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[JonInMiddleGA]

It is not necessarily the order as much as it is the mental picture I have of the discussion happening and the people that you know personally who would have and/or actually came to blows over each choice in the discussion.

Given the people involved in that tweet, in my mind I am seeing Tim Brando throwing a punch around Tony Barnhart who is trying to cool things down at Marty Smith knocking Marty’s beer can out of its koozie.

College football punches don't even require effort to get going.

BBQ is probably the hardest to start a fight over unless you're dealing with strangers. People who don't agree on bbq really don't eat together all that often in my world.

I haven't seen a good NASCAR fight since #3 died, with the possible exception of anyone with poor enough taste to admit to being a 24 fan.

[Coffee Warlord]

I'm so old I have a 19 year old daughter.

Fixed. :)

[Ksyrup]

Well yeah, but the point is I'm so old the internet's been around long enough that a 19 year old who is on twitter 24/7 and loves memes has never heard of Rickrolling.

[Ksyrup]

The other way I know I'm getting old - I can't friggin stand that millenial dweeb who stars in the Verizon commercials.

[cuervo72]

I'm so old I have a 19 year old daughter who has never heard of Rickrolling.

My 16yo daughter* says “no, that’s ridiculous — that’s on her.” :)

* who knows “Never Gonna Give You Up” by heart

[cuervo72]

The other way I know I'm getting old - I can't friggin stand that millenial dweeb who stars in the Verizon commercials.


And this is just having good sense.

[Ksyrup]

Him and the dude from the Chevy commercials. Although I don't know who I hate more... him, or the people in those commercials who act exactly like actors who apparently aren't acting.

[albionmoonlight]

My wife left a makeup bag behind at a hotel. They got in touch and put us in touch with a company called ileftmystuff dot com who offered to mail it back to us at a premium.

There was nothing in the bag worth the cost of shipping it back, so we declined.

But it (and the current political environment) just got me musing about capitalism and how it really is, by far, the best way to economically organize a society of any degree of size and complexity.

Because someone can make money doing it, someone created a company to mail back people's stuff. Here, it was just makeup, but it could have been medication or sentimental jewelry or expensive clothing.

It's the sort of little problem that a centralized bureaucracy couldn't/wouldn't bother solving. You'd have some ad-hoc system where the hotel just took your stuff or maybe got in touch with you to mail it back on a case-by-case basis. Or maybe there'd be a government-run "lost property" agency or something.

All of which would be less efficient and more difficult than some company coming in and filling the niche.

Cool beans.

[albionmoonlight]

College football punches don't even require effort to get going.

BBQ is probably the hardest to start a fight over unless you're dealing with strangers. People who don't agree on bbq really don't eat together all that often in my world.

I haven't seen a good NASCAR fight since #3 died, with the possible exception of anyone with poor enough taste to admit to being a 24 fan.

CFB is like the Wayne Gretzky of this discussion. It is so far ahead at #1 that the only real interesting questions is what is #2.

Or, maybe, another interesting question would be to break down the different aspects of CFB (recruiting, rehashing past transgressions, actual games) and make each one its own category.

[miami_fan]

College football punches don't even require effort to get going.

BBQ is probably the hardest to start a fight over unless you're dealing with strangers. People who don't agree on bbq really don't eat together all that often in my world.

I haven't seen a good NASCAR fight since #3 died, with the possible exception of anyone with poor enough taste to admit to being a 24 fan.

Understood. My memories are circa 2005-2011 when I was in the military. That is when I learned for the first time how serious the debate was between tomato based BBQ vs vinegar based BBQ and Yankee NASCAR drivers and REAL NASCAR drivers.:D

[molson]

Why do people leave their dogs outside around the 4th? Dozens of missing dog posts on the Facebook neighborhood group already, same as every year.

[Ben E Lou]

Why do people leave their dogs outside around the 4th? Dozens of missing dog posts on the Facebook neighborhood group already, same as every year.We moved from the Charleston area 4 years ago, but remain members of the Facebook neighborhood group because July 5th in that group is--by far--the best and most reliable popcorn-eating internet day of the year, every year. The ingredients are as follows:
SC state laws allows members of the public to purchase fireworks with power far beyond that which I've seen anywhere else. (Think mortars that you can feel in your chest 50+ feet away when they take off.)
A popular destination city with beaches, so locals want to just stay home rather than be bothered with huge crowds at the public displays.
A neighborhood where people typically have enough disposable income to pool with neighbors to drop a couple grand or so on fireworks, but aren't well-off enough to own beach/lake houses, so they're at home on he 4th.
Zoned for an outstanding elementary school, and good-not-great middle and high schools, thus making it a popular buying location for younger upwardly mobile families who'll be moving closer to the beach in 5 years. (Seriously, there are *always* homes for sale in the neighborhood, but they also always sell extremely quickly.
...But nice enough that there are tons of middle-class-and-will-never-be-higher who have lived there for the entirety of the 10-15 years the neighborhood has existed, and will likely never leave.Add all that up, and you end up with a bunch of people new to SC--many of them young, entitled soon-to-be-wealthy jerks with small kids and dogs--who have no clue the level of shock and awe that's going to go down on and around July 4th. :D


This morning's reading included 3 latent threats of physical violence, 1 dude who repeatedly threatened to lay on his horn at 5:30am in retaliation, 2 dogs who ran away, several others who--if their owners are to be believed--will be scarred for life, wayyyyy more "OMG WTF HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE LEGAL"s than I care to count, a new #PlanAhead hashtag (with lots of trollish variants such as #YouDidntPlanAhead) from the long-time residents, back and forth arguments about whether the people lighting fireworks or the people wanting a put a damper on others' fun were bigger assholes, condescending comments galore from residents who own pets who did #PlanAhead by boarding them or putting them on meds, and plenty of memes like the attached to fuel the dumpster fire.

