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Thread without a Purpose 2009
| Edgy DC Jan 29 2009 05:30 PM |
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We need to let the big fat 2008 thread fade off and get archived.
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| metirish Jan 29 2009 05:31 PM |
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I don't see the purpose of this.
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| Edgy DC Jan 29 2009 05:36 PM |
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Then my work is done.
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| Kong76 Jan 29 2009 06:22 PM |
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Archiving good, forum girth bad.
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| Willets Point Jan 29 2009 06:51 PM |
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That was the 2006 & 2007 thread too. Kind of got big when I gave up on splitting of things that had purpose.
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| cooby Jan 29 2009 08:05 PM |
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I was really hoping you'd let me find my pants first
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| TheOldMole Jan 30 2009 05:52 PM |
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What would be the purpose of that?
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| metsmarathon Jan 30 2009 07:57 PM |
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monk is a great, great show.
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| batmagadanleadoff Jan 30 2009 08:10 PM |
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I just posted this message here in this thread on purpose.
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| Kong76 Jan 30 2009 08:35 PM |
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I was gonna post something, got sidetracked, and can't remember what it was.
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| TheOldMole Jan 31 2009 12:21 AM |
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I'll send you a memo.
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| metirish Feb 01 2009 06:26 PM |
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I'm so fucking upset.....second floor tenant comes up and tells us he thinks he smells gas when he came home just now , I go down and sure enough I smell it....I call the FDNY and they come blazing and yep they smell it coming from the first floor tenants apartment , he's not home so they break in and the fucking asshole had left the oven on....can you fucking believe that...no sign of him yet..could have killed us all.
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| themetfairy Feb 01 2009 06:29 PM |
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What a maroon! What a knucklehead!
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| themetfairy Feb 02 2009 05:34 AM |
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Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.
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| soupcan Feb 02 2009 05:59 AM |
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[quote="metirish":3o7p6lfx]...no sign of him yet..could have killed us all.[/quote:3o7p6lfx]
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 02 2009 07:30 AM |
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[quote="themetfairy"]Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. We're in for six more weeks of winter. |
| Frayed Knot Feb 02 2009 07:33 AM |
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So put the two varmints in a cage and have them fight to the death.
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| cooby Feb 07 2009 01:48 PM |
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Two horses just walked by our house
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| Nymr83 Feb 08 2009 03:52 AM |
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Robber uses Klingon weapon!
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| Vince Coleman Firecracker Feb 08 2009 09:37 AM |
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Nearly 60 degrees today. Puxsutawney Phil is a fucking liar.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 08 2009 09:56 AM |
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[quote="cooby":3oamlydt]Two horses just walked by our house[/quote:3oamlydt]
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| Kong76 Feb 08 2009 09:58 AM |
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... that nice lady in the window over there lost her pants and ...
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| Edgy DC Feb 08 2009 02:30 PM |
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...I'm thinking, damned if couldn't go for some Lebanon baloney right about now.
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| Kong76 Feb 08 2009 02:39 PM |
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Well played.
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| seawolf17 Feb 08 2009 06:55 PM |
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You know, when you strip away all the production, Miley Cyrus simply can't sing.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2009 07:18 PM |
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She can't act either.
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| MFS62 Feb 09 2009 06:56 AM |
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Wifey and I saw Harvey Fierstein in a local diner Saturday night.
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| cooby Feb 09 2009 04:39 PM |
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I found those pants yesterday. The horsies came in and helped me look.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 09 2009 04:40 PM |
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I wonder what it would be like to live in a part of the country where you can invite horses into your house to help you locate your pants.
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| MFS62 Feb 09 2009 04:50 PM |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":mu06yx4t]I wonder what it would be like to live in a part of the country where you can invite horses into your house to help you locate your pants.[/quote:mu06yx4t]
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| Fman99 Feb 09 2009 08:15 PM |
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The CSI shows all stink.
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| HahnSolo Feb 10 2009 08:13 AM |
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The family was having lunch in a New Paltz dive on Sunday and a girl who looked like Hayden Pannetiere's doppelganger was dining alone at the table next to us.
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| Fman99 Feb 10 2009 09:32 AM |
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[quote="HahnSolo":1ato7d31]The family was having lunch in a New Paltz dive on Sunday and a girl who looked like Hayden Pannetiere's doppelganger was dining alone at the table next to us.[/quote:1ato7d31]
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 10 2009 12:21 PM |
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I spotted Tina Fey eating a Pop-Tart on the most recent episode of 30 Rock.
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| HahnSolo Feb 10 2009 01:34 PM |
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[quote="Fman99":2y31vtdf][quote="HahnSolo":2y31vtdf]The family was having lunch in a New Paltz dive on Sunday and a girl who looked like Hayden Pannetiere's doppelganger was dining alone at the table next to us.[/quote:2y31vtdf]
What place in New Paltz? I grew up a stone's throw from there...[/quote:2y31vtdf]
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| Fman99 Feb 10 2009 08:10 PM |
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[quote="HahnSolo":kfv3uph2][quote="Fman99":kfv3uph2][quote="HahnSolo":kfv3uph2]The family was having lunch in a New Paltz dive on Sunday and a girl who looked like Hayden Pannetiere's doppelganger was dining alone at the table next to us.[/quote:kfv3uph2]
What place in New Paltz? I grew up a stone's throw from there...[/quote:kfv3uph2]
Some Irish place. McGillicuddy's maybe? It's right on Main street. Looked like a definite college bar. We were up at SUNY for my daughter's swim meet.[/quote:kfv3uph2]
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| Nymr83 Feb 21 2009 05:22 AM |
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Remember when Chandra Levy was all over the news? they say they may have finally found her killer:
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| Edgy DC Feb 21 2009 07:09 AM |
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They've pretty much known it's been Guandique for a while (he impllicated himself during an investigation of another woman that was attacked), but the investigation dragged on so long that any evidence fell to the breeze.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 22 2009 06:58 AM |
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I like Taraji P. Henson in an upset for Best Supporting Actress.
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| SteveJRogers Feb 23 2009 10:21 PM |
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Post without a purpose.
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| HahnSolo Feb 24 2009 07:58 AM |
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My 5-year old beat me at Nerf basketball last night--legitimately. The only restrictions in our games are: I can't dunk or lay-up; and I can't block his shot. We play winners; and we have a 3-point line. Final score: 92-77. Ouch.
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| Edgy DC Feb 24 2009 08:12 AM |
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time to roll back the handicaps.
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| MFS62 Feb 24 2009 08:18 AM |
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[quote="HahnSolo":62yy03aq]My 5-year old beat me at Nerf basketball last night--legitimately. The only restrictions in our games are: I can't dunk or lay-up; and I can't block his shot. We play winners; and we have a 3-point line. Final score: 92-77. Ouch.[/quote:62yy03aq]
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| HahnSolo Feb 24 2009 08:25 AM |
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No, but he is developing trash talk. At one point I was taking a three and he said, "No chance!" Sure enough, I missed.
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| themetfairy Feb 24 2009 02:35 PM |
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When Starbucks comes out with its instant coffee, I may wind up buzzed the entire day.
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| themetfairy Feb 28 2009 11:02 AM |
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| DocTee Feb 28 2009 11:12 AM |
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Ugliest. Cat. Ever.
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| Kong76 Feb 28 2009 11:13 AM |
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"I tried to say something to her. She literally has the little girl on the steering wheel and I said, 'I can't believe
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| MFS62 Feb 28 2009 11:22 AM |
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Gee, I used to spend a lot of time in Dayton on business. Hadn't read that paper in a while.
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| themetfairy Mar 01 2009 04:32 PM |
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Every year on March 1st and March 31st I make my kids listen to John Belushi's SNL skit riffing on how March comes in and goes out in other countries.
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| themetfairy Mar 03 2009 06:57 PM |
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[quote="Vince Coleman Firecracker":2m8u7618]Nearly 60 degrees today. Puxsutawney Phil is a fucking liar.[/quote:2m8u7618]
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| cooby Mar 05 2009 08:18 PM |
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I am now missing a pair of light tan slacks and some dark green knee socks.
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| themetfairy Mar 05 2009 08:29 PM |
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I think your cleaning lady is stealing from you.
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| Benjamin Grimm Mar 06 2009 07:00 AM |
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I think you need to bring back the horse.
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| MFS62 Mar 06 2009 07:09 AM |
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Well, at least when the police ask you what the thief was wearing, you'll know.
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| Fman99 Mar 06 2009 08:05 AM |
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[quote="cooby":1lbz4ymi]I am now missing a pair of light tan slacks and some dark green knee socks.
My husband is missing a pair of dark gray sweat pants.
Where do our clothes keep going?[/quote:1lbz4ymi]
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| cooby Mar 07 2009 11:57 AM |
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[quote="MFS62":3iou9leh]Well, at least when the police ask you what the thief was wearing, you'll know.
Later[/quote:3iou9leh]
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| themetfairy Mar 14 2009 11:45 AM |
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My older son has completed his state mandated six hours of training with a driving school instructor, and is now in possession of his learner's permit. He'll take his road test on his birthday next winter.
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| Fman99 Mar 23 2009 01:41 PM |
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Why does the cleaning guy have to come clean the men's room between 3:30 and 4 PM every day?
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| cooby Mar 23 2009 05:07 PM |
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hehehheheh, Fman, funny!
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| Fman99 Mar 24 2009 06:15 AM |
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[quote="cooby"]hehehheheh, Fman, funny! Got SPIN magazine in the mail today and U2 is on the cover. When did Bono start wearing black eyeshadow? |
| MFS62 Mar 25 2009 02:28 PM |
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So, when you're raking your lawn for the spring cleanup, do you like to make a lot of little piles of twigs and leaves, or a few big piles?
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| Rockin' Doc Mar 25 2009 06:16 PM |
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Rake? I quit raking a few years ago when I figured out that my Snapper riding mower turned leaves into mulch.
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| cooby Mar 25 2009 06:30 PM |
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What I like to do is take the limbs out back and throw them end by end into the woods. They really look neat flying through the air.
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| Nymr83 Mar 26 2009 11:15 AM |
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is it just me or have the number of nigerian email scams increased exponentially lately? i've had 10 or more aday in my spam box and 1 or 2 that even make it to my inbox.
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| metirish Mar 26 2009 11:20 AM |
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I don't see them in my Gmail but every now and then one will seek past Hotmail and into the inbox , but the spam folder in hotmail is full of them. Yeah I think they have increased.
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| Kong76 Mar 26 2009 11:25 AM |
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25% of the cranepoolforum gmail spam folder is filled with email in
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| Fman99 Mar 26 2009 11:26 AM |
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[quote="metirish"]I don't see them in my Gmail but every now and then one will seek past Hotmail and into the inbox , but the spam folder in hotmail is full of them. Yeah I think they have increased. A message board the wife goes to had one of the regulars exchanging emails back and forth with one of the scammers with the emails posted daily on the board. The exchanges were hilarious with the Nigerian getting strung along for weeks thinking that any day now the money would get posted to the account number provided. |
| Nymr83 Mar 26 2009 12:16 PM |
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[quote="metirish":3ue5kppt]I don't see them in my Gmail but every now and then one will seek past Hotmail and into the inbox , but the spam folder in hotmail is full of them. Yeah I think they have increased.
A message board the wife goes to had one of the regulars exchanging emails back and forth with one of the scammers with the emails posted daily on the board. The exchanges were hilarious with the Nigerian getting strung along for weeks thinking that any day now the money would get posted to the account number provided.[/quote:3ue5kppt]
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| cooby Mar 28 2009 10:00 AM |
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[quote="Kong76":3d5p14nx]25% of the cranepoolforum gmail spam folder is filled with email in
this language:
只要你有房子(土地)我就借你錢
只限北部
朱先生０９１０９２６１４６
(只要您有車5萬內來就借)[/quote:3d5p14nx]
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| Kong76 Mar 29 2009 07:00 PM |
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Hail the size of cocoa puffs just pelted us.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 29 2009 07:12 PM |
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My nighttime run got lightninged out
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| cooby Apr 01 2009 07:01 PM |
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They don't seem to sell Baggies anymore
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| Benjamin Grimm Apr 01 2009 07:02 PM |
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[quote="cooby":2phrr8ye]They don't seem to sell Baggies anymore[/quote:2phrr8ye]
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| cooby Apr 01 2009 07:05 PM |
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Nooooo....I mean the original: Baggies.
