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Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

kcmets
Jan 01 2022 10:08 AM

Water main break at the end of our street. Water gushing out one lawn

and the sewer across from them. DPW on the scene, holiday payola!!



2022, just how I pictured it.

Ceetar
Jan 01 2022 10:26 AM
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if you're lucky it'll freeze like that! then the kids can ice skate on it!

Marshmallowmilkshake
Jan 05 2022 03:21 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 05 2022 03:37 PM

We got an Alexa as a Christmas gift from my parents. Still learning what it can do and not do. My wife says I don't have to say "please" and "thank you" when I ask it for stuff. But it just seems wrong not to do that. Habit.



Do any of you guys have one of these things? Is it useful at all?



So far it tells me the weather and the score of the Islanders game.

Edgy MD
Jan 05 2022 03:37 PM
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I'm mostly #UnBezing in the new year. I don't trust them things anywhere near my house.



Among the zillion problems I have with them, as absurd as saying "Please" and "Thank you" to it may seem to you and your wife, my experience is that kids who simply give the machines imperative orders start addressing the world around them in the same way.

Marshmallowmilkshake
Jan 05 2022 03:40 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:

I'm mostly #UnBezing in the new year. I don't trust them things anywhere near my house.



Among the zillion problems I have with them, as absurd as saying "Please" and "Thank you" to it may seem to you and your wife, my experience is that kids who simply give the machines imperative orders start addressing the world around them in the same way.


Good call. There are definitely worse habits than politeness!



I do wonder what it hears and records and passes on.



If you've ever seen the "Alexa Silver" SNL skit, that pretty much describes my parents working with their Alexa.

kcmets
Jan 05 2022 03:45 PM
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We're not Apple here but have friends who have it. The "kids" use it to

play music back when people got together. Say, "Alexa play September by

Earth Wind and Fire." Voila!

Marshmallowmilkshake
Jan 05 2022 04:54 PM
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Cool! Let me see if it knows Ramones!

Lefty Specialist
Jan 05 2022 05:01 PM
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I always get my cold cuts from the local Shop-Rite deli department on Sunday mornings. Little did I know that the women behind the counter were ready to snap and go postal a few hours later.



https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/clark-shoprite-deli-employee-melissa-prince-repeatedly-stabbed-co-worker-after-years-of-conflict.4768970/

MFS62
Jan 05 2022 05:07 PM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:

I always get my cold cuts from the local Shop-Rite deli department on Sunday mornings. Little did I know that the women behind the counter were ready to snap and go postal a few hours later.



https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/clark-shoprite-deli-employee-melissa-prince-repeatedly-stabbed-co-worker-after-years-of-conflict.4768970/


Just make sure they wash the knives before your next order.

Later

kcmets
Jan 05 2022 05:10 PM
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Yeah, I just realized Alexa is Amazon and Siri is the one they have for Apple.

Same thing. My phone has Bixby, she's even more of a ditz than I am.

Lefty Specialist
Jan 05 2022 05:27 PM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:

I always get my cold cuts from the local Shop-Rite deli department on Sunday mornings. Little did I know that the women behind the counter were ready to snap and go postal a few hours later.



https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/clark-shoprite-deli-employee-melissa-prince-repeatedly-stabbed-co-worker-after-years-of-conflict.4768970/


Just make sure they wash the knives before your next order.

Later


Yeah, no rare roast beef for a while.

Willets Point
Jan 05 2022 05:47 PM
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My kids like to make Siri tell jokes, but otherwise I don't use it.

kcmets
Jan 05 2022 05:49 PM
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"Pound of Boar's Head Oven Gold Turkey, please."

"Is that is?"

"Yes, thanks."

"Don't slice it too thin!"

"You telling me how to do my job? That bitch over there has been

telling me how to do my job."

"Not at all. I should probably get some cheese too."

"LOOK, don't push me!"

Marshmallowmilkshake
Jan 05 2022 06:19 PM
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Willets Point wrote:

My kids like to make Siri tell jokes, but otherwise I don't use it.


I use Siri in the car for directions. It works well - most of the time!

Edgy MD
Jan 06 2022 12:35 PM
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Eleven separate Springsteen songs explicitly involve judges and judgment.



At least one other song written for somebody else has a judge, as do six songs he's covered.



This, of course doesn't include songs like "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)," where the judgment is clearly implied (somebody shoots and kills somebody, is caught, and is awaiting parole by verse three) but not explicitly stated.



What sin is to Dylan, judgment is to Springsteen.

kcmets
Jan 10 2022 07:17 AM
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I dunno, there's no way everybody was kung fu fighting.



[YOUTUBE]jhUkGIsKvn0[/YOUTUBE]

ashie62
Jan 10 2022 11:08 AM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:

I always get my cold cuts from the local Shop-Rite deli department on Sunday mornings. Little did I know that the women behind the counter were ready to snap and go postal a few hours later.



https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/clark-shoprite-deli-employee-melissa-prince-repeatedly-stabbed-co-worker-after-years-of-conflict.4768970/


Just make sure they wash the knives before your next order.

Later


She's not wrong about much of it. It does not help that Shoprite pays state minimum wage.

whippoorwill
Jan 21 2022 01:55 PM
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argh. I don't know if it's because I've been feeding the birds so much or what, but I can't get "Sloop John B" to stop running through my head

MFS62
Jan 22 2022 01:14 PM
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It seems like the only times Gilbert Gottfried is getting noticed these days is when he is being interviewed about his memories of other comedians who have died. He's been the go-to guy on ABC News for such interviews for the past few months.



Later

kcmets
Jan 24 2022 09:30 AM
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“The same boiling water that softens the potato, hardens the egg. It's what

you're made of. Not the circumstances.” -– Unknown

RealityChuck
Jan 24 2022 12:27 PM
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=MFS62 post_id=84966 time=1642882441 user_id=60]
It seems like the only times Gilbert Gottfried is getting noticed these days is when he is being interviewed about his memories of other comedians who have died. He's been the go-to guy on ABC News for such interviews for the past few months.



Later



He showed up on Svengoolie last Saturday. I recognized his voice before he showed his face (degree of difficulty: 1).



If you're unfamiliar, Svengoolie is an old-style horror movie host who plays old films with corny jokes in between. The final gag is that when he tries to tell people the next week's show, he's interrupted by a doorbell and someone shows up at the door -- you only see his arm -- and tells a corny joke. Gottfried played the guy at the door -- arm only like always -- but popped out when it was done.

