.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 23, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
I've never tried to get high quality alcohol, but I suspect it's quite doable
Also, echoing what Aaron said below, you kinda have to run with whatever booze the casinos will give you for cheap or free – otherwise, drinks are insanely expensive in Vegas. Really, only food and hotels are cheap
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
The best beer I've ever drank in Las Vegas is Newcastle, and I don't imagine that changing anytime soon
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Wait one time before JP started widely distributing San Diego, I picked up a bunch of bottles on the way out to LV
and drank a bottle of Bam Biere with a few really good friends, so I guess I lied above
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
The Newcastle at the spoortsbook at Bill's was very cheap!
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I think this belongs in the list of language annoyances above.
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Look at all of the letters Robert is going to miss now.
by Kirk on Feb 23, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks
Can you give me an example of the cost of any average pint of beer? A JD and coke? A measure of Laphroaig/similar Islay?
I’ll probably just end up getting ruined on any old cheap ale, but it’s good to get an idea of cost before I get there…
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
mass-market lagers are $4-5 for a bottle
Mixed well drinks are $8ish and higher, and top-shelf booze will easily run you $10 a shot. Again, though, these prices drop when you are on Fremont St., which is more downmarket (but still worth checking out).
Beer will probably run you $7-$8, $2 or so less for crap beer (not sure how that compares after conversion/to UK prices)
and a mixed drink probably $8-10. It also depends if you’re at a club or not – for example at XS at Encore, it’s upwards of $20 for 12 oz drinks.
The best strategy really is to just gamble lightly during the day because you can load up on free drinks the entire time. They’re a bit weak and the cocktail waitress will stop coming around if you don’t tip her decently, but it’s a good, efficient way to get absolutely trashed
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Another Q...
How much should I be tipping per drink served? A dollar? Two? More?
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
When I'm sitting and collecting free drinks,
I usually tip like $10 right away. You’ll have a drink waiting for you right as you finish your last gulp from the glass each time. Otherwise, just the usual $1 or so per drink if I’m buying them individually
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
I like this method better than how my coworkers did it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I've noticed that a healthy tip up front gets you much better service
And hell, if that $10 gets you a steady flow of 4 or 5 beers or drinks, you’ve paid a pittance for the drinks. Tip her another couple of bucks when you get your last one and all is well. $10-$15 to score yourself $30+ worth of drinks is a hell of a deal, especially if you play your bets correctly and can cash out at even money
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Fine line to walk, for sure
The assumption here is that you were already planning on putting down that $20 or so on gambling so it’s kind of a sunk cost. If you do even money or better then you’ve come out way ahead
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
I found out in Oregon, you can use your winning video lottery tickets to go directly towards your bar tab.
I had never thought of that.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
My group always tipped a dollar per drink, plus a chunk (about 5$/hr between the few of them) after if the server was quick/nice/etc.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I tip $1 minimum on every drink, more on particularly expensive ones
when it comes to getting free drinks from a cocktail waitress, I’ll actually do the opposity of what toot does and give her a big tip as I’m about to leave, but still obviously tipping her whenever she brings me a drink
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I've tried both methods of the big tip and found that giving it right away means that a drink will be put in your empty hand right as you finish the previous drink
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Also to note:
make eye contact with the scantily-clad servers, and be nice to them. They’ll treat you better.
Eye contact means with their eyes.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
As I tell my friends when they go to Vegas for the first time
There’s a lot to look at. When you’re in the airport for your flight home, use that time to reacquaint yourself with the premise that females have faces.
Booze gets cheaper the further up the Strip you go
and in downtown, it’s dirt cheap. But at the MGM, expect to pay $8-10 for a mixed drink and more for a shot of top-shelf booze.
Vegas is fueled by cheap booze, which is what they give away; the good stuff is available, but it’ll cost you. If you must drink the good stuff, do it in downtown Vegas (Fremont St).
Walking around in June will be brutal up until it gets dark
At which point, it will probably be a pleasant 80 degrees all through the night, perfect for meandering around outside.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Vegas question!
I would like to go at some point this summer but it would almost require my best friend coming along, since his girlfriend pitched this idea. Problem is, he is not yet 21. Would he be able to get in to casinos and whatnot with us or would he just be left alone the entire time we are there?
Casinos are no problem because the entire casino floor is part of the hotel
you might have trouble gambling with him in tow, though as at some of the smaller casinos, they won’t let minors loiter near the tables
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
They are incredibly strict about age limits so no
There’s security everywhere and cameras everywhere, which means your friend would be SOL.
I wish I had my camera for the person with the baby backpack playing a slot machine at Bill's.
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Yup. Under 21 can't even stand and watch
When I went down for my 21st birthday I got carded every time I stopped walking and was near any kind of gambling
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Also echoing this.
I was there when I was 18 and was constantly questioned and eyeballed when I was near the casino floors or walking through them to get to somewhere else.
You! Cake or death?
I feel like I should book mark this sub thread in case I ever go to Vegas for normal Vegas stuff
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't understand this - you might be the first person I know living in SoCal who hasn't been to LV
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I've been to Vegas twice
but not for the Vegas experience.
First time I went was for an all day music fest. We drove out on Friday, and staid at the Stratosphere. I ate super cheap steak and eggs that night. Next day we went to the festival and then went home.
Second time, my coworkers were huuuuuuuuuge Firefly fans and there was an early showing of the Firefly movie so we drove out after one of them finished a final, ate at a sweet buffet, saw the movie, and drove back the same night because we all had to work the next day.
I’ve never gone to gamble or go clubbing or anything like that.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I can't offer any help with the Vegas thing
but I can offer congratulations on an excellent taste in whisky.
Cheers buddy
I was introduced to it by a friend a couple of years back, and it totally changed my approach to alcohol in general. There is no greater alcoholic beverage than a fine Islay.
by EnglishMariner on Feb 24, 2011 7:00 AM PST up reply actions
This actually isn't true, but as far as liquors go it is
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
I do not understand the love affair with that
I thought it was okay, bordering on good but not special and indistinguishable from many other sours
Far and away my favorite sour, I just found it much more complex than anything else I've had of a similar style
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Weather forecasters are chumps.
It didn’t even come close to freezing last night, and it’s supposed to just barely freeze tonight. I WANT SOME GODDAMN SNOW!
We’ve been seriously screwed in the Portland/Vancouver area this year.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 7:23 AM PST reply actions
I feel like an idiot.
I decided to work from home today to avoid possible commute issues (I live on a hill) and the ground is totally dry and there’s no snow falling. It had better fucking dump snow before 5:00 so I don’t look like a dick (well, moreso than usual).
Does anyone else notice a huge difference that caffeine makes on their system with or without food?
for me, coffee with no breakfast just makes me jittery and hyper for a few hours
With breakfast, it just energizes me for the day
I'm the same way.