[Ben E Lou]

Dola:


In fairness to the long-timers, they always do a good job of posting warnings that it's gonna be loud. That's where the #PlanAhead stuff started this year.

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In fairness to the newbies, there are always plenty of "yeah, you said it would be loud, so I #PlannedAhead, but I had no idea it would be THIS LOUD," even from those who aren't upset. If you're new to SC, I'm not sure it's possible to fathom what's about to go down.

[ISiddiqui]

Yankee NASCAR drivers and REAL NASCAR drivers.:D

Well, considering "Yankee" NASCAR drivers have dominated the sport, I can see where that wouldn't be much of a bone of contention anymore ;). The last Southern NASCAR driver who won the Cup was Bobby Labonte in 2000 (or Dale Jarrett in 1999 if you don't consider Texas as part of "the South").

These days it's mostly where you fall on Kyle Busch (the 2015 Cup Winner, Las Vegas native, and driver who completely embraces the "heel" personality).

[ISiddiqui]

Add all that up, and you end up with a bunch of people new to SC--many of them young, entitled soon-to-be-wealthy jerks with small kids and dogs--who have no clue the level of shock and awe that's going to go down on and around July 4th. :D

This needs to be a reality TV show. I'd watch the Hell out of that!

[molson]

We moved from the Charleston area 4 years ago, but remain members of the Facebook neighborhood group because July 5th in that group is--by far--the best and most reliable popcorn-eating internet day of the year, every year. The ingredients are as follows:
SC state laws allows members of the public to purchase fireworks with power far beyond that which I've seen anywhere else. (Think mortars that you can feel in your chest 50+ feet away when they take off.)
A popular destination city with beaches, so locals want to just stay home rather than be bothered with huge crowds at the public displays.
A neighborhood where people typically have enough disposable income to pool with neighbors to drop a couple grand or so on fireworks, but aren't well-off enough to own beach/lake houses, so they're at home on he 4th.
Zoned for an outstanding elementary school, and good-not-great middle and high schools, thus making it a popular buying location for younger upwardly mobile families who'll be moving closer to the beach in 5 years. (Seriously, there are *always* homes for sale in the neighborhood, but they also always sell extremely quickly.
...But nice enough that there are tons of middle-class-and-will-never-be-higher who have lived there for the entirety of the 10-15 years the neighborhood has existed, and will likely never leave.Add all that up, and you end up with a bunch of people new to SC--many of them young, entitled soon-to-be-wealthy jerks with small kids and dogs--who have no clue the level of shock and awe that's going to go down on and around July 4th. :D

This morning's reading included 3 latent threats of physical violence, 1 dude who repeatedly threatened to lay on his horn at 5:30am in retaliation, 2 dogs who ran away, several others who--if their owners are to be believed--will be scarred for life, wayyyyy more "OMG WTF HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE LEGAL"s than I care to count, a new #PlanAhead hashtag (with lots of trollish variants such as #YouDidntPlanAhead) from the long-time residents, back and forth arguments about whether the people lighting fireworks or the people wanting a put a damper on others' fun were bigger assholes, condescending comments galore from residents who own pets who did #PlanAhead by boarding them or putting them on meds, and plenty of memes like the attached to fuel the dumpster fire.

I'm over the fireworks thing after a couple of houses in town burned down last year (and 2,500 acres burned in the dry and windy Boise foothills - that one took out some houses too), but I know enough to shut my mouth and let everyone have their fun because there's no point to doing anything else. And when the 4th falls on a Wednesday, it's 10 days of fireworks in my neighborhood. Nothing massive in scale, but on-and-off explosions all night both weekends around the 4th and during the week.

Dogs are pretty resilient, they'll be scared for a day (or the 10 days of fireworks in my neighborhood), and then they'll forget about it. But I don't understand why people keep their dogs outside at all on these days. No matter how much you're surprised by the length or severity of fireworks, a dog can be contained. But every year, there's loose dogs running around everywhere, some will make it home, some will be hit by cars, some will run up in the foothills never to be seen again.

[Ksyrup]

Here, the big push this year seemed to be to eliminate fireworks because of the damage horses do to themselves when they get spooked. Not gonna happen - if people are not willing to change their behavior to help their dogs, they aren't going to care about horses.

We've had our dog for 11 years - got her from the pound when she was 1. She must have been out roaming free as a pup during some nasty weather because she shakes and pants for hours with just a bit of rain/thunder/lightning. Last night was not good for her. We left the lights on and loud music playing.

[NobodyHere]

I think the color of Equal sweetener packets should be changed from blue to red because it's obviously communist propaganda.

[Coffee Warlord]

The good: The family next door to us is fucking awesome. Super friendly, we get along great, couldn't ask for nicer people, two kids almost identical ages to our kids.

The bad: His wife told us her husband has stage 4 colon cancer. Fuck cancer.

[Shkspr]

I think the color of Equal sweetener packets should be changed from blue to red because it's obviously communist propaganda.

The Sweet'n'Lowism of America continues apace.

[CraigSca]

My wife left a makeup bag behind at a hotel. They got in touch and put us in touch with a company called ileftmystuff dot com who offered to mail it back to us at a premium.

There was nothing in the bag worth the cost of shipping it back, so we declined.

But it (and the current political environment) just got me musing about capitalism and how it really is, by far, the best way to economically organize a society of any degree of size and complexity.