MFS62
Jan 24 2022 05:35 PM
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=RealityChuck post_id=85014 time=1643052457 user_id=82]
He showed up on Svengoolie last Saturday. I recognized his voice before he showed his face (degree of difficulty: 1).



If you're unfamiliar, Svengoolie is an old-style horror movie host who plays old films with corny jokes in between. The final gag is that when he tries to tell people the next week's show, he's interrupted by a doorbell and someone shows up at the door -- you only see his arm -- and tells a corny joke. Gottfried played the guy at the door -- arm only like always -- but popped out when it was done.



Wow! I watched Svengoolie last Saturday and didn't notice.



Later

kcmets
Jan 27 2022 06:20 AM
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I saw this guy at Starbucks yesterday. No iPhone, no tablet and no laptop.



He just sat there drinking coffee.



Like a psychopath.

Lefty Specialist
Jan 27 2022 11:29 AM
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Looks like things could get interesting for New England this weekend.......



https://scontent.fewr1-6.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/s1080x2048/272269186_10159779798774313_3781721728862725493_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=ccxR_xgQOKwAX-l1JVz&_nc_ht=scontent.fewr1-6.fna&oh=00_AT8thuy9xb1ApH_dRm3eJAO3yJcRwowa2aApCwF206K38w&oe=61F74C2A>

Edgy MD
Jan 27 2022 11:53 AM
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Weird coloring system when the hotter colors mean deeper snow.

MFS62
Jan 27 2022 04:21 PM
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https://soylent.com/collections/all-powder?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=cpc&utm_caampaign=retarget%3D&utm_term=p30dsocialengagement&utm_content=ssereview&fbclid=IwAR0gM5-rdQ1xMO_vaAmduhXVJM2ZpswO8l8yMej0a6TFJbPqN6JufIQu16E



Psst. It ain't plant based.



Later

MFS62
Jan 29 2022 12:10 PM
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Now we know why guys go into the Navy.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60149145


According to the Justice Department, Shedd and the other officers received "sex parties with prostitutes and luxurious dinner and travel" in exchange for military secrets and "substantial influence" for the Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) company, a Singapore-based firm founded by a Malaysian national, Leonard Glenn Francis.


Later

Edgy MD
Feb 07 2022 08:38 AM
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Got my first-ever 900 score on The Washington Post crossword today. I'm guessing that 1000 is the max, but I'm not sure.



Yeah, it's the Monday crossword, which is comparable to TV Guide's in difficulty, but hey, 900! Whatever that means!

whippoorwill
Feb 27 2022 09:55 AM
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My Uncommon Mouth would make a good band name.



Or something. It really should become a catchphrase

Frayed Knot
Mar 05 2022 07:26 PM
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How is it that a 40 minute college hoops game [Duke/UNC] wound up taking just shy of three hours to complete?

That's more than three minutes of dead time for every one of actual action.



I complain a lot about baseball's pace of play (because it's the one I care about) but MLB is hardly alone on that front and they may not even be the worst.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 07 2022 10:03 AM
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whatever happened to the mofo? Every so often I used to peek in but can't find it anymore.



Rogers would know about this

Willets Point
Mar 07 2022 10:14 AM
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Maybe they all joined the trucker convoy.

MFS62
Mar 07 2022 11:06 AM
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With the new changes to the NYC masking regulations, I think the only employee still being prohibited from working in New York is Kyrie Irving.



Later

Willets Point
Mar 08 2022 10:28 AM
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In the near future, everyone will play Batman for 15 minutes.

kcmets
Mar 17 2022 03:13 PM
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At least the 'the man's a genius' crowd on social media hasn't spoken in

a good two weeks.

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 20 2022 03:15 PM
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Excerpt:


Like a record 23 percent of Americans who've died in the past five years, the ultimate financial worth of his father's life was nothing — a number somewhere below zero.



That meant that what Dave Jr. and his two daughters were inheriting during a time of accelerating inequality in the United States was the exact opposite of intergenerational wealth: his father's end-of-life expenses, thousands of dollars in debts, a leftover bottle of anti-depressants, and the Ramsey family's continued regression from the middle class into the expanding bottom of the American economy.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/20/intergenerational-wealth-middle-class-spiral/

nymr83
Mar 20 2022 09:11 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:

How is it that a 40 minute college hoops game [Duke/UNC] wound up taking just shy of three hours to complete?

That's more than three minutes of dead time for every one of actual action.



I complain a lot about baseball's pace of play (because it's the one I care about) but MLB is hardly alone on that front and they may not even be the worst.


the last few minutes of any non-blowout basketball game can be brutally paced. there needs to be a rule that you lose your timeouts as the game goes on or they all convert to "10 second timeouts" that you can use to substitute or for when you are having trouble in-bounding or grab a loose ball and you are on the floor or whatever but you dont really stop the game

Edgy MD
Mar 21 2022 09:51 AM
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The main culprit there is the universally accepted strategy of intentionally fouling to force the other team to take their shots with a stopped clock.

Willets Point
Mar 21 2022 10:04 AM
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Some suggested tweaks.

Frayed Knot
Mar 21 2022 11:41 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:

The main culprit there is the universally accepted strategy of intentionally fouling to force the other team to take their shots with a stopped clock.


The main culprit is that there are like 75 time-outs per team per half. That may be a bit off but there are enough for a coach to call a time out, design a play, then, before the ball can be inbounded, he calls another time-out when he gets a look at what defense the other coach decided on during his time-out. I have no idea why anyone would think that's an interesting part of the game except that college coaches have more power than some third world dictators so no one is going to take away from them the right to micromanage each second of the clock.



I wasn't even watching the game I referenced. But when I flicked by ESPN a full three hours after the tip-off, it was still going.

Normally in college hoops, that final minute grind bumps what should be a two hour game (comprising 40 minutes of action) up to 2:20. I have no idea what took that one to 3:00 but I guarantee you it wasn't something I'd want to watch.

kcmets
Mar 27 2022 02:34 PM
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Whoever turned winter back on needs to be hit squarely in

the head with a chalk board eraser.

Willets Point
Mar 28 2022 07:52 AM
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I think the clip of Will Smith punching Chris Rock at the Oscars may be more entertaining than any of the movies nominated for Best Picture.

Lefty Specialist
Mar 28 2022 09:46 AM
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Anybody but Will Smith would have been escorted from the premises. You attend these awards, you're famous, you have to accept that comedians are going to make fun of you and other famous people. You grin for the cameras and fume privately. It speaks to the entitlement Will Smith feels that he went up there and did what he did.



