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Small Things Considered - 2017

Frayed Knot Jan 10 2017 04:21 AM

Although I continue to be of the opinion that we tend to overuse various 'All-Purpose' threads around here, often taking discussions that could stand on their own and losing them down a pit of multi-page wilderness because some are under the impression starting new thread around here requires special dispensation, I will concede that there are times when our annual catch-all thread has its uses. So on that topic, it's now past time that 'Apropos of Nothing - 2016' gets put into mothballs and in creating a replacement I decided that our repository for those thoughts too minor to merit their own thread needs a new name.

MFS62 Jan 10 2017 02:49 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Minutiae 2017? Random Thoughts 2017 ? (Which is what the thread was supposed to be, wasn't it?) Later

MFS62 Jan 11 2017 01:40 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 11 2017 04:28 AM

Oh, y'mean this is the new thread? Looks like last year's one has been locked. Even before a name has been chosen (I thought there'd be a vote or something)? OK, I'll start. My Brooklyn Nets look like the worst team in [crossout:1b3966le]basketball[/crossout:1b3966le] all sports history. On one hand, they're not good. On the other hand, they're boring to watch. On the third hand (just checking to see if you're paying attention) they won't have a draft pick until about five years after man lands on Mars. I'm depressed. Later

Frayed Knot Jan 11 2017 02:16 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Oh, y'mean this is the new thread? -- Yes Looks like last year's one has been locked. -- As year-long threads usually are after Jan 1 Even before a name has been chosen (I thought there'd be a vote or something)? -- I voted on it and the result was unanimous.

MFS62 Jan 11 2017 02:25 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Frayed Knot wrote: Looks like last year's one has been locked. -- As year-long threads usually are after Jan 1 That's funny. The last post in that thread is dated Jan 9, 2017. Even before a name has been chosen (I thought there'd be a vote or something)? -- I voted on it and the result was unanimous. With or without Russian intervention? Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 13 2017 04:13 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Summoned. Not just Jury Dury but *Grand* Jury Duty. Anyone been called for this before? I'm kind of looking forward to not going to work for a few weeks.

sharpie Jan 13 2017 04:21 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I did it last spring. I liked it since it was a guaranteed length of time and the cases came and went quickly (though there was always plenty of waiting around which was also ok since you could read or talk or nap or whatever). I liked some of the people I was on the panel with and it was kind of heartening that people took all of this pretty seriously and considered the merits of each case. Also, I was able to walk or bike there which I really can't do at my regular job. The biggest downside was that I still had things to do for my regular job so I spent a lot of time on the phone to the office and one night went to work after it was all done, getting in around 8:30 and leaving around 11. Overall, I preferred it to regular jury duty.

Ceetar Jan 17 2017 01:57 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Why is a random Brooklyn steakhouse flirting with me?

Zvon Jan 17 2017 03:12 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Summoned. Not just Jury Dury but *Grand* Jury Duty. Anyone been called for this before? I'm kind of looking forward to not going to work for a few weeks. Never did a Grand Jury but was a foreman on a local jury in a criminal case. It was an experience. Enjoy it. Write about it.

Centerfield Jan 17 2017 02:52 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Yesterday's crossword: Sign of a beaver's activity, maybe T R _ _ S T _ M P My reaction: TRAMPSTAMP? Seriously? Did the NY Times just go there? Oh, wait. TREESTUMP. Yes, that makes more sense.

Ashie62 Jan 18 2017 03:01 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

My Nets go from Teaneck NJ, to Nassau, to the Meadowlands and to Newark. I leave them in Brooklyn.

themetfairy Jan 19 2017 04:34 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I had a horrible time getting to sleep last night. I thought I could make up for it a little by sleeping in, only to discover at 7:30 that my next door neighbors are having their roof replaced today. I'm as cranky as a two-year-old who missed her nap.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 20 2017 10:47 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I made an instagram post today where I kinda bitched about inauguration day, and an ex-girlfriend of mine commented back how wonderful it was for her. We never aligned on music or movies or books or anything, but we still really liked each other a lot. But one night at dinner, she casually dropped that she'd voted for Bush and I was mentally done with her. I don't see how James Carville does it.

Lefty Specialist Jan 25 2017 01:56 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Something I never knew. My wife's grandmother was a huge Brooklyn Dodger fan. A cousin of hers thought that they got their picture taken by the Times once at Ebbets Field the last year before the Dodgers moved. A little investigation in the Times archives and presto! July 20, 1957 (Ladies Day), a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in Flatbush. Her grandmother and grandfather are the couple in sunglasses about dead center in the third or fourth row. They're laughing at the guys who fell onto the field chasing a foul ball. Kind of cool to see a candid shot like that after all these years. And they got to see The Duke's 300th home run to boot.

cooby Jan 27 2017 11:55 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Seven obits in the paper tonight...of them, we either knew or knew someone related to five of them :(

MFS62 Jan 28 2017 12:28 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Ashie62 wrote: My Nets go from Teaneck NJ, to Nassau, to the Meadowlands and to Newark. I leave them in Brooklyn. So much for fan loyalty. They're still MY Nets. Later

Ashie62 Jan 28 2017 11:48 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I have been loyal but to me the Brooklyn move was a real eff u.

Ashie62 Jan 29 2017 04:43 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

My diabetic foot infection resolved but now it is back. Going for second opinion. Hope it aint MRSA.

themetfairy Jan 29 2017 04:52 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Best of luck with that!

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2017 09:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I think one of the competitors in this race has a unfair advantage. For starters, having a head bigger than that of Barry Bonds is a sure give-away. [fimg=400:gjxp842m]https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/giraffe2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=664&h=441&crop=1[/fimg:gjxp842m] Apparently a group of giraffes got spooked by a passing bike race causing one of them to wind up running along with them. If I'm one of those bikers I'm getting the fuck off that path and let the big guy pass. Not only are those things big but they can move too and there are several laws of physics which suggest that a human isn't going to come out on the good end of a collision with one.

themetfairy Jan 31 2017 03:53 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I love that the MLB Network airs The Naked Gun periodically. I've always contended that it's a baseball movie.

Frayed Knot Jan 31 2017 04:06 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

If it's clear in your area tomorrow (Tuesday) there should be a nice conjunction in the southwest sky just after sunset of a very bright Venus near the crescent (4-day) moon. Venus has been about as bright as it gets for the last month or so now so ya can't really miss it.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2017 01:53 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

The way things are going, I'd kinda like to move there. I know the atmosphere there is toxic, but, well...

Ceetar Jan 31 2017 02:00 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Frayed Knot wrote: If it's clear in your area tomorrow (Tuesday) there should be a nice conjunction in the southwest sky just after sunset of a very bright Venus near the crescent (4-day) moon. Venus has been about as bright as it gets for the last month or so now so ya can't really miss it. Might've seen that last night? I saw a real bright start above the crescent and thought 'neat' while driving down my block, but promptly forgot about it.

Frayed Knot Jan 31 2017 02:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Yeah, same two objects. They'll just be closer together tonight and the crescent one day fuller.

cooby Jan 31 2017 05:22 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Well, it's gotta stop snowing first

MFS62 Feb 01 2017 01:45 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Hooters will be hiring MEN!! http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companie ... cid=HPCDHP Just more proof about how the world is screwed up. Later

themetfairy Feb 02 2017 03:40 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Payless thinks that this is my birthday month and sent me a 25% discount coupon. I don't know why they think I'm a February baby, but I'll take the discount.

MFS62 Feb 02 2017 10:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Do we really need to know the middle names of serial killers? Later

41Forever Feb 02 2017 10:18 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

MFS62 wrote: Do we really need to know the middle names of serial killers? Later Big time, if your name is Lee George Oswald or John Paul Gacy or Mark Ralph Chapman. You want to be able to identify those guys best you can. I did once know a superintendent in an urban district who's name was Jame E. Ray. I remember someone telling him, "as long as that doesn't stand for Earl." Actually, it did. And he was a junior, born long before the assassination.

themetfairy Feb 02 2017 10:46 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I had a math teacher in junior high school named J. Clifford Ruby. And yes, the J was for Jack. I'd have felt bad for the guy, but he was a real asshole.

MFS62 Feb 04 2017 12:03 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

When exactly was "you're welcome" replaced as the response to "thank you" with "no problem"? Did a memo go around? Later

d'Kong76 Feb 04 2017 01:20 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I think probably around the same time as later.

MFS62 Feb 04 2017 01:28 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: I think probably around the same time as later. I was asking a serious question. Its an example of the decline in civility we've experiencing in recent years. (Others include not holding doors for people and not thanking others at all when they do something for you.) I was wondering when CPF-ers first noticed use of "no problem". Later

d'Kong76 Feb 04 2017 02:46 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I hold doors for people, thank people, and throw in a no problem every once in a while. Not sure what your beef is here.

Rockin' Doc Feb 04 2017 04:35 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Holding doors for others is still a pretty common courtesy around here. However, "No problem" has been steadily replacing "you're welcome" over the past few years.

themetfairy Feb 04 2017 11:31 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

It's an appropriate acknowledgment. There's no issue here.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 04 2017 12:37 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Language evolves. "No problem" is no less civil than "you're welcome."

Frayed Knot Feb 04 2017 12:42 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Some folks have a problem with 'no problem'. [youtube:3tt32nse]THWpa7q1ibI[/youtube:3tt32nse]

MFS62 Feb 04 2017 01:21 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I guess I'm not the only one who has noticed this trend. Yes, I was born before 1980 and, to answer my own question, that video indicates that it probably started about the time those born after 1980 were old enough to speak. Later

d'Kong76 Feb 04 2017 03:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

On second thought, I probably say, "no problema" more than no problem.