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| cooby Apr 05 2009 02:59 PM |
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When I got up this morning my daughter told me I looked like Micky Rourke
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| MFS62 Apr 05 2009 04:01 PM |
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[quote="cooby":3dzp106n]When I got up this morning my daughter told me I looked like Micky Rourke[/quote:3dzp106n]
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| cooby Apr 05 2009 05:09 PM |
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To think I went from looking like the bespectacled Jan Brady to Mickey Rourke...
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| themetfairy Apr 10 2009 01:47 PM |
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I'm not sure whether the turkey I'm cooking is right side up or upside down.
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| cooby Apr 10 2009 06:14 PM |
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How did it turn out? (yummy I am sure)
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| themetfairy Apr 10 2009 06:38 PM |
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Actually, it turned out ok.
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| MFS62 Apr 13 2009 11:05 AM |
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I was just thinkin'.
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| seawolf17 Apr 20 2009 01:59 PM |
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For all you commuters... http://gothamist.com/2009/04/17/subway_alert.php
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| themetfairy Apr 20 2009 02:03 PM |
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LOL - Brilliant!
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| themetfairy Apr 21 2009 03:54 PM |
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I love LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr's alpaca avatar :)
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| cooby Apr 27 2009 05:34 PM |
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Had quite an exciting incident with a bottle of tonic water at supper time. Made quite a mess but I am a lot cooler now.
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| Kong76 Apr 29 2009 05:30 PM |
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$3.40 for a Levy's seeded rye seems a little over the top to me.
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| cooby May 02 2009 08:32 PM |
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Lock Haven U had their final spring 2009 graduation today. My son is half way through college already!
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| themetfairy May 05 2009 03:04 PM |
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Comcast was down for most of the afternoon - both Internet and TV.
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| metsguyinmichigan May 05 2009 03:12 PM |
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It's school election day here. I was voter No. 16. It was 3:30 in the afternoon.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 05 2009 03:51 PM |
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[quote="metsguyinmichigan":3v89ng8p]It's school election day here. I was voter No. 16. It was 3:30 in the afternoon.
Not a good sign.[/quote:3v89ng8p]
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 05 2009 03:52 PM |
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[quote="themetfairy":ikhn861k]I love LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr's alpaca avatar :)[/quote:ikhn861k]
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| themetfairy May 05 2009 06:34 PM |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1eekh2g7][quote="themetfairy":1eekh2g7]I love LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr's alpaca avatar :)[/quote:1eekh2g7]
And thanks, milady, for the recognition and appreciation.[/quote:1eekh2g7]
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| metsguyinmichigan May 05 2009 10:14 PM |
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[quote="themetfairy":3d172j5s][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3d172j5s][quote="themetfairy":3d172j5s]I love LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr's alpaca avatar :)[/quote:3d172j5s]
And thanks, milady, for the recognition and appreciation.[/quote:3d172j5s]
You're very welcome. I appreciate the humor and originality
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| themetfairy May 06 2009 06:41 AM |
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[quote="metsguyinmichigan":11b9sm98][quote="themetfairy":11b9sm98][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":11b9sm98][quote="themetfairy":11b9sm98]I love LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr's alpaca avatar :)[/quote:11b9sm98]
And thanks, milady, for the recognition and appreciation.[/quote:11b9sm98]
You're very welcome. I appreciate the humor and originality
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| Edgy DC May 06 2009 10:11 PM |
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Nah, it's Virginia, with no West. Near Charlottesville.
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| Kong76 May 07 2009 05:39 PM |
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I don't know where to stick this, so here is good ...
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| Benjamin Grimm May 12 2009 04:42 AM |
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| Swan Swan H May 12 2009 08:39 PM |
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I suppose I'll eventually get tired of it, but the Biz Markie Heineken commercial is a hoot.
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| Farmer Ted May 15 2009 10:16 AM |
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Watermelon in the supermarket on May 15th? That's just toooo soon.
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| themetfairy May 16 2009 05:10 PM |
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My daughter's home less than a week before hitting the side of the garage with the car.
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| Fman99 May 17 2009 08:59 PM |
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Godfather II, the boathouse seen with Pacino and John Cazale. Tremendous.
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| soupcan May 27 2009 07:21 AM |
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My sister-in-law was the jogger that got hit.
Who does that? Who hits someone with a car and keeps going? Amazing. I really hope they catch the person.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2009 07:30 AM |
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Another douchebag neighbor. Geez, I hope she's OK.
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| Fman99 May 27 2009 07:36 AM |
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[quote="soupcan"]My sister-in-law was the jogger that got hit.
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| soupcan May 27 2009 07:36 AM |
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She's banged up pretty good but she's ok.
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| Fman99 May 27 2009 07:49 AM |
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Wow, along the lines of family tragedies... the people in this article are the grandparents and great-grandmother of my wife's cousin, on his other side of the family.
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| metirish May 27 2009 07:57 AM |
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Sobering stuff , hope all are OK.
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| themetfairy May 27 2009 08:50 AM |
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I'm glad she's ok soup.
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| themetfairy May 27 2009 08:50 AM |
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[quote="Fman99"]Wow, along the lines of family tragedies... the people in this article are the grandparents and great-grandmother of my wife's cousin, on his other side of the family. |
| cooby May 27 2009 03:55 PM |
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I saw the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile on the way home from work
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| Nymr83 May 28 2009 08:43 PM |
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despicable.
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| Edgy DC May 28 2009 08:54 PM |
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[quote="cooby"]I saw the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile on the way home from work
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| MFS62 May 28 2009 09:28 PM |
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[quote="Nymr83"]despicable.
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| themetfairy May 29 2009 05:55 AM |
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This story makes me think of Centerfield.
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| cooby May 29 2009 06:36 PM |
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We found a bullet hole in the side of our garage, probably from our neighbor's gunfight. Can't find the thread.
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| Swan Swan H May 29 2009 06:55 PM |
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[quote="cooby":2sen0oa4]We found a bullet hole in the side of our garage, probably from our neighbor's gunfight. Can't find the thread.[/quote:2sen0oa4]
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| themetfairy May 29 2009 07:08 PM |
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[quote="cooby":3mhca1el]We found a bullet hole in the side of our garage, probably from our neighbor's gunfight. Can't find the thread.[/quote:3mhca1el]
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| MFS62 May 30 2009 08:26 PM |
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Susan Boyle lost on "Britain's Got Talent".
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| cooby May 31 2009 02:15 PM |
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It's windy and I have a piece of dirt in my eye. Swimming didn't get it out.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 31 2009 02:30 PM |
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My son's been acting like a 3-year-old.
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| themetfairy Jun 01 2009 12:56 PM |
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I bought D-Dad an electronic item via the Internet for our anniversary. Long and short is that it didn't work.
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| metirish Jun 01 2009 01:02 PM |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":whu24mjg]My son's been acting like a 3-year-old.[/quote:whu24mjg]
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| seawolf17 Jun 01 2009 01:19 PM |
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[quote="metirish":lpx6iv5l][quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":lpx6iv5l]My son's been acting like a 3-year-old.[/quote:lpx6iv5l]
Great , what can I look forward too?[/quote:lpx6iv5l]
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 01 2009 01:20 PM |
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[quote="metirish":y9daar4f][quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":y9daar4f]My son's been acting like a 3-year-old.[/quote:y9daar4f]
Great , what can I look forward too?[/quote:y9daar4f]
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| metirish Jun 01 2009 01:37 PM |
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Lorcan is 18 months now and over the past month we've noticed that he gets quite frustrated over things and can be very independent in many ways.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 01 2009 01:52 PM |
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It was my experience that the Terrible Twos start well before the second birthday and are still far from over when the third birthday arrives.
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| Edgy DC Jun 01 2009 02:00 PM |
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It is my experience that adolescence now starts at nine and lasts well into the doddering years.
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| cooby Jun 01 2009 03:18 PM |
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[quote="Swan Swan H":2leh0fq6][quote="cooby":2leh0fq6]We found a bullet hole in the side of our garage, probably from our neighbor's gunfight. Can't find the thread.[/quote:2leh0fq6]
Maybe the weinermobile did a drive-by.[/quote:2leh0fq6]
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| themetfairy Jun 01 2009 04:30 PM |
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cooby's working on making the next Bullet of Cool list :)
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 02 2009 11:47 AM |
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Lunch was entirely too spicy a meat-a-ball.
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| Fman99 Jun 03 2009 08:28 PM |
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My wife's boss is a cunt.
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| Nymr83 Jun 04 2009 11:07 AM |
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If you don't condone violence why are you ruling out charges against a gang of people who beat the shit out of a suspect?
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| Edgy DC Jun 04 2009 11:12 AM |
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I almost got the idea that the police set up that exact scenario to happen.
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| Number 6 Jun 04 2009 09:31 PM |
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Ever notice that you can sing "I'm a Little Teapot" to the Jeopardy theme?
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2009 04:31 AM |
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Yes! Whenever I hear that theme, I hear inside my head, "Tip me over and pour me out."
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| themetfairy Jun 06 2009 04:14 PM |
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| Nymr83 Jun 11 2009 07:36 AM |
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Bar Mitzvah in jail!
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| Edgy DC Jun 11 2009 07:48 AM |
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The sidebars are more interesting if you think about it. (1) The guys who signed off on that only getting suspensions. (2) All the Jewish prisoners have been transferred out. Huh?
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| Nymr83 Jun 11 2009 08:35 AM |
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[quote="Edgy DC":3cve2xog]The sidebars are more interesting if you think about it. (1) The guys who signed off on that only getting suspensions. (2) All the Jewish prisoners have been transferred out. Huh?[/quote:3cve2xog]
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| sharpie Jun 11 2009 08:41 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 11 2009 08:42 AM |
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Normally Nymr and I are on opposite sides politically but I agree completely with that proposal.
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| Fman99 Jun 11 2009 08:42 AM |
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Why do janitors always talk to themselves?
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 11 2009 08:45 AM |
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Because no one else will?
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| DocTee Jun 11 2009 08:47 AM |
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The "reader comments" that accompany that story are awful. Despicable, really.
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| Nymr83 Jun 11 2009 09:03 AM |
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[quote="DocTee":2tne4lav]The "reader comments" that accompany that story are awful. Despicable, really.[/quote:2tne4lav]
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 11 2009 09:07 AM |
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I agree. I really don't understand why these news sites include them, at least, not on the same page.
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| Fman99 Jun 12 2009 12:14 PM |
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So if a person holds open two successive doors for you, like at an entrance to a building, are you supposed to say "thank you" once, or twice? And if once, after which door do you thank them?
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| Nymr83 Jun 12 2009 12:38 PM |
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if i don't get a thank you on the first door, i'm not holding the second one. but the first thank you covers both doors.
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| Nymr83 Jun 12 2009 01:04 PM |
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Crazy.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 12 2009 01:32 PM |
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He looked so frail at the Obama inauguration. Even with a parachute, you hit the ground fairly hard, don't you?
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| metirish Jun 12 2009 01:37 PM |
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[quote="Nymr83"]Crazy.
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| Edgy DC Jun 12 2009 01:37 PM |
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This one looked like a tandem jump.
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| themetfairy Jun 12 2009 01:58 PM |
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A few minutes ago a guy in a MFY shirt rings my doorbell and tries to sell me food out of his truck (which also had a MFY logo on it).
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| Nymr83 Jun 12 2009 02:03 PM |
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[quote="themetfairy":289dyxm5]A few minutes ago a guy in a MFY shirt rings my doorbell and tries to sell me food out of his truck (which also had a MFY logo on it).