Every comedian in America will be saying, "Now don't pull a Will Smith on me" every time they tell a joke that offends someone.

Edgy MD
Mar 28 2022 09:51 AM
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I got a dozen hot takes, but none of them feel right. A sad showing all around.

kcmets
Mar 28 2022 09:55 AM
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"Remember that time I bitch slapped you on universal tv?"

"Fun times."

"Waiter, two more. Put a nipple on his..."

MFS62
Mar 28 2022 11:27 AM
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=kcmets post_id=87773 time=1648413293 user_id=53]
Whoever turned winter back on needs to be hit squarely in

the head with a chalk board eraser.



Was that chalk I saw in the air around 12:30 today?

Nope it was snow flurries!

WTF?



Later

Johnny Lunchbucket
Apr 02 2022 05:32 PM
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Lunchpails track coach told me today he was the college roommate of Bob Beamon

Fman99
Apr 03 2022 04:09 AM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Lunchpails track coach told me today he was the college roommate of Bob Beamon


I have a run club friend who was a high school teammate of Bruce Jenner. Back when he was a track star and not a reality TV dingus, that is.

kcmets
Apr 03 2022 09:06 AM
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(A) I was in drama club in middle school with Evan Handler (movies and Sex in the City),

I guess that's the most famous schoolmate I can think of. I was a better actor than him.



(B) I woke up with meatloaf on the brain, pass the gravy...



Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole

And everything is stunted and lost

And nothing really rocks, and nothing really rolls

And nothing's ever worth the cost

Edgy MD
Apr 03 2022 11:28 AM
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You totally should get some acting gigs lined up.

kcmets
Apr 04 2022 10:56 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:

You totally should get some acting gigs lined up.


I need an agent, willing to work for stale peanuts.

Edgy MD
Apr 04 2022 11:05 AM
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Chad Ochoseis has the connections.

kcmets
Apr 24 2022 04:20 PM
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I hate to admit it, but after a weekend of much needed yardwork I have

aches and pains in muscles I haven't thought about for years.

kcmets
Apr 30 2022 09:12 PM
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Is the four hour erection thing still dangerous? Don't hear

about that much anymore these days.

Frayed Knot
May 01 2022 04:40 AM
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Well, they still say you should tell a doctor.

Hell, if I had one lasting four hours I'd be telling everyone!

Edgy MD
May 01 2022 06:20 AM
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Tell the commissioner if you have an erection lasting longer than a major league baseball game.

batmagadanleadoff
May 01 2022 10:18 AM
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The NFL network is re-running the entire NFL draft, all 12+ hours of it, for at least the second time.



Who the hell would watch that, on rerun?

MFS62
May 02 2022 05:32 PM
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I've recently been getting around five email ads per day from Pro flowers.com.

You'd think there is some kind of holiday coming up soon.



Later

kcmets
May 02 2022 06:16 PM
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Weird, Easter's come and gone already.

batmagadanleadoff
May 02 2022 06:22 PM
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=kcmets post_id=91100 time=1651537013 user_id=53]
Weird, Easter's come and gone already.



That's never happened before.



Weird.

kcmets
May 03 2022 09:07 AM
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I was having wi-fi issues earlier and looking at the list of some of the available

connections I found 'pretty-fly-for-a-wi-fi', zooverzone (we live on Hoover) and

'getyerowncheapo.' I had no idea our neighbors were so creative.

whippoorwill
May 05 2022 10:11 AM
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Having my morning coffee on the Lido Deck is even sweeter when my neighbor's rooster is crowing :D

Edgy MD
May 05 2022 10:57 AM
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I was having wi-fi issues earlier and looking at the list of some of the available

connections I found 'pretty-fly-for-a-wi-fi', zooverzone (we live on Hoover) and

'getyerowncheapo.' I had no idea our neighbors were so creative.


That's good. I got "AnimalFarm" and "InsertWittyNameHere," in addition to other alphanumeric soup-type names

kcmets
May 05 2022 12:00 PM
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I confess (to clear my conscience) that zooverzone is mine. 'appleorchard' next

door didn't sound worthy enough for my OtCaW post lol...

Frayed Knot
May 05 2022 01:26 PM
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Judging by the amount of news ink lately, Amber Heard appears to be the most important woman in America although I have no idea who she is.



Not asking cuz I don't care who she is, just noting yet another large hole in my pop culture knowledge.

batmagadanleadoff
May 05 2022 01:30 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:

Judging by the amount of news ink lately, Amber Heard appears to be the most important woman in America although I have no idea who she is.



Not asking cuz I don't care who she is, just noting yet another large hole in my pop culture knowledge.


I don't think Amber Heard is getting as much press as one of the Kardashians is for appearing at the Met gala. Something about her green dress, too. And one headline said that she almost had a heart attack, too. Which would probably be a good thing. Maybe if they all had heart attacks.

Frayed Knot
May 10 2022 02:18 PM
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So, this jail boss chick and the inmate/lovebird she transported out of prison (just not to the proper destination) ... did she/they really think they were going to pull that off?

Edgy MD
May 10 2022 02:58 PM
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"Love makes you do crazy things." — F. Prince

Frayed Knot
May 10 2022 04:47 PM
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I mean they lasted 11 days on the lam so I suppose that's something. But that was with a sizable head start and they got only as far as Indiana where they were apparently trying to come up with a plan beyond that.



Overall I think a triple steal had a better chance of success.

Edgy MD
May 10 2022 05:14 PM
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The guy was listed at 6'9" and 330 in some outlets. I was thinking that might have been a mistake because I didn't understand how every outlet didn't put that info far forward.



If that's correct, he was a tough guy to hide.

kcmets
May 18 2022 06:55 PM
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Quit thinking you're all that.

You're not even all there.

Marshmallowmilkshake
May 24 2022 11:09 AM
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I got into a minor accident last night -- in a car wash. You think these places are safe.



I followed a huge white pickup into the wash, and we each got onto the conveyor thing. They paid for the super wash, which the extra things. So we're going along, and through the soap and brushes it looked like the pickup had stopped -- and I was still going.



I hit the brake, which, of course, did nothing since we're on a conveyor belt. I threw it in park, which also did nothing. The pickup then seemed like it was now crooked on the belt and I think I hit it. I'm not sure, with all the brushes and things going on.



The whole thing came to a stop, and I stepped out of the car. The truck straightened out and moved forward a bit as the attendants were running over. It looked like a little part in my grill had popped out a little, but it slipped right back into place.



Turns out the woman driving the pickup turned the steering wheel and her tire caught one of the low brushes that stick out when you pay for the super wash, which is what pushed her truck offline and stopped the belt eventually.