Ceetar Feb 04 2017 07:48 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

imo no problem is 'politer' than thank you. no problem implies that you weren't bothered by helping. your welcome is just a rote response. But then, I still don't understand small talk and rote responses. also, stop holding the door for me unless i'm literally on your heels. Anything else creates an undo obligation for me to hurry up.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 05 2017 06:50 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I'm reading a book about the Supreme Court (The Brethren, by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong) and it mentioned a satirical centerfold in The National Lampoon that pictured the nine justices in various kinky poses. I decided to look for it online and found not only the picture (go to pages 60 and 61) but the entire February 1974 issue: National Lampoon February 1974 It looks like you can find other issues by moving through the links in this directory: http://www.luckyfrogfarms.com/cook/NL/ (Apparently Justice Brennan didn't know what a "flasher" was and, according to the book, he thought that he was protecting the young children by blocking their view with his robe. And Justice Blackmun didn't know what he was supposedly doing with the kangaroo.)

cooby Feb 05 2017 08:48 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

What is up with Jessica Alba? For the past week or so, everytime she poops or something it's in my newsfeed

Edgy MD Feb 05 2017 10:25 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

JESSICA ALBA POOPED?!?! That damned lamestream media keeps missing all the real stories!

cooby Feb 05 2017 10:43 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I know she doesn't look like she should, right? Check google news; they're full of her lately

Ashie62 Feb 06 2017 12:15 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby wrote: What is up with Jessica Alba? For the past week or so, everytime she poops or something it's in my newsfeed Alba's company has filed for an initial public offering.

Lefty Specialist Feb 06 2017 12:44 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Hope it's not an initial public offering of poop.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 06 2017 01:03 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

My Google News feed is mostly about Trump. Nothing about his bowel movements or about Jessica's.

Ashie62 Feb 06 2017 02:00 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Lefty Specialist wrote: Hope it's not an initial public offering of poop. Her clothing line alone has a preliminary value of 100 million. Smart talented lady.

Frayed Knot Feb 06 2017 03:40 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote: My Google News feed is mostly about Trump. Nothing about his bowel movements or about Jessica's. He has the best bowel movements.

Rockin' Doc Feb 06 2017 04:26 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Frayed Knot wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: My Google News feed is mostly about Trump. Nothing about his bowel movements or about Jessica's. He has the best bowel movements. Well, that's not a surprise, because he's full of it.

Frayed Knot Feb 06 2017 03:09 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm reading a book about the Supreme Court (The Brethren, by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong) ... That's an oldie but goodie. There's a passage in there about SC hearings that were going on during the 1973 NLCS and the lengths that Cincinnati native /Reds fan Potter Stewart went through to be kept up to date when oral arguments conflicted with a game during that era when the LCS was still an all daytime series.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 06 2017 03:20 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Yes. Potter was getting batter-by-batter updates as NLCS Game 5 was being played. The book said that the game was paused when Spiro Agnew announced his resignation. (Is that true? I don't remember that, but I was only ten years old.) During the Court session, Potter got one note that read "Agnew resigns. Kranepool flies to left."

Edgy MD Feb 06 2017 03:21 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Stewart had his clerks keep him updated with half-inning reports, but his private files were never made public, so the only surviving samples of these notes were the ones he passed on to Harry Blackmun:

Frayed Knot Feb 06 2017 03:36 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yes. Potter was getting batter-by-batter updates as NLCS Game 5 was being played. The book said that the game was paused when Spiro Agnew announced his resignation. (Is that true? I don't remember that, but I was only ten years old.) During the Court session, Potter got one note that read "Agnew resigns. Kranepool flies to left." That's the one. I didn't want to spoil it if you hadn't gotten to that point yet (although I've told that story here before). Those half-inning notes from the clerks were, by Stewart's request, turned into batter by batter updates as the game went on. I vaguely remember the news of Agnew's resignation coming during the game but don't remember whether the game itself was even briefly halted. The other baseball related part of that book deals with Blackmun's reaffirming of the court's half-century-old anti-trust exemption. His writing in that opinion, while a nice tribute to the history of baseball, was not his finest judicial moment.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 06 2017 03:41 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Yeah, it seemed that Blackmun framed the decision not by the law, but by what was the best way to preserve baseball's status as the national pastime. The book (understandably) doesn't cover Flood vs. Kuhn in nearly as much detail as it does cases having to do with school desegregation, abortion, capital punishment, Watergate, and the war in Viet Nam.

Ceetar Feb 06 2017 03:54 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I had a friend page me with the Subway Series updates in 2000 during the prom.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 06 2017 04:05 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Your prom was in October?

Ceetar Feb 06 2017 04:06 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Your prom was in October? Interleague play.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 06 2017 04:10 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Oh! Forgot about that!

cooby Feb 06 2017 04:26 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

We have an old Holmes air purifier in one of our bathrooms, and I looked on Amazon to buy new filters I could buy a new one for about $7, or a used one for $29.99 What should I do? OMG who would buy a used filter?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 06 2017 04:37 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Ceetar wrote: I had a friend page me with the Subway Series updates in 2000 during the prom. So... pager in 2000? what kind of drugs were you selling?

Ceetar Feb 06 2017 04:53 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Ceetar wrote: I had a friend page me with the Subway Series updates in 2000 during the prom. So... pager in 2000? what kind of drugs were you selling? That was peak pager time! Cell phone's didn't really take off until after that. Only two of my friends had one, the rich Thai valedictorian gadget-addict and the one who randomly vanished for a day with his older-male friend from church and was unreachable so his father got him a phone.

cooby Feb 08 2017 12:15 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Creepy! And btw Jessica alba hates kids' wearing her shoes. I swear google is obsessed with her

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2017 12:34 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

This must have something to do with your search history. My Google news feed has nothing at all about Jessica Alba. I am, however, seeing a lot of stories about how frogs have snot-like saliva.

Ceetar Feb 10 2017 03:55 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Wadsworth: Your first husband also disappeared. Mrs. White: But that was his job. He was an illusionist. Wadsworth: But he never reappeared! Mrs. White: He wasn't a very good illusionist.

themetfairy Feb 14 2017 09:48 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Would it be possible to have a separate soothsaying subforum in the Baseball forum so that non-prediction threads won't be buried? I'm sure that cooby would also appreciate this.

Edgy MD Feb 14 2017 09:52 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I promise, there's only scheduled to be about two a day. And if the participation rate is anything like last year, they won't bury anything.

cooby Feb 15 2017 03:29 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

themetfairy wrote: Would it be possible to have a separate soothsaying subforum in the Baseball forum so that non-prediction threads won't be buried? I'm sure that cooby would also appreciate this. yes!

Benjamin Grimm Feb 15 2017 03:39 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

We already have a Predictions subforum The thing is, any new posts that originate down there are going to be largely overlooked. The threads will start in the Baseball Forum and will eventually move to the Predictions forum. I know how you feel, though. I'd love to see the music posts moved to their own forum. There are so many times that I go into the Non-Baseball Forum and end up just "marking topics read" when all of the new posts are about music.

cooby Feb 15 2017 03:45 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I know we had a forum once that on the main page, on the lists of forums, it showed what the latest posts was per forum. You could see what it was without opening it. I'm so lazy, lol....what did I do back when I had to walk over and change the tv? Oh I know...lay on the floor right in front of it. That reminds me, we once had a tv when I was a kid that we had to use a pair of pliers to change the channel, lol....what would a kid think of that today?

Ashie62 Feb 15 2017 07:07 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 Feb 15 2017 07:50 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

[corn]Shouldn't this be in the Large Things Considered thread?[/corn]

themetfairy Feb 15 2017 08:30 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: [corn]Shouldn't this be in the Large Things Considered thread?[/corn] FWIW I thought the same thing.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 15 2017 08:34 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I see that the latest trend in swimwear is the forearm bikini.

Ashie62 Feb 15 2017 10:39 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

The issue is described as a tribute to all body shapes and values. Uh huh.

Frayed Knot Feb 16 2017 07:45 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I may be off a bit on the timeframe, but when the German Shepard won top prize at Westminster this week I believe it was the first time in like 68 years that the winning breed was a dog larger than one of my shoes.

MFS62 Feb 19 2017 06:53 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Billie Jean is probably my least favorite Michael Jackson song. Later

Lefty Specialist Feb 20 2017 01:01 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

So this guy plans out his engagement surprise by hiding out as the Dunkin Donuts mascot as his girlfriend takes a halfcourt shot for a DD gift card. Except, well.... http://blog.timesunion.com/kristi/2017/ ... sal-video/

cooby Feb 20 2017 05:46 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Heated up steak just isn't the same

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 20 2017 06:57 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Summoned. Not just Jury Dury but *Grand* Jury Duty. Anyone been called for this before? I'm kind of looking forward to not going to work for a few weeks. I'm sadly returning to work tomorrow after 2 weeks of Grand Jury, and it was interesting, as Sharpie said it would be, but also kind of boring, with long stretches of sitting around interrupted by testimony from cops and victims of crimes in Brooklyn. Most of the cases were sad and kind of comical, incompetent criminals caught in the act and incriminating themselves. We did get a few sad and not funny cases including a child sex-abuse case, an incident where we had to confront behavior of responding cops, and a guy who got run over by his friend's car. I liked that our jury was pure Brooklyn -- Bushwick hipsters, Brighton Beach rooskies, Bay Ridge moms, Coney Island tough guys, Bed-Stuy grannies, Park Slope yupsters etc etc even though the Bay Ridge Mom sitting in front of me was especially wearying (continually prosecuting and/or defending the accused based on whether she liked the attorney, always asking dumb questions, then being the first to complain when we run late). I was disappointed that we didn't hear any cases from my home precinct. Also, nothing good happens after 11 pm in Brooklyn.