Because someone can make money doing it, someone created a company to mail back people's stuff. Here, it was just makeup, but it could have been medication or sentimental jewelry or expensive clothing.

It's the sort of little problem that a centralized bureaucracy couldn't/wouldn't bother solving. You'd have some ad-hoc system where the hotel just took your stuff or maybe got in touch with you to mail it back on a case-by-case basis. Or maybe there'd be a government-run "lost property" agency or something.

All of which would be less efficient and more difficult than some company coming in and filling the niche.

Cool beans.

This is pretty cool. My daughter left her 3DS on a flight to Munich about a month ago. The Munich lost and found actually has the thing, but they don't ship. Having a hard time finding a service that will ship it to us (seems the one you listed only provides the service for hotels).

[Honolulu_Blue]

On Saturday night, I went and saw "Ant-Man and The Wasp." It was fine. Entertaining enough, but I liked the first one better. Anyway, seated next to me was none other than "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" author, and Detroit Free Press columnist, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician Mitch Albom. During the movie, Mitch proceeded to eat his entire giant bowl of popcorn one kernel at a time, chewing each one loudly and with his mouth open. I thought there may finally be peace when he finished, but no! After finishing his first giant bowl, he left, got a refill, and came back and continued to eat even more popcorn, one kernel at a time, chewing with his mouth open the entire time. After the movie was done, he left his bowl of popcorn and used bottle of water at his seat for the ushers to clean up.

Do better, Mitch.

[molson]

After finishing his first giant bowl, he left, got a refill.

Dang, I've always wondered - who the hell are these people getting the advertised "free refills" of large popcorn during movies. Now, this question has been answered. It's Mitch Albom.

[Ksyrup]

You should have given him your parting shot.

[Chief Rum]

On Saturday night, I went and saw "Ant-Man and The Wasp." It was fine. Entertaining enough, but I liked the first one better. Anyway, seated next to me was none other than "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" author, and Detroit Free Press columnist, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician Mitch Albom. During the movie, Mitch proceeded to eat his entire giant bowl of popcorn one kernel at a time, chewing each one loudly and with his mouth open. I thought there may finally be peace when he finished, but no! After finishing his first giant bowl, he left, got a refill, and came back and continued to eat even more popcorn, one kernel at a time, chewing with his mouth open the entire time. After the movie was done, he left his bowl of popcorn and used bottle of water at his seat for the ushers to clean up.

Do better, Mitch.

You shoulda asked him to autograph the popcorn bowl for you.

[larrymcg421]

Dang, I've always wondered - who the hell are these people getting the advertised "free refills" of large popcorn during movies. Now, this question has been answered. It's Mitch Albom.

When I used to do double features, I would refill before the 2nd movie. With Moviepass, I hardly ever do that now. But I'd never leave a screening to get a refill. I don't even understand the people that leave a screening to go to the bathroom.

[Chief Rum]

I don't even understand the people that leave a screening to go to the bathroom.

You would rather they sat there in a puddle of their own piss?
Yeck.

[Chief Rum]

Wait...

So this :popcorn: is actually Mitch Albom? The things you learn...

[larrymcg421]

You would rather they sat there in a puddle of their own piss?
Yeck.

No, I'd rather they went before the movie, and if they then can't make it through the movie, then go see a doctor.

[Chief Rum]

No, I'd rather they went before the movie, and if they then can't make it through the movie, then go see a doctor.

You understand people often drink big sodas during movies right?

[larrymcg421]

You understand people often drink big sodas during movies right?

Yes, I do this myself, but a big soda never goes through me that quickly. If it did, I doubt I'd enjoy movies much if I would always be missing several minutes of screen time.

[stevew]

Is there like a mandate that you throw away your trash at a sporting event or movie? I mean I know it probably just falls under a blanket "don't be an asshole" clause. I throw my trash away anyways, but I don't feel like many people do

[Lathum]

Is there like a mandate that you throw away your trash at a sporting event or movie? I mean I know it probably just falls under a blanket "don't be an asshole" clause. I throw my trash away anyways, but I don't feel like many people do

I usually leave mine, I figure it helps keep someone employed.

Our local theater serves beer, so I usually leave a movie at least twice for a refill and once to hit the head. Larry would hate me.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Is there like a mandate that you throw away your trash at a sporting event or movie? I mean I know it probably just falls under a blanket "don't be an asshole" clause. I throw my trash away anyways, but I don't feel like many people do

I'd say it's under 10% at a major event. Hell, I doubt it's more than 25% even at stuff like, say, high school football games.

[cuervo72]

I do. It takes little effort from me and saves someone a little bit of work.

[Edward64]

For movies, we always put our stuff in the trash as we are walking out (other than the spilled popcorn of course). I see many people doing this.

[TCY Junkie]

On Saturday night, I went and saw "Ant-Man and The Wasp." It was fine. Entertaining enough, but I liked the first one better. Anyway, seated next to me was none other than "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" author, and Detroit Free Press columnist, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician Mitch Albom. During the movie, Mitch proceeded to eat his entire giant bowl of popcorn one kernel at a time, chewing each one loudly and with his mouth open. I thought there may finally be peace when he finished, but no! After finishing his first giant bowl, he left, got a refill, and came back and continued to eat even more popcorn, one kernel at a time, chewing with his mouth open the entire time. After the movie was done, he left his bowl of popcorn and used bottle of water at his seat for the ushers to clean up.

Do better, Mitch.

With the shitty movies they make now popcorn is the only reason to go to a movie. He's eating it properly. I would have mentioned to him that I enjoyed the constant reminder of popcorn.... He probably felt your bad attitude and was in a rush to leave so left his trash behind.