He seemed surprised when I declined his offer.[/quote:289dyxm5]
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| themetfairy Jun 12 2009 02:28 PM |
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Something like that. I told him I wasn't interested because I'm on Weight Watchers, and he told me he had fish back there. WTF?
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| Kong76 Jun 12 2009 02:31 PM |
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One thanks for the first door, nothing for the second for a man.
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| Farmer Ted Jun 12 2009 03:41 PM |
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Are they leftovers from MFY Stadium? That sounds so random and bizarre.
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| cooby Jun 12 2009 06:12 PM |
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I think that chipmunks are one of God's sweetest creatures.
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| themetfairy Jun 13 2009 08:29 PM |
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Since the death of Harry Kalas, the quality of Phillies broadcasts has dropped precipitously.
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| Swan Swan H Jun 13 2009 08:43 PM |
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Since the birth of Rob Dibble, the quality of Nationals broadcasts has dropped precipitously.
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| cooby Jun 15 2009 05:31 PM |
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Something big and dirty must have fallen into our pool last night
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| Kong76 Jun 15 2009 06:20 PM |
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Maybe one of those horses wandered in and had an accident.
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| Fman99 Jun 15 2009 08:43 PM |
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[quote="cooby":2lql71ko]Something big and dirty must have fallen into our pool last night[/quote:2lql71ko]
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| Willets Point Jun 15 2009 10:02 PM |
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[quote="cooby":11f64575]Something big and dirty must have fallen into our pool last night[/quote:11f64575]
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| themetfairy Jun 19 2009 10:35 AM |
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MK just came home. He had a half day on the last day of 7th grade.
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| Kong76 Jun 19 2009 07:47 PM |
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That itunes thread is very popular.
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| dgwphotography Jun 20 2009 10:48 AM |
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[quote="Kong76":2g0kl0p3]That itunes thread is very popular.[/quote:2g0kl0p3]
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| themetfairy Jun 20 2009 01:46 PM |
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In our household, Fudgie is for birthdays -
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| metsguyinmichigan Jun 20 2009 05:07 PM |
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[quote="dgwphotography":18p2an4i][quote="Kong76":18p2an4i]That itunes thread is very popular.[/quote:18p2an4i]
I just wish I had more songs that matched up with youse guys...
[/quote:18p2an4i]
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| Kong76 Jun 20 2009 05:24 PM |
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I haven't participated nor really followed it. It's just go so many hits and
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| MFS62 Jun 22 2009 11:47 AM |
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There's a picture in the early edition of today's Daily News of President Obama playing golf yesterday at Ft. Belvoir.
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| metsguyinmichigan Jun 22 2009 01:11 PM |
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[quote="themetfairy"]In our household, Fudgie is for birthdays -
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| cooby Jun 22 2009 07:29 PM |
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On one of the roads I drive home on, there is a sign that says
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| Nymr83 Jun 22 2009 08:06 PM |
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[quote="cooby":2sbs17z0]On one of the roads I drive home on, there is a sign that says
"Speech Impaired Child Zone"[/quote:2sbs17z0]
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| seawolf17 Jun 22 2009 08:13 PM |
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Sadly, by the time you've finished reading that sign, you've run over the poor kid. He tried to yell for you to stop, but... well...
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 02:33 PM |
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Clarence Thomas is appalling.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 02 2009 10:04 AM |
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Madison has a very pretty mommy.
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| Kong76 Jul 05 2009 05:49 PM |
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The red caps will be gone in ~ 4 hrs.
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| Fman99 Jul 05 2009 07:19 PM |
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[quote="Kong76":mr14mjy5]The red caps will be gone in ~ 4 hrs.[/quote:mr14mjy5]
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| Nymr83 Jul 05 2009 07:41 PM |
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i hope the all-time red caps record remains 0-3 and they never ever ever wear them again
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| cooby Jul 05 2009 07:42 PM |
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Who is Madison?
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| Swan Swan H Jul 05 2009 07:59 PM |
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 07 2009 12:43 PM |
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[quote="cooby":15z7y36u]Who is Madison?[/quote:15z7y36u]
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| themetfairy Jul 09 2009 03:38 PM |
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Went to the Boy Scout troop website to check out the photos from camp. Didn't see any pictures of MK. Did see pictures of horrendous, giant spiders.
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| cooby Jul 09 2009 06:00 PM |
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Looked down at my odometer this morning and saw that my mileage was
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| Nymr83 Jul 10 2009 02:27 AM |
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Nice Ass!
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 10 2009 05:24 AM |
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I like how the President of France is watching Obama and snickering.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 10 2009 05:31 AM |
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[quote="cooby":35z635tp]Looked down at my odometer this morning and saw that my mileage was
123457
Missed the chance of a lifetime by just a mile[/quote:35z635tp]
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| Nymr83 Jul 10 2009 05:58 AM |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1xh3zn52][quote="cooby":1xh3zn52]Looked down at my odometer this morning and saw that my mileage was
123457
Missed the chance of a lifetime by just a mile[/quote:1xh3zn52]
I failed to notice the date when it was 07/08/09[/quote:1xh3zn52]
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 10 2009 06:20 AM |
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Cooby can drive in reverse for a few miles and get a second chance at 123456.
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| Willets Point Jul 10 2009 07:24 AM |
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[quote="Nymr83"]Nice Ass!
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| Frayed Knot Jul 10 2009 08:53 AM |
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The NYPost ran that photo under a headline of 'Tail to the Chief'
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| metirish Jul 10 2009 08:56 AM |
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I didn't see this before I did the caption this thread, sorry.
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| Swan Swan H Jul 10 2009 07:14 PM |
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MSG+ has Aussie Rules Football on Saturday nights. I LOVE Aussie Rules Football. Simple rules, constant action, lots of scoring. I'm a Brisbane fan, myself. They've had a couple of down years, but they're on the top half of the ladder this year and I have a good feeling about their chances this year.
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| Frayed Knot Jul 10 2009 08:09 PM |
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You must have been one of those guys camped out in front of ESPN in its early days.
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| Kong76 Jul 10 2009 08:19 PM |
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WP: What Obama was really doing <<<
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| Swan Swan H Jul 10 2009 08:46 PM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":84735qf5]You must have been one of those guys camped out in front of ESPN in its early days.[/quote:84735qf5]
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| cooby Jul 11 2009 11:28 AM |
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[quote="Nymr83"][quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"][quote="cooby"]Looked down at my odometer this morning and saw that my mileage was 123457 Missed the chance of a lifetime by just a mile |
| themetfairy Jul 14 2009 03:46 PM |
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Happy Bastille Day!
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| Centerfield Jul 14 2009 03:57 PM |
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[quote="Willets Point"][quote="Nymr83"]Nice Ass!
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| Edgy DC Jul 14 2009 07:50 PM |
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That's what we said about you.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 01:05 PM |
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Summer colds are the liver-worst.
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| Rockin' Doc Jul 17 2009 07:39 PM |
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Yesterday my partner's son returned home from summer school in Chapel Hill. Said he wasn't feeling well at all and the campus clinic advised him to go home and get some rest. Today, he was confirmed to have the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. Fortunately, he's a big, strong young man that is being treated with Tamiflu he should ultimately be fine, but I'm sure it will be a while before he feels well again.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 11:53 PM |
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[quote="Rockin' Doc":27zf5ter]Yesterday my partner's son returned home from summer school in Chapel Hill. Said he wasn't feeling well at all and the campus clinic advised him to go home and get some rest. Today, he was confirmed to have the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. Fortunately, he's a big, strong young man that is being treated with Tamiflu he should ultimately be fine, but I'm sure it will be a while before he feels well again.
Most of our staff is absolutely panicking. Many of them seem convinced that they and their families are now iin danger of being infected. I tried to reassure them, but I don't think I was too successful at easing their fears. The coming week should be quite interesting at our office.[/quote:27zf5ter]
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| metirish Jul 18 2009 01:38 PM |
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I just reformatted my computer to out of the box factory settings , easier than I thought and now she's working much better and faster.
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| Frayed Knot Jul 19 2009 08:49 AM |
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Squeaky-voiced athletic Hall of Fame:
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| Rockin' Doc Jul 19 2009 04:43 PM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":32sb3vsd]Squeaky-voiced athletic Hall of Fame:
Willie Mays
Mike Tyson
Jack Nicklaus[/quote:32sb3vsd]
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| Edgy DC Jul 19 2009 05:08 PM |
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Kerri Strug would go in the first-ballot.
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| cooby Jul 22 2009 04:28 AM |
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I'm pretty sure this is the first July of my life that when I get up in the morning I can't wait to get dressed....because it's chilly.
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| seawolf17 Jul 22 2009 07:45 AM |
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It's July 22, and we haven't turned our air conditioning on yet this year.
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| MFS62 Jul 22 2009 08:42 AM |
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The grandkids are on vacation and we're watching their pet Guinea Pig.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 22 2009 09:37 AM |
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[quote="Rockin' Doc":1w9idpac][quote="Frayed Knot":1w9idpac]Squeaky-voiced athletic Hall of Fame:
Willie Mays
Mike Tyson
Jack Nicklaus[/quote:1w9idpac]
I'd like to nominate Walter Payton and Tony Gwynn for enshrinement.[/quote:1w9idpac]
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| Nymr83 Jul 22 2009 07:35 PM |
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Obama says 'reform' is "not a game", does that mean its "practice"? (excuse to post my favorite YouTube clip)
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| cooby Jul 23 2009 07:30 PM |
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There is a big honking storm heading your way
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| Edgy DC Jul 23 2009 08:04 PM |
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We got buckets here. Absoulte pails.
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| cooby Jul 23 2009 08:15 PM |
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Us too, for hours and hours.
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| Rockin' Doc Jul 23 2009 08:19 PM |
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Much like the Mets, we got nothin'.
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| themetfairy Jul 24 2009 11:21 AM |
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WTF?
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| Centerfield Jul 24 2009 11:39 AM |
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I wonder why there is no Track 2 on the shuttle between Grand Central and Times Square.
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| Fman99 Jul 24 2009 12:17 PM |
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[quote="themetfairy"]WTF? Handerpants |
| cooby Jul 28 2009 06:57 AM |
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Usually on my way to work, when I get off at my exit I can see very clearly (PSU) Beaver Stadium (because it’s huge) and Bryce Jordan Center, about a mile or so away. Today I noticed that I couldn’t see them because the corn is too high.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 29 2009 07:19 PM |
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Don't you just hate it that in this advanced technological age, there are still times where you REALLY need to get a hold of someone and you have no clue if any text or voice messages to them ever got through?
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| themetfairy Jul 29 2009 07:21 PM |
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My elbow hurts :(
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| cooby Jul 31 2009 05:59 PM |
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We've gotten a lot of rain this week, but imagine my surprise when an earwig crawled out from under my keyboard this morning at work.
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| Nymr83 Aug 01 2009 08:35 AM |
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They've evacuated a terminal at LaGuardia, someone reportedly had a fake bomb
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| MFS62 Aug 01 2009 09:41 AM |
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My rose-of-Sharon bushes bloomed this week - on schedule.
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| cooby Aug 03 2009 06:29 PM |
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Today I came back to my desk and found JD's cat Skipper on my screen, she is so cute :)
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| Nymr83 Aug 04 2009 01:38 AM |
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[quote="cooby":jfetesfc]Today I came back to my desk and found JD's cat Skipper on my screen, she is so cute :)[/quote:jfetesfc]
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| Valadius Aug 04 2009 06:14 AM |
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Today is President Obama's birthday. He's 48 today.
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| themetfairy Aug 04 2009 06:48 AM |
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I'm going to take a little break for the month of August. Not a complete break - I'll be checking out the POTG threads and the running thread. But we have a ton of things going on around here, including preparations for MK's Bar Mitzvah, and I need to streamline things for a little while.