If I have caffeine I better eat before 11 otherwise I feel like I’m going to die.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 23, 2011 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
I can't find that caffeine has any noticeable effect on me.
Whether it’s tea, soda, or energy drinks, I’ve never felt more energized or jittery after consuming caffeine.
Anybody else this way?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
I drink very little caffeine (maybe one soda a month, no coffee/tea) but I am definitely this way
it really has no effect on me whatsoever.
A friend of mine is that way.
She drinks coffee right up until bedtime and has no trouble going to sleep.
I am assuming this is a surprised face .jpg
you’re getting predictable =/
by seattlebruin on Feb 23, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
I remember as a kid watching my friends turn into spastic freaks after a few cokes and being really confused.
I’ll admit that I will sometimes feel better after drinking some tea or caffeinated soda, but I wouldn’t characterize it as feeling more energized.
Only if I've eaten
As I mentioned below, though, I don’t generally eat breakfast so I’ll be drinking coffee sometimes on 12-15 hours of no food in me, and I definitely feel it then. I don’t get energized though, I just get jittery and feel kinda lousy. I only drink the coffee because it is there and I should really stop, or at least eat first
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Soda has no effect on me but coffee and energy drinks do.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been drinking soda for over 10 years while coffee is a recent enjoyment.
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
My ex-boss' husband went to his doctor and they figured out that he had ADD but had never known that because he had been drinking coffee his whole life.
Coffee had never affected him by making him hyper or anything, and his doctor explained that he had basically been self medicating for the ADD his whole life. Caffeine and ritalin are both stimulants so it was having the same effect on him.
I think that I have been doing the same thing because caffeine doesn’t ever really effect me.
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 23, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Absolutely--it affects me the same way.
For my wife, it’s a severe enough difference that empty-stomach caffeine jitters can throw her into a legitimate anxiety attack. We had to learn this lesson the hard way when we were younger.
It took me about 5 years of drinking coffee to realize the best benefits come with moderate caffeine intake on a full stomach. Otherwise the negatives outweigh the positives.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Same
Which sucks, because I don’t ever eat breakfast. I get bored in the office so I pour some coffee and it just makes me feel like shit for a while. I don’t even notice the effects of coffee/caffeine if I’ve eaten properly beforehand
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Absolutely
especially when I haven’t had caffeine in a long time, I end up jittery and sick.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I used to be able to handle coffee all day long
No effect. A couple months ago i suddenly started getting jittery from it and couldn’t sleep at night, all kinds of restlessness. Went from no effect to sleepless nights in short order
by chrisisasavage on Feb 23, 2011 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
Something different, but equally sudden happened with me and beer
Went from guzzling strong ales to my stomach not being able to handle any amount of any beer, even one normal strength beer, it’ll make me feel sick almost immediately.
by chrisisasavage on Feb 23, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
They certainly have a better distribution system than, say, DirectTV, but I wonder why leagues would shut down their league passes.
YouTube would probably have to charge a similar amount.
(If I was a hockey fan, I’d love Hulu’s NHL content.)
They should jump on the soccer train.
Now that atdhe’s days are numbered, how else am I going to watch the Turkish Super Lig?
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Apropos of nothing I detest the new Champions League format
Why are some second-leg games this week and some next? This is stupid. Play them in the same week.
er not second legs I guess, which is even worse
Why stagger this competition any more than it already has been?
You follow the Mariners so that doesn't seem true.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Even when bad, the Mariners win more per year than a soccer team
Counting stat wise
not so much with the percentages
by Craptastic-J on Feb 23, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
No. It's like saying the Mariners were one game away from making the playoffs for the last week of the season.
But Ayala and Charlton kept blowing lead after lead. Then, with one game left, Slocumb shutout the A’s over the final three innings in order to reach the playoffs.
Then everyone celebrated Charlton not losing game one of the ALDS.
Amex phoned me up today asking me about a suspicious transaction
Turns out someone has used my card twice today, one for ÂŁ315, the other declined for ÂŁ280.
I have no idea how this has happened, thankfully Amex have been really good and will refund me and send me a new card immediately.
I’d love to know how the criminals got my details…
by EnglishMariner on Feb 23, 2011 12:19 PM PST reply actions
Everyone in life should be more like Buck O'Neil
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
I AM SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE THOUGHT THIS EXACT SAME THING
I love Buck O’Neil but that was too easy to pass up.
Black.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
MLS finally announced their playoff format.
There’s a lot of bitching going on, but I don’t think it’s terrible. I’d prefer the conference finals be home-home, but oh well.
I still like the idea of taking the top six/eight and having two groups of three play double round robin and then having either the two group winners play for the MLS Cup or have the top two from each group advance to a home-home semi, but it’s not any worse than last year’s.
hahahaha
“While there will be some who say that expanding the playoff field dilutes the regular season, we believe that in a certain way, it actually enhances it,”
In a monetary way, it sure does!
I really think that in a league with a balanced schedule that awards points for wins or draws, that playoffs aren’t necessary. Pile up the most points? you win the league! I know that’ll never fly here, though. But it seems like you’d need one or the other of playoffs/points, but not both.
I love the Supporter's Shield and I like the MLS Cup just fine.
I know which one I’d rather the Sounders win. I’d rather the MLS Cup playoffs put more of an emphasis on the regular season, but as long as the SS winner gets a trophy and a spot in the Champions League, eh.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
I agree, I just wish they made more of a big deal out of it.
I completely understand why they don’t… we can bitch about greed and $$$ all we want, but the league NEEDED a tv deal, and tv undoubtedly wants the rights to a championship game. Still, I think they could make more of it – celebrate both the SS winner AND the MLS cup winner.
It seems like they're gradually pushing it.
I can see how they’re caught between wanting to appeal to the average American sports fan with some interest in soccer while also trying to placate soccer fans, and that’s likely a very tough place to be.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. I think they greatly overestimated the number of people who would tune in solely because the league
had a playoff structure similar to those in football/basketball. They simultaneously underestimated the number of people here who actually like soccer. The former was something of a bad bet to begin with; the latter honestly surprised me too.
Nice and sunny in Shoreline too.
But they say the storm is supposed to hit later.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
The temp here in PDX has dropped four degrees in the last hour and it's already been snowing on and off here all day
we’ll see what that means but I think the forecasters might be getting this one right.
It's still fucking 40 (!!) degrees in Vancouver.
Fuck this city in the ass. I WANT SNOW!
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
It's down south.
I walked back from lunch in warm sunshine, but it’s now snowing very heavily.
That's sure what it sounds like.