[Edward64]

Great news. Hope the kids recover well from this ordeal.

It will be interesting to read all the details on how they pulled it off.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/asia/thai-cave-rescue-mission-intl/index.html
Tham Luang caves, Thailand (CNN)The last remaining member of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach have been pulled out of a flooded cave in Thailand, bringing an end to a near three-week ordeal that prompted a huge international rescue effort.

The twelfth boy and his coach were the last of the team to be rescued Tuesday, after a complicated three-day operation to extricate the team, who became trapped on June 23 when rising flood water cut off the exit, deep inside the cave.
In the last 18 days, what began as a local search for the missing 13 turned into a complex rescue operation, involving hundreds of experts who flew in from around the world to help.

[Kodos]

Glad they are out. Yesterday, I literally had to stop reading an article about it because just reading about trying to navigate a confusing series of paths under water to get out was pushing me toward panic. I can't imagine how scary that must feel.

[Edward64]

Some more details.
Cave rescue: Key questions answered - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44799779)
Coach Nop said Ake may be asked to go back to being a monk for a while, something Thais typically do as a kind of penance, or to replenish or cleanse themselves spiritually.

Such a move would make a lot of sense to Thais, and he would likely be allowed to resume life as normal after that.

Also Thailand typically does not have a 'blame culture', where a culprit must be found for any misadventure. There is a more fatalistic acceptance of things going wrong, less public clamour for accountability.
:
Coach Ake taught them to meditate, say Thai navy divers, and gave them more food than he ate. He also told them to drink water dripping from the rocks, rather than polluted ground water.

During their last six to eight days they were being fed, initially high-protein gels, but later more normal food, which might have allowed them to start putting on a little weight before coming out.
:
Were they in the dark the whole time?
Most of the time. They went in with cheap torches, which would not have lasted long. It is likely they were in the dark for most of the first nine days of their ordeal.

Once they were found a Thai army doctor and at least three divers stayed with them, equipped with good torches. Even so they were mostly in the dark, and had to wear sunglasses when they were first brought out.
:
Were they sedated in any way?
The Thai authorities are being very coy about this.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said they had been lightly sedated. But the BBC has spoken to a number of people involved in the operation who say the boys were heavily sedated, and only semi-conscious.

The logic for this would be the fear their rescuers had that they would panic when wearing diving equipment for the first time in darkness and swirling cave water, endangering the lives of all of them.

The two British cave divers who led the rescue effort, John Volanthen and Richard Stanton, are believed to have asked for Australian Richard Harris, a cave diver and anaesthetician, to assist in preparing the boys

[bhlloy]

I think of all the useless professions I have ever had to deal with, background checker has to be near to or at the top.

I've switched jobs a couple times in the last 18 months and each time it's been the same song and dance - fill out the online forms, wait until a few weeks after starting the job and then get officious sounding emails from idiots telling them I have to provide them a ton of information immediately as they weren't able to validate my details.

Firstly, if I have to send you every detail of my life in pdf format (offer letters and pay slips to validate employment periods and certificates to validate degrees and professional certifications) what exactly are we paying you to do, and secondly, if this process is that critical to making sure I'm not a criminal or a psycho who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near full time employment, shouldn't it be completed before I've worked at the company a few weeks with full access to everything?

It's also worth noting that these jobs have covered a few Fortune 500 companies and now a cloud-native company with a startup culture and awesome technology, so it seems like either I've been unlucky or all background check companies are just terrible and this is a prime opportunity for somebody to come in and disrupt the whole thing.

[stevew]

I've known a few other Uber drivers who have been on the platform for years and will suddenly get deactivated for a week or two due to some Checkr delay. At this point they've probably done 3-5000 rides. I don't think they're just going to randomly start finger banging pax. But no, you'll take him off the road for a week and a half so they can't earn any money.

[stevew]

Not sure how sticking a garbage bag out of one of your windows makes a broken down car immune from Towing. Seems like a poor way to indicate that you will be right back to retrieve your car

[molson]

The gravity of Doc Emmett Brown thwarting a domestic nuclear terror attack never really occurred to me.

[NobodyHere]

The gravity of Doc Emmett Brown thwarting a domestic nuclear terror attack never really occurred to me.

This is heavy...

[molson]

This is heavy...

Weight has nothing to do with it

[stevew]

They were from the middle East I thought

[molson]

They were from the middle East I thought

Ya, they were Libyan nationalists, but they supplied Doc plutonium in the United States, and Doc supplied them a fake bomb in the United States. Seems more likely the Libyans planned to use the bomb in the U.S. rather than transport it overseas, which would be difficult and seemingly backwards.

OR, Doc went overseas himself to make this deal and deliver the fake bomb, and then transported the plutonium to the U.S. using secret mad scientist channels. Which would be quite the Back to the Future spin-off movie.

[AENeuman]

I just realized cars don’t have radio antennas anymore

[JonInMiddleGA]

I just realized cars don’t have radio antennas anymore

Well, they don't have old-school whip antenna.

The most common application now, I guess, is "in-glass" ... but they're still there.

[JonInMiddleGA]

The future attorney offspring has had an interesting summer internship.

Today's adventure: watching a defendant who only spoke in iambic pentameter.

Both sides and the judge all quickly agreed that perhaps a competency hearing was in order before the case proceeded further.

[Coffee Warlord]

So, my boss proverbially walked out the door on Monday. No notice, he said fuck it, I'm done. (I can understand the frustrations.)

I'm the boss now. This week has been, ahem, insane.