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| metirish Aug 04 2009 01:08 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2009 01:48 PM |
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Just got back from the ER , got there at 8:30 in the AM and got out at 2pm. I went out yesterday evening to the local park with a friend to do some photography .Walking down a lane to get " the shot' I stood on a large rock to avoid a water puddle and that's when I took a header into the water. Either I slipped or the rock moved quickly when I stood up on it because next thing I'm flipping and landing face down with my left wrist bearing my weight .
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| MFS62 Aug 04 2009 01:21 PM |
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Irish, I hope you're just day to day and won't be going on the DL. It'll be slow going here if you only can type with one hand with the other in a cast.
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| Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 01:42 PM |
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Well, I'm glad the initial diagnosis is fracture-free. Gald for the camera too. Get well.
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| soupcan Aug 04 2009 01:58 PM |
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[quote="metirish":58tk49y6]Either I slipped or the rock moved quickly when I stood up on it because next thing I'm flipping and landing face down with my left wrist bearing my weight.[/quote:58tk49y6]
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| metirish Aug 04 2009 02:01 PM |
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[quote="soupcan":1n24azms][quote="metirish":1n24azms]Either I slipped or the rock moved quickly when I stood up on it because next thing I'm flipping and landing face down with my left wrist bearing my weight.[/quote:1n24azms]
How stupid did you feel?[/quote:1n24azms]
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| Benjamin Grimm Aug 06 2009 10:39 AM |
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Can you identify the author of this quote?
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 06 2009 10:39 AM |
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Barney Rubble
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| Benjamin Grimm Aug 06 2009 10:44 AM |
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I'm impressed!
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| Swan Swan H Aug 06 2009 11:39 AM |
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Oh, that Barney Rubble. What an actor.
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| Kong76 Aug 06 2009 11:56 AM |
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http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/rubble.wav
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| MFS62 Aug 15 2009 11:24 AM |
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F'n weatherman.
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| cooby Aug 15 2009 02:58 PM |
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I really need to cut my bangs.
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| A Boy Named Seo Aug 16 2009 06:37 PM |
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My chick the other day after spotting a dude walking around Sydney with a Mets tee on:
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| Nymr83 Aug 17 2009 07:04 PM |
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Tom Delay will be part of the next 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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| MFS62 Aug 18 2009 09:03 AM |
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Seems like every time my back hurts, I dropp more things accidentally than when it doesn't hurt.
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| dgwphotography Aug 18 2009 06:24 PM |
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[quote="MFS62":3d057pfy]Seems like every time my back hurts, I dropp more things accidentally than when it doesn't hurt.
Later[/quote:3d057pfy]
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| Centerfield Aug 19 2009 08:58 AM |
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The Toyota of Manhattan commercial (where the guy at the desk is screaming) has to be the strangest commercial I've ever seen. I have no idea why a company would want to be associated with such an unlikeable, crazy guy. Maybe they're trying to copy Crazy Eddie in some way, but it fails miserably.
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| Centerfield Aug 19 2009 08:58 AM |
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But just to be clear, I'd rather watch this commercial on loop for four hours straight than see another Jeter commercial for Ford.
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| cooby Aug 24 2009 05:39 PM |
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All my clothes smell like patchouli lately for some reason
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| MFS62 Aug 25 2009 08:55 AM |
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[quote="cooby":3nsroiaj]All my clothes smell like patchouli lately for some reason[/quote:3nsroiaj]
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| A Boy Named Seo Aug 25 2009 09:34 AM |
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[quote="cooby":13dn6h4e]All my clothes smell like patchouli lately for some reason[/quote:13dn6h4e]
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| metirish Aug 25 2009 11:00 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 25 2009 11:05 AM |
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Just got news form home that a friend committed suicide last night ......we weren't best mates or anything but it's a very small village and he lived three houses down.......I got to say when I heard I was not terribly surprised.....tow young kids left behind.....
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| A Boy Named Seo Aug 25 2009 11:04 AM |
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Jeez, I'm sorry, man. Sorry for those kids, too.
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| Edgy DC Aug 25 2009 11:12 AM |
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Sorry to hear. Go kiss your son.
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| themetfairy Aug 25 2009 07:33 PM |
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I'm sorry for your news Irish. Close or not, suicide is a major kick in the gutt.
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| metirish Aug 25 2009 08:02 PM |
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Thanks guys. It's an especially big problem in Ireland , it is shockingly one of the leading causes of death in the country and one report I saw recently has suicide as the leading cause of death among young men.
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| themetfairy Aug 29 2009 09:31 PM |
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In the morning we're taking my daughter to the City so she can begin her junior year of college.
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| Frayed Knot Aug 30 2009 05:21 AM |
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[quote="MFS62"][quote="cooby"]All my clothes smell like patchouli lately for some reason |
| Edgy DC Aug 30 2009 05:56 AM |
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My first reading was All my clothes smell like patootie lately for some reason. And I thought Cooby, dear, time to do the laundry.
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| cooby Aug 30 2009 03:34 PM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot"][quote="MFS62"][quote="cooby"]All my clothes smell like patchouli lately for some reason |
| Valadius Aug 31 2009 10:07 AM |
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Marvel is being sold to Disney for $4 billion. There goes comics.
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| metirish Aug 31 2009 10:45 AM |
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Will I even notice ? , how would this impact lets say any new Spider-Man movie ?
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| metirish Aug 31 2009 10:55 AM |
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Looks like Steve provides an answer in the Marvel thread in the Film Forum
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| dgwphotography Sep 02 2009 04:17 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Hey, my level's last name is a first name just like Amos Otis...
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| MFS62 Sep 02 2009 11:49 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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My grandson had his first day in kindergarten yesterday. When he got off the buss, my daughter asked how it went. He answered, "Well, I didn't get into trouble". Later
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| Kong76 Sep 02 2009 04:54 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Having the Google [Bot] actually show up on the blue bar makes me laugh. Bot away Google!
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| cooby Sep 02 2009 06:23 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="dgwphotography":3b8c1vr6]Hey, my level's last name is a first name just like Amos Otis...[/quote:3b8c1vr6] when I was in HS, my nickname was Amos Otis. Then one day we noticed that Amos Otis backwards was Somasito and that was my new nickname
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| MFS62 Sep 03 2009 08:35 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The TV is on in the background. The old movie "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea", upon which the tv series was based, came on. I'd swear it sounded like Frankie Avalon singing the title song. Later
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| Frayed Knot Sep 03 2009 08:57 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":3u1u73tw]Having the Google [Bot] actually show up on the blue bar makes me laugh. Bot away Google![/quote:3u1u73tw] I saw a Yahoo bot also. What exactly are "they" doing?
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 03 2009 09:02 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Scanning the threads so that they can be included in search results.
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| themetfairy Sep 03 2009 09:56 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The Google Calendar now lets you subscribe to sports calendars. I have the Mets schedule as a clickable option.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 03 2009 12:22 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Seeing as how we've got Google bots and Yahoo bots, I guess it's only a matter of time before Babu Bhat shows up.
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| metirish Sep 04 2009 07:05 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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What is with all the re-post this is if you believe it stuff on FB ? , I find facebook increasingly annoying and the way it's evolving I am at the point where I am thinking about dumping it.
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| Edgy DC Sep 04 2009 07:11 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Hopefully that will fade just like the pillow fight movement faded. And that's what I think they are --- movements. I was asked a half a dozen times to change my status to show my support for health care access, and I was thinking, "Yeah, I agree, but asking us all to roll over like dominoes isn't necessarily an adult way to discuss it." That's no insult to anybody who did change their status because, like I said, I'm with you, and we all probably feel pretty impotent in the face of how things have gone. But it was sort of like using Facebook as a chain e-mail, wasn't it?
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| Frayed Knot Sep 04 2009 07:20 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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There was a pillow fight movement and I missed it?!? Dammit people I need to be notified of this stuff!!
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| metirish Sep 04 2009 11:33 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Maybe because I am not glued to every Mets game these days but I can't remember the last time I saw Sandy Alomar Sr. on the telly , he's still there right?
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| Frayed Knot Sep 04 2009 11:48 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="metirish":1kdv27bo]Maybe because I am not glued to every Mets game these days but I can't remember the last time I saw Sandy Alomar Sr. on the telly , he's still there right?[/quote:1kdv27bo] Saw him just yesterday getting possession of Josh Thole's first hit ball for safe-keeping as it was tossed into the dugout.
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| metirish Sep 04 2009 02:36 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Big fest in Ireland this weekend , from the I didn't know you could do that files....you could have pre-ordered your beer and pick it up nice and cold when you get there......limit 48 cans per person Food & Drink Questions Q: How much beer can I bring in with me? A: 48 cans per person. There will be an off-licence on site for purchasing alcohol throughout the weekend, you can also buy your drink online in advance from the On-Line Off Licence and have it chilled and ready for you on arrival. Go To Off-Licence. Note no glass is permitted on site, plastic bottles only will be permitted. I must be getting old..
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| cooby Sep 04 2009 08:40 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I need to delete my old bookmark; I keep clicking on it and wondering where everybody is.
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| sharpie Sep 05 2009 09:07 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Bought a new computer today at J&R. There was a flyer I saw coming in that said if you spent over $50 you got a free gift. So I ask for the free gift. Turns out it is a MFY "final season at MFY Stadium" umbrella. So, the Yankees take their extra promotion crap and give it to J&R (since they are "the official electronics dealer of the Yankees"). Of course I told them that I didn't want their steenking umbrella. My wife apologetically said "We hate the Yankees."
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 05 2009 10:05 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Nice. I'd have also accepted, "So I took it and jammed it up the salesman's ass."
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| Kong76 Sep 06 2009 07:36 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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So I google 'J&R official Yankees' and they are of course, the Official Consumer Electronics Retailer of the New York Yankees Another reason Ya Gotta Go To B&H!
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| themetfairy Sep 06 2009 08:29 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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B&H Rules! Aside from everything else about B&H, they were really good to my daughter over the summer. Long story short - she bought a laptop, and when it arrived she discovered it didn't have a feature that she wanted. They took it back, let her exchange it for a different model, and only charged her the $15 difference in the price of the two models. No muss, no fuss. Another B&H story is that I bought a little point and shoot from them over the summer (because there was no way I was taking one of my good cameras to pick up MK from Boy Scout camp, but I wanted to have something other than a cellphone camera there). I ordered it on a Tuesday morning, and it arrived via UPS on Wednesday. These guys are fast. Plus they don't promote the MFYs....
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| dgwphotography Sep 06 2009 09:31 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I only order from B&H. I have ordered my gear from them for about 25 years, and I have never had a problem with them. Plus, for a guy like me, going to B&H is like visiting Disney World...
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| MFS62 Sep 06 2009 11:05 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="dgwphotography":2d015bfu]I only order from B&H. I have ordered my gear from them for about 25 years, and I have never had a problem with them. Plus, for a guy like me, going to B&H is like visiting Disney World...[/quote:2d015bfu] I'd have thought that for metsfairy it would be Disney World (Fantasyland, where Tinker Bell resides) and for you, EPCOT. (more tech) But, I get it. Funny. Later
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| Valadius Sep 08 2009 02:20 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I have met the douchiest hipster in the universe. He's in one of my classes, and I swear to God, he's almost a perfect representation of douchey hipsters. Note: Long hair Long scraggly beard Gigantic Buddy Holly glasses that are too big for his face Black tape on said glasses Red flannel shirt Paint-stained women's pants Dirty Converses, half-laced And to top it all off, the world's single WORST tattoo: A teddy bear wearing a shirt with the silhouette of the Commonwealth of Virginia on it, standing on top of a man, holding a HOT DOG, of all things, aloft in the air, with the words "SIC SEMPER TYRANNI" underneath the whole image. This is on the back of his left arm. I mean, there are good hipsters, but then there are truly douchey hipsters, and this guy is the worst I've ever seen.
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| metirish Sep 08 2009 02:23 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Obviously he's a MFY fan , please take a picture so we can add him to the MFY Douchebag thread.