MFS62 Feb 20 2017 10:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby wrote: Heated up steak just isn't the same Agree. Later

cooby Feb 23 2017 05:38 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I can't stand Donald Duck

Vic Sage Feb 23 2017 05:46 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Don't be a hater, coobs. Poultry with speech impediments need all the support they can get.

cooby Feb 23 2017 05:49 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Oh it's NOT just that. Clarabelle Cow has turned out to be more talented than I ever expected though. You should hear her play a horn

Ceetar Feb 23 2017 06:44 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby wrote: Oh it's NOT just that. Clarabelle Cow has turned out to be more talented than I ever expected though. You should hear her play a horn maybe related? I walked around the park for lunch, someone was sitting in a minivan practicing the trumpet.

cooby Feb 23 2017 06:52 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I'll bet it was her!

Edgy MD Feb 23 2017 07:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Former-and-occasionally-active poster Willets Point is down in Disney making the scene with Donald as we speak.

cooby Feb 23 2017 11:21 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Just so he doesn't come back here and talk like that. His pictures on facebook look like they are having a blast :D

metsmarathon Feb 24 2017 04:00 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Ceetar wrote: cooby wrote: Oh it's NOT just that. Clarabelle Cow has turned out to be more talented than I ever expected though. You should hear her play a horn maybe related? I walked around the park for lunch, someone was sitting in a minivan practicing the trumpet. we have somebody who sits in a sedan and plays the bagpipes...

d'Kong76 Feb 26 2017 10:10 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

When did stage racing become a thing? Oh, and boogity boogity boogity my #5 car is in front...

Mets Willets Point Feb 27 2017 12:04 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby wrote: Oh it's NOT just that. Clarabelle Cow has turned out to be more talented than I ever expected though. You should hear her play a horn This is all so relevant to me right now since my daughter is watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in all her free time now. I've always liked Donald, though.

cooby Feb 27 2017 12:13 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Yeah I watch quite a bit of it too. But my (one year old) grandson and I are just biding our time waiting for Elena of Avalor to come on. You should hear him holler then! "Leyna! Leyna!" :D

Fman99 Feb 27 2017 04:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: cooby wrote: Oh it's NOT just that. Clarabelle Cow has turned out to be more talented than I ever expected though. You should hear her play a horn This is all so relevant to me right now since my daughter is watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in all her free time now. I've always liked Donald, though. I still tell my kids, "Be nice, Donald," when they're in their jerkier moments.

MFS62 Mar 01 2017 04:11 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

True story: A man called our company yesterday and asked for Customer Service. When connected, he asked if the Customer Service rep could "please stop the flying saucers from flying over my house". The rep said,"I'll see what I can do". When the rep got to work today, there was a voice mail message from the man that just said "thank you". You can't make this stuff up. Later

Lefty Specialist Mar 01 2017 12:47 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Well for one thing, I'd step lightly around that customer service rep.

Ceetar Mar 02 2017 12:37 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

[tweet:uoyqq409]https://twitter.com/jackiehluo/status/735213002757013504[/tweet:uoyqq409]

Mets Willets Point Mar 02 2017 03:44 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

My dad used to be one of those orange dots.

Edgy MD Mar 02 2017 03:49 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

And that looks like it just covers Manhattan, unless folks commuting into the outer boroughs are represented by dots too small to detect.

Frayed Knot Mar 03 2017 07:51 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Headline of the day: Man found buried under massive pile of porn mags

MFS62 Mar 07 2017 04:52 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

WAR! its a WAR! (From my Canadian friend) Back in the 1970s, Denmark and Canada were discussing the international boundaries of the Arctic. In particular they were negotiating the boundaries between Greenland and Canada. It was 1984 when Canada sent an "exploration" team to Hans Island where they erected a Canadian flag and deposited a fine bottle of Canadian whiskey at the foot of the flag, thus claiming Hans Island as Canadian territory. Perplexed, the Danes responded. They sent their own team and "invaded" Canada. They took down our flag and stole our whiskey. They erected their own Danish flag and replaced our fine Canadian whiskey with their own Schnapps. The two countries have exchanged flags and spirits ever since. Each removing the flag of the other country, and likely enjoying a few spirits overlooking a beautiful Arctic scenery. I can imagine a Danish captain, with a sense of victory and success, enjoying a nip of whiskey. I'm not sure if his Canadian counterpart can claim the same with the danish schnapps. fucking danes... Later

Frayed Knot Mar 07 2017 02:52 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Large (pop > 250,000) US cities with higher 2016 murder rates than Chicago's 17.5 per 1000,000 population: St Louis - 59.3 Baltimore - 55.4 Detroit - 43.8 New Orleans - 41.7 ---------------------------- Milwaukee - 24.2 Washington DC - 24.1 Kansas City - 23.0 Cincinnati - 22.1 Memphis - 20.5 Oakland - 20.3 Atlanta - 20.2 Pittsburgh - 18.6 Philadelphia - 17.9 That's quite a "lead" the top 4 have on the rest of the cities.

MFS62 Mar 07 2017 03:04 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

That doesn't mean the others aren't trying. Later

Benjamin Grimm Mar 07 2017 03:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I think that Trump focuses on Chicago because that's where Obama is from. He may not realize he's doing it, but I think there's a connection there.

Mets Willets Point Mar 07 2017 04:37 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think that Trump focuses on Chicago because that's where Obama is from. He may not realize he's doing it, but I think there's a connection there. The GOP has been crying "Chicago" since Obama was a candidate in 2008 even though Chicago hasn't even been in the top 10. Not surprisingly, almost all of the cities on that list are in red states or Trump-leaning swing states.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 07 2017 04:40 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Massachusetts used to be the worst place in America (according to the GOP) when it produced Presidential candidates like Michael Dukakis and John Kerry. But they couldn't do that in 2012 with Mitt Romney, so they had to pivot to Chicago.

Frayed Knot Mar 07 2017 04:40 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Well there's certainly been a lot of focus on Chicago from many circles seeing as how they have the highest number of murders in raw numbers in this country, larger even than the more populous towns of LA & NY. And while I probably would have guessed that there were some towns with a similar or higher rate, I was surprised to see how many and particularly at how far ahead some of the others were. No doubt though that the Orange one isn't shy about jumping on ways to tweak his predecessor ever since he was unable to prove the whole born in Kenya thing.

Frayed Knot Mar 07 2017 04:44 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: Not surprisingly, almost all of the cities on that list are in red states or Trump-leaning swing states. Missouri (x2), Maryland, Michigan, Louisiana, Wisconsin, DC, Ohio, Tennessee, California, Georgia, Pennsylvania (x2) Pretty much a mixed bag there of red, blue and purple.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 07 2017 05:28 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Don't forget Murder Town USA -- too small to make the big board but deadly as you wanna be. http://www.newsweek.com/2014/12/19/wilm ... 90232.html Nearly all the bad shit happens in a few tormented neighborhoods, worst you could say about the rest of the city is that not enough people live there to die.

Lefty Specialist Mar 07 2017 06:14 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Just for comparison, New York City is pretty much last in this category, with a murder rate of only 4 per 100,000....or 1/15th of the rate in St Louis. One time you don't mind finishing as an also ran.

41Forever Mar 08 2017 12:11 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 09 2017 02:11 AM

We checked a bag at the gate on Sunday, and as it rolled on to the conveyer I could see that the plastic handle -- the one where you press the button and it telescopes up and you use it to drag the bag behind you -- was completely shattered. I don't even know how you do that. So I was pretty irked and went into the baggage services office and saw the sign saying that bags can be damages due to normal wear and tear. I figured nothing would happen. But the attendant looked up while helping someone else, saw my bag and said, "Sit tight, we'll replace that." He came out of the back room with a soft-covered and hard-shelled version of my bag and said I could take my pick. Have to say I didn't expect that. Good customer service from Delta.

themetfairy Mar 08 2017 06:15 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

This is actually a semi-big thing - Press Box Renamed For D-Dad's Father

d'Kong76 Mar 08 2017 07:36 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

That's way cool!

sharpie Mar 08 2017 08:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Yes, grats to D-Dad's D-Dad. I've been to Port Angeles. Nice place.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2017 08:38 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Yeah, that's really cool! It's strange, though, that whenever I land on a page like that, it takes a little longer than it should to figure out what part of the country it's coming from.

themetfairy Mar 08 2017 10:04 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, that's really cool! It's strange, though, that whenever I land on a page like that, it takes a little longer than it should to figure out what part of the country it's coming from. I know - you'd think by now newspapers would learn to identify their locations a bit more specifically for the sake of non-local readers. And thanks guys!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 09 2017 02:42 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Would you rather fight a single duck the size of a horse, or would you prefer to battle 100 duck-sized horses?

metsmarathon Mar 09 2017 08:42 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

so... a single horse-duck is like an extra-big ostrich with silly feet and a bigger mouth. essentially, it's a fucking dinosaur. i don't think i want it getting angry at me. a hundred duck-sized horses are just really a hundred ducks that can't swim or fly too good. i'd much rather fight them, as the only risk there is if they somehow managed to organize their assault. they could paw at me i suppose, but their not going to be doing a lot of damage with their herbivorous mouths...

Lefty Specialist Mar 09 2017 09:34 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I'm going to have nightmares about giant frickin' ducks now. Thanks.

MFS62 Mar 09 2017 11:14 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Lefty Specialist wrote: I'm going to have nightmares about giant frickin' ducks now. Thanks. I'm not scared. It was funny. It made me want to quack up. (Stop groaning. It was your nightmare.) Later

41Forever Mar 10 2017 12:53 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Frayed Knot wrote: Headline of the day: Man found buried under massive pile of porn mags Another person who could have been saved by the Internet. No one is crushed by a modem.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 10 2017 04:47 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

41Forever wrote: Headline of the day: Man found buried under massive pile of porn mags Another person who could have been saved by the Internet. No one is crushed by a modem. That's doubly true. Because it's not 1998.