KOMO says scattered snow in Bonney Lake and that area, moving north later in the day.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
Auburn got a pretty good shot earlier in the day, around 11
Been pretty clear outside of that half hour’s worth, although right now the sky is getting really dark again and the radar shows a long band of wet coming this way, so I’m expecting at least some cold showers
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
It's not just green, but yellow and red on the radar too, which means it's pretty heavy.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Falling as a pretty good mix right now, but very quickly turning more into snow as it gets heavier
WHEEEEEEEE
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
As this moves north, it will become worrisome.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Feb 23, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
I just tweeted Scott Sistek of KOMO
Asking if the rain shadow over the Seattle area has had any bearing on the forecasted snow totals or if it’s just delaying the inevitable. There’s been a lot of back and forth over the last 24 hours regarding when it would really become a wide snow event. If the original forecast of 4-7pm is true then driving home is going to suck. If it ends up being later then it will just be a good night to sit inside and watch the snow fall
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
My shift runs from 4:45 until at least 11:15
I’m just hoping that a lot of people freaked out over the reports and opted to stay home because I don’t want a repeat of that flash freeze winter of ’07 where everyone was on the road as it got bad.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Feb 23, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure mother nature is taunting me.
This precipitation shadow over Seattle through Everett is never going to vanish.
I'm finally not stuck in the rain shadow!
Everything from the south has been blowing across to Auburn and then into the foothills to the NE. And right now it is beginning to sprinkle rain, but as the real weather gets on top I’d anticipate the temperature to drop again and bring me more snow.
As for timing of the “bad” stuff tonight, I’d be just fine if it delayed into the late evening because tonight is my bowling night and I don’t want it to be canceled
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
I'd like it to hold out until after my commute and my errands as well.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
It's even worse in Poulsbo
It didn’t start snowing here until 3:30 and it has been sunny most of the day.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Feb 23, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
It's actually getting warmer in Vancouver.
Up to 41 degrees!
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Great.
It will hit my house and snow me in, and everyone else in my office will wake up to clear roads. Then I’ll look like a wimp when I say I can’t get my car out of my driveway.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
They've downgraded the snow accumulations from 4-6 inches, to 2-4 inches.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
2-4 is just enough to make me shovel.
But not enough to be cool. Dangnabbit.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
We're finally getting some good snow up here.
Close to an inch in downtown. The fucking Fraser winds pushed the snow system south of us for most of the day.
From this thread on the frontpage
I wonder what the most common set of initials in the United States is. If I had to guess, something like JS or JW or MS, right?
I was hoping that I could use Wolfram Alpha to help answer this, but no luck
That would be an interesting one to find out, though you’re probably not far off with any of your guesses
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
J seems a good bet.
Looking at the top 100 most popular names for boys in the US in 2009, I’m sad to see that my name didn’t make it, but some of the names that did…. yeesh.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 23, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
I love looking at current popular names.
It’s always some variant of Cayden, Jayden, Ayden, or Hayden.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
According to Wolfram Alpha
The most common names are Michael, James, John, Robert, and David.
The most common surnames are Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, and Jones.
So, MS has the highest odds of being the most common, but sb wasn’t too far off with any of his 3 guesses
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Why MS and not JJ, since theres a James/John/Johnson/Jones?
And if the most popular names from 6-10 all started with an X (as a random example) and then most popular last names started with X in 9% of last names, then XX could be more popular than MS.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 23, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
True, but I'd wonder if the alliteration was a deterrent to naming a child James or John if the last name is Johnson
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
James Jones!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Feb 23, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
I am not entirely sure what Wolfram Alpha is or how to use it but it looks nifty.
Based on this sample size.
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
It's an information search engine
Try it out, just start entering random things and watch what happens. It can solve complex equations, also!
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I believe I found out how I'm spending my next couple of hours.
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
It's pretty great if you have a specific question you need answered and the usual search suspects can't be specific
It’s awesome for Census data and stuff like that. Hell, just type in the name of a country and be amazed at how much information you get
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
It suggested to me "amazon.com visits" and I thought that was interesting enough.
So I found out that 63 million people visit the site per day. Wow, that’s a lot. Got me wondering, how many people visit facebook…
590 million visits per day. “Daily page views” 7.4 billion.
Google, 710 million visits per day.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 23, 2011 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Your idea led me to
this. Fascinating
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Heh.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
That is fucking awesome.
You can throw random calculus problems at it and it gives you step by step solutions with graphs. This would have been useful last quarter.
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by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, this was a pretty big deal to colleges when it went live
Colleges scrambling to react, create rules/guidelines for professors.
I don't really see how they could restrict this.
If applied to homework anyway.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
Right, they can't. It's the interwebs.
At some level, all of this will even out on final exams, but I think some were trying to incorporate Wolfram Alpha into lessons – essentially telling people what it’s good for and what it’s not good for – and others were trying to design work that would be more ‘resistant’ to it.
Gotcha. I have to say though that I can only see benefit from it.
True there is people that will simply copy down answers, but for me the most frustrating thing was when I had a problem I could not figure out and had no way to obtain the answer. This looks like a good tool to solidify concepts that are unclear if used correctly.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 8:44 PM PST up reply actions
I can only assume that it is an evil law firm hell bent on supporting demons.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Feb 23, 2011 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
The Senior Partners are now onto you.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Also yesterday:
John Halama and Kaz Sasaki!
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 23, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Just don't give Kaz an armful of presents and a staircase for his birthday.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 23, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Where's that?
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
"Pierce Transit service has gone to snow routes due to deteriorating road conditions throughout the service area"
Sounds like it’s making it’s way north.
"I've seen prison breaks with more organization and cooperation than this"
I'm in Fife at the moment. We had a couple bands of snow; but I swear (without a thermometer) it's like 40 degrees out.
There isn’t but a dusting left on the grass, and even that is 80% gone.
I fucking hate you Mariners
I'm up on South Hill, and it's sunny and partly cloudy but it looks like from the radar another wave is going to hit us in a few hours.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Looks like a band should hit us in like 20 minutes. Up north its starting to look promising.
I took today off…now I feel like a dolt. Now, I’d prefer it to dump so I can take tomorrow off, too.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Well crap that sucks for my Dad
hope he makes it home safely and in a reasonable amount of time tonight.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I woke up at 11AM and there was about 3 inches of snow on the ground it seemed. Woke up again about an hour ago and there's no snow anywhere.
Seems we were mostly spared. Hooray!
RIP Dave Neihaus.
Ok. So much for being spared. I come to work and there isn't any snow on the ground and it was just very lightly snowing.
About midnight the flakes become huge and it starts coming down fast. And as of right now it’s still coming down. There’s probably 4 inches on the ground right now. Goddamnit. Why didn’t it do this earlier so I could of called in sick? Now I have to drive home in this! I really fucking hate snow!
RIP Dave Neihaus.
Oh Bill, will you ever learn?
Reds assistant general manager Bill Bavasi said Wednesday that prospect catcher Yasmani Grandal will begin the season with Double-A Carolina…The 22-year-old backstop batted .286 over 28 at-bats in rookie ball last season.