We all drove out and I looked the car over and luckily no damage. She was claiming there was a scratch on the handle of her bed door, but that's way above my hood so there's no way it was from me. It was probably there before she even drove in the car wash.



Pretty scary. I was worried not just about hitting the truck in front, but the cars behind me hitting me!

MFS62
May 24 2022 11:45 AM
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When you hear about a speeding hit and run accident, the speeding car seems to always be a BMW or Mercedes, but not a Subaru.



Later

kcmets
May 24 2022 12:57 PM
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=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=93319 time=1653412149 user_id=119]I got into a minor accident last night -- in a car wash. You think these places are safe.



This happened to me many years ago. The car in front of me stopped moving

and I rammed it like five times until they shut it down. This blaring announcement

came over loud speakers to remain in the car until they figure out what's wrong

and fixed it within a minute so my guess is it was pretty common and they were

good at dealing with it. No damage, but it was back in the day when cars had

real bumpers that were good at ramming stuff. You're lucky air bags didn't go off,

but maybe in 'Neutral' they're unarmed.


=MFS62 post_id=93324 time=1653414358 user_id=60]When you hear about a speeding hit and run accident, the speeding car seems to always be a BMW or Mercedes

I've never heard that.

Edgy MD
May 24 2022 01:46 PM
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In a quick Googling of "Hit and Run" and "Police are looking for," the first 10 hits that identify the make of the suspect's car are:


[list=1]

  • [*]Dark-colored Volkswagon (Miami–Dade County, FL)

  • [*]Dark-colored Toyota sedan (St. Petersburg, FL)

  • [*]Grey Honda sedan (Yuba City, CA)

  • [*] Dodge Durango (Barry Township, MI)

  • [*] Blue or gray Chevrolet Silverado Z71 with a hardtop (Irving Park, IL)

  • [*] White Ford F-150 pickup (Longview, TX)

  • [*] Jeep (Saginaw, MI)

  • [*] Black Toyota Corolla (Bedford County, VA)

  • [*] White Toyota Highlander (Chicago, IL)

  • [*] 2009 GMC Sierra pickup truck (Dallas, TX).
    • [/list]

    My main takeaways are (1) the world is a dangerous place, and (2) we made a rough deal when we decided to build our world around cars.

    MFS62
    May 24 2022 02:01 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    In a quick Googling of "Hit and Run" and "Police are looking for," the first 10 hits that identify the make of the suspects car are:


    [list=1]
  • [*]Dark-colored Volkswagon (Miami–Dade County, FL)

  • [*]Dark-colored Toyota sedan (St. Petersburg, FL)

  • [*]Grey Honda sedan (Yuba City, CA)

  • [*] Dodge Durango (Barry Township, MI)

  • [*] Blue or gray Chevrolet Silverado Z71 with a hardtop (Irving Park, IL)

  • [*] White Ford F-150 pickup (Longview, TX)

  • [*] Jeep (Saginaw, MI)

  • [*] Black Toyota Corolla (Bedford County, VA)

  • [*] White Toyota Highlander (Chicago, IL)

  • [*] 2009 GMC Sierra pickup truck (Dallas, TX).
    • [/list]

    My main takeaways are (1) the world is a dangerous place, and (2) we made a rough deal when we decided to build our world around cars.

    That's funny. My wife made that observation I posted and my casual viewing of local NY tv news gave me the feeling the mix of cars involved in local accidents is different from what you posted. My view is that Subarus aren't mentioned because people who own them don't drive that fast.

    Later

    Marshmallowmilkshake
    May 24 2022 02:25 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Edgy MD wrote:



    My main takeaways are (1) the world is a dangerous place, and (2) we made a rough deal when we decided to build our world around cars.


    Even when washing them! The sad part is that I really just wanted to use the vacuums to pick up dirt in the trunk after moving around a bunch of plants.



    Why do they put a little plastic bag on the rear-view window wiper? Is it at any more risk than the front wipers?

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    May 24 2022 04:47 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I drive a dark VW but never in Florida

    MFS62
    Jun 01 2022 07:08 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    ABC News is spending so much time covering Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee that I think the whole thing is a Disney production they're promoting.



    Later

    Edgy MD
    Jul 01 2022 09:08 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Apple TV+ is filming a show in my neighborhood.



    Big-shot stars and a period setting, but you just know there's gonna be mur-diddly-urder, so I'm not sure it's gonna make my zip code the super-fashionable hood that it's supposed to be

    kcmets
    Jul 30 2022 01:33 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Did anyone here (also) eat La Choy canned Chinese food as a child?



    I just googled and I'm kinda shocked it's still around.

    whippoorwill
    Jul 30 2022 01:47 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    No but I begged for it. I remember the ads

    MFS62
    Jul 30 2022 01:55 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =kcmets post_id=101573 time=1659209597 user_id=53]
    Did anyone here (also) eat La Choy canned Chinese food as a child?



    I just googled and I'm kinda shocked it's still around.



    Yes.

    It was my first introduction to Chinese food. And there was also Chun King canned Chinese food.



    Later

    kcmets
    Jul 30 2022 02:54 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Yes, I remember the Chun King name too now.



    I don't remember frozen food pictured in ad below, only having canned.

    The jingle is super memorable...



    [YOUTUBE]TuUQYSfcNGs[/YOUTUBE]

    Edgy MD
    Jul 30 2022 04:22 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    La Choy has been around since the 1920s, and has been sold off to new conglomerates a few times.



    We had an Italian-Americn family in the neighborhood named LaJoie, and we sang the jingle to them when we played with them, but I think we privately thought their parents owned the company. While they didn't, it's true that the company has never really had Chinese or Chinese-American principals.



    In the late sixties, the first Muppet with a national profile was "Delbert the La Choy Dragon."



    [YOUTUBE]dUWzOlnal-U[/YOUTUBE]

    Fman99
    Jul 31 2022 10:05 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    The only LaChoy product we had were those crispy noodles. You set me up with those and some duck sauce and I'm living the good life.

    Frayed Knot
    Jul 31 2022 11:39 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Happy Birthday to George Jetson who, in one of the episodes, was listed as being born on 7/31/22.

    Now where are those moving sidewalks we were promised?

    Edgy MD
    Jul 31 2022 12:53 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Well, apart from the sidewalks being about the 10th-most convenient part of the Jetsons' world, we still have 40 years or so before we get to the world depicted in the show.