MFS62 Mar 12 2017 08:13 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I had a microwavable chicken pot pie for lunch. I hate it when the insides boil over and dirty the bottom of the microwave. So I put it on a paper towel on top of a wood trivet. I smelled smoke, stopped the oven, opened the door and now my house smalls from burned wood. When wifey gets home, she'll kill me. So I want to wish you all good -bye unless you can tell me how to get rid of that smell. Later

themetfairy Mar 16 2017 02:21 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

themetfairy wrote: Would it be possible to have a separate soothsaying subforum in the Baseball forum so that non-prediction threads won't be buried? I'm sure that cooby would also appreciate this. I promise, there's only scheduled to be about two a day. And if the participation rate is anything like last year, they won't bury anything. Considering how much of the first few pages of the Baseball forum is taken up with these threads, may I ask the mods to reconsider having a separate subforum for the Edge of Seventeen threads? They really do clog up the works.

Ceetar Mar 16 2017 02:24 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

themetfairy wrote: themetfairy wrote: Would it be possible to have a separate soothsaying subforum in the Baseball forum so that non-prediction threads won't be buried? I'm sure that cooby would also appreciate this. I promise, there's only scheduled to be about two a day. And if the participation rate is anything like last year, they won't bury anything. Considering how much of the first few pages of the Baseball forum is taken up with these threads, may I ask the mods to reconsider having a separate subforum for the Edge of Seventeen threads? They really do clog up the works. Can we get a Music subforum too to bury all the boring music discussion with weird subject lines that trick me into clicking?

themetfairy Mar 16 2017 02:32 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Weird subject lines are a separate issue. It's annoying when you can't find a thread on a given topic because the title is obscurely clever rather than informative.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 16 2017 02:37 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Ceetar wrote: themetfairy wrote: themetfairy wrote: Would it be possible to have a separate soothsaying subforum in the Baseball forum so that non-prediction threads won't be buried? I'm sure that cooby would also appreciate this. I promise, there's only scheduled to be about two a day. And if the participation rate is anything like last year, they won't bury anything. Considering how much of the first few pages of the Baseball forum is taken up with these threads, may I ask the mods to reconsider having a separate subforum for the Edge of Seventeen threads? They really do clog up the works. Can we get a Music subforum too to bury all the boring music discussion with weird subject lines that trick me into clicking? No

d'Kong76 Mar 17 2017 03:21 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: No Hahaha... So I walked down to the Citgo-Mart around the corner to get a few convenience items and told the dude I see like three times a week for the last year I was going to take a bag of rock salt too (which was stacked outside). He gives me my slip to sign and I'm like, "How much is that rock salt?" "Ten dollars, we're not cheap we're convenient!" Yeah well remember that next week when you see me walking down to Sunoco-Mart, Stanbuli! Fargin' bastage American iceholes.

Frayed Knot Mar 18 2017 12:55 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

So the Thimble, Wheelbarrow, and Boot get the boot in favor of a Penguin, a T-Rex, and a Rubber Duckie. I am of course talking about the Monopoly tokens. The Scottie Dog, Cat*, Top Hat, Battleship, and Race Car survived the purge and will continue, along with the new three, to be the standard set starting later this year. * I vaguely remember this being a replacement for the Iron a couple of years back

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 18 2017 01:15 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

That sucks. I'm a big Wheelbarrow man.

41Forever Mar 18 2017 01:15 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Frayed Knot wrote: So the Thimble, Wheelbarrow, and Boot get the boot in favor of a Penguin, a T-Rex, and a Rubber Duckie. I am of course talking about the Monopoly tokens. The Scottie Dog, Cat*, Top Hat, Battleship, and Race Car survived the purge and will continue, along with the new three, to be the standard set starting later this year. * I vaguely remember this being a replacement for the Iron a couple of years back I think we have four different versions of Monopoly on the game shelf, yet we haven't played any of them in years.

cooby Mar 20 2017 01:29 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

what does on fleek mean?

Fman99 Mar 20 2017 03:20 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby wrote: what does on fleek mean? I think it means "covered in excrement."

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2017 03:25 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I guess you're not familiar with Peaches Monroee! From the Oxford Dictionary: fleek ADJECTIVE usually in phrase on fleek US informal Extremely good, attractive, or stylish. ‘my hair is on fleek right now’ ‘OMG the music is on fleek’ ‘have you ever seen anything so fleek in your life?’ Origin Early 21st century: apparently an arbitrary formation; popularized in a 2014 video post on the social media service Vine by Kayla Newman (‘Peaches Monroee’).

cooby Mar 20 2017 03:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

No...I am not. I like Fman's version better, since it came from yesterday's Family Circle

themetfairy Mar 22 2017 03:36 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

David Ross competing on last night's Dancing With The Stars season premier - [youtube:57zf4hth]ulMmUDcRMWA[/youtube:57zf4hth]

metsmarathon Mar 22 2017 01:07 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

it started out pretty bad - i mean, why is he sliding into first base, especially after he just knocked hte ball outta the dang dance floor?! - but once they got through that butt-bump thing, he actually did surprisingly well for an old guy with catchers' knees! though, that uniform... yeesh... baseball unis really only do look good on the diamond, don't they? lots of sparkle tho' mr.t was awful but fun. neither he nor charo can possibly last more than a few rounds.

themetfairy Mar 22 2017 03:58 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

The worst was Chris Kattan, who apparently is recovering from a broken back. I don't think he should be in the competition.

41Forever Mar 22 2017 05:28 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I haven't been to a Taco Bell in about four years. Today I was out and about around lunch time and wanted to grab something quick. I passed a Taco Bell, and in a wave of nostalgia for my college years I turned in to grab a hard shell taco supreme and nachos (no beans). I was quickly reminded why I only go to Taco Bell once every four years.

Mets Willets Point Mar 28 2017 02:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Some inspiration. [youtube:emu6fec4]nZvMdMjAQSk[/youtube:emu6fec4]

41Forever Mar 29 2017 09:04 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I have a new laptop, and I'm trying to move iTunes from the PC over to the laptop. 1) This is very, very difficult. 2) Every time Apple "updates" iTunes, it seems to get more complicated. Used to be I could download only partial discs, clicking a box next to the songs I wanted. The new version I downloaded doesn't seem to have the boxes next to the songs. I have to download the entire disc and delete the tracks I don't want. Unless I'm missing a setting somewhere. Or, is Apple trying to discourage us from downloading out CDs, wanting instead to buy songs from iTunes or their new Spotify-like service?

cooby Mar 29 2017 09:09 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: Some inspiration. [youtube]nZvMdMjAQSk[/youtube] Willets Point!

Mets Willets Point Mar 30 2017 12:28 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I was wondering if anyone would ever respond to that! LOL.

d'Kong76 Mar 30 2017 01:00 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

41Forever wrote: I have a new laptop, and I'm trying to move iTunes from the PC over to the laptop. 1) This is very, very difficult. It is, and it isn't. I posted some time back about my iTunes library problems and an aging iPod... I called them and the dude I got on the phone spent like two hours with me fixing multiple issues. I'm not an Apple guy, but the support was excellent.

41Forever Mar 30 2017 12:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: 41Forever wrote: I have a new laptop, and I'm trying to move iTunes from the PC over to the laptop. 1) This is very, very difficult. It is, and it isn't. I posted some time back about my iTunes library problems and an aging iPod... I called them and the dude I got on the phone spent like two hours with me fixing multiple issues. I'm not an Apple guy, but the support was excellent. Good to know! I got most of the library over, and was able to get the little check boxes back. I guess a purge is a good thing every once in a while. There was a lot on there that I didn't listen to very much, and some things I'd check out of the library to see what it was like and never really got into. I'm seeing what is still there, and adding back any important things that might have been lost.

Frayed Knot Mar 30 2017 01:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I'll add a 'plus one' for Apple's service peeps. I recently went through a lengthy outage of my email, one which turned out to be a perfect storm of my VERIZON email accounts no longer synching up with my MAC due to some updated security measures put in by YAHOO who actually run the Verizon accounts ... yadda, yadda. In short it was a seemingly small problem to which there was no obvious answer. The problem didn't get resolved quickly but it did get resolved and the APPLE folks worked legitimately hard on it and willingly gave me direct phone and email contact info for if and when I needed follow-up help etc. fwiw, The support at Verizon, which was my first stop on the trail towards retrieving my stuff, couldn't have been worse; buck-passing, indifference, and at times flat-out lies ["uuhh we canceled all those accounts"] in what certainly seemed like an attempt to just make me go away. The fact that I don't currently have any kind of paying account with Verizon and merely kept these email accounts for convenience sake was enough to put in the 'We Don't Care About You' category as far as they were concerned. But of course I'm not currently paying APPLE for anything right now either but they took a completely different attitude.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 30 2017 02:17 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I'm not sure who "April the Giraffe" is, but I've been seeing news updates about her and her pregnancy for weeks now. It seems like the big event is almost upon us.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 01 2017 03:12 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

April the Giraffe appears to be going into labor! I've looked into this a little bit: April is 15 years old, and this will be her fourth calf. The baby daddy is Oliver, age 5, and this will be his first offspring. April lives in the Animal Adventure Park, in Harpursville, NY, outside of Binghamton. A giraffe has a gestation period of 15 months.

Frayed Knot Apr 01 2017 03:13 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Well, sure, it is April after all.

MFS62 Apr 02 2017 02:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

South Carolina and Oregon would have won if they had continued to play with the discipline that got them this far in the season. (I had been especially impressed with South Carolina's self control during their run to the Final Four.) But in the last few minutes of each game, those teams reverted to schoolyard ball, taking wild shots that didn't go in. Dumb. Must have driven their coaches crazy. Later

d'Kong76 Apr 02 2017 02:51 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Refs even gave both losing teams a few questionable calls down the stretch but the two best teams prevailed.