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| cooby Sep 08 2009 04:21 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I cut my bangs way too short last night. I look like Shaun Cassidy now
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| Swan Swan H Sep 08 2009 07:00 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":9rww85g1]I cut my bangs way too short last night. I look like Shaun Cassidy now[/quote:9rww85g1] Do you now look like Shaun Cassidy looks now, or do you now look like Shaun Cassidy looked in his brief heyday? In any case, that may indicate it's time for a return to the Toni Tennille 'do you claimed to have sported in the '70s.
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| cooby Sep 08 2009 07:07 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Unfortunately, I look like Shuan probably looks now with his 70's hairdo. You remember that? Geez, you're good!
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| cooby Sep 08 2009 07:11 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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oh the heck with it.
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| MFS62 Sep 09 2009 08:27 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Val AND Cooby - you owe us some pics. Later
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| cooby Sep 09 2009 08:53 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Val-what an excellent, excellent description! Bravo! I want to see that too! MFS-but I put Shaun picture in the test thread :)
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| metsguyinmichigan Sep 09 2009 09:02 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Swan Swan H":2kygvsuv][quote="cooby":2kygvsuv]I cut my bangs way too short last night. I look like Shaun Cassidy now[/quote:2kygvsuv] Do you now look like Shaun Cassidy looks now, or do you now look like Shaun Cassidy looked in his brief heyday? In any case, that may indicate it's time for a return to the Toni Tennille 'do you claimed to have sported in the '70s.[/quote:2kygvsuv] The Captain and Tennille -- the first 45 and album that I bought with my own money! I had a huge crush on Toni Tennille. Then I discovered Kiss, and, well, things changed dramatically.
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| cooby Sep 09 2009 09:05 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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lol, apparently! I can't believe Swannie remembers that haircut...
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| Swan Swan H Sep 09 2009 09:58 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Wow. Make me out to be a stalker. Not that I'm not, but can't a guy have a hobby? Actually, I just happened to be reading through the archives a couple of weeks ago and stumbled across an IGT where it came up. [url]http://www.archives.cranepoolforum.net/100/f14_t162.shtml
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 09 2009 10:02 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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New glasses. They make me look like a hipster Mr. Peabody. Well, Mr. Peabody, if he paid $300 to look like Mr. Peabody.
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| Valadius Sep 09 2009 10:03 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I'll have to be inconspicuous with my picture-taking, but my brother wants a picture too.
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| cooby Sep 09 2009 10:10 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Swan Swan H"]Wow. Make me out to be a stalker. Not that I'm not, but can't a guy have a hobby? Actually, I just happened to be reading through the archives a couple of weeks ago and stumbled across an IGT where it came up. [url]http://www.archives.cranepoolforum.net/100/f14_t162.shtml |
| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 09 2009 10:37 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":29csatfe] We never work our hairdos into IGTs anymore. What's wrong with us?[/quote:29csatfe] Less hair?
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| cooby Sep 09 2009 10:46 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Well, in my case, I certainly have less bangs
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| metirish Sep 11 2009 05:02 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 11 2009 05:03 PM |
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September 10th 1994 I came to America, hard to believe it's 15 years ago. A one way ticket on Tower Air.
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| themetfairy Sep 11 2009 05:02 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Happy Day After Your Anniversary Irish!
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| Kong76 Sep 11 2009 05:26 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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irish: September 10th 1994 I came to America <<< And already you're the ass't head groundskeeper of a great metropolitan ball club. Well, a metropolitan ball club. What a country.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 11 2009 06:02 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="metirish":z285vcdo]September 10th 1994 I came to America, hard to believe it's 15 years ago. A one way ticket on Tower Air.[/quote:z285vcdo] And seeing as how Tower Air doesn't exist anymore I guess you're stuck here.
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| Edgy DC Sep 11 2009 07:41 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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It took some small degree of good fortune that he made it. Happy anniversary.
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| metirish Sep 11 2009 07:47 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Thanks guys...thanks for the laughs...in my naiveté I thought Tower Air were great. It was my first time on a plane. I will never forget the cab ride in from JFK....my friend had the cabbie take us through Manhattan to get to the apartment in Maspeth.
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| MFS62 Sep 11 2009 08:45 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Adding my wishes for a Happy Anniversary. Later
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| cooby Sep 11 2009 08:48 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[td:2hsum89m]Me too![/td:2hsum89m]
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 11 2009 09:19 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="metirish":3cwlrjze]Thanks guys...thanks for the laughs...in my naiveté I thought Tower Air were great. It was my first time on a plane. I will never forget the cab ride in from JFK....my friend had the cabbie take us through Manhattan to get to the apartment in Maspeth.[/quote:3cwlrjze] Classikc.
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| Kong76 Sep 16 2009 12:19 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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So I get a package at work --the disc player mentioned in another thread -- and there's a card in the box asking one not to throw out the "packing peanuts" but rather douse them with water and they disappear. Made from starch ... I'm a little sick of hearing about green this and green that but that's just green genius.
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| cooby Sep 16 2009 07:04 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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We had dinner tonight with an old buddy of my husband's and just as we were getting ready to leave, a magician pulled up a chair and started doing tricks.
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| metsmarathon Sep 17 2009 01:49 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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wow! i wonder where he hid the chair!
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| metsguyinmichigan Sep 17 2009 02:16 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":1pyqdthm]We had dinner tonight with an old buddy of my husband's and just as we were getting ready to leave, a magician pulled up a chair and started doing tricks.[/quote:1pyqdthm] This happened to us once, only he asked if he could do some tricks. We must have looked completely horrified, because he quickly added, "Uh, I work here. It's OK." We declined the tricks. And never went back.
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| cooby Sep 17 2009 05:52 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I wore my shoes all day long today!
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 17 2009 06:22 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I put on my socks this morning, and I still haven't taken them off!
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| Kong76 Sep 17 2009 06:34 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I stopped wearing underwear around 1PM today.
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| cooby Sep 17 2009 08:30 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Carlos Baerga, and KC, with no underwear, Jeezus, I may not sleep tonight.
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| Edgy DC Sep 17 2009 09:37 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":2pnv1gta]I stopped wearing underwear around 1PM today.[/quote:2pnv1gta] Like, forever?
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| cooby Sep 23 2009 06:50 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Swam today, what is this, September 22? This may have been half a summer, but I have never been swimming in our pool this late in the year. Shooting for October!
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| Fman99 Sep 23 2009 08:06 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":3qhuw3yh]Swam today, what is this, September 22? This may have been half a summer, but I have never been swimming in our pool this late in the year. Shooting for October![/quote:3qhuw3yh] I hope to get in some late September golf tomorrow -- supposed to be 75 at tee time (4 PM-ish) and still mid 60s when we finish. Love autumn golfing.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 24 2009 07:01 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I always put my pants on left leg first. Merely habit mind you, there's no weird superstition of any kind here. But it's a habit to the point where I feel really clumsy and awkward trying it the other way. The weird part is that I've just noticed I do this even though I'm now sure I've been doing so all along.
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| themetfairy Sep 24 2009 01:20 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I hate the fact that the body wash and shampoo at the gym smell like guys' cologne.
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| Edgy DC Sep 24 2009 02:38 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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This statue from Richmond seems to suggest, "Arthur Ashe. He heroically kept both education and athletics safely out of the reach of children."
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 24 2009 02:47 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Is that the statue that's on the same boulevard as a bunch of Confederate generals?
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| Edgy DC Sep 24 2009 02:58 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Yup.
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| Nymr83 Sep 24 2009 03:15 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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| MFS62 Sep 24 2009 05:18 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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It was perfect weather today to stain my deck. And I did. Now I need a nap. Later
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| themetfairy Sep 25 2009 09:21 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Trader Joe's just opened in my township :)
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| Kong76 Sep 25 2009 03:22 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I have like 400 channels of shit on the tv to chose from .... chose from chose from chose from .... Why can't I get an episode of F-Troop?
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 25 2009 03:33 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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No Dick Van Dyke Show either. Not even Gilligan's Island, which used to ALWAYS be on.
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 25 2009 03:36 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="themetfairy":35a6xpw6]Trader Joe's just opened in my township :)[/quote:35a6xpw6] That's one weird store. They try to pretend to be simultaneously Polynesian and local. They have some nice stuff there, but it's Disneyish to a degree that's a little creepy. They try to make it seem that they're a mom-and-pop store that sends a guy around the world to bring exotic foods back to [NAME OF YOUR TOWN]
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| Kong76 Sep 25 2009 03:41 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I should have posted this in the 'If I Were Czar' thread. Who wouldn't occasionally find themselves watching a young Barbara Eden in black and white, Wilbur's wife, if it were available? Mary Anne! Black and white Mary Tyler Moore was no uggo either. OE: I really need to type slower sometimes.
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| Rockin' Doc Sep 25 2009 04:53 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I Dreamed of Jeannie for several of my adolescent years.
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| G-Fafif Sep 25 2009 05:48 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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This right here is one of those posts whose sole purpose is to move the odometer up a notch and see who I become after I've been Tsuyoshi Shinjo. ETA: Kevin Kobel. Oh.
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| themetfairy Sep 25 2009 05:51 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I had gnocchi gorgonzola for dinner. I like this concept of carbing up before a big race :)
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| cooby Sep 25 2009 08:12 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I'm pissed off. Does it show?
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| MFS62 Sep 26 2009 06:55 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":3924u5vr]I'm pissed off. Does it show?[/quote:3924u5vr] Cooby. First your name mysteriously appearing as a poster on the red light forum (Yes, we understand you were hornswaggled to go there), and now this. What's up? This isn't the Cooby we've come to know. Is this your evil twin? 'Splain please. Later
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| dgwphotography Sep 26 2009 08:18 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Rockin' Doc":3sirn0v3]I Dreamed of Jeannie for several of my adolescent years.[/quote:3sirn0v3] As did I...
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| cooby Sep 26 2009 09:53 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="MFS62":2w1lnzxf][quote="cooby":2w1lnzxf]I'm pissed off. Does it show?[/quote:2w1lnzxf] Cooby. First your name mysteriously appearing as a poster on the red light forum (Yes, we understand you were hornswaggled to go there), and now this. What's up? This isn't the Cooby we've come to know. Is this your evil twin? 'Splain please. Later[/quote:2w1lnzxf] lol, that red light forum thing never has been fully explained has it?... The pissed offedness will come to be explained eventually, oh yes.
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| Kong76 Sep 26 2009 07:32 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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What's coobster pissed off about that MFS62 understands but I don't? You both have my email address, if ya got a beef let me know about it.
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| cooby Sep 26 2009 07:42 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Not you KC, it's my kids....
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| dgwphotography Sep 27 2009 05:02 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":syja0yz9]What's coobster pissed off about that MFS62 understands but I don't? You both have my email address, if ya got a beef let me know about it.[/quote:syja0yz9] I don't think MFS62 understood why Cooby was pissed off, just understood that she was pissed off because he saw her screen name listed as viewing the redlight forum...
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| MFS62 Sep 27 2009 08:00 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="dgwphotography":3cc8k0f1] I don't think MFS62 understood why Cooby was pissed off, just understood that she was pissed off because he saw her screen name listed as viewing the redlight forum...[/quote:3cc8k0f1] Bingo! Later
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| Kong76 Sep 27 2009 08:29 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I've never heard of Baidu, but their spiders have found the cpf. From Wikipedia: "Many people have asked about the meaning of our name. 'Baidu' was inspired by a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The poem compared the search for a retreating beauty amid chaotic glamour with the search for one's dream while confronted by life's many obstacles. '...hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood.' (Chinese: ??????????????????????;) Baidu, whose literal meaning is hundreds of times, represents persistent search for the ideal."