[miami_fan]

Congrats on the promotion?!

[NobodyHere]

This is why I only eat junk food

McDonald’s salads tainted with poop have now infected 163 people in 10 states (https://bgr.com/2018/07/20/mcdonalds-lettuce-infection-tracker-symptoms/)

[Shkspr]

The future attorney offspring has had an interesting summer internship.

Today's adventure: watching a defendant who only spoke in iambic pentameter.

Both sides and the judge all quickly agreed that perhaps a competency hearing was in order before the case proceeded further.

I’d like to set the record truly straight,
And take a moment to reiterate:
I’m not the state’s defendant in this plot;
My therapist says I still have ration’l thought.

[Chief Rum]

I’d like to set the record truly straight,
And take a moment to reiterate:
I’m not the state’s defendant in this plot;
My therapist says I still have ration’l thought.

The meta-fact that this post came from a poster named Shkspr truly takes it into the sublime.

[JonInMiddleGA]

The meta-fact that this post came from a poster named Shkspr truly takes it into the sublime.

+1

[PilotMan]

My youngest (14) made a really dirty "that's what she said" comment earlier today (his older brother said "she said it's not wet enough" talking about something mom said) and I had mixed feelings about it.

As dad, I was able to keep a straight face, and simply shake my head, no. I did eventually have to relent that it was indeed funny.

The kid is funny. His timing is totally natural and he's easily the funniest of my boys. On the inside, I was totally proud of his ability to totally nail this. It's just weird when your kids are hitting completely adult jokes, right in stride, right in earshot.

Parenting is all about choices, ya know?

[JonInMiddleGA]

It's just weird when your kids are hitting completely adult jokes, right in stride, right in earshot.

Parenting is all about choices, ya know?

It's a transition, to be sure.

To retain the upper hand, just be sure that you remind them now & again that you can still come up with stuff that makes them blush :D

[RainMaker]

Well my whole block was evacuated by a hazmat team. So that's a new one.

[Kodos]

Did you have a McDonald's salad?

[RainMaker]

Not sure. Was at a real estate office a couple doors down that people were getting sick and losing feeling in their tongue. Might be from one of the condos above.

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Looks like everything is fine?

[Edward64]

Does this mean the zombie apocalypse won't be happening?

[Lathum]

I find it interesting that 15 years ago if you didn’t own a watch you probably walked around not knowing what time it is.

[AENeuman]

I’ve become obsessed with this reviewer from Missouri. She keeps doing great vacation things a having the worst time ever.
Jenspen68 - Member Reviews - TripAdvisor (https://www.tripadvisor.com/members/Jenspen68)

[Lathum]

I’ve become obsessed with this reviewer from Missouri. She keeps doing great vacation things a having the worst time ever.
Jenspen68 - Member Reviews - TripAdvisor (https://www.tripadvisor.com/members/Jenspen68)

lol, she seems like a fun person.

[Groundhog]

Every youtube ad I've seen over the past 3-5 days has been for Gaia, some wacky 'Ancient Aliens'-type of conspiracy site. I can't figure out what it is about my browsing habits that has led to this.

[SirFozzie]

I'm pretty sure that this is the first person to hold "world" titles in both the lightweight and heavyweight boxing world.

Now, it is the WBU, and it was 45 year old Danny Williams he faced, but Lee McAllister, who fought at the 158 pound weight class, stopped him in the 10th round to win the title.

With Williams retirement after the fight, I think that was the last active boxer to defeat Tyson, right?

[JonInMiddleGA]

With Williams retirement after the fight, I think that was the last active boxer to defeat Tyson, right?

I believe that'd be correct.

There were only 6 Tyson losses, to 5 different fighters.

Buster Douglas last fought in 1999
Evander Holyfield last fought in 2011
Lennox Lewis last fought in 2003
Kevin McBride last fought in 2011

[JonInMiddleGA]

Yeah, this is from my FB but I'm gonna repurpose it here. Deal with it.
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Some things are just too quintessentially ... me.

I decide to make a necessary Walmart run before the rain hits. Naturally, the rain starts as I'm walking to the car.

I figure, hey, there's a Subway in Walmart. Wife is fine with it & I can manage, that'll save an additional outing.

15 minutes in line behind 2 families, get to the counter ... "oh, we outta white bread". (You have ovens ... you're open for another four hours ... how in the #$% are you 'out' of bread?!? And for the second straight time on my rare visits no less). No, I don't want that nasty wheat crap nor any of your other not-worth-a-damn breads.

And so, after 90 minutes out & without a dry thread on ... and my dinner will end up being the same baloney sandwich I coulda had without ever leaving the house.

You wonder why I chainsmoke & have only seen a doctor once in almost twenty years? THIS. 51 years of that kinda shit, the last thing I'm looking to do is artificially extend it.

[Edward64]

Apple hit $1T market cap this morning.

Congratulations and well deserved. Definitely one of the companies that changed the world.

Hope your stock price keeps on going up!

[CU Tiger]

along the Apple line. This fell into my lap yesterday. Was a facinating read.
General Magic: Oral History of the Influential Tech Company (http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/08/general-magic-oral-history-of-the-influential-tech-company.html)

[Ksyrup]

I have an employee who is about to have his first child today (and might have already), and while I have absolutely no interest in revisiting that time in my life (my youngest is 14 and that's fine by me), I damn sure wish we had been able to have children during a time when it was common for employment benefits to include 2-3 months of paid parental leave - which includes the father. My first job was at the state - not exactly a sweat shop - but I still only took off 3 days before I returned to work after Caitlin was born.