What's wrong with this?
Grandal played big-time college baseball, seems to be an elite hitting ‘spect, and is 22 years old. The only debate here is between high-A and AA, and that’s not…meaningful. That he had a few ABs in rookie ball doesn’t tell us much…they may have brought him out for the instructs and threw him into a few AZL games since hey, why not. I can imagine the M’s doing that with Ackley had he signed a bit earlier.
Is it bad that the only thing I took out of this is that I will probably now refer to Ackley as a top 'spect?
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by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
It seems odd to me to aggressively promote a catcher in such a manner given that Grandal has all of 8 games experience at the pro level.
I know he’s a top prospect out of Miami so his learning curve may not be as steep as others but doesn’t that seem like an incredibly heavy workload? The transition between A-ball levels to AA is usually the most difficult to make for hitters – he has to master that on top of handling a professional pitching staff AND conditioning himself to get a full-season’s worth of reps behind the plate.
Not that I want to discourage anyone from ever ragging on Bill Bavasi, but he is the assistant GM and probably just the messenger.
I also am not sure I disagree with putting Grandal at AA, but thats neither here nor there.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
It's not so much a promotion as it is a question of where to start a guy in his first full season.
It’s obviously not unheard of to start elite college-trained hitters at AA. Dustin Ackley and Alex Gordon got their first pro experience in AA, but that’s because they signed too late to play the same season as they were drafted. Matt LaPorta’s an example of a guy who went to the rookie leagues immediately after the draft (then a handful of games at low-A) – but he started his first full season at AA. The promotion doesn’t matter; the AZL was just a place to park Grandal for a while. The question is, is he in the Gordon/LaPorta class of hitting prospects?
I can certainly see an argument to keep him in High-A. His defense isn’t great, and it may be an opportunity to see if he can switch hit at the big league level. But I think it’s probably fair to push him and let him work on his D with better pitchers/fielders around him. For most hitters, the High-A, AA transition is huge. But it really shouldn’t be if the Reds are right about Grandal; top-10/college hitters really ought to be able to handle it. It’s not fair to point out that most hitters have problems with it when most hitters haven’t just put up a .400/.528/.721 line at Miami.
I’m not convinced that this is the right move, but I think you can certainly make a case for it.
If it doesn't start snowing soon I will blow up a meteorological center.
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 5:12 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
This reads like a Robert comment
But a little tamer.
It’s snowing in Lynnwood so where are you?
Fire Gus "What's a screen?" Bradley.
Seattle.
I’m confident it will come but I have grown impatient after hearing of smatterings everywhere but here essentially.
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
All day long I kept looking at the horizon with a nervous feeling
Like there’s a freaking avalanche sneaking up on me and it’s just going to pound me flat. I’ve never seen so much buildup for a snow storm, I can’t wait until the bill for the preparation hits the news at some point.
It seems like Seattle is fucked no matter what they do for snow.
They’re either too prepared or not prepared enough.
by Mariner John on Feb 23, 2011 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
When it comes to mother nature I'm in the group that thinks people should relax
Keeping enough infrastructure on hand to handle the 50 year or 100 year storm is so incredibly expensive, I just don’t see the point in getting upset about it.
It's completely stopped in Everett.
Looks like another snow shadow that isn’t going away any time soon. Winter 2010/2011 blows.
I SURVIVED THE HALF-INCH OF POWDER FREAKOUT OF '11
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Feb 24, 2011 1:15 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Both of my classes are canceled so that's nice.
I wish the snow were more rewarding though.
by Mariner John on Feb 24, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
Damn, we had about 6 inches of snow with ice around Thanksgiving and not even a delay.
I hate my school.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 24, 2011 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
Well it was classes before 10 are closed.
Which canceled my 7:45 class. Then my other class’s professor said she couldn’t make it in.
Yay Seattle!
by Mariner John on Feb 24, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Here they always have morning class so it's not counted by the state as a non-school day, then cancel all the afternoon classes and go home.
Bastards.
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by the other side on Feb 24, 2011 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Back when I was a kid, my district was always the only one without delays or closures.
Sucked.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
This amount of snow is perfect.
Enough to be pretty, not enough to make me miss work.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 24, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
The roads were not nearly as bad as I thought they would be. I was up on a hill when it started dumping around five or so, which made for a bit of hectic driving, but that was the worst of what I had to deal with last night.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Oh wow it's snowing
I’m sorry but Seattle news coverage of an annual event is absolutely hilarious. It’s 2-6 inches of snow not a blizzard.
Fire Gus "What's a screen?" Bradley.
Since we seem to be on a language kick today:
by ThomasG on Feb 23, 2011 5:43 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
"This one tastes like rock. This one dirt"
Bonus points to anyone who gets this (assuming I quoted it right)
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Tobacco!!
If a wine has notes of tobacco, someone probably put their cigarette out in it.
by chrisisasavage on Feb 23, 2011 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
As for the idea that 'refreshing' sounds cheap
A lot of expensive wines make more liberal use of oak and barrel-aging. A number of ‘cheap’ wines use stainless-steel fermentation, much less aging, and as a result taste, uh, ‘bright’ or ‘refreshing.’ If you like that sort of thing, if you hate really oaky, heavy wines, that’s cool. But they’re clearly less expensive because it costs a lot less to make and you can make a nice, tasty wine that’s not meant to be aged by using those techniques. That’s not a con, that’s just a fact of how wine’s made. Everyone…every single person here… could taste the difference between a massive Napa cab and a $8 bottle of stainless-fermented garnacha.
In LL terms, it's the difference between a big, bourbon barrel aged stout and a saison.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 23, 2011 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly. Or a bottle of XIPA and a pilsner.
Damnedest thing; reviews of pilsner are 24X more likely than reviews of barrel aged imperial stouts to mention the word ‘refreshing.’ I…I don’t know what’s real anymore, Aaron…everything’s a lie!
Well, that was meant as a joke
and I’ll concede to someone who actually knows something about wine.
by chrisisasavage on Feb 23, 2011 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry; I will totally concede that wine attracts bullshitters and there's so many fish in this particular barrel
And that’s why I actually want to hold on to simple, descriptive terms that can actually convey information. Make fun of actual ludicrous language! But yes, when I read it again, your comment seems more tongue in cheek and I missed that in my rush to save helpful tasting notes.
Almost ready to bottle I mean
Probably get to that Sunday when I get back from the cabin we’re renting. If I can even get to the cabin :(
by chrisisasavage on Feb 23, 2011 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
My next root beer
is going to be a soda instead of beer. I’ve never actually made Root Beer Soda, just hard Root Beers.
That was also probably the last beer I’ll ever make. A couple weeks after I put it in the fermenter I stopped drinking.