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| metirish Sep 28 2009 10:26 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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...So my ATT wireless bill for a family plan runs around $120 a month...that's with three phones...got quite the shock a few weeks ago when the new bill was $403...WTF? So I call them and it turns out we had gone several hundred minutes over our plan at a cost of 45c a minute...it was on my wife's phone...turns out the home phone had died and she was using her cell for all her calls....never told me about the house phone and I never use it anyway...they were nice at customer service when I called that time but told me they could do nothing at that point as my bill was not due until today....when I called to day the girl was nice and I was like how about I pay $100 now and spread the rest out over the next few bills.... The girl says, give me a second..comes back and tells me because I have been a longtime customer she can rejig things and wave $250 so my bill would be $150...wow...I paid it there and then and up the minutes on the family plan so as to not ever allow that to happen again...needless to say I could not have been more appreciative
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| themetfairy Sep 28 2009 12:33 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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That's a great story Irish - it affirms that there are still some real mensches in this world :)
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| Kong76 Sep 28 2009 01:52 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I had a billing problem with AT&T last month, for some reason my blackberry incurred some odd $65 additional data charge. I called to complain and the nice lady removed it and changed my plan so that I also save an additional $30/month. I hung up mystified by how nice she was, not used to it from the giants. I really signed on to complain about Jim Cramer. I had some kind of thestreetdotcom trial subscription like a dozen years ago and the bald fuck still emails me every day. I can't stop it. I've tried everything. I swear if I ran into him on 5th Ave I'd bunch him in the neck.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 28 2009 07:16 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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| MFS62 Sep 29 2009 09:06 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="themetfairy":1h8tdurs]Trader Joe's just opened in my township :)[/quote:1h8tdurs] Just curious. Next time you go there, please check out the cars in the parking lot and report back here. The one near me seems to be a Subaru magnet. Are Suburu drivers their target audience - y'know, sensible, safe (You need 4 wheel drive here in the Winter), but not ostentatious? Later
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| themetfairy Sep 29 2009 09:27 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The cars in the lot were a good mix of the cars in this township. I didn't notice a disproportionate amount of Subarus.
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| themetfairy Sep 29 2009 12:46 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I got my flu shot today. My arm hurts. And I hate needles :(
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| MFS62 Sep 29 2009 01:09 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="themetfairy":1taqxdft]The cars in the lot were a good mix of the cars in this township. I didn't notice a disproportionate amount of Subarus.[/quote:1taqxdft] Thanks. It must be a Connecticut thing. :) About the aching arm. Flu shots sting. But when I was in the Army and got orders for Southeast Asia, they gave us anti-plague shots. They were gamma globulin, and were given in the tush. The dossage is given by body weight. It took three nurses to carry in my needle. I felt like I was sitting on a red-hot baseball for about a week before the shot dissipated into my body. Later
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| Frayed Knot Sep 29 2009 01:42 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Suburus are the official car of Maine. Well, not officially official, but, y'know, they might as well be. 4WD and all that. Maybe they're now working their way to southern New England, especially as the economy and pseudo-enviromentalism causes people to start shunning huge SUVs
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| themetfairy Sep 29 2009 01:49 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Subaru sales are up in general, because people are looking for a well made vehicle that doesn't have a $60,000 hood ornament attached to it.
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| MFS62 Sep 29 2009 05:13 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I broke my fast yesterday with my birthday cake. It was a day early, but the family was together. Later
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| cooby Sep 29 2009 06:42 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Nuts
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| MFS62 Sep 30 2009 12:23 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":1pxsrwiq]Nuts[/quote:1pxsrwiq] No. There were no nuts in or on my birthday cake. Just standard frosting. But thanks for asking. :) Later
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| metirish Sep 30 2009 12:58 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Happy Birthday
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| themetfairy Sep 30 2009 01:05 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Happy Belated Birthday
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| cooby Sep 30 2009 06:20 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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heheh, yes, happy birthday :)
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| metsmarathon Sep 30 2009 07:30 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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accidentally painted the boy's room what turned out to look very very pink. it wasn't supposed to be. oops. this color will be much better.
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| MFS62 Oct 01 2009 07:58 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Thanks for the birthday wishes. As Casey Stengel said "There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them. " Later
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| cooby Oct 01 2009 06:02 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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So far today I have taken 8732 steps, not counting any steps I took in the shower, AND I wore shoes.
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| Valadius Oct 02 2009 05:25 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Only a few hours left until the Olympics vote. It's really down to Chicago vs. Rio. Tokyo, by all accounts, is fading, and I doubt the IOC would want to hold the games in Europe twice in a row, which would rule out Madrid.
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 02 2009 05:45 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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How do we know that Tokyo is fading? Is there somebody doing play-by-play at the deliberations?
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| metirish Oct 02 2009 07:23 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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pbp here http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/oc ... ision-live
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| Edgy DC Oct 02 2009 07:32 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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On the Tokyo Mayor chappie John Senior writes: "It's a shame Governor Ishihara didn't do the presentation. He may be a gaffe-prone ultranationalist (think a green Silvio Berlusconi), but he'd certainly have grabbed people's attention. Today he declared that 2016 could be the last ever Olympics before mankind destroys the planet (unless, he presumably meant, Tokyo wins)."
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| cooby Oct 03 2009 12:52 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Fman99":tj9to706][quote="cooby":tj9to706]Swam today, what is this, September 22? This may have been half a summer, but I have never been swimming in our pool this late in the year. Shooting for October![/quote:tj9to706] I hope to get in some late September golf tomorrow -- supposed to be 75 at tee time (4 PM-ish) and still mid 60s when we finish. Love autumn golfing.[/quote:tj9to706] Did it! Water was 58 degrees, refreshing! Did not stay in long, came in the house and put on my sweatpants :) Still, I can tell my grandkids someday
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| Kong76 Oct 03 2009 07:19 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Ya ever wonder if you're the only one doing something that no one else is doing anywhere at a point in time? I'm watching The Munsters where Herman hits Leo Durocher in the coconut and gets a tryout with the Dodgers. No one else is doing this.
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| cooby Oct 03 2009 07:44 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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the guy at the TV station is
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| Fman99 Oct 03 2009 07:55 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":20josbak]Ya ever wonder if you're the only one doing something that no one else is doing anywhere at a point in time? I'm watching The Munsters where Herman hits Leo Durocher in the coconut and gets a tryout with the Dodgers. No one else is doing this.[/quote:20josbak] I love that one.
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| themetfairy Oct 03 2009 07:59 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I'm watching the White Sox/Detroit game. A meaningful game in October. But I do love The Munsters.
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| Kong76 Oct 03 2009 08:03 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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coobs: the guy at the TV station is <<< DVD, it's even formatted in 16:9 ... first season box set. Funny ass show.
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| themetfairy Oct 03 2009 08:32 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I swear that it was after watching the Fregosi Emerald/Curse episode that I learned about the Ryan/Fregosi trade.
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| sharpie Oct 03 2009 09:13 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Today is my wedding anniversary. Also, I just found out tonight, Barack and Michelle Obama's anniversary -- they got married 5 years later than we did, however.
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| themetfairy Oct 03 2009 09:36 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Happy Anniversary!
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| MFS62 Oct 04 2009 08:08 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Happy Anniversary. Later
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| Valadius Oct 04 2009 01:04 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The downside of living in Washington is that more often than not I can't watch the Giants game.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 05 2009 08:18 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Just twatted for the first time ever, strictly professional...
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 05 2009 11:50 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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My son came home for lunch today and found a snake coiled up under the pool table in the front den. I was out getting the car cleaned when he called to inform me of our unexpected visitor. I made him promise to leave it alone until I got there. We called the City Animal Control Department and they dispatched a truck. When the woman for animal control arrived it was quickly apparent that she was more terrified of potentially catching the snake than I was. The snake had by this time decided to try hiding and hid behind a decorative carving on the marble fireplace mantle. We eventually moved the obstacles off the mantle using a pool bridge to keep our distance. Then my son then used the pool bridge to pick up the snake and remove it from the house. Fortunately, my son works part-time for the city Children's Museum where he handles the reptiles putting on shows for school children, so he is trained in dealing with such things. After he got the snake outside in the sun, he identified it as a black rat snake and informed me it was harmless. He eventually released the snake in a wooded lot a few blocks from our house.
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| metirish Oct 05 2009 11:57 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Yeah , I'm not going near that thing......what age is your son?....
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 05 2009 12:05 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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20 year old college student and part time animal handler at the City Children's Museum. He helps care for a 3 foot alligator, a 14 foot Burmese Python and assorted other animals, so a 3 foot black snake wasn't a big deal to him. Personally, I think he's nuts, but he really enjoys it. If I had to catch snakes for a living our family would likely be living in a cardboard box under a bridge somewhere.
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| cooby Oct 05 2009 06:04 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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wow, a snake in the house sounds pretty exciting (not that I want that to happen at my house)!
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| themetfairy Oct 05 2009 06:38 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":3lba5915]wow, a snake in the house sounds pretty exciting (not that I want that to happen at my house)![/quote:3lba5915] I always associate your house with that chipmunk.
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 05 2009 07:01 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Too exciting. I'll take my chances with a chipmunk any day.
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| cooby Oct 10 2009 01:15 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Well, we've had both snakes and chipmunks, and other critters besides...
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| soupcan Oct 10 2009 03:43 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Okay so let me ask some stupid questions Doc - If your son is qualified and unafraid to handle these icky things - why bother calling animal control at all? Why didn't he just remove it himself? And since you don't like dealing with them, why on earth would you tell him to not touch it until you got there?
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| cooby Oct 10 2009 04:41 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I don't like it when my mom doesn't feel well :(
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 10 2009 06:02 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="soupcan":6hiwxiyb]Okay so let me ask some stupid questions Doc - If your son is qualified and unafraid to handle these icky things - why bother calling animal control at all? Why didn't he just remove it himself? And since you don't like dealing with them, why on earth would you tell him to not touch it until you got there?[/quote:6hiwxiyb] When he called me to tell me about the snake, my son said that he was sure it was either a a black rat snake or a water moccasin. He said that they look an awful lot alike and he couldn't be sure which it was. Since my son has no fear of snakes and I didn't want him to take unnecessary risks with a possibly venomous snake. I knew that if I was there I could keep him from doing something careless. I called animal control because I thought I would let the professionals deal with the problem. Unfortunately, the woman that responded was ill equipped both in tools (no snake pole or snake hook) and emotionally to deal with the snake. When I saw it was up to us (okay him, not me) to remove the snake, I then allowed him to proceed with the removal using the bridge to the pool table as an impromptu snake hook. Once he had the snake outside in the sun and well subdued he then told me he was sure that the snake was indeed a black snake.
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| Nymr83 Oct 11 2009 03:57 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 11 2009 08:03 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Hey, I don't hire them, i just called them. I got the feeling that she was an animal conterol officer that was counting on the majority of the calls being related to dogs and cats running loose. I'm sure that if i had pushed the issue she would have gone in and got rid of the snake. Just as I would have had no other options existed.
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| Kong76 Oct 12 2009 04:58 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I appreciate the sentiment, the historical aspect, the undying love of one's baseball franchise of choice ... but voting in the 1969 PotG thread while there are REAL playoff games going on that the Mets haven't had a sniff at in years feels kinda lame. (I was gonna give Seaver four points for going five just to piss off Edgy :-))
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| Edgy DC Oct 13 2009 11:48 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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| Kong76 Oct 13 2009 06:07 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Lol, kinda.
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| cooby Oct 13 2009 06:12 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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My friend's wife had a baby today, their fourth child and their first son. When he texted me how big he was he said 8' 7". Obviously he meant 8 lb 7 oz. He's just a little excited :)
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| seawolf17 Oct 13 2009 06:15 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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This has been a helluva long day. Looking forward to tomorrow.
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| Fman99 Oct 13 2009 07:46 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":2crebg7r]My friend's wife had a baby today, their fourth child and their first son. When he texted me how big he was he said 8' 7". Obviously he meant 8 lb 7 oz. He's just a little excited :)[/quote:2crebg7r] That is the precise amount of lbs/oz I weighed at my own birth.