I think those of us who missed the parental leave bus should get like a month sabbatical after we've been with the company for like 10 or 15 years. Just to even things out a bit.

[miami_fan]

I have an employee who is about to have his first child today (and might have already), and while I have absolutely no interest in revisiting that time in my life (my youngest is 14 and that's fine by me), I damn sure wish we had been able to have children during a time when it was common for employment benefits to include 2-3 months of paid parental leave - which includes the father. My first job was at the state - not exactly a sweat shop - but I still only took off 3 days before I returned to work after Caitlin was born.

I think those of us who missed the parental leave bus should get like a month sabbatical after we've been with the company for like 10 or 15 years. Just to even things out a bit.

I had this thought a couple of weeks ago. About a year after my son was born, the military introduced parental leave for the father. I think it was 10 days. I was shocked when my civilian nephew told me that he will get three months parental leave for his son's birth. Good deal for parents today. I hope they use that time wisely

[MrBug708]

I don't think paid parental leave from the employer is the norm yet

[miami_fan]

I am relatively new to Little League baseball so maybe this has been a thing for a while. When did they begin using replay to review calls and at what point do they start? I know they did not use it in my son's local league and at the district level but I see it being used at the regional level.

Side note: I am secretly hoping one of the kids makes the VAR sign on a close call.;)

[Ksyrup]

Gotta love it when credit card and other billing companies don't adjust monthly payment due dates to account for weekends or holidays. I usually pay my bills at least a day early so I don't get screwed when a payment doesn't post the day of, so my 3 bills due on September 4th? Looks like they are due on August 31st. Awesome!

[JonInMiddleGA]

I am relatively new to Little League baseball so maybe this has been a thing for a while. When did they begin using replay to review calls and at what point do they start? I know they did not use it in my son's local league and at the district level but I see it being used at the regional level.

Side note: I am secretly hoping one of the kids makes the VAR sign on a close call.;)

2016 was the first year it was used at the regional level (https://www.littleleague.org/news/little-league-expands-video-replay-u-s-little-league-baseball-regional-tournament-games-2016/).

As the linked article from that announcement notes, it's actually been available for the LLWS since 2008, the first baseball league to make use of it.

[Ben E Lou]

Dear Sweet Newborn Baby Jesus,


Please let this be true.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a better military story than Saving Private Ryan. <br><br>Spielberg, get on this. <a href="https://t.co/6CRsE1sJkx">pic.twitter.com/6CRsE1sJkx</a></p>&mdash; Jay Kirell (@JasonKirell) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonKirell/status/1029536067844800513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[JonInMiddleGA]

Earlier today I shaved for the first time in, well let's just say it'd been a little while.

And while doing so it struck me that I've reached the point in life where I probably lost more weight from shaving than I do from a haircut.

That's just bloody depressing :/

(yep, repurposed from my social media ... but it's often quite random thought'ish)

[Edward64]

I'm picturing present day David Letterman.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'm picturing present day David Letterman.

Not entirely off the mark.

[claphamsa]

Dear Sweet Newborn Baby Jesus,


Please let this be true.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a better military story than Saving Private Ryan. <br><br>Spielberg, get on this. <a href="https://t.co/6CRsE1sJkx">pic.twitter.com/6CRsE1sJkx</a></p>&mdash; Jay Kirell (@JasonKirell) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonKirell/status/1029536067844800513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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this is copypasta that goes around the internet every couple years.

[stevew]

When an SNL cast member gets fired and you aren't even sure who he was

[albionmoonlight]

This is some locked-in opening night shit for me:

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/liam-neeson-is-a-snowplow-driver-bent-on-revenge.html

[stevew]

Bank of America should probably stop usting BofA as it's abbreviation

[Edward64]

I was having a discussion with my 14 year old daughter about something and mentioned "African American". She said its okay nowadays to just say "Black".

This got me wondering if I had it wrong so googled on it. Reddit boards seem to lean towards Black but many bring their global perspective.

Question - is there a strong preference by American Blacks/African Americans on which term to use?

[ISiddiqui]

I want to say that black is more accepted because of globalization - there are a lot more African immigrants these days and it seems that African-American is a different cultural group (black folk who were born and raised in the US).

[SackAttack]

I was having a discussion with my 14 year old daughter about something and mentioned "African American". She said its okay nowadays to just say "Black".

This got me wondering if I had it wrong so googled on it. Reddit boards seem to lean towards Black but many bring their global perspective.

Question - is there a strong preference by American Blacks/African Americans on which term to use?

I suspect it's a case of "read the room." The terms will be interchangeable for some groups; for others, using "African-American" as a blanket term for all black people within the U.S. amounts to 'erasure,' as they consider that term to refer specifically to the descendants of the American slave population.

And not every black person in this country is American, or even wants to be. So there may be times when neither term would be appropriate.

[digamma]

I think Esther "Mama" Lewis definitively answered this question almost 15 years ago. Search for yourself.

[BYU 14]

I was having a discussion with my 14 year old daughter about something and mentioned "African American". She said its okay nowadays to just say "Black".

This got me wondering if I had it wrong so googled on it. Reddit boards seem to lean towards Black but many bring their global perspective.

Question - is there a strong preference by American Blacks/African Americans on which term to use?

My wife prefers Black as it is a more generic term that she thinks is more inclusive (Her ethnic lineage is from the Caribbean.)

[Ksyrup]

So has this really come full circle? I can remember a time when African-American became the go-to PC term and calling someone black was equated to negro or worse.

[JonInMiddleGA]

And not every black person in this country is American, or even wants to be.

This is the angle that has led to unintentional hilarity on more than one occasion, via bizarrely inaccurate phrases from news organizations & such.