Yes, I’m a heretic now.
by chrisisasavage on Feb 23, 2011 9:25 PM PST up reply actions
Your story is tragic.
The LL homebrewing guy, felled by some mysterious ailment. Have you tried just little sips? Like shot-glasses of it, just enough for you to see if you’re some sort of brewing savant?
I may when I bottle it
I really need to do it soon.
Hopefully it tastes OK. Has the Malt Bill of a super malty, boiled for 9 hours to carmalize the crap out of it, super strong scotch ale, aged a full year, 1 ounce of Cascade hops, some licorice root, and sarsparillia. Very toned down flavor wise. Should be uber-malty, but I never tasted it when I transfered it to the secondary.
Since it’s aged so long, it should only need a couple months in the bottle to be awesome, if it didn’t go bad.
The upside of having an allergy to beer, is I lost 50 pounds! I suspect it’s actually Hops I’m allergic to. My dad’s allergic to hops and gets sick from beer too.
by chrisisasavage on Feb 24, 2011 7:01 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry to keep posting about this when there's already a fanshot...
but I figure there’s probably more eyes here. If anyone is interested in joining an ottoneu fantasy baseball league, some of us are trying to put together a mostly LL based league. Feel free to comment here or contact Robert Lintott if you’re interested.
Details on the league structure are available here, here, and here.
FUCK THIS STUPID FUCKING BULLSHIT STORM THAT CAN'T EVEN STICK TO THE GROUND
IN QUEEN ANNE WHICH IS ONE OF THE TALLEST HILLS IN SEATTLE. IF ANYONE SHOULD GET SNOW, IT’S THE HILLS. BUT NO! I WORK FROM HOME TO AVOID THE SNOWTASTROPHIC COMMUTE AND I DON’T EVEN GET ENOUGH SNOW TO MAKE A FUCKING SNO-CONE.
by Eyebrows on Feb 23, 2011 10:34 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
On your fucking rug.
Baseball tomorrow!
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
I've been mocking this non-event of a storm, but now that I'm home after a completely normal commute
I’ve had a solid hour of pretty heavy snowfall, and it’s starting to accumulate. I can hate the snow from work, but at from home, at night, with a beer in my hand and a quiet neighborhood… it really is gorgeous.
I guess what I’m saying is that if you need me to write you a note or something, I could do that.
If I don't have shit to do I love snow.
I think my favorite part is how it soundproofs everything and it gets all quiet and white and shiny. Goddamnit it better snow over on this side of the state at least a little.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Walking around at night during a heavy snowfall used to be one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Used to be?
I still do whenever I get the chance.
I love it when it just dumps during the day, but there's nary a cloud at night.
Freezing temperatures, a wide open sky with all the stars and a bright moon beaming onto the snow, it’s so bright in the “dark” of night. That stillness is just…breathtaking.
I feel you.
I’m more into the bundle up like it’s Antarctica, enjoy for 5 minutes then run inside, sit by the fire, and drink gallons of hot chocolate.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 23, 2011 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
I'm really tempted to do that now even though it makes no god damn sense at all.
I need sleep, not cold/wet feet.
I'm in the South Sound, and we got cockblocked by the Olympics all day today, but it's snowing now and looks to add another inch.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
You SoCal natives are so cute about snow
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
So are NW natives
OH MY GOD THERE’S A WHOLE INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND I HAVE TO GO STOCK UP AND BUY SUPPLIES AND PREPARE TO NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE AGAIN
At my work, there’s probably 100 people that sit on my floor. Today there are three of us here. As of right now, it’s sunny and the streets are damp and we got about 3/4 of an inch of snow, but hearing people talk about it last night and this morning you’d swear there were 300 feet of snow on the ground.
The Suburbs are in much worse shape than downtown.
I woke up, and had to broom 3-4 inches of snow off my car, before driving through a couple of inches of snow to the max station. When I got to the other side of the tunnel, it looked like it had maybe rained a little downtown. It was kind of strange to go from that much snow to nothing so quickly.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Everyone that lives in Seattle is at the office.
No one that lives outside of Seattle is at the office.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 24, 2011 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Same here!
Based on a sample size of two offices I can safely say suburban people are complete wusses.
I made it to work!
There’s actually less snow in the outskirts of Vancouver than in downtown Vancouver.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
"downtown"
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
In my office downtown, everyone is here.
1 woman was late to work.
This includes people that live like 70 miles from the office. My workplace is hardcore.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
You must be high or something
I’ve got 4" on the gorund, it’s still falling, and getting heavier! And I’m still forecasted for some more by tomorrow mid-day
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
The gorund is what we elitists in Renton call the "ground" in case you were wondering
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
I was going to ignore the typo.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Feb 23, 2011 11:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Come hang out!
The snow has caused the alcohol from my bowling night to evaporate into pure energy, so I’ll be awake for hours! Already went for one walk and I may go for another. It’s beautiful outside, and Renton generally gets dick-shafted from snow events so I’m going to enjoy this as much as I can
by tootthekazoo on Feb 23, 2011 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
This wasn't even a snowtastrophe, much less snowmageddon or a snowpocalypse
we got about 1/2 inch down here and that’s it.
I like snowciddent
About 1/2 inch on cars, dusting on roads/sidewalks at my house in S Seattle. Bleh.
I was promised 4 inches damnit.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 24, 2011 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Must..... not..... use.... lowest... common... denominator.... joke...
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
Oh I deserve it, go ahead.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 24, 2011 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
12 year old girls?
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Feb 24, 2011 9:40 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Hurray for Maple Valley finally being awesome for something
(You can almost see Katal from here. Wave Katal!!)
Wow, short show.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yeah Rod Stewart is known for his millions of rock and roll hits....
Has he done anything “rock” other than “Do ya think I’m sexy?”
Fire Gus "What's a screen?" Bradley.
Huh, I didn't know Rod Stewart was in The Jeff Beck Group.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
Lynnwood barely got touched
So it looks like I still have to go to school but in the late afternoon. Morning class got canceled.
Screw you, KOMO.
Fire Gus "What's a screen?" Bradley.
how is that KOMO's fault? Do they control the weather?
I’d write an angry letter to god or mother nature or something, and demand a full refund.
KOMO gets my hopes up with 2-6 inches of snow
And it doesn’t even hit 2 inches in my area.
I’ve wrote several letters to god. No reply.
Fire Gus "What's a screen?" Bradley.
God is a grammar nazi, so that may be your problem.
I write for Stumptown Footy, SB Nation's Portland Timbers blog.
by thehemogoblin on Feb 24, 2011 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
RANT
BROOM OFF YOUR GODDAMN CAR BEFORE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY! I don’t give a shit that you got six inches of snow up in the hills. Either your laziness, or your sense of bragging about the amount of snow you got IS CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR OTHER DRIVERS ON THE FREEWAY!
/RANT
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 8:10 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
This is the best law in NJ.