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| metirish Oct 13 2009 08:05 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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As the old man in the pub said to Colm Meaney in The Snapper " that's a big baby but a small turkey".
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| MFS62 Oct 15 2009 12:14 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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It's snowing in Northwest Connecticut. Later
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| Centerfield Oct 15 2009 12:16 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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NY Times crossword clue: 18 Down: Drop a pop-up, say "Castillo" doesn't seem to fit.
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| soupcan Oct 15 2009 12:38 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Err.
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| metirish Oct 15 2009 02:30 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Bartman? Six years ago yesterday(14th)
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| metsmarathon Oct 15 2009 06:02 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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all the snow is causing my maple tree to droop in front of the satellite dish, and on the biggest TV day of the week!
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| Kong76 Oct 19 2009 05:20 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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When I grow up, I wanna have hair like Pat Sajak.
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| metirish Oct 19 2009 05:32 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I have seen enough of him and Boras the past few innings to last a lifetime.
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| Frayed Knot Oct 19 2009 05:35 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":1bdi3gsm]When I grow up, I wanna have hair like Pat Sajak.[/quote:1bdi3gsm] Why stop there? ... go for Vanna's
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| Kong76 Oct 19 2009 05:56 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Just got an email from StubHub .... Where do you want to sit? Hey Kevin, Be there alongside your New York Mets as they chase baseball immortality. Go to StubHub, where you’ll find a fantastic selection of tickets to every playoff game – so you experience the championship chase live and in person. Check it out.
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| MFS62 Oct 19 2009 05:59 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":2yyryc6n]Just got an email from StubHub .... Where do you want to sit? Hey Kevin, Be there alongside your New York Mets as they chase baseball immortality. Go to StubHub, where you’ll find a fantastic selection of tickets to every playoff game – so you experience the championship chase live and in person. Check it out.[/quote:2yyryc6n] Just guessing that you don't check your email too often,eh? Or there's a huge logjam in that big bit bucket in the sky. Later
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| Edgy DC Oct 19 2009 06:05 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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| seawolf17 Oct 20 2009 06:21 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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| Kong76 Oct 20 2009 03:38 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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StubHub actually sent out an apology later last night. My guess is they got pranked somehow or worse. Of course they ain't gonna come out say they had some kind of security breach -- but it's safe to use our site. Really.
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| cooby Oct 20 2009 06:29 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Tomorrow my mom and sister and I are going to Hollywood Casino. I hope I win!
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| MFS62 Oct 21 2009 08:22 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":2a0gk5i5]Tomorrow my mom and sister and I are going to Hollywood Casino. I hope I win![/quote:2a0gk5i5] Los Angeles? Florida? New Jersey? Where is it? You'll probably be too busy to see this until after you get back. Hope you had good luck. Later
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| cooby Oct 21 2009 07:46 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Actually it was somewhere around Harrisburg...I slept along the way and don't know where :) And I didn't win
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| cooby Oct 23 2009 05:31 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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A nice rainy night
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| metirish Oct 25 2009 04:17 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Spent the day at the NY Botanical Garden....a beautiful place to spend this lovely day.
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| cooby Oct 27 2009 06:53 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The one in Brooklyn?
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| Swan Swan H Oct 27 2009 08:02 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I had five minutes to kill so I exported my iTunes music library to Excel and determined that the most common song length in the library is 3:39, with 71 occurrences.
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| metirish Oct 28 2009 07:21 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Swan Swan H":23n3doi3]I had five minutes to kill so I exported my iTunes music library to Excel and determined that the most common song length in the library is 3:39, with 71 occurrences.[/quote:23n3doi3] That's kind of cool I never did get GeoCities but I dio remember it form my early days online.....it closed this week http://www.slate.com/id/2233723/
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| MFS62 Oct 28 2009 08:10 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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My cousin showed me pictures from his vacation. He visited the H&B Louisville Slugger Museum. Among the individual displays and plaques of the best hitters of all time is one dedicated to "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. At least he's being remembered as a great player somewhere. Later
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| Centerfield Oct 28 2009 03:47 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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So it turns out that when your son's pre-school teacher tells you he was in a fight, the question you are not supposed to ask is "Did he win?"
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| Kong76 Oct 28 2009 04:13 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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CF: the question you are not supposed to ask is "Did he win?" <<< "Was he a Yankee fan?" is probably inappropriate as well.
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| themetfairy Oct 28 2009 04:38 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Centerfield":1n9ar37m]So it turns out that when your son's pre-school teacher tells you he was in a fight, the question you are not supposed to ask is "Did he win?"[/quote:1n9ar37m] Did he?
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| Fman99 Oct 28 2009 04:50 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Never fails -- every time I visit an observation deck I run into some retards.
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| cooby Oct 28 2009 06:51 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Yuck, ate too many potato chips for supper
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| Nymr83 Oct 29 2009 06:18 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,570400,00.html 29 year old singer killed by a pair of coyotes?? i knew they fucked with farmers stuff out west, i didnt know they could kill people!
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 29 2009 07:26 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Rabies or hunger will make animals much more aggressive towards humans. It's best to have a companion whenever venturing into the wilderness.
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| Kong76 Oct 29 2009 07:33 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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RDoc: It's best to have a companion whenever venturing into the wilderness. <<< Like a shotgun, for starters.
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 30 2009 01:28 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Kong - "Like a shotgun, for starters." That's my chosen companion. I generally carry my 12 gauge Benelli shotgun with me when exploring in the 1200 acres of our hunt club or simply riding in the woods of a friends family land. I generally carry it in a hardshell rifle case mounted to the side of my four wheeler. I keep the chamber empty, but there are 4 or 5 shells ready to cycle through in an emergency. It comes in handy for eliminating copperhead snakes (snake + 12 gauge = small crater where snake was) and warding of coyotes, wild dogs, or other persistant animals. I once encountered a trio of snarling wild dogs while out four wheeling with a buddy. One warning shot over their heads and they took off like their tails were on fire. I hate to imagine us trying to fend those three off if we hadn't been armed for protection.
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| Kong76 Oct 30 2009 02:35 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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RDoc: snake + 12 gauge = small crater where snake was <<< But Rockin', it's a poor defenseless snake!
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| metsguyinmichigan Oct 30 2009 03:17 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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My co-worker just gave me of the March 30 issue of the New Yorker, which has a really nice drawing of Citi Field in a packing box with Styrofoam peanuts, and some other, butt-ugly stadium that is obviously getting repacked and sent back to the store for a refund.
At least that's how I view it.
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 30 2009 04:02 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76"]RDoc: snake + 12 gauge = small crater where snake was <<< But Rockin', it's a poor defenseless snake! |
| Kong76 Oct 30 2009 04:20 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Just funnin' with ya ... I don't like snakes venomous or not.
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| Centerfield Nov 02 2009 12:35 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="themetfairy":1t15a9o0][quote="Centerfield":1t15a9o0]So it turns out that when your son's pre-school teacher tells you he was in a fight, the question you are not supposed to ask is "Did he win?"[/quote:1t15a9o0] Did he?[/quote:1t15a9o0] I don't know! I was encouraged because my son didn't have a scratch on him, which boded well. But later I saw the other kid, and he seemed pretty clean too. Also tough to tell who won by interaction since they immediately forgot about the fight and were doing a puzzle together. I've seen the dad though. Nice guy. I could definitely take him. His mom scares me a little. And by a little I mean a lot.
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| cooby Nov 03 2009 10:52 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I have noticed lately that when I shake my head "no" really hard, it sounds like a train whistle
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| MFS62 Nov 03 2009 12:56 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":2orq01aj]I have noticed lately that when I shake my head "no" really hard, it sounds like a train whistle[/quote:2orq01aj] Coob, if I were you I'd have a Doctor check out my sinuses . Later
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| cooby Nov 03 2009 04:38 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Heck no! He might make it stop!
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| Swan Swan H Nov 03 2009 05:17 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Just buy the hat and bandanna and you can entertain at kids birthday parties.
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| cooby Nov 04 2009 01:46 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Or fun loving adults!
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| themetfairy Nov 04 2009 07:21 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I'd love to try out Google Wave if anyone has any unused invitations.
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| cooby Nov 06 2009 08:57 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 06 2009 08:59 PM |
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Tonight we went out to dinner and Eddie Moneys "Take me Home Tonight" was playing and my daughter started flailing her arms around demonstrating her 2 am bar dance and I started to laugh and choke and had to spit my iced tea all over the table to keep from dying.
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| cooby Nov 06 2009 08:58 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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| metsmarathon Nov 06 2009 09:09 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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screws suck when they're missing from stuff you're assembling... they're also way non-standard, it looks like, but there's an odd chance i can find something similar in my stash. sigh.
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| Kong76 Nov 14 2009 08:25 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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This thread got on page 2 quickly. I forgot what I was gonna post.
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| Centerfield Nov 17 2009 11:23 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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What you will need: Big exercise ball that women use to stretch etc. at the gym Narrow hallway 1 year old Soundtrack to Indiana Jones Step 1: Call your 1 year old over to the end of your narrow hallway Step 2: Roll the giant ball at her Step 3: Play Indiana Jones soundtrack while she freaks out and runs away from the ball
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| Number 6 Nov 17 2009 11:26 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Centerfield":1kkyzgco]What you will need: Big exercise ball that women use to stretch etc. at the gym Narrow hallway 1 year old Soundtrack to Indiana Jones Step 1: Call your 1 year old over to the end of your narrow hallway Step 2: Roll the giant ball at her Step 3: Play Indiana Jones soundtrack while she freaks out and runs away from the ball[/quote:1kkyzgco] Clearly you forgot the video camera.
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| MFS62 Nov 18 2009 08:08 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Number 6, speaking of a big scary ball rolling at someone, what did you think of the new Prisoner? Later
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| TransMonk Nov 20 2009 04:16 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Is this irony? Tennessee quarterback has shown poise, accuracry, and most importantly a winning attitude since returning to the starting lineup From a CNNSI article on Vince Young. The statement above was the caption to Young's photo. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... ml?cnn=yes
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| cooby Nov 21 2009 08:54 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Last night I drempt that they were renovating my church and I was so worried they would find the body I had buried under the one staircase. I don't know where I get these ideas.
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| Kong76 Nov 21 2009 09:05 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I was awake before five this morning and then dosed back off a little after six. I had a dream about being on the subway to Coney Island and a few forum members were in it but we ended up on Long Island or something. It's funny how the mind works. I was thinking recently about suggesting a forum outing at a Cyclones game and I also just watched The Taking of Pelham 123 on blue ray.
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| metsmarathon Nov 21 2009 01:30 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby"]Last night I drempt that they were renovating my church and I was so worried they would find the body I had buried under the one staircase. I don't know where I get these ideas. |
| Number 6 Nov 22 2009 03:11 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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| MFS62 Nov 22 2009 05:58 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Number 6"]
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| Kong76 Nov 23 2009 03:40 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The 17 year old Hitachi TV in the bedroom is dying. Beating it with a rubber mallet brings it back to life. Until it dies again. Then a beating brings it back to life. I was hoping it would never die, it weighs like 200 pounds.
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| MFS62 Nov 27 2009 09:23 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Just heard on the news that the Krispy-Kreme place in Milford,CT is going out of business. It was the first one built in the State, and when it first opened (and before they started selling KK donuts in the supermarkets) you literally couldn't get near the place - police were directing traffic from the Post Road into their tiny parking lot. On its site will be the first Sonic burger place I'm aware of in the state. Not sure if that is a good thing or not because their ads make me think that if I eat their food, I'll turn into a weirdly colored computer-enhanced person. Later
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| cooby Nov 27 2009 08:06 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Those frozen drink thingys look interesting.