[Ben E Lou]

I think Esther "Mama" Lewis definitively answered this question almost 15 years ago. Search for yourself.:D:D:D

[Ben E Lou]

This has been an interesting evolution in the church I attend. For the most part, the under-50 educated white crowd has come to accept/believe that African-American is the safest term to use, and my church is heavily under-50 educated white, so that has been the norm there.

However, through some unexpected circumstances (i.e. there was no "church growth" or "outreach" strategy that made this happen..it just happened,) our church has pretty much become the go-to church in Greensboro for Christian refugees and immigrants from East Africa, a significant percentage of whom have now been here long enough to become American citizens. (It's not like there are a TON of those in GSO, but enough that we have a service in an East African language that meets on Sunday afternoons that is typically attended by 30-40 adults.) Of course, these true "African-Americans" are culturally vastly different from us regular ol' American black folks, so it has been (at least to me) fairly humorous to watch white people twist themselves into a pretzel to try to avoid saying "black" when talking about strategies for better outreach to black folks vs. Africans. I think "ex-Africans" (speaking of the refugees/immigrant population) has been my favorite one so far. :D


I've always preferred "black," partly because it's easier, and partly because I've known several white "African American" South Africans. Talk about confusing...

[Ben E Lou]

I think Esther "Mama" Lewis definitively answered this question almost 15 years ago. Search for yourself.Oh, and for the newbies 'round here...


Quote Of The Holidays... - Front Office Football Central (https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?p=969650)

[Edward64]

Oh, and for the newbies 'round here...


Quote Of The Holidays... - Front Office Football Central (https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?p=969650)

I googled and didn't find anything after a couple pages so thanks for the link!

So is the consensus that most blacks won't mind being referred to as black?

[stevew]

Uber just spent like a fuckload of money to upgrade their app. Except every single interface change makes it exactly like lyft which is a terrible driver app. I don't think I'm some crazy oldster either but it's terrible. Why fix some thing not broken and emulate a vastly inferior competitor. It's like if the Yankees suddenly embraced the Padres way.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Goodgodamighty, just bought two Braves tickets for a promotional game this week & I think I've probably exceeded my tech limits for a while.

What a clusterfuck that process has become.
Bought from the team website / ticket account, delivered through a separate app (fuck that MLB Ballpark shit) that had to be "connected" to that ticket account, and my parking is on my separate & distinct Ticketmaster app.

When your process requires human intervention (cause password weirdness) it's time to rethink the process.

I'm exhausted with this crap & haven't even fought the fucking traffic yet.

And all I wanted were the damned promotional caps, I give less than one shit about Braves vs Rays on a 90 degree Wednesday night in August.

[Lathum]

I like going the speed limit on a one lane road just to annoy people

[NobodyHere]

I'm eating pretzels and they're making me thirsty.

[albionmoonlight]

I'm more amused than I should be by those viral pictures of someone doing something kind of weirdly awesome with the caption "LOL! Only in [State]!" And the state totally changes based on who is passing on the picture.

There's a nice kind of connection in that we all think that our state is the strangest one of all.

[Warhammer]

I'm eating pretzels and they're making me thirsty.

You’re not doing it right, these pretzels are making ME THIRSTY!

[bob]

Goodgodamighty, just bought two Braves tickets for a promotional game this week & I think I've probably exceeded my tech limits for a while.

What a clusterfuck that process has become.
Bought from the team website / ticket account, delivered through a separate app (fuck that MLB Ballpark shit) that had to be "connected" to that ticket account, and my parking is on my separate & distinct Ticketmaster app.

When your process requires human intervention (cause password weirdness) it's time to rethink the process.

I'm exhausted with this crap & haven't even fought the fucking traffic yet.

And all I wanted were the damned promotional caps, I give less than one shit about Braves vs Rays on a 90 degree Wednesday night in August.

That is a pretty cool hat - did they do a GT night?

[ISiddiqui]

Tickets are basically going all digital at this point. Atlanta United matches don't issue paper. Season Ticket holders get a card you tap to the terminals and if you buy a ticket, you can only have it through ticketmaster, which you use to pull up the QR code that you scan.

Don't have any idea how parking works, so I don't drive to games.

[PilotMan]

The story behind the girl who was ringing doorbells in Texas has a very disturbing story now that they have identified her. ugh.

[JonInMiddleGA]

That is a pretty cool hat - did they do a GT night?

If they did I didn't see it. All SEC schools that I saw (while figuring out how to get in on this deal). UGA, UT, SC, Ole Miss, State, Bama (I think) and Auburn.

The hats are solid, all cloth, no snapback shit, embroidered logos, they're legit.

Worth ... lemme see, $80ish in tickets, another $23 to park, I guess $30ish in food ... worth $133 for two hats? Ehhhhhh probably not but, screw it, there sure won't be too many of those in Oxford so good for the kid.

[Coffee Warlord]

I just ordered Red Lobster delivery through GrubHub. This could be interesting.

edit: Shockingly, it was warm and not horribly overcooked. I'm impressed.

[stevew]

Yeah. I deliver Chipotle and B-Dubs and Applebees(among others) all day long for DoorDash. Food generally pays way better than people in your car. I basically only do surge trips on UberX/Lyft now.

[stevew]

GribHub signups are full in my market so I haven't bothered to pick another area. Uber Eats pays the worst out of the delivery services, I only do that if I'm chasing a bonus or it's extremely convenient.