Ashie62 Apr 02 2017 05:40 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

MFS62 wrote: South Carolina and Oregon would have won if they had continued to play with the discipline that got them this far in the season. (I had been especially impressed with South Carolina's self control during their run to the Final Four.) But in the last few minutes of each game, those teams reverted to schoolyard ball, taking wild shots that didn't go in. Dumb. Must have driven their coaches crazy. Later Not sure that many knew South Carolina's big gun Thornwell was leveled by the flu.

d'Kong76 Apr 02 2017 06:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

They mentioned that like 2 dozen times!!

MFS62 Apr 03 2017 01:02 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

The NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game will be played tonight. So, I'm proudly wearing my CCNY Sweatshirt. My Alma Mater won the title in 1950 and is still the only New York City-based school to ever win the title. Later

Ashie62 Apr 03 2017 10:22 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: They mentioned that like 2 dozen times!! I meant like the night before. Zags win tonight by 8.

MFS62 Apr 06 2017 12:35 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

If anyone was going to replace Phil Simms, it should have been Jeff Hostetler. Later

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2017 01:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

MFS62 wrote: If anyone was going to replace Phil Simms, it should have been Jeff Hostetler. That's gold, Jerry, Gold! It's amazing how many million words have been spilled over the last few years -- and continue to be spilled -- about Tony Romo considering that (I looked it up) he started all of four games since 2014 and never will start one again. And while we're talking about other sports, Patrick Ewing's body has gotten so damn huge (not like it was ever small to begin with) that his head now looks teeny-tiny in comparison even though he probably wears like a size 10 hat.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 07 2017 08:09 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

April the Giraffe: Still hasn't delivered her calf yet!

themetfairy Apr 07 2017 08:46 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

It's an hysterical pregnancy.

Frayed Knot Apr 11 2017 08:41 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Why do you suppose that Green, Black, White, and Brown are amongst the most common English language last names (and other languages too: Weiss, Blanco, Schwartz, Verdi, etc.) while all other colors are quite rare? Or for that matter, why are North and West relatively common but you rarely meet anyone named South or East?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 11 2017 08:50 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I've wondered both things too. There's a name I notice in TV credits sometimes: Whitney Purple, and I think of how rare it is for someone to have "Purple" for a last name. (It could be made up, of course.) You also never see Orange or Red or Yellow. Blue happens (as in Vida) but it's pretty rare. The commonality of North and West as opposed to South and East is really strange. Unless all of the people who assigned names lived in the Southeast, so everybody from elsewhere was always from the North or from the West.

Edgy MD Apr 11 2017 08:55 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Well, the effect may not be the same in every language, but one of the ways a relatively rare name becomes far more common is if a few guys with that name get rich and buy a lot of slaves. In that sense, I kind of wish my mother's name was a lot less common.

Ceetar Apr 11 2017 09:04 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I've wondered both things too. There's a name I notice in TV credits sometimes: Whitney Purple, and I think of how rare it is for someone to have "Purple" for a last name. (It could be made up, of course.) You also never see Orange or Red or Yellow. Blue happens (as in Vida) but it's pretty rare. The commonality of North and West as opposed to South and East is really strange. Unless all of the people who assigned names lived in the Southeast, so everybody from elsewhere was always from the North or from the West. Migratory patterns? I mean, did we mostly tend to settle north and west? and south was always sorta similar. north is cold but south is much of the same, except in the southern hemisphere but there's not a lot of land down there. Rossi. The name Rossi actually refers to a person with red hair or reddish skin and is said to be the most common or prevailing surname in Italy. ...

Frayed Knot Apr 11 2017 09:48 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I've wondered both things too. There's a name I notice in TV credits sometimes: Whitney Purple, and I think of how rare it is for someone to have "Purple" for a last name. (It could be made up, of course.) You also never see Orange or Red or Yellow. Blue happens (as in Vida) but it's pretty rare. Gray is also is not uncommon now that I think about it. I casually knew one guy years ago with the last name of Red. I also knew one Blue (aside from Vida who I didn't really, y'know, know) but he admitted to me that his father was an Eastern European Jewish immigrant (or maybe son of immigrants) named Isadore Bluestein who, despite top-notch test scores, kept getting rejected from NYC civil service jobs back when those things were largely ethnically controlled. Not wanting his kids to go through the same, he altered the last name. Migratory patterns? I mean, did we mostly tend to settle north and west? and south was always sorta similar. north is cold but south is much of the same, except in the southern hemisphere but there's not a lot of land down there. Well this country was mostly settled from the northeast meaning the migratory patterns were towards the south and west, but of course by that time most family names were mostly already established. Not sure why middle-ages, English speaking Europeans would have settled on N & W to the exclusion of S & E, maybe because England was in the northwestern corner of Europe?!?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 11 2017 11:37 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I think people in the South or the East would find it notable if someone was from the North or the West. London is a Southern and somewhat Eastern city, so if someone came to town from the North or West, they might have become known by their compass direction.

d'Kong76 Apr 12 2017 01:49 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Behave yourself; you owe it to yourself, your family, friends and colleagues. Remember anything dumb you do might be recorded (by 2-3 angles) and might end up a world-wide news 'story.' Behave yourself.

themetfairy Apr 12 2017 02:13 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Shit - that means I should wear makeup more often....

d'Kong76 Apr 14 2017 03:40 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

My hands look old.

Lefty Specialist Apr 14 2017 12:02 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: Behave yourself; you owe it to yourself, your family, friends and colleagues. Remember anything dumb you do might be recorded (by 2-3 angles) and might end up a world-wide news 'story.' Behave yourself. Let's just say that I'm glad I went to college long before social media was invented.

MFS62 Apr 14 2017 01:18 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Holy schadenfreude Batman! http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footb ... -1.3053195 Eli Manning did something illegal? And one of the Maras may be implicated*? How much fun is that for Jets fans? Imagine the s**tstorm if it had been a member of our team. But I'm guessing that because its them, this will be quickly swept under the rug. Later * = from CBS Radio report I heard yesterday

41Forever Apr 14 2017 01:29 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

MFS62 wrote: Holy schadenfreude Batman! http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footb ... -1.3053195 Eli Manning did something illegal? And one of the Maras may be implicated*? How much fun is that for Jets fans? Imagine the s**tstorm if it had been a member of our team. But I'm guessing that because its them, this will be quickly swept under the rug. Later * = from CBS Radio report I heard yesterday The sports memorabilia and autograph world is a very, very sleazy place.

Frayed Knot Apr 14 2017 01:38 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I've seen a few headlines about this topic but haven't found the interest to delve into any of them yet. But I'm going to make an assumption here that it has something to do with merchandise being peddled as "game worn" even though there's a teensy chance that some of the items didn't necessarily see an actual football field. If so, count me about as shocked as Captain Renault was at discovering that there was gambling going on in Rick's back room. My score on the sympathy meter for those hooked on such a scam is pretty low as well.

Ashie62 Apr 14 2017 03:18 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I've kinda assumed over the years that much of the "authentic game used" stuff actually came from Modells or such. I accept the Topps stuff as "real" but beyond that, nah. Oh, my signed Kranepool ball is real.

d'Kong76 Apr 14 2017 03:39 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Oh man, I look like such a dick again!

Mets Willets Point Apr 14 2017 10:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

MFS62 wrote: Holy schadenfreude Batman! http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footb ... -1.3053195 Eli Manning did something illegal? And one of the Maras may be implicated*? How much fun is that for Jets fans? Imagine the s**tstorm if it had been a member of our team. But I'm guessing that because its them, this will be quickly swept under the rug. Later * = from CBS Radio report I heard yesterday I'm sure this is just a case of boys being boys, not a real hardened crime like deflating footballs.

Rockin' Doc Apr 15 2017 01:07 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Lefty Specialist wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Behave yourself; you owe it to yourself, your family, friends and colleagues. Remember anything dumb you do might be recorded (by 2-3 angles) and might end up a world-wide news 'story.' Behave yourself. Let's just say that I'm glad I went to college long before social media was invented. Amen, brother. Amen!

Frayed Knot Apr 15 2017 02:03 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote: April the Giraffe appears to be going into labor! I've looked into this a little bit: April is 15 years old, and this will be her fourth calf. The baby daddy is Oliver, age 5, and this will be his first offspring. April lives in the Animal Adventure Park, in Harpursville, NY, outside of Binghamton. A giraffe has a gestation period of 15 months. And we have a baby giraffe!! Watched it live on Giraffe-cam

Frayed Knot Apr 18 2017 01:28 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Don't you love it when long-term (5-10 day) weather forecasts varyingly list several of the upcoming days as 'Thunderstorms', or 'Isolated Thunderstorms', or sometimes 'Scattered Thunderstorms', and occasionally 'Occasional Thunderstorms'? It's like they're saying: "We've given up trying to get it right and are simply, at this point, trying our best not to be wrong, and so we figure that with these vague descriptions we not only lessen our chances of being wrong but will essentially claim to be right no matter what the outcome while also making it seem like we're not just giving you the same forecast day after day even though none of you (nor any of us for that matter) can explain the difference between 'Scattered, 'Isolated', and 'Occasional' thunderstorms, particularly since pretty much all thunderstorms are scattered (or isolated, or occasional) by their very nature".

themetfairy Apr 19 2017 08:36 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I appreciate having neighbors who don't mind me coming onto their lawns in order to photograph interesting looking flora.

41Forever Apr 20 2017 09:31 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

To the occupant of hotel room 335 prior to me, the one who used the alarm clock. I said some very unkind things about you when it went off at 6 a.m. this morning and I couldn't figure out how to turn it off. To the maid. Don't worry, it's just unplugged. I think.

cooby Apr 20 2017 10:54 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 21 2017 02:22 PM

I always stick the phone/alarm clocks in the bedside table when we travel so I have room for my Vicks, inhaler, handcreams, NYTimes crossword books, etc, etc. If that doesn't floor the maid your alarm clock wont :D

d'Kong76 Apr 20 2017 11:05 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Brown shoes with a blue suit will never look right to me.