    Lefty Specialist
    Jul 31 2022 01:35 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    "Jane!!! Stop this crazy thing!!!!"

    whippoorwill
    Jul 31 2022 01:40 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I hope to live long enough to drive a space car

    kcmets
    Jul 31 2022 01:57 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 31 2022 02:11 PM

    "it's a little known fact there Normy that the infamous AC/DC song Whole

    Lotta Rosie     was actually about the Jetson's hard-working maid."

    The Hot Corner
    Aug 02 2022 08:14 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    Happy Birthday to George Jetson who, in one of the episodes, was listed as being born on 7/31/22.

    Now where are those moving sidewalks we were promised?


    At the airports.

    MFS62
    Aug 02 2022 08:22 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    The Hot Corner wrote:

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    Happy Birthday to George Jetson who, in one of the episodes, was listed as being born on 7/31/22.

    Now where are those moving sidewalks we were promised?


    At the airports.


    And there's one between two of the hotels at Foxwoods Casino.



    Later

    Frayed Knot
    Aug 02 2022 08:24 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    That's good, because people who frequent casinos are way too skinny IMO.

    kcmets
    Aug 02 2022 08:34 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =MFS62 post_id=102062 time=1659493323 user_id=60]And there's one between two of the [CROSSOUT]hotels[/CROSSOUT] buffets at Foxwoods Casino.



    Fixed that for ya!

    MFS62
    Aug 03 2022 06:16 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =kcmets post_id=102064 time=1659494090 user_id=53]
    =MFS62 post_id=102062 time=1659493323 user_id=60]And there's one between two of the [CROSSOUT]hotels[/CROSSOUT] buffets at Foxwoods Casino.



    Fixed that for ya!

    We were there last week.

    I know you were trying to be funny.

    But, sadly, the CT Casino buffets are no longer there.

    They closed during the first COVID warnings and haven't re-opened. It is now a bingo hall. (I'm not sure if there is another one at Foxwoods, but there were two at Mohegan Sun and they are both closed.)

    But the moveable walkway is still in operation.



    Later

    kcmets
    Aug 03 2022 07:32 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    My wife's been itchin' to go to Mohegan Sun but I'm like that place is bed

    of germs even without worrying about Covid and Monkeypox.



    Were masks required at Foxwoods? If not, what percentage wore masks

    would you guesstimate?

    kcmets
    Aug 04 2022 12:31 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    We were there last week.


    Were masks required at Foxwoods? If not, what percentage wore masks

    would you guesstimate?


    Maybe 40-50% of the people there were wearing masks. Most of what I would call elderly "Locals" and tourists wore them, younger people and those without kids weren't. I don't recall if they were required.



    Later

    Frayed Knot
    Aug 14 2022 07:08 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    The U.S. Amateur Golf Open will be played this week in New Jersey. One of the opening round groupings will be the trio of Mark Costanza, Hazen Newman, and Campbell Kremer

    MFS62
    Aug 15 2022 12:39 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    That's funny. That must have been someone's tribute to Seinfeld.



    In the "That isn't funny, ... BUT" category:

    Heard on WCBS News that the President of COVID drug manufacturer Pfizer has tested positive for COVID.



    Later

    MFS62
    Aug 22 2022 08:11 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    "Vegan leather" is an oxymoron.

    Later

    Frayed Knot
    Aug 30 2022 04:42 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    So it appears that none of Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, or Josh Rosen -- the 1st, 2nd & 4th drafted QBs in the 2018 NFL draft, and the 1st, 3rd, and 10th

    picks overall -- are good enough to play for the Cleveland Browns. I'm going to repeat that for emphasis with the help of Garrett Morris who'll be reading

    it for the hearing impaired: NONE OF THOSE GUYS ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY FOR THE CLEVELAND F. BROWNS!!!!



    And not even that they're not good enough to be starters, they're not good enough for the roster of a team that was last good during the Eisenhower

    administration. But just this summer they've ...

    a) already had Mayfield but couldn't wait to dump him, in this case on the Carolina Panthers (a team not much better than the Browns in recent years)

    for like a 6th round draft pick

    b) had no interest in trying out Darnold despite not having a starting QB at all, leaving Sam to wind up backing up Baker Mayfield on the Panthers!

    and

    c) now cut Rosen from being the back-up to the back-up to the guy who will eventually be the starter assuming he can hold the number of felony

    complaints down until his suspension is over sometime in November





    So remind me again why the THOUSANDS OF HOURS of pre-draft "analysis" is so important to pay attention to when, just four years after all three were

    drooled and fawned over [Remember 'Suck for Sam'?], only one is even a starter and that's mainly just for a lack of a real one.



    btw, Josh Allen was the 3rd QB chosen with the 5th overall pick that same year while Lamarr Jackson was 5th/32nd. Those two turned out to be much

    better choices even though not picked as high, something I'm sure all the touts will NOW tell you they saw all along back then.

    MFS62
    Aug 30 2022 04:56 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    They fired the guy the team was named after. So whaddaya' expect from their management?

    Later

    Frayed Knot
    Aug 30 2022 05:44 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Except that the punchline here isn't the Browns.

    kcmets
    Aug 30 2022 05:49 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Frayed Knot wrote:
    So remind me again why the THOUSANDS OF HOURS of pre-draft "analysis" is so important to pay attention to...


    K: Sarah, see if you can get us Mel Kiper on the horn please.

    S: His office says he gets $250/15 minutes or $900 for a whole hour.

    K: Hang up quick! Let's get some lunch...

    Frayed Knot
    Aug 30 2022 06:02 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =kcmets post_id=105775 time=1661903357 user_id=53]
    K: Sarah



    Wasn't that a Doris Day song? K Sarah Sarah

    MFS62
    Aug 30 2022 06:04 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Another Reagan quote;

    "There you go again".

    LOL!



    Later

    kcmets
    Sep 01 2022 02:00 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Those who stir the shit pot should be required to lick the spoon.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 05 2022 02:43 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    The government of Japan has begun an advertising campaign in an attempt to get their citizens, specifically the younger ones, to buy and drink More booze.



    It seems that per capita consumption has been dropping in recent years and they don't like what that's done to the tax revenue.

    Willets Point
    Sep 05 2022 03:06 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I'd be happy to relocate to Tokyo at the Japanese government's expense and drink profligately.

    kcmets
    Sep 05 2022 03:18 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I went through a sake kick for awhile some time back.

    Then I realized paint thinner tasted better and was cheaper.