[ColtCrazy]

We did Grubhub while on our trip in Philadelphia, and it worked great. On a side note, we used OpenTable while in Chicago. Every place we were hitting had an hour wait. Used OpenTable and walked right in with one waiting for us...maybe 15 minutes ahead of time.

[Logan]

Newspapers and websites that show MLB/NFL standings side by side...every single one will display the East on the left, Central in the middle, and West on the right. If we're including the South for the NFL, it will be in that second or third spot but the East/West display will be the same. TV broadcasts show the same alignment when displaying the playoff picture...division leaders, wildcards, contenders...

Why the hell would they not show West on the left and East on the right?

[SackAttack]

Newspapers and websites that show MLB/NFL standings side by side...every single one will display the East on the left, Central in the middle, and West on the right. If we're including the South for the NFL, it will be in that second or third spot but the East/West display will be the same. TV broadcasts show the same alignment when displaying the playoff picture...division leaders, wildcards, contenders...

Why the hell would they not show West on the left and East on the right?

Demographics, at least for websites.

From a population standpoint, most of the country lives East of the Mississippi, so when they're looking up their FOOBAW standings, the teams they're interested in are likely to be in the Eastern or Central divisions.

Quicker you can hook 'em with what they're looking for, the quicker you can try to entice them to stay to look at other things.

[BishopMVP]

Is there a large segment of people who really care how their meat is sliced? I feel like if you need it particularly thinly or thickly sliced it should be on you to tell the person, instead of having the deli person slice one off, hold it out to me and ask if that's ok.
I'm more amused than I should be by those viral pictures of someone doing something kind of weirdly awesome with the caption "LOL! Only in [State]!" And the state totally changes based on who is passing on the picture.

There's a nice kind of connection in that we all think that our state is the strangest one of all.I thought we all agreed Florida was the weirdest?
When your process requires human intervention (cause password weirdness) it's time to rethink the process.Just the passwords they require get me these days. I have separate and tough passwords for my bank & my main Google account... anything else I want to use the same basic password, and asking me to use 10+ characters with an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number, and a special character for something I don't use daily is basically just saying you want me to go through the hassle of a password reset every time I want to log in.
Newspapers and websites that show MLB/NFL standings side by side...every single one will display the East on the left, Central in the middle, and West on the right. If we're including the South for the NFL, it will be in that second or third spot but the East/West display will be the same. TV broadcasts show the same alignment when displaying the playoff picture...division leaders, wildcards, contenders...

Why the hell would they not show West on the left and East on the right?Because Rupert Murdoch and the rest of the secret cabal of newspapermen and TV owners are from Australia and have the South Pole at the top of their maps. Your Northern Hemisphere bias is showing.

[Coffee Warlord]

Airline prices are so bizarre. We were looking at a long delayed trip to Rome for my 40th birthday next year.

We could fly...
Business Class from Denver to Rome ~ $4,800.

Or...
Business Class from Denver to London - $2,300. Spend a couple nights in London. Spend another $300 or less for a round trip flight from London to Rome. Spend the bulk of the trip there. Fly back to London, spend one or two more nights there, fly home.

It's literally over a thousand dollars cheaper, closer to two grand, in airfare to visit both Britain and Italy in one trip than it is to visit one.

edit: And yes. If we're going to EU for the big 40, we're going big and flying business.

[henry296]

We drove to Canada to save over 500 a ticket to fly to Hawaii and both flights connected through Chicago. Also was cheaper to book a separate inner island flight than have one itinerary.

[molson]

I was playing around with flights last week, found I could fly almost anywhere in the world (economy), THAT DAY from Boise for under $900 (The Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe), but it would take $1,500 to get to London.

[PilotMan]

I am seriously thankful for electricity and a working sump pump today. We have been getting hammered with rain for 2 days now. Our basement flooded last year and I can't get a good night's sleep when it's storming anymore.

As I sit here, I'm listening to the sump pump empty the pit at least twice a minute.

[Lathum]

Trying to learn Fortnite is about as humbling an experience you can have as a 43 year old man.

And how is there not a Fortnite thread?

[Ksyrup]

As a business, if you're going to join the modern world and offer services you can sign up for online (in this case, appointments), you should damn well make sure you implement the process right.

So, when I make an appointment for new tires, the appointment is received and accepted via email confirmation, and I show up at your store only to be told that the person who does appointments never actually opened the appointment to see that I wanted new tires (at a tire store - who knew?!) so they never ordered them, you can kindly F the F off.

[Lathum]

If my kids have 15 minutes to eat and get ready for school they will take 14, if they have 45 they will take 44. It is maddening.

[stevew]

As a business, if you're going to join the modern world and offer services you can sign up for online (in this case, appointments), you should damn well make sure you implement the process right.

So, when I make an appointment for new tires, the appointment is received and accepted via email confirmation, and I show up at your store only to be told that the person who does appointments never actually opened the appointment to see that I wanted new tires (at a tire store - who knew?!) so they never ordered them, you can kindly F the F off.

I'm assuming you are spending $1000 or more on tires too, or in that ballpark. Crazy.

[Ksyrup]

$1250, yes.

[miami_fan]

The phenomenon of putting a picture/video of a person on Twitter and have the people on Twitter be able to identify not only who that person is AND where they work is both amazing and terrifying to me.

[molson]

Is there any scientific validity to my theory that 4-5 light beers with friends will knock out a cold you've been fighting?

[NobodyHere]

I don't think even a cold can stand light beers

[molson]

I don't think even a cold can stand light beers

In my head, good beer would be bad for my cold, and light beer would help it.....This may have just been internal justification to drink at the random Cheap Trick concert at a golf course in my neighborhood tonight, but I think I knocked out the cold.

[stevew]