Every snowstorm the police in my town set up a blockade or two and tickets every lazy asshole for like 85$.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The over/under on the M's this year is 65.5 wins.
If I were a betting man, I’d plunk down some serious cash on the over.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 8:12 AM PST reply actions
I've got good friends that live down there and plan on having one of them make a $20 bet for me
That seems to be a pretty low total
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
What's the payout on an over/under bet like that?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
Probably just 2-1 or something to that effect
I’d still take the bet though, seems to me like easy money
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
I've never placed a bet before, and have never understood what -110 meant.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Isn't that like money required to win $500?
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by the other side on Feb 24, 2011 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
Noooo
If you got better than 4:1 odds on the M’s winning more than 65, I’d be throwing pretty much all of my savings at that.
Yeah, I was thinking wrong. $100 makes more sense.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 24, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Betting lines are referenced in the amount of money necessary to win $100 or what a $100 wager will win
for example a bet of -110 would mean that you need to wager $110 to win $100 – essentially you are paying a 9% rake to the casino in that they are giving you 11-10 odds on what is assumed to be an even bet.
A +number means that you wager $100 to win that amount – a wager of +150 would mean that you wager $100 to win $150. Since you’re getting 3-2 odds in this case, it’s safe to assume the house expects that outcome to be closer to 1.65 or 1.7 to 1 than straight 1.5-1
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
So you would have a total of $210 if you won?
by Mariner John on Feb 24, 2011 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, but 110$ of that would be your seed money.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
If you bet $110, yes
$110 bet + $100 winnings
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
Where did you get these figures from?
I’d like to put some money on the over…
by EnglishMariner on Feb 24, 2011 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
Well, shit. I swear I saw 65.5 wins somewhere.
But looking at Tango’s article, it looks like Vegas has the over/under set at 70.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
OK, so I'm seeing 70 as well which is lame
70 is probably still worth $100 or $200, 65.5 was worth basically every penny I could spare for eight months, maybe like $1,000?
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
The the more I think about it, I'm not sure it's worth holding up the money for eight months to have a 85% chance to win $90
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
Yup
at -110 on O/U 65.5, it would be totally worth it to hold up $600 or so for a 95% chance to win $540, but not sure it’s worth it just for $90.
I guess I could just parlay a few of the more obvious lines, but no one really stands out besides us. Maybe Pittsburgh at 65.5?
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
I heard from someone that the odds of the M's winning the WS were like 300 to 1.
I’d like to put $10 on that.
Scratch that.. 80 to 1 is what it looks like now
I heard 300 to 1 months ago
I'd still throw $10 at that.
It's hard to hit a ball that is still - Ichiro
by the other side on Feb 24, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Deal.
You’ll have to remind me at the end of the year in June to paypal you some money
Don't bets usually work the other way around?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Last year I bet a friend a 12-pack of beer that the Mariners would win more games than the Mets.
Beer and Cliff Lee make you do stupid things.
Maybe on an online site like Bodog?
they tend to do their lines a little differently and the Vegas lines always tend to be a bit more conservative than the online bookies
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
I think I'd prefer World Series bets to make the real dough, but definitely the over there.
M’s are 80 to 1 to win the WS. I’ll save my money on that one.
But…
Braves are 22 to 1
Rockies are 25 to 1
Brewers/Twins are 20 to 1
Oakland is 30 to 1
and for a long shot, how about the Padres at 50 to 1
I ALMOST put $100 on the Seahawks to go to the Super Bowl before the 05 season. 25 to 1 odds. Didn’t do it :(
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
Braves at 22-1 is the only remotely interesting one there and not even really then
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
Well, they are "longshots"
Much more exciting than taking 5 to 1 on the Red Sox or 14 to 3 on the Phillies.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
No, I mean it's a horrible bet because the EV there is miserable
and your money is tied up for eight months. Long term bets are only even close to worth it when it’s a slam dunk like (insert any not horrible MLB team) over/under 65.5 wins)
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
I can't remember who it was now, but I remember there was a golfer who bet big money on the Super Bowl champ, WS Champ and like the NCAA champ back to back to back
But yeah, its not the smartest bet compared to just winning at the horse races or something. I’ve never been a betting man.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
For those that bet, where/how do you bet?
...and now I'm here
Wait WHAT?!
65.5?! This is like betting the 74 win over on the 2008 Rays
by seattlebruin on Feb 24, 2011 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Awesome.
The Mariners FO whupped the Padres FO in the annual softball game.
Down you go, Hated Rivals!
Is the crummy BP jersey starting to grow on anyone else?
I feel like the back collar kind of matches the pants nicely.
I've personally never understood the love/hate relationship people have with uniforms.
Whether it be an eyesore or a thing of beauty, it doesn’t really affect me. And some of my favorite uniforms have been quite ugly.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Grrr. If it's going to snow, it should snow enough that the office is closed.
Having to drive through a bunch of snow to get to work is the worst.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Driving through snow that doesn't stick is about the same as driving through rain
I WANT A GODDAMN SNOWPOCALYPSE
Live further West.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Like, on the other side of the hills.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Or further east. (No, keep going)
New Jersey set records for snowfall in most cities for January.
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Since we talked about the wonders of English up above...
I have a problem with pluralization and modifiers. For example “There were only a few badgers in his trousers.” I’m always unsure of whether the verb goes with the noun or with “few”. Anyone else have problems with these small sorts of things?
Also a fun fact I learned is that English does use the subjunctive at least once! “I wish I were in Barcelona.”
The verb goes with badgers.
Few is an adjective.
by Eyebrows on Feb 24, 2011 10:09 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
For ayone with experience podcasting via Skype, what would you suggest for recording?
CallBurner won’t work because one of us is on a Mac.
Freeware is of course preferable.
Are Katal and me wondering the same thing? Stay Tuned!
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by Robert on Feb 24, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I remember a lot of people using Audacity.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I still use Audacity for stuff.
It’s crude, but it’s free.
It's a pain in to record from Skype, I should say.
I like the program, but it’s not good for these purposes.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 24, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Wooo!
Lightpeak is alive! Or as there calling it now “Thunder Bolt”
For those of you that don’t know what this is. Its a new port developed by Intel and Apple that is capable of replacing all data ports on a computer.
I read about this yesterday but couldn't make heads or tails about what it actually did.
So we’ll just have 4 Thunder Bolt ports instead of different kinds of ports?
The Mac Air has no USB ports that I know of, but will it be capable of Thunder Bolt?
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
This article may help. I'm a little to busy to wrap my brain around it at this moment.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 24, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Oooh, a new Final Cut too huh?
Sounds pretty neat (the Thunder Bolt) though I’m not yet sure how it would affect me unless I get back into editing.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Its a new tech. So its going to need time to get implemented into more devices
But its possible for say your apple LED monitor to have a GPU in it and your macbook air to pull power from that GPU through the port.