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| dgwphotography Nov 28 2009 08:05 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="MFS62":38dwil0d]Just heard on the news that the Krispy-Kreme place in Milford,CT is going out of business. It was the first one built in the State, and when it first opened (and before they started selling KK donuts in the supermarkets) you literally couldn't get near the place - police were directing traffic from the Post Road into their tiny parking lot. On its site will be the first Sonic burger place I'm aware of in the state. Not sure if that is a good thing or not because their ads make me think that if I eat their food, I'll turn into a weirdly colored computer-enhanced person. Later[/quote:38dwil0d] I thought the one that was in Newington (?) was the first one in CT..... The one in Milford has been empty for about a year. Their donuts are too sweet, and it takes up more real estate than it really needs. The problem is that their coffee is awful, so it never really got a foothold on the Dunkin Donuts business in the area. there has to be 3 or 4 DD's within a 1 1/2 radius, and they all do amazing business....
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| MFS62 Nov 28 2009 04:56 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Didn't know there was one in Newington. This must have been the first in the non-Red Sox-rooting end of the state. I try not to venture into the other end if I can absolutely avoid it. (Mohegan Sun doesn't count) Later
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| Kong76 Nov 29 2009 06:28 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The turkey is in the oven. Stuffed with carrots, celery, red onion, and lemon wedges.
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| MFS62 Nov 29 2009 08:42 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":b77enz6a]The turkey is in the oven. Stuffed with carrots, celery, red onion, and lemon wedges.[/quote:b77enz6a] OK, I'll ask. Why Today? Or is your name really Tom Dooley and you just got off the Pelham 1,2,3? Anyhow, enjoy it. Later
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| Kong76 Nov 29 2009 09:34 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Our travel plans were up in the air so we got a nice fresh Stew Leonard's turkey just in case. Ended up in RI after all on Thurs and now we having Turkey Day ll.
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| metsmarathon Nov 29 2009 10:42 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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lemon wedges... interesting... we typically do apples
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| metsmarathon Nov 29 2009 03:07 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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so.. lets say you lived at, 27 any street, yourtown, usa. and you receive an unexpected package via ups that has your address on it, but not your name, and its from some place you didn't order anything from ever. and the packing slip is clearly visible on the box as well, and it has that same name as the address label, but it says to deliver the package to 207 any street, yourtown, usa. would you: a) keep the box and its mysterious contents b) call ups and have them pick up the box and its mysterious contents c) drive up the street with the box and see if the people who live at 207 any street might be expecting this mysterious box, perhaps even leaving a note cos we just had a box get delivered to our neighbors down at 27 any street, and the packing slip was clearly visible with the correct address. and instead of ever trying to see if the intended recipients of said box might live up the street, they called ups to have it picked back up, and probably sent back to the shipper. luckily, i stopped by their house today, and picked up this box. its a small box, weighs 8 lbs, and contains crib bedding, which we've been getting antsy about not yet having. seriously, how is "c" not the option immediately taken?
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| cooby Nov 30 2009 09:10 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I just walked out back to see how much damage the bear did to the birdfeeders and noticed my neighbors forsythias are in bloom :)
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| Nymr83 Nov 30 2009 06:57 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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the BEAR? you guys remember when we discussed gun ownership? if i lived there i'd have one (along with an 8-foot fence around my property)
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| cooby Nov 30 2009 07:45 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Yeah, I remember it. I was one of the ones that voted "yes we have a gun". And we do have a fence, cos we have a pool! But it's not 8 feet tall, egads.
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| Nymr83 Nov 30 2009 09:03 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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well the point was tall enough to keep the bears out, i suppose a determined bear would find it way in (likely through) anyway
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| cooby Dec 01 2009 05:27 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I know :)
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| Kong76 Dec 04 2009 03:30 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Home sick today, made some turkey soup with leftovers and stuff in the fridge .... yum yum in the tum tum.
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| themetfairy Dec 04 2009 03:38 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":3sco6kma]Home sick today, made some turkey soup with leftovers and stuff in the fridge .... yum yum in the tum tum.[/quote:3sco6kma] Feel better!
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| Kong76 Dec 05 2009 10:39 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Retired the cath-ray Hitachi monstrosity today ... I need a freakin' handy man or something. I can't be lugging around 200 lb tv's any- more and I'm going to pay dearly. First Saturday of the month is electronics day at our village dump. Eight big tv's and a half dozen old computer monitors at 9:00 this morning ... amusing sign of the times.
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| Kong76 Dec 07 2009 04:40 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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There's nothing like a peperoni and fresh garlic pizza to change one's perspective on, well, just about everything.
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 08 2009 11:05 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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In my copy of the Daily News today (for some reason I always get the Bronx edition) the Bronx Baby Faces section includes a photo of a little guy, born just a few weeks ago. His name? Am'az'in Blackman.
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| themetfairy Dec 08 2009 06:00 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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A Charlie Brown Christmas is starting on ABC NOW!!!!
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 09 2009 01:20 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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That woman on True Jackson is pretty sexy.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 09 2009 03:31 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Someone vomited in a common-area office wastebin today. Nobody 'fessed up. Ain't nothin' sadder than a can of unclaimed bile.
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| Fman99 Dec 09 2009 08:33 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Daytime dramas, or "soaps," suck ass.
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| themetfairy Dec 09 2009 09:16 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Basement floods suck ass more.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 10 2009 08:16 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2h1yuet5]In my copy of the Daily News today (for some reason I always get the Bronx edition) the Bronx Baby Faces section includes a photo of a little guy, born just a few weeks ago. His name? Am'az'in Blackman.[/quote:2h1yuet5] Creative punctuation names reminds me of the story my sister told me of a kid in one of her kid's school whose name is spelled La-a When registering the kid for school the mother was asked by one of the school officials how to pronounce it the answer was LaDasha, explaining that, "the 'Dash' ain't silent!"
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| metirish Dec 10 2009 08:18 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":28ce1dhd]In my copy of the Daily News today (for some reason I always get the Bronx edition) the Bronx Baby Faces section includes a photo of a little guy, born just a few weeks ago. His name? Am'az'in Blackman.[/quote:28ce1dhd] I get that edition too...but I live in the BX......that is one of my favorite features of the tuesday paper.
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| themetfairy Dec 10 2009 11:58 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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cooby is amazing!
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| cooby Dec 10 2009 06:21 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Well! Thank you! (chest swells)
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| metsmarathon Dec 11 2009 11:43 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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so my mom just decided to get a new tomtom 'cos hers stopped working. i decided to take the old one to see if i could resurrect it. well, after hooking it up to the ol' computer, updating the software, and probably resetting it in the process, suddenly it could once again see the gps satellites. then i dropped it about 5 feet onto my hardwood floors, and the screen is cracked. i'm so mad at myself right now.
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| metirish Dec 11 2009 11:44 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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"tUt tut"
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| cooby Dec 11 2009 05:59 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Hey, Tyler Swift has a new hairdo. What big news
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| MFS62 Dec 11 2009 06:35 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="cooby":1xxrezuq]Hey, Tyler Swift has a new hairdo. What big news[/quote:1xxrezuq] There are probably screaming arguements backstage at some tv shows (I use that term loosely, but you know the kind I mean) over what story gets more air time, her new hairdo or Tiger Woods. Later
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| MFS62 Dec 14 2009 10:23 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Went to the mall yesterday morning. When I was leaving, I noticed a few things: 1) It had started raining. 2) The rain was freezing when it hit the cold ground. 3) People were falling on their arses on the ice. So, I went back inside until it got warmer and the ice melted. Lots of people were saying that they did the same thing. So, all they could do was wait, and shop some more. I guess it was Mother Nature's stimulus package. Later
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| Fman99 Dec 15 2009 08:47 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The wonders of technology -- I am posting this from 38,000 feet in the air thanks to free Wi-Fi on my flight, courtesy of Delta.
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| Rockin' Doc Dec 16 2009 08:59 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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The older I become, the more frequently I find myself attending funerals. It is a somber reminder of the brevity of this life.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 16 2009 09:28 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Isn't that the truth? I found out last week that a guy I used to know in college passed away of a heart attack (!) last month. He was the same age as me!
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| cooby Dec 17 2009 07:21 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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hahahahahahah! The one goofy lady I work with couldn't figure out why Google didn't look right and when I went to see if I could help her, she was looking at Goggle.com hahhaha I still hear her up there laughing
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| Centerfield Dec 18 2009 09:09 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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TCM played Gone with the Wind to commemorate its 70 year anniversary. I'm thinking if I had to compile an all-time Top 5, Vivien Leigh would probably start off that list.
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| themetfairy Dec 19 2009 09:18 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I had a couple too many decaf Irish Coffees while watching the St. Petersburg Bowl. But at least Rutgers is winning.
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| Kong76 Dec 24 2009 10:28 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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They must have powerful microwaves at the Trader Joe's test kitchen ... the directions never work for me on their burritos and enchiladas.
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| Kong76 Dec 30 2009 06:31 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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These 4 1/2 day weekends could become habit forming.
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| cooby Dec 30 2009 06:51 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Amen brother. But this is the last one for 11 months, so don't get used to it.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 30 2009 08:08 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Starting tomorrow we get to shut down a ton of these all-purpose threads.
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| Edgy DC Dec 30 2009 08:20 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Fucking awesome to think about, ain't it?
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| Kong76 Dec 31 2009 07:22 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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I'd like to thank the good men and woman at Honda, specifically the ones who installed and maintained my anti-lock brakes, for saving me $13,000 today!
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| themetfairy Dec 31 2009 07:31 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Whew! Glad that the brakes came through for you!
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| cooby Dec 31 2009 07:43 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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How?
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 31 2009 07:44 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Now?
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| MFS62 Dec 31 2009 07:45 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":11sulr5p]I'd like to thank the good men and woman at Honda, specifically the ones who installed and maintained my anti-lock brakes, for saving me $13,000 today![/quote:11sulr5p] How much is it going to cost you to clean off your driver's seat? Seriously, is everyone ok? What happened (or nearly happened) Later
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| Kong76 Dec 31 2009 08:01 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Going down Stevens Avenue hill in Valhala at 25 mph all of a sudden I started to slide and I just held those brakes down firmly but gently and it kept me on course. I wouldn't have been hurt but if I slid into the big ass wall on the passenger side like I briefly thought I would it would not be pretty. I'm trading the bugger in on Saturday and it would be my luck to total it and have to pay it off instead of doing the sideways trade up thingie.
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| themetfairy Dec 31 2009 08:18 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76":3b1bbp4v]Going down Stevens Avenue hill in Valhala at 25 mph all of a sudden I started to slide and I just held those brakes down firmly but gently and it kept me on course. I wouldn't have been hurt but if I slid into the big ass wall on the passenger side like I briefly thought I would it would not be pretty. I'm trading the bugger in on Saturday and it would be my luck to total it and have to pay it off instead of doing the sideways trade up thingie.[/quote:3b1bbp4v] That happened to my dad once.
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| Kong76 Dec 31 2009 09:13 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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tmf: That happened to my dad once <<< Totaled a car right before trade in or broadsided a big ass wall sliding down a hill or both? I shouldn't have been on that road but wasn't thinking and went that way out of habit. So, I get a little luck out of a pretty unlucky 2009!
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| Rockin' Doc Dec 31 2009 11:17 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Glad to hear that all turned out well.
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| cooby Dec 31 2009 11:36 AM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Me too (glad). Now I know what you meant by the $13000
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| themetfairy Dec 31 2009 12:14 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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[quote="Kong76"]tmf: That happened to my dad once <<< Totaled a car right before trade in or broadsided a big ass wall sliding down a hill or both? I shouldn't have been on that road but wasn't thinking and went that way out of habit. So, I get a little luck out of a pretty unlucky 2009! |
| G-Fafif Dec 31 2009 04:24 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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This is a good thread for moving up one identity and satisfying my curiosity as to whom I become next.
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| Edgy DC Dec 31 2009 05:29 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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Keep moving. Don't end the year as a dead guy.
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| G-Fafif Dec 31 2009 11:46 PM Re: Thread without a Purpose 2009 |
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What kind of loser sits at his computer and posts purposelessly on a message board in the first hours of a new year? Whoops.
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You mean like that?