    MFS62
    Sep 06 2022 09:12 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/seafood-watch-group-lists-england-141953033.html (a repost of a CBS news report)
    CBS News

    Seafood watch group​ lists New England lobster as seafood to avoid

    The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program is advising consumers to avoid eating lobsters and some other types of sea creatures. According to a report released by the group on Tuesday, the gear used in fishing for lobster and other seafood is known to entangle the endangered North Atlantic right whale.



    The population of the North Atlantic right whale has shrunk by 30% in the past decade and there are now fewer than 340 of them alive.



    It is because of the danger the gear puts on the North Atlantic right whale, the widely respected world leader in seafood rankings is asking consumers and businesses to avoid lobster, all East Coast snow crab, several species of flounder and Atlantic cod.


    My alternate plan is to teach the whales to eat something else.

    Later

    Willets Point
    Sep 11 2022 07:37 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    People born on September 11, 2001 can now legally purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.

    Ceetar
    Sep 11 2022 07:56 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    in America. in freer countries they've been able to for years.

    kcmets
    Sep 11 2022 04:37 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Never lend anything to anyone unless you don't care that you may never see it again.

    MFS62
    Sep 23 2022 05:17 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Was looking to buy a new wallet.

    The package said "Vegan Leather".

    Holy Oxymoron, Batman!

    Why don't they say what it really is - PLASTIC!!



    Later

    kcmets
    Sep 23 2022 06:33 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I think the current term would be 'plant-based billfold.'

    Edgy MD
    Sep 23 2022 07:45 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022


    Was looking to buy a new wallet.

    The package said "Vegan Leather".

    Holy Oxymoron, Batman!

    Why don't they say what it really is - PLASTIC!!



    Later


    Vegan leather can be made of recycled or upcycled plastics, but is frequent constructed of organic materials, such as cork or apple peels or pineapple leaves, among other things.



    I'm sure if you read the label, you can indeed find out what "it really is made of."

    MFS62
    Sep 23 2022 09:12 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Yes, plastics can be made from plants.

    https://www.plasticsforchange.org/blog/how-plastic-is-made

    But they are still plastics.

    And my story is still funny.



    This wasn't a science class.

    Later

    kcmets
    Sep 23 2022 09:16 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I have like five wallets, four never used. I haven't pocketed one

    in like thirty years. All leather, not ashamed.

    Edgy MD
    Sep 23 2022 11:21 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Funny can speak for itself.

    Ceetar
    Sep 24 2022 09:37 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I have a a Rawlings wallet with baseball stitching.

    kcmets
    Sep 24 2022 09:50 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =Ceetar post_id=108506 time=1664033871 user_id=102]I have a a Rawlings wallet with baseball stitching.


    Friend of mine has a Mizuno knock-off, leather's not as nice but it's serviceable.

    kcmets
    Sep 26 2022 10:45 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I've been a regular consumer of Hellmann's Mayonnaise my whole life. Yesterday,

    I found a medium jar at Shop-Rite has risen to $4.79. Mayo!! Got a jar of Mike's

    Amazing Mayonnaise for $3.99 later at Acme. It's pretty good, think I still like

    Hellmann's better but Mikey is now an adequate close second.



    (Admins - feel free to move to The Inflation Thread)

    kcmets
    Sep 26 2022 11:31 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Forgot to say, it's supposedly the official mayonnaise of the New York Mets.

    But their web-page only says official mayonnaise of the New York Yankees.



    I may have to throw it out.

    Ceetar
    Sep 26 2022 11:48 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022


    Forgot to say, it's supposedly the official mayonnaise of the New York Mets.

    But their web-page only says official mayonnaise of the New York Yankees.



    I may have to throw it out.


    clearly they switched sides. I noted this early in the season actually, when I tried to find a web reference to the "official mayo (and mustard!) of the NYM"



    I did buy a small jar too, though I havne't opened it yet.

    whippoorwill
    Oct 05 2022 02:49 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Just wanted to say this is the nicest day we've had in about two or three weeks

    kcmets
    Oct 05 2022 03:17 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Tomorrow and Friday is supposed to return to spring-like weather here.

    whippoorwill
    Oct 05 2022 04:24 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Just for a bit though!

    Go out and enjoy it 🙂

    kcmets
    Oct 07 2022 12:00 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I didn't know how to properly pronounce Hankook Tires until just NOW!!!

    whippoorwill
    Oct 07 2022 02:41 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Not Han—kook?

    kcmets
    Oct 07 2022 03:15 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Hahn Cook.



    I have General Tires, much easier.

    MFS62
    Oct 07 2022 03:29 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Does the person who made the tire sign their John Hancook on them?



    Later

    kcmets
    Oct 09 2022 02:55 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Ever notice that non-stick pans that should have been tossed already be-

    come ultra-stick pans just to bust balls a few times before you give in?

    Ceetar
    Oct 09 2022 03:08 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    almost all of my pans are stainless (or cast iron)

    kcmets
    Oct 09 2022 04:30 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Mine too. Sorry, sometimes I forget that no one here wants to hear about

    the demise of things like my twenty-year-old go-to scrambled egg pan.



    I'll try to do better.

    Ceetar
    Oct 09 2022 04:47 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    *shrug* I'm interested enough. I do have a small non-stick one but even for eggs I like the stainless. feel like I have to be too delicate and gentle with the non-stick and that's not my style.

    whippoorwill
    Oct 09 2022 04:53 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    KC you recommended pans to me once and I went to Macys and bought them



    Alas Macys is gone

    kcmets
    Oct 09 2022 05:00 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =Ceetar post_id=110767 time=1665355633 user_id=102]
    *shrug* I'm interested enough.



    Eggsxactly, I'm sure no one else is either.



    I'll try to do better.

    metsmarathon
    Oct 09 2022 07:56 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =kcmets post_id=110761 time=1665348902 user_id=53]
    Ever notice that non-stick pans that should have been tossed already be-

    come ultra-stick pans just to bust balls a few times before you give in?



    Not sure if it's the issue but if you use Pam on you nonstick pans, that's what'll turn them to stickum pans. It's the emulsifier in the spray.

    MFS62
    Oct 14 2022 03:05 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    The Bat Cave for sale for $5.5 million (well, sorta')


    Listed for more than $5.5 million, the home on 22 Ketcham Road in Ridgefield was where Steinman lived for nearly 30 years until his death in 2021, according to the listing. Steinman was the primary composer for Meat Loaf's 1977 debut album, “Bat Out of Hell,” which went on to become one of the top-selling albums of all time.




    https://www.newstimes.com/realestate/article/jim-steinman-ridgefield-ct-meat-loaf-17508993.php?sid=591c902424c17c3e4b8c85fd&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headlines&utm_campaign=CT_NT_NewsNow



    Later

    kcmets
    Oct 15 2022 07:46 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    The last three nights, between 3-4:00 AM, my Samsung phone decides it's

    time to take a screen shot of it's main menu. In the morning when I look at

    the notifications there's the usual 'mail', 'Athletic' and 'weather' stuff. And

    'screen shot saved' at 3:48 AM.