Also what about Final Cut? Are you just referring to the Wednesday article?
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 24, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Nevermind really.
They just linked in that article to something with “New Final Cut” but reading it now, it seems that its not substantial if you are a “Pro”
Not to call myself much of a pro, but I don’t use final cut to edit home movies.
I thought the article would link to something like a brand new Final Cut.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Was nothing has formally been announced about with the new final cut
Only that its the biggest redesign of its history. I still believe they’re moving towards make the suite a super app that has motion, soundtrack, color all built into Final cut.
Apparently Apple is still putting the finishing touches on “the biggest overhaul to Final Cut Pro since the original version was created over 10 years ago” and wanted pro user feedback. Emphasis on “pro.”
This pleases me because I was worried apple would start to dumb down there pro apps.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 24, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, combining all of the applications into one would be somethin' else. But I'm not sure how putting motion into final cut would make it more user friendly for the masses?
I dont know, but I am now looking forward to hearing about it.
by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 24, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder how long it'll take for them to release a new version of FCE after that...
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I have a feeling iMovie may close that gap.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 24, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
God, I hope not. iMovie 6 is the reason I spent 200$ on FCE.
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I can't stand imovie.
But some of the timeline stuff would be nice to see in FC.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 24, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
A high speed data bus like that could lead to some really great things.
Like dedicated offboard video/3d processors and HD decoders that you could “dock into” and edit full-frame HDV with a MacBook and a FCP extension. NVidia already has dedicated GPUs (look up the CUDA) that could be used to much better effect with a high-speed link into a computer.
As of right now the fastest thing you can get stable is Fibre Channel (with a nod to SAS), and that’s expensive.
Most normal consumers will get an expanded high speed data port. Nothing groundbreaking.
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Maybe he can teach your QBs how to not get hurt.
I doubt he can teach them to not suck.
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I've watched that 3 times today already
Amazing
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Too bad it won't have any kind of Co-Op gameplay
Dragon sodomizing hunting won’t be quite as fun on a solo session
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
This kind of game would do perfect with a Red Dead Redemption style free roam co-op
Big open world, imagine teaming up with another 1-3 people and doing dungeons and things of that nature, with no impact on the main game storyline.
Watching this trailer has prompted to re-acquire Oblivion so I now finally have something to use my Gamestop gift card on
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think you're missing a joke at all.
There are plenty of misconceptions about WoW and this appears to be one of them.
That being said, fuck WoW.
Yeah I'm just not a fan of that type of game at all
WoW and Elder Scrolls are completely different from each other. The only thing similar is the setting, and even that isn’t very similar
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
No
Elder Scrolls games are vastly different from how WoW is, and I’m not talking being in a gameworld populated by other people. I’m talking just a 2 to 4 person party roaming the open world of the game. Just open exploration, no quests or anything like that
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
You can roam WoW without taking on quests.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I played Elder Scrolls: Oblivion for about an hour.
It frustrated me. Maybe I’ll give it another go, since Dead Space 2 is too scary for me and Dragon Age 2 isn’t out til March.
I really ought to play that Dragon Age DLC I bought months ago.
Anyone gone through that big DLC pack?
I quit halfway because Starcraft 2 came out and then never got back to it. I'm not particularly sad about it.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
My sister bought me the PC version this past Christmas
but I already had the base game on 360 and don’t feel like wasting any more time with it. I don’t think Dragon Age is for me.
And yes I know the PC version is better, but I doubt it makes the god awful “Fade” any better.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Yeah, I never made it through Dragon Age either.
It was too RPG-ey for me. Elder Scrolls IV was the same way. I like my RPGs simple like Fable and Mass Effect.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
It wasn't too RPGy for me
it was just, dull? Bland environments, bland dialogue, bland talking sequences, annoying inventory system. Just completely unfun.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Fallout 3/NV?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
At least the environments sort of made sense in FO
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
What was wrong with the inventory system? It's the best one I've come across in a while.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I was constantly having to shuffle/dump stuff
Which was even worse in the Fade where I couldn’t just go back to camp/town to sell stuff off.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I liked the realism that you couldn't carry too much. (I liked hardcore more because they really clamped down)
Should I really be able to carry one of each gun on me and some spare repair suits of power armor? That seems like a copout, and made an already easy game that much easier.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Eh in Fallout it wasn't as bad
because I could always scavenge something or at least drop it somewhere and come back for it. And I never felt like I was too far from a vendor.
In DA though it was really annoying.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I did maybe twenty hours of side-quests and then lost interest in the game.
I hardly did anything in the main plot.
Dead Space 2 is pretty great. Very spooky atmosphere
I’m really enjoying it. I also just picked up a full game download code for Alan Wake and that game is pretty good also
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
This trailer is fucking epic
I love when the music kicks in around 1:10 or so
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
Anybody watching the Discovery launch?
Sounds like they just cleared the no-go from the range officer.
Linky?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck. I was thinking it was 4:40 PST, not EST.
Goddammit.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Do they have it up now?
I tried to find it a few minutes ago to no avail.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
I looked at the website, rather.
I don’t have TV at work.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 24, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
That's one's not too bad.
Picked up the first album from the library and I think the term used around here is “whelmed.” A lot of filler and basic song structures made for an okay listen but didn’t make me want to hear it again (and again) on my ipod.
by Eyebrows on Feb 24, 2011 2:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
The first time I heard it, I thought it was pretty good
Every subsequent time, I’ve thought it was pretty bad – basic song structures, not all that well done. The lyrics are great, of course, but I just don’t really want to listen to it. Just goes to show that I’d love any song about Harvey Haddix once.
Probably not the greatest compliment if I call the first album "something I'd be pleasantly surprised to hear from a random dive bar band."
by Eyebrows on Feb 24, 2011 3:05 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Which is a shame because both McCaughey and Wynn are awesome
but it seems like it would be hard to approach a project like “hey let’s write a bunch of songs about baseball” rather than “hey let’s play together and see what comes out of it”.
So apparently it might snow in some parts of Southern California this weekend
Mostly the places closer to the mountains, but they’re saying the snow could happen at as low as 500ft above sea level.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I just signed up for a March Madness bowling tournament, so I'm really excited for that
The basketball tourney is pretty fun also
by tootthekazoo on Feb 24, 2011 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
So I guess you won't be needing me to send you the entry form, haha
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Feb 25, 2011 1:41 AM PST up reply actions
I'd been refreshing the hell out of the GSUSBC site waiting for it to come up
Limited entries had me concerned that I wouldn’t make it in time
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
I'll enjoy the first two rounds
and then probably stop watching after that.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Because UCLA will have been eliminated? >:(
by seattlebruin on Feb 25, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
No I pretty much alway stop caring after the second round
because all the really interesting games/upsets happen in the first round.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Oh hey I just noticed we beat Arizona last night
I was too busy watching hockey to even notice there was a USC hoops game on.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
That is assuming it was on TV
I think LA needs more sports channels
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I assume you're talking Kings?