HahnSolo Apr 21 2017 06:08 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: Brown shoes with a blue suit will never look right to me. I rocked that look two times recently, one the Mrs. and I went to a wedding, the second on a job interview. First time I got lucky with the Mrs., the second time I got the job. So, we'll agree to disagree!!

d'Kong76 Apr 21 2017 06:26 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

It's all the rage, #18 on long list of why I'm a dinosaur.

41Forever Apr 21 2017 06:31 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Were these dark brown shows, or light brown shoes -- almost like tan? I've seen the light brown shoe thing. Didn't like it.

cooby Apr 21 2017 07:04 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I usually wear navy blue shoes when I have on blue slacks

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 21 2017 07:38 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Yeah, dark brown works with blue. Also, shoe quality matters more than color. Better clean brown ones than scuffy black ones.

themetfairy Apr 24 2017 06:22 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

We could all use a little of this kid's attitude! [youtube:2u5sls7f]qR3rK0kZFkg[/youtube:2u5sls7f]

Benjamin Grimm Apr 28 2017 04:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

A small ad in today's Philadelphia Inquirer, for a place called The RrazzRoom at the Prince": MAY 13 "Ralph Malph" from TV's HAPPY DAYS is taking the country by storm! A NIGHT AT THE COPA starring DONNY MOST & His Blazing Big Band Celebrating The Music of Sinatra, Bennett, Dino, Darin, & More!

cooby Apr 28 2017 04:14 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Are you going?

cooby Apr 28 2017 04:15 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

themetfairy wrote: We could all use a little of this kid's attitude! [youtube]qR3rK0kZFkg[/youtube] Heck, I like her hair too. lol

Benjamin Grimm Apr 28 2017 05:01 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby wrote: Are you going? Only if they can promise that "Potsie" will be there too.

Edgy MD Apr 28 2017 06:03 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Donnie Most is the goods. You should go.

Lefty Specialist May 01 2017 11:24 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

So me and the Missus ordered Chinese tonight. Finishing up, we each opened our fortune cookies. 'Your hard work does not go unnoticed', hers read. She scoffed. Mine said, 'Someone can read your mind'. I laughed. "Tell me what I'm thinking", I said to her. "The Mets suck", she replied. Damned if she wasn't right, too.

MFS62 Jun 01 2017 04:34 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

We finally got our refrigerator delivered. The right one. The right way. Later

themetfairy Jun 06 2017 06:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

The new bagel place that just opened in my town is disappointingly mediocre :(

d'Kong76 Jun 06 2017 10:17 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Welcome to fall!

Ceetar Jun 07 2017 01:54 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: Welcome to fall! Unfortunately, summer returns this weekend. It was so pleasant grilling under a tent in the cool drizzle and no bugs on Sunday.

themetfairy Jun 07 2017 03:05 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Footage of Team New Zealand's America's Cup boat capsizing during a race yesterday. Thankfully all of the crew members were fine - [youtube:3rybia9f]_yJ9mOxDOOw[/youtube:3rybia9f]

d'Kong76 Jun 07 2017 10:49 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Ice cream truck!!!

MFS62 Jun 08 2017 12:43 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: Ice cream truck!!! Spring has sprung. Later

Frayed Knot Jun 12 2017 01:34 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I have no idea what the differences are between Jam, Jelly, and Preserves

Benjamin Grimm Jun 12 2017 01:36 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I know instinctively, but not well enough to explain it.

Ceetar Jun 12 2017 01:42 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Frayed Knot wrote: I have no idea what the differences are between Jam, Jelly, and Preserves Marmalade.

Frayed Knot Jun 12 2017 01:54 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Ceetar wrote: Marmalade. Orange, Peach, or Creole Lady?

MFS62 Jun 12 2017 01:58 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Frayed Knot wrote: Ceetar wrote: Marmalade. Orange, Peach, or Creole Lady? (Channeling Fman) Orange and Peach are spread on toast. Creole Lady spreads anywhere. Later

Ceetar Jun 12 2017 01:58 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Ceetar wrote: Marmalade. Orange, Peach, or Creole Lady? (Channeling Fman) Orange and Peach are spread on toast. Creole Lady spreads anywhere. Later costs a little more too.

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2017 07:35 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

There's no way this isn't Frank Sinatra's son. [fimg=500]http://www.adweek.com/wp-content/uploads/files/news_article/ronan-farrow-hed-2014.jpg[/fimg] Or, to put it another way, about the same chance that Michael Jackson's kids are biologically his.

d'Kong76 Jun 18 2017 01:45 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

My right ear is 2X the size of my left ear. Look away, I'm hideous.

Centerfield Jun 23 2017 05:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Lines at the salad place are always so short on Fridays. It's like people try to be good, eat healthy, but by Friday are like oh fuck it, let's get a burger.

Ceetar Jun 23 2017 05:38 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Centerfield wrote: Lines at the salad place are always so short on Fridays. It's like people try to be good, eat healthy, but by Friday are like oh fuck it, let's get a burger. It's anticipation of knowing they're gonna party all weekend so might as well start now. or something. I also laugh at how packed the liquor store gets on Friday. Like "crap, ANOTHER weekend? and I ran out of beer? who would've thought I needed more!"

MFS62 Jun 24 2017 01:18 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Ceetar wrote: I also laugh at how packed the liquor store gets on Friday. Like "crap, ANOTHER weekend? and I ran out of beer? who would've thought I needed more!" You think ours are packed? My Canadian friend just said that the workers in Canadian liquor stores will be going on strike Monday. He's considering renting a truck and loading it up this weekend. And, knowing him, he said it only partly tongue-in-cheek. Later

themetfairy Jun 28 2017 04:02 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

If you're in the market for an insurance company, stay away from Plymouth Rock Assurance. They are disingenuous bastages. Our daughter was in a car accident last month. First and foremost, we're thankful that she's ok. Her car was damaged, however - as she was going straight through a light (she's pretty sure it was green at the time she entered the intersection) she was struck by a driver who was making a left from the other direction. in the police report, the other driver said that the light was yellow at the time of impact. Our daughter does not have collision damage, so her insurance company won't pay for the damages on her car. However, as she had the right of way and Plymouth Rock insured the driver who hit her, they should pay for the repair. Long after the accident and the police report, the driver who hit our daughter changed her story (likely at Plymouth Rock's coaching) and now claims that the light was red at the time of the accident, and Plymouth Rock will only compensate our daughter for half of the damages. This is bullshit - according to Massachusetts law, the driver making the left turn into her is 100% liable for the accident. So we're fighting with the insurance company and getting ready to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Insurance Commission while also taking Plymouth Rock to court. Which we'll do, because we are pissed off as Hell that they're trying to take advantage of our daughter just because they think they can get away with it. So Fuck Plymouth Rock. If you need an insurance company, choose anyone but them!

Diamond Dad Jun 28 2017 04:05 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

These plymouth rock goons have fucked with the wrong family.

cooby Jun 28 2017 12:03 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Go with geico. My husband was involved in a multi car accident last summer with several totaled cars and serious injuries (not him thank god). The driver had the minimum alllowable geico coverage and everyone of us got $150 or less as a settlement. PENNDot got the most (a little over $100) to help repair damages to the guard rails. We got $80. And the driver is walking around with his property still intact. So geico's who to go with if you don't want to have to pay people back when you screw up their lives for a bit.

themetfairy Jun 28 2017 12:27 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 28 2017 03:48 PM

Geico insured the driver that hit MK while MK was walking in a crosswalk a year and a half ago. They treated MK very well and didn't make us jump through any unnecessary hoops, so I don't have a gripe with them.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 28 2017 03:10 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I hate insurance companies almost as much as I hate Republicans. And I'm on your side on this one. But why would you sue Plymouth Rock? What's your daughter's case against the insurer? It's not liable for anything, based on your stated facts. What am I missing here?

themetfairy Jun 28 2017 03:46 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Plymouth Rock insures the driver who ran into our daughter and, based on Massachusetts law, is 100% liable for the damage. Plymouth Rock is saying that they will only pay 50% allegedly because their insured claimed after the fact that our daughter ran a red light. Based on the police report and the law, there is no way that a court wouldn't hold them liable for the full 100% If our daughter had collision damage on her car then we'd let the insurance companies fight it out, but since our daughter only has liability insurance her company won't cover the damage and Plymouth Rock figured it can screw over a young driver whom they mistakenly think doesn't have the resources to fight them.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 28 2017 03:57 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 28 2017 04:04 PM

themetfairy wrote: Plymouth Rock insures the driver who ran into our daughter and, based on Massachusetts law, is 100% liable for the damage. Plymouth Rock is saying that they will only pay 50% allegedly because their insured claimed after the fact that our daughter ran a red light. Based on the police report and the law, there is no way that a court wouldn't hold them liable for the full 100% If our daughter had collision damage on her car then we'd let the insurance companies fight it out, but since our daughter only has liability insurance her company won't cover the damage and Plymouth Rock figured it can screw over a young driver whom they mistakenly think doesn't have the resources to fight them. Yeah, but none of this makes the insurer liable, even if it's exactly as you say it is -- unless they do things very differently in Massachusetts. It's the other driver who might be liable for your daughter's damages. If you have to start a lawsuit, it's the other driver who your daughter would be suing, not the insurer. The insurer's only liable if it settles this case in a legally binding fashion and then reneges on the settlement, or if it refuses to pay a judgment against the other driver that it is required to pay according to the terms of the insurance policy between insurer and the other driver. And I can tell from your telling of this incident, that there's no way you could've gotten a judgment yet on a one month old accident. If there's no settlement, the insurer is only obligated to pay a judgment, and the other driver is entitled to her day in court no matter how much the evidence might appear to favor your daughter. Is this a property damage claim only, or are there personal injury claims as well? Anyways, give 'em hell.

themetfairy Jun 28 2017 04:00 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 30 2017 07:12 PM