    What up wid dat?

    MFS62
    Oct 15 2022 07:49 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =kcmets post_id=111309 time=1665841571 user_id=53]
    The last three nights, between 3-4:00 AM, my Samsung phone decides it's

    time to take a screen shot of it's main menu. In the morning when I look at

    the notifications there's the usual 'mail', 'Athletic' and 'weather' stuff. And

    'screen shot saved' at 3:48 AM.



    What up wid dat?



    If I were you, I'd be very, very scared.

    Or, did your phone have a scheduled software update that failed twice before it was successful? And showing you the new screen is their way to let you know it happened? My Apple usually sends a message alerting me to a scheduled upgrade before it does it. Is Samsung different?

    Later

    kcmets
    Oct 15 2022 08:33 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I'm not scared, it's just plum weird.

    My operating system and apps are up to date.

    And Apple and Android are two different planets in separate galaxies.

    kcmets
    Oct 22 2022 08:57 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I could eat kimchi every day.

    MFS62
    Oct 22 2022 09:16 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =kcmets post_id=111755 time=1666450663 user_id=53]
    I could eat kimchi every day.



    You must buy a lot of breath mints.



    Later

    kcmets
    Oct 22 2022 02:24 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =MFS62 post_id=111756 time=1666451798 user_id=60]You must buy a lot of breath mints.



    One nice thing about the pandemic era, people don't get in each others

    faces so much like they used to. If you're smelling someone's breath from

    3-4 feet away there are other things amiss besides Korean spices!

    Ceetar
    Oct 22 2022 04:51 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =kcmets post_id=111309 time=1665841571 user_id=53]
    The last three nights, between 3-4:00 AM, my Samsung phone decides it's

    time to take a screen shot of it's main menu. In the morning when I look at

    the notifications there's the usual 'mail', 'Athletic' and 'weather' stuff. And

    'screen shot saved' at 3:48 AM.



    What up wid dat?





    Still happening? I assume you're asleep, but maybe you're not? do you sleep-fumble for your phone and end up taking a photo? or does something trigger Google assistant, like you've woken up briefly at that hour and touch your phone in some way and something's touching the screen? Do you have a cat?

    whippoorwill
    Oct 22 2022 05:20 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Lolol do you have a cat is a great answer…and they do seem to know how to tell time

    kcmets
    Oct 22 2022 06:30 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =Ceetar post_id=111777 time=1666479119 user_id=102]
    Still happening? I assume you're asleep, but maybe you're not? do you sleep-fumble for your phone and end up taking a photo? or does something trigger Google assistant, like you've woken up briefly at that hour and touch your phone in some way and something's touching the screen? Do you have a cat?



    It stopped, I think it was four nights in a row. The phone isn't within reach when

    I sleep, and yes I'm usually asleep at that hour of the day. I'm allergic to cats.

    MFS62
    Nov 01 2022 10:59 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    The Spectrum repair guy just was here to fix my work phone system.

    When he got out of the truck, my first thought was "he looks like the second guy who gets killed in every horror movie."

    Later

    Benjamin Grimm
    Nov 03 2022 08:17 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    The Cookie Monster's given name is Sid.



    I learned this just a little while ago and I don't think anything will ever be the same.

    Edgy MD
    Nov 03 2022 09:36 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I had always understood him to be an Alastair from his appearances as the host of Monsterpiece Theater, "Alastair Cookie."



    https://i.gifer.com/fetch/w300-preview/f2/f2ac78c65f7cc09699241e647ad5fa31.gif>

    Frayed Knot
    Nov 05 2022 05:26 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Philly loses the title 3-0 in extras!!!





    Wait, why is this in the NON-baseball forum? Because that was the result of the MLS championship game!!



    So I don't even follow MLS so wasn't watching, but I flicked by it and saw the two teams (PHI/LA) were tied at 2 in about the middle of a 30-minute OT so figured I'd hang with it for the outcome.

    And within a minute or two there's a wicked crash between a Fhilly phoward and LA goalie. Goalie is carted off and needs to be replaced but not before being shown a red card while laying on the

    turf. They can replace the keeper of course but someone else has to come off and LA will play the remainder down a man.

    When play resumes Philly scores off a rebound and now the game has just a few (Five?) minutes of stoppage time left. So it's over, right? No, LA scores a minute or two later despite only ten men

    on the field and now they go to PKs. LA, going first, gets stopped so big advantage Philly. Except that they miss ALL THREE kicks they take and never even get to their final two because by that

    point LA nails their third straight kick for the insurmountable 3-0 win.



    Not sure where this one ranks in the pantheon of soccer championship chokes but it's got to be up there.

    Edgy MD
    Nov 05 2022 06:49 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Tough draw of the cards for LA backup keeper John McCarthy, but he walks off a hero.



    Maxime Crépeau, the regular goalkeeper for Los Angeles, is one of the top MLS keepers and a member of the Canadian national team. There's a lot of concern for his career now after what didn't look to be much but is reported to be a pretty brutal injury. The penalty was correctly called on him though.



    First-ever MLS Cup win for LAFC.

    Frayed Knot
    Nov 05 2022 07:03 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I was sort of half watching from across the room so didn't see the collision very well but figured it must have been nasty because, despite the lengthy Injury delay, the network (FOX) never showed a single replay.

    MFS62
    Nov 06 2022 08:33 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    If you're watching the NYC Marathon, my wife taught at the school in the Bronx in front of which Marcus Johnson (ABC) is broadcasting. The race only goes a short distance in the Bronx, and it goes right by that elementary school on Willis Ave.



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    Frayed Knot
    Nov 12 2022 08:44 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Maybe you're having a bad day, but at least you're not the U of Virginia QB.

    On the first play from scrimmage their QB threw a 'pick-six'. Then, after getting the subsequent kick off, he threw a 'pick six' on the very next play, leaving UVA down 14 - 0 just 16 seconds into the game.



    They didn't win.

    whippoorwill
    Nov 13 2022 07:43 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Geez that is a bad start!

    kcmets
    Nov 13 2022 09:11 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Sticking your knuckle in hot bacon grease is quite painful.