How was that game? I was going to watch it when I got home, but if it was boring I’ll skip it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Wayne Simmonds had a good game
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Also the Kings wore their Purple and Gold throwbacks
so that alone makes it worth watching!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Does he have bad games anymore?
Every game I watch he’s one of the top two players on the ice at any time.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not really I suppose
Geez he’s only 22. I think I’m older than almost everyone on the Kings roster.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Only 7 guys older than me
1 guy the same age. Such a young team.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
They show every usc game and no UCLA games and the usc fans don't even care
by seattlebruin on Feb 25, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
There have been a few games they haven't shown
I don’t know why but I always forget about the Thursday night games for Pac 10 hoops.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I enjoyed watching St. Mary's get to the Sweet 16.
Mostly because they were a WCC team that wasn’t Gonzaga doing well. Fuck Gonzaga.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Has anybody else seen "I'm Still Here"?
It’s the mockumentary chronicling Joaquin Phoenix’s retirement from acting to pursue a rap career. Some of the most depressing, yet hilarious shit I’ve ever seen.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 8:29 AM PST reply actions
I have heard such horrible reviews about it that I really have no desire to see it
it sounds completely awful, and I’m not a big enough Joaquin Phoenix fan to want to see it in spite of that.
I heard about it in passing recently.
It sounded like he was part of the show, acting not actually losing his shit. I have yet to watch it so I’m curious if it appears that way on screen
Unfortunately, I knew it was a mockumentary before watching it.
And there are definitely some parts that seem overly staged (The Letterman bit, and the Edward James Olmos bit specifically). But there are also times when it seems completely genuine, and had I not known it was a hoax, I probably would have thought it was real.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
So wait, he didn`t have a meltdown?
I watched the movie, and assumed that calling it a mockumentary is just his way of trying to put the whole episode behind him and clear his name.
Thanks.
I did a search after watching it and didn`t find much.
I`m still skeptical, the whole thing is really odd to me.
Joaquin's dad in the movie was portrayed by Ben and Casey Affleck's dad.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
But couldn`t you argue that even making the movie and risking your career is a sort of meltdown?
I don`t know, I need to re-watch it now after reading that Ebert interview.
For sure.
And you’ll notice that since he made that movie, he hasn’t done anything and doesn’t have anything on the horizon, either.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
It'd be a ironic if that movie ended his career.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
No quality beer in Montana?
I`m within a couple miles of Big Sky Brewery, Bayern Brewery and Kettlehouse Brewery.
I never said there was no quality beer in Montana
the graph was about annual beer consumption by state, and I was pointing out that it is more important to have quality than quantity.
Holy shit I love Cold Smoke Scotch Ale.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Are you in Seattle?
I`m headed that way this weekend with plenty of trunk space.
Nope. Portland. :(
But luckily I have some friends who are from Montana and they keep us pretty well stocked with growlers of Cold Smoke.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
That`s good.
If you`re in to Porters you should have them also bring you some Cowboy Coffee Porter. It`s Big Sky`s seasonal right now and it`s delicious.
Bridgeport's Coffe Porter is kind of bad.
Which bums me out because that’s my favorite style of session beer, but it’s just not good at all.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 25, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I'd like to see that data and the data on how much each state spends per capita on beer and see which state drinks the crappiest beer.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Nevada is probably right up there in the state-drinking-crappiest-beer table
just because of the sheer volume of cheap lager given out/bought at casinos.
Buncha suckers up in Washington.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Heh, that site's "pub of the day" is a shitty dive bar that just got remade into a mediocre eatery with a crappy restaurant bar in the back.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm not sure why it listed Downtown Disney's House of Blues as a bar in my area
this is kind of a crappy website.
Surprised to see New York so low.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
How about New Hampshire being so high?
Wouldn’t have thought of that as a big drinking place.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Their consumption is probably pulled up by the no selling alcohol on Sunday in Mass. law.
They have highway exits right across the border that are for liquor stores only.
It's impossible to get beer in dry counties, which is where a lot of the higher rates of per-capita consumption takes place
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 25, 2011 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Thats weird to me that they even exist.
My dad got `escorted` out of a casino in Idaho for having a six pack of beer in the back of his car.
Help me out LL
I’ve locked myself out of my car. I don’t have a spare key on me. What’s my best course of action? None of the windows in my car at rolled down so sneaking a coat hanger in won’t be easy, I know it is possible as a valet at the mall did it for me once, but I’m currently at work and I don’t know if the tools needed are here.
The car is a 91 Honda Accord.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I have no idea
I’m a contractor and I know like 2 people’s names here.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Will they charge?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
99% of the time, unless you're hot.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Meh I called a couple locksmiths they all want $50
I guess that’s my best option and I’ll just start carrying my spare key like my mom suggested.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
And the guy smiles and tells me I got a deal
“We should charge $65 minimum!”
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
True enough
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
You can get AAA memberships for as low as $50 a year, I think.
It’s WELL worth the cost. Since I’ve had AAA, not a single year has passed without me using AAA for a lockout, dead battery, or something else that I’d normally be charged for.
I highly recommend it.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I'm starting to think I need it with my luck
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I`ve had it since I`ve had a car, and usually use it two or three times a year.
Well worth it if you drive a vehicle that has a propensity to break down, or even just travel a lot.
Plus if you get stuck in places where you have to stay overnight you don't get gouged as much for hotels.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yup, even $20 off can make a difference.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Considering the age of my car this seems like a good idea.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Also helpful if you have a girlfriend/wife who has a propensity to be forgetful
Think my wife used it like 5 times in a year before. We didn’t pay a dime.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I just saw this in a movie
Burn a slit in a tennis ball approximately the dimensions of a key hole, hold it over the key hole and slam it flat as hard as you can. That ol’ lock is gonna just pop right open
If it works in movies, it'll sure as hell work in real life.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
I think I saw this on Mythbusters.
I’m pretty sure it was all lies.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Good to know for the future
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
For future ref.
I locked keys in my car twice at our shop yard, windows rolled up. Seems like there is always a tiny bit of give in them to slide down. Our mechanic had a great trick. He’d use a comb, a coat hanger and a big flathead screwdriver. He’d lay the comb against the window to protect it, the screwdriver to pry a small gap between the door and the window, then slide the coat hanger in over the comb and down to the lock.
Yeah I had a valet do something similar once
this time it was a matter of finding the tools in the area I’m at.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
91 Accord - Lives in LA
Shouldn’t be to hard to find someone to open it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 28, 2011 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
The first time I locked myself out
I asked the Valet guy at the mall to help me out. He told me he had the same car :/
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