I guess we'd have to sue the other driver along with the insurer and let the court figure it out, although my assumption is that an insurance company is required to pay for the entirety of the damage that its insured driver caused. I'm sure the other driver would be thrilled with Plymouth Rock if she wound up in court over that. The reason I think Plymouth Rock is nonetheless liable is their erroneous assertion that our daughter is 50% responsible, which she clearly isn't under the law. Fortunately it's just a property damage claim, so we can give 'em Hell on principle without health consequences.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 28 2017 04:03 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Nah ... just the driver.

themetfairy Jun 28 2017 04:05 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Oh, we're not letting these bastages off the hook that easily. They have to deal with this too!

themetfairy Jun 30 2017 02:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

The plot thickens. After much digging, D-Dad was able to speak to a supervisor at Plymouth Rock today. The supervisor looked at the claims adjuster's notes, and when the adjuster interviewed the driver who hit our daughter back in May the driver told him that the light was yellow at the time. So the entire basis for the denial of full liability is a total lie. The supervisor is going to have the adjuster review the case again. We'll see what happens.

themetfairy Jun 30 2017 06:24 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

D-Dad rules! Plymouth Rock has now agreed to pay for 100% of the damages that its insured driver caused! I guess they figured out that going to court over this wasn't going to be a picnic, especially since the law is completely on our daughter's side. But it's nice not to have to take that step.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 30 2017 06:49 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Boo-ya. Driver changed their story, for whatever reason (not the insurance company). So, yeah, stands to reason that they're not standing behind that in court. Never had a problem with our GEICO service (liability and collision), accident OR roadside-assistance-wise.

themetfairy Jun 30 2017 07:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Actually, it turns out that the driver didn't even change her story. According to the supervisor with whom D-Dad spoke this morning, the driver always said that the light was yellow when she hit our daughter. The claims adjuster simply lied about it, figuring that his word was the final word and that nobody would look past it. He was wrong. Very wrong. Walter Wolf handled yet another situation!

d'Kong76 Jul 01 2017 01:22 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

If I ever own, run or cook at a restaurant (none of these things will ever happen) that offers a salad with an entree that salad would be applauded. Not lamented.

themetfairy Jul 01 2017 03:24 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

For one hundred consecutive months I have weighed in at Weight Watchers within two pounds of my goal weight.

MFS62 Jul 02 2017 01:10 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

themetfairy wrote: For one hundred consecutive months I have weighed in at Weight Watchers within two pounds of my goal weight. WOW! Terrific. I've been within three pounds of my weight when I got out of the Army, fifty years ago. Of course, it has moved around quite a bit. Later

d'Kong76 Jul 05 2017 02:36 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

That moment when it sinks in that the 4½ day weekend is over.

MFS62 Jul 10 2017 02:06 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

In the movie "The Usual Suspects", the F-bomb is dropped 98 times. Later

themetfairy Jul 11 2017 09:22 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Remember how Crazy Eddie's would have Christmas in August? Well, Amazon Prime is having its sale today, Macy's is having Christmas in July, and apparently lots of other retailers are celebrating Black Friday in July. I guess it's a thing - happy shopping!

MFS62 Jul 11 2017 11:13 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

themetfairy wrote: Remember how Crazy Eddie's would have Christmas in August? Well, Amazon Prime is having its sale today, Macy's is having Christmas in July, and apparently lots of other retailers are celebrating Black Friday in July. I guess it's a thing - happy shopping! Shhhh. Don't tell my wife. Later

Ceetar Jul 11 2017 11:52 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

brilliant by Amazon to make other retailesr conform to them.

Lefty Specialist Aug 04 2017 11:29 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Today is Beach Day. It's a fun day, but with a bit of melancholy. Every year since my son was six, he and I go down to Point Pleasant Beach on the Jersey shore and have a day to ourselves on the beach and boardwalk. The first time we did it, he was wide-eyed at the arcades, the noise, the waves, cotton candy, the works. We've played Skee-ball where he needed to get it in the 100-hole on the last ball to beat me and he pulled it off. We've won countless animals as prizes, including a plush iridescent dolphin whose ugliness must be seen to be appreciated. As he got older, I worried that every year would be the year that he would say no, like Ray Kinsella refusing to play catch. But every year he's been excited to go, to rack up those arcade tickets that can be exchanged for plastic spiders or superballs, to beat me fair and square at miniature golf after all those years I let him win, to eat drippy orange cream and vanilla ice cream cones on the boardwalk. We talk about things that we wouldn't talk about in front of Mom, and usually come home with a sunburn. The melancholy is that he's moving to DC, starting grad school in a few weeks and we all know he's probably not coming back home since what he's focusing on all happens in that area. So this may be our very last Beach Day together after sixteen years, and it makes me a little sad.

cooby Aug 04 2017 12:37 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Maybe not, Dad. Have a good time today!

MFS62 Aug 04 2017 12:55 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Cherish the moment, Lefty. Later

Lefty Specialist Aug 05 2017 12:39 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

A really good day.

cooby Aug 13 2017 10:26 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

We need a thread called "Weiners among us"

Lefty Specialist Aug 13 2017 10:37 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby Aug 13 2017 11:47 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

They are sooooo pervasive....

d'Kong76 Aug 14 2017 01:04 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Been quiet here, there's a pervasive weiner?

cooby Aug 14 2017 01:16 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Not lately... :)

themetfairy Aug 14 2017 01:49 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

(Not my photo)

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2017 01:46 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Normally I find all this talk about where LeBron James is going to wind up boring beyond words, but I just thought of the one thing that could spice it up. In fact, I'm demanding that this move be made immediately. Trade LeBron to Oklahoma City where he can join their other off-season acquisition of guard Paul George, BUT -- and this is a necessary condition -- ONLY if they also haul one- time New York Knick Hawthorne Wingo (1972-1976) out of retirement. Why, you might ask ... because having a lineup which consists of LeBron, Paul George, and Wingo is just too good to pass up.

Mets Willets Point Aug 17 2017 03:07 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Maybe Rajon Rondo would be in better playing condition than Wingo.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2017 07:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

APESHIT: Not a valid play in Scrabble.

d'Kong76 Aug 18 2017 08:55 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Perfectly fine word, I'd go batshit if that happened to me.

themetfairy Aug 18 2017 08:58 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

MK is back after his summer internship in DC! In the blink of an eye he'll be back at school for his senior year. But for the moment I have him home :)

d'Kong76 Aug 22 2017 12:18 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I hat when a new mosquito bite wakes up all the bites you've gotten the last week and a half...

d'Kong76 Aug 30 2017 03:51 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

One good thing about the US Open is the period-proof undies ads will be replaced by some other sponsor on the the 7 line.

themetfairy Aug 30 2017 07:59 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I beat the rush and got my flu shot this afternoon at CVS. It cost me nothing out of pocket, and I'm covered for the coming flu season. Consider this a public service announcement. Go out and get yours soon!

Ceetar Aug 30 2017 08:04 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

themetfairy wrote: I beat the rush and got my flu shot this afternoon at CVS. It cost me nothing out of pocket, and I'm covered for the coming flu season. Consider this a public service announcement. Go out and get yours soon! I'm supposed to get the whooping cough one too. bleh.

themetfairy Sep 03 2017 04:09 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

If you ever have a chance to see bmfc1 perform his comedy routine, go see him! You won't be disappointed.

d'Kong76 Sep 06 2017 08:08 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

We had 4 of 5 numbers in last night's Mega Millions plus the Megaball. Won $5,000 (before taxes) as opposed to $61,000,000 (before taxes). Yay!?

themetfairy Sep 06 2017 08:20 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

$5,000 is still $5,000 - drinks are on Kase!

41Forever Sep 06 2017 08:28 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Nice!

d'Kong76 Sep 06 2017 09:50 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

themetfairy wrote: drinks are on Kase! Schaefer for everyone! (big spender!) Reminds me I need to catch up on my voting.

cooby Sep 06 2017 11:29 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I just found a dime in my washing machine on which the edges were carefully and lovingly machined away. The really weird thing was, it was a load of towels.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 07 2017 12:15 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Way to score the money!! I'm talking to Coobs here not Case

d'Kong76 Sep 07 2017 02:01 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Make that Keystone Lights for 'bucket!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 07 2017 02:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

[youtube:1un5eyiu]fp5_abnoP6A[/youtube:1un5eyiu]

cooby Sep 07 2017 03:10 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Wow! KCs haul was bigger! But tonight I'm gonna wash more towels and see what turns up!

d'Kong76 Sep 20 2017 11:47 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I've never watched the movie Raging Bull. Should I?

Ashie62 Sep 21 2017 12:50 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: I've never watched the movie Raging Bull. Should I? I would invest the two hours to watch it.

cooby Sep 22 2017 03:07 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

False little girl in Mexico? But I thought they saw a hand. How sad :(

A Boy Named Seo Sep 23 2017 03:57 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I feel like there was once a full discussion on the CPF about the oxford comma. Am I wrong, misremembering or drunk already?

Frayed Knot Sep 24 2017 01:20 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I feel like there was once a full discussion on the CPF about the oxford comma. Am I wrong, misremembering or drunk already? It's definitely been brought up before. I doubt there was a whole dedicated thread on just that topic though in case you get a hankering to search for it in the archives.

DocTee Sep 24 2017 02:10 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

ABNS wrote: I feel like there was once a full discussion on the CPF about the oxford comma. Am I wrong, misremembering[bigpurple:3izliw2z],[/bigpurple:3izliw2z] or drunk already? Fixed that for ya...

Ceetar Sep 24 2017 11:05 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

commas are for the 20th century who has time to slow down anymore?

d'Kong76 Sep 28 2017 01:50 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I was gonna post something about an hour ago and didn't, and now I'm so damn tired I don't remember what it was. It was good, get back to you.

MFS62 Sep 28 2017 01:59 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

One of the Managers for whom I worked called me Captain Comma because she said I used too many of them. Later

d'Kong76 Sep 28 2017 02:14 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

You should, like, email her, and tell her there's nothing wrong with commas, unless, you're like puctuaphobiic, or something.

Frayed Knot Sep 28 2017 02:27 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Or just simply send a note: F U, ma'am!

MFS62 Sep 28 2017 02:33 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Lost contact with her about 10 years ago, or I would. (uh uh, did I have to put a comma there?) Later

d'Kong76 Sep 28 2017 02:35 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

It was just a comma joke...

Benjamin Grimm Sep 28 2017 02:39 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

The back pages of the Daily News have had a lot of urine references the last few days. If there's a Tabloid Cover Derby in a New York Giants forum somewhere, there's going to be some controversy!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 28 2017 04:44 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

We've had POTTY ON and HE'S PISSED and URINE BIG TROUBLE.

d'Kong76 Oct 06 2017 10:12 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I forgot about posting this, KB commented the other night to a neighbor about her being pregnant. Of course, she's not. Never. Ever. Do that! Something tells me we're not getting Xmas cookies this year.

cooby Oct 07 2017 02:19 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

KCs a daddy! Have the time of your life! You lucky dog!

d'Kong76 Oct 07 2017 02:25 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 07 2017 02:26 AM

I may not have worded it right; it was the faux pa of 'congratulating' our neighbor on being pregnant but she has just put on some belly weight. Embarrassing.

Edgy MD Oct 07 2017 02:26 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I had to read that post times. I have a neighbor who apparently has a kid inside of her big enough to kick my ass, but she hasn't announced anything and a rule is a rule is a rule. So, of course, I can't look at the bulging belly, so I lock my eyes directly onto hers every time we meet, and keep them there, and I feel like a psycho.

Frayed Knot Oct 07 2017 02:32 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: I may not have worded it right; it was the faux pa of 'congratulating' our neighbor on being pregnant ... So you're a faux Pa because your neighbor is a faux Ma?

MFS62 Oct 08 2017 02:07 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I had a nose bleed yesterday at the Stop and Shop in Port Chester, right in front of the Customer Service desk, and the person behind the counter didn't ask if I was OK nor did she move a muscle to help me. (Like suggest a place I could sit down and relax/ recover) Later

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2017 02:34 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Let's just say it, Harvey Weinstein pretty much looks like the stereotype of a sleazy asshole.

d'Kong76 Oct 09 2017 09:33 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: Something tells me we're not getting Xmas cookies this year. She just dropped off a reminder invite to Halloween block party, so I guess we're still cool. Dressed nicer than I usually see her, not sure what KB was thinking haha...

Benjamin Grimm Oct 10 2017 07:13 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I got an e-mail from the Mets today. They're trying to sell me tickets to see Mariah Carey at Foxwoods.

Frayed Knot Oct 10 2017 07:36 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Judging by that picture in the ad they should be giving you half off the tickets because that version of Mariah is about half the size of the one I've seen photos of recently.

d'Kong76 Oct 31 2017 04:12 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Does anyone know: Are professional interviewees coached, trained or something to preface an answer with 'that's a great question' or 'excellent question' or the like? Is it generally just considered good interview etiquette? Personally, I find it terribly irritating, annoying and just plain unnecessary. Just answer the fucking question, thank you.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 31 2017 04:20 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

It's probably a stalling tactic.

d'Kong76 Oct 31 2017 05:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Sure, in some instances. "Well, that's a great question and I'm thinking how to answer it so I'm going to babble on for 7-8 seconds and buy myself some time."

41Forever Oct 31 2017 05:49 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: Sure, in some instances. "Well, that's a great question and I'm thinking how to answer it so I'm going to babble on for 7-8 seconds and buy myself some time." It's both a courtesy and a transitional moment to gather thoughts.

Lefty Specialist Oct 31 2017 05:54 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Jerry Manual said that all the time in post-game interviews. "That's a great question". Drove me nuts. It's most certainly a stalling tactic. If someone said that to me in a job interview I'd be tempted to say, "They're all great questions. What's your answer?"

d'Kong76 Oct 31 2017 05:59 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

41Forever wrote: It's both a courtesy and a transitional moment to gather thoughts. So, is it a taught courtesy?

41Forever Oct 31 2017 06:27 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: 41Forever wrote: It's both a courtesy and a transitional moment to gather thoughts. So, is it a taught courtesy? I wouldn't say it is taught, and everyone has their own style. You don't want interviews to seem confrontational. If you are complimenting the person, it can deflate a little of tension, or at least appear that way. It shows a little humility on a part of the person answering. There's an effort to appear relaxed and friendly. And, I would never say it if the question was truly stupid. If someone said that to me in a job interview I'd be tempted to say, "They're all great questions. What's your answer?" If I was the person interviewing for the job and someone said that, it would create a negative impression about the workplace -- unless it was followed with a smile or a wink or something. These days, a lot of times you are trying to sell your workplace as much as the applicant is trying to sell themselves to you. Talented people have options.

Ceetar Oct 31 2017 06:42 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Lefty Specialist wrote: If someone said that to me in a job interview I'd be tempted to say, "They're all great questions. What's your answer?" "Well that one certainly wasn't"

Frayed Knot Oct 31 2017 06:59 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I always assume 'that's a good question' is an admission by the person saying it that it's one for which they didn't think about in advance and therefore don't have a prepared answer. iow, yeah, stalling.

Frayed Knot Nov 03 2017 06:18 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

There are two movies opening this weekend (actually there are more than two but I'm isolating these two because of their titles): one called LBJ and another called LADY BIRD LBJ is about who you think it's about. LADY BIRD, however, is not about his wife.

Nymr83 Nov 03 2017 07:10 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Zucchini Bomb! [url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/11/03/wwii-bomb-scare-leads-german-police-something-else-heavy-zucchini/829761001/

Ashie62 Nov 05 2017 04:57 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

I have become a UFC Junkie. The GSP-Bisping match was electric and had MSG rocking hard. Overlord Dana White was wearing Mets gear. Need to find the photo.

SwitchHitter Nov 07 2017 03:13 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

my daughter (the former-piazza-fan) turns the big two-one on the weekend. she's making mead to celebrate. crafty of her. I remember when she was learning to read and "that looks almost like 'pizza'" and "that pizza-man just hit a home run" was how she became a Mets fan for several years. I feel my age.

cooby Nov 07 2017 05:21 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

It's snowing

cooby Nov 08 2017 06:11 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby wrote: It's snowing And today we don't need a coat

d'Kong76 Nov 08 2017 06:14 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

You sent it here, in the 40's. Fri and Sat we'll struggle to get out of the 30's.

cooby Nov 08 2017 07:08 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

It's only the sun that's warm. It still actually only in the 40s here too, now that I look. My hollyhocks have buds on them again. I doubt they will get to bloom, what a shame

Benjamin Grimm Nov 08 2017 07:19 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

If the sun ever gets cold we're all in serious trouble.

cooby Nov 08 2017 07:46 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

You said it!

d'Kong76 Nov 09 2017 01:26 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Need to find one of my winter lids.

SwitchHitter Nov 09 2017 02:04 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Looking for snow boots in my size. It ain't snowing here ... and that's the trouble. I'm visiting my students in North Dakota in December and it is snowing there and will continue to do so. My hotel (the only hotel in the town) is a 15-minute walk (says Google ... when there is no snow) from the high school and I will not be driving.

cooby Nov 09 2017 01:02 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

That sounds like a long snow storm :)

MFS62 Nov 09 2017 01:18 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

SwitchHitter wrote: Looking for snow boots in my size. It ain't snowing here ... and that's the trouble. I'm visiting my students in North Dakota in December and it is snowing there and will continue to do so. My hotel (the only hotel in the town) is a 15-minute walk (says Google ... when there is no snow) from the high school and I will not be driving. You never know. One year we were in Florida for a week and heard it had snowed in Connecticut. Naturally, we hadn't thought to pack them. Thought we'd never find boots to wear when we got home. But in an outlet mall, we found Timberlands for about $20 because nobody in Florida wears heavy boots. They were practically giving them away. Try a place like that. Later

cooby Nov 17 2017 03:53 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Just went down an internet rabbit hole and read about Jim Croce. What a great singer. Not even sure how I got started but I'm glad I did because it always makes me happy to listen to him

Mets Willets Point Nov 17 2017 04:15 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

MFS62 Dec 01 2017 01:04 AM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

My wife went to the eye doctor today. There was a large TV on the waiting room wall. While I waited for her, I noticed that both the sound and the closed captioning had been turned on. Then I thought, "If the people in the room can read the closed captioning, then why are they in an eye doctor's office in the first place?" Later

cooby Dec 01 2017 03:07 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: Willits what is this? It looks like my old friend Mike only Mike is plumper than that

Mets Willets Point Dec 01 2017 04:05 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

cooby wrote: Mets Willets Point wrote: Willits what is this? It looks like my old friend Mike only Mike is plumper than that This is David Harbour as Chief Hopper in Stranger Things dancing to a Jim Croce tune.

cooby Dec 01 2017 04:05 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

ah....Mike has a doppelganger. A skinny one.

Mets Willets Point Dec 01 2017 06:21 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Stranger Things are happening in this thread too.

HahnSolo Dec 01 2017 06:27 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Where the hell is the cold weather?

Lefty Specialist Dec 06 2017 06:09 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Saw Noah Syndergaard crossing Lafayette Street at lunch today. Wearing basketball shorts and a man bun. Looking at his phone which is how he avoided eye contact. Couldn't judge the condition of his lat, but he looked to be in pretty good shape.

Ceetar Dec 07 2017 04:27 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Google is very specifically aware of what you're doing, but it still thinks this place is a little wetter than it is.

d'Kong76 Dec 07 2017 04:30 PM Re: Small Things Considered - 2017

Better than Cesspool, I suppose.