    MFS62
    Nov 13 2022 10:04 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =kcmets post_id=112842 time=1668355876 user_id=53]
    Sticking your knuckle in hot bacon grease is quite painful.



    The only thing worse would be doing it intentionally to see if it would hurt. (Hey guys, watch THIS!")

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    Frayed Knot
    Nov 13 2022 01:40 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    "Hey guys, watch THIS!"


    aka: the last words of a redneck

    kcmets
    Nov 13 2022 02:00 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Got a spaghetti squash with no spaghetti in it.



    (too lazy to look for the cooking thread)

    Edgy MD
    Nov 14 2022 09:06 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    Maybe you're having a bad day, but at least you're not the U of Virginia QB.

    On the first play from scrimmage their QB threw a 'pick-six'. Then, after getting the subsequent kick off, he threw a 'pick six' on the very next play, leaving UVA down 14 - 0 just 16 seconds into the game.



    They didn't win.


    UVA's weekend got worse from there as the campus was shot up Sunday morning, apparently by a former member of the football squad. At least one of the confirmed three victims killed is a member of the football team.

    Fman99
    Nov 14 2022 10:55 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =MFS62 post_id=112449 time=1667748803 user_id=60]
    If you're watching the NYC Marathon, my wife taught at the school in the Bronx in front of which Marcus Johnson (ABC) is broadcasting. The race only goes a short distance in the Bronx, and it goes right by that elementary school on Willis Ave.



    Later



    Having run this race in 2019, I can tell you that despite the fact that the race touts itself as taking place in all five boroughs, the jaunts through both Queens and Bronx are very brief in duration, and Staten Island is only used to dump runners for hours of pre-race curb sitting. Nearly all of the course that isn't a bridge is either Brooklyn or Manhattan.

    Frayed Knot
    Nov 14 2022 11:54 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Edgy MD wrote:

    UVA's weekend got worse from there as the campus was shot up Sunday morning, apparently by a former member of the football squad. At least one of the confirmed three victims killed is a member of the football team.


    Apparently all three of the victims are UVA football players.

    I'd like to think that the Sunday night shooting and the game results from Saturday are unrelated but it's tough to simply rule it out.

    Ceetar
    Nov 14 2022 02:01 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022


    Got a spaghetti squash with no spaghetti in it.



    (too lazy to look for the cooking thread)


    thanks to inflation they only put angel hair in mine.





    (I threw some in a chicken/rice/crockpot thingy a few weeks ago. Saved the seeds to toss in the garden next year (feed the chipmunks, whatever)

    kcmets
    Nov 14 2022 02:13 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I should have taken a picture. I guess there are duds out there this year.

    Past years I've opened one and strands and strands galore!

    whippoorwill
    Nov 15 2022 05:08 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    You guys are lucking out…. We've got about 3 inches of snow and it's still coming down

    MFS62
    Nov 23 2022 11:04 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    In case you're wondering where the new (and past) president of Disney, Bob Iger, will be spending Thanksgiving, It might be at his house in Sherman, CT.

    My wife just saw him shopping at our local Stop and Shop.

    He was parking in the space next to her as she was putting groceries in the car.

    He forgot to turn his car off, so he came back and she got a second look to be sure.



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    Benjamin Grimm
    Nov 23 2022 11:08 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    That was a missed opportunity to steal the President of Disney's car.

    MFS62
    Nov 23 2022 11:28 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Benjamin Grimm wrote:

    That was a missed opportunity to steal the President of Disney's car.


    She said it was a beauty - white, expensive looking Foreign SUV but she didn't get the brand- could have been a Porsche Cayenne.



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    Benjamin Grimm
    Nov 23 2022 12:22 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Oh. I thought it would probably be a 1971 Ford Pinto.

    whippoorwill
    Nov 23 2022 04:30 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    He forgot to turn his car off?

    MFS62
    Nov 23 2022 05:03 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =whippoorwill post_id=113416 time=1669246237 user_id=79]
    He forgot to turn his car off?



    Yes.



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    whippoorwill
    Nov 23 2022 05:11 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Hmmmm

    My kinda guy. Maybe he was thinking about the next big Disney thing

    Benjamin Grimm
    Nov 23 2022 05:11 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Did he at least remember to close the door?

    MFS62
    Nov 23 2022 05:15 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    =whippoorwill post_id=113419 time=1669248692 user_id=79]
    Hmmmm

    My kinda guy. Maybe he was thinking about the next big Disney thing



    I prefer to think that he was dazzled by my wife's beauty.

    And, yes, he closed the door.



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    whippoorwill
    Nov 24 2022 01:01 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Ay ay ay…my moms had a tough week. Fell in the bathroom Sunday when her legs went out from under her. We took her to ER, all tests okay. Still having problems



    My brother and I have been visiting her and so have grandkids all week and guess what. Today she's got Covid. 92 years old lives alone



    My brother has severe lung problems and I have a sore throat (negative so far) and it's a real conundrum



    Hospital wouldn't let me bring her in of course



    Won't be sleeping much in the near future…

    The Hot Corner
    Nov 26 2022 06:17 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    I hope your mom makes a complete recovery and all are feeling better soon.

    Marshmallowmilkshake
    Nov 26 2022 07:57 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Hang in there. Hope everyone is OK soon.

    MFS62
    Nov 27 2022 06:46 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Wow!

    What a streak.

    Hope everybody recovers soon.

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    kcmets
    Nov 27 2022 07:37 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Hope things have improved, whippoorcoob.

    whippoorwill
    Nov 28 2022 07:38 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Thanks all.



    Mom fell twice Thursday so they finally let her into the hospital. She's still there



    I'm in my fourth day of Covid. My daughter, grandson and sister in law all have it too

    whippoorwill
    Nov 28 2022 07:38 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    This is my grandsons second time and he's only 7!

    kcmets
    Nov 29 2022 07:08 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Wow, 71 guests not logged in.



    Guess the free pizza and film promo worked! Now if they'd

    all just register we'd be cookin' with gas!

    kcmets
    Dec 05 2022 04:15 PM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Bought a bag of collard greens yesterday that turned out to be a collard,

    mustard and turnip greens combo. Nice surprise, very tasty.

    whippoorwill
    Dec 06 2022 11:53 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Sounds healthful too!

    MFS62
    Dec 25 2022 09:09 AM
    Re: Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022

    Our friends in Georgia who in the past sent me a cast iron model of Shea Stadium sent me this book.

    https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Smjd2pEkL._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg >



    Thank you Edgy, for your tutorial about posting an image. It worked!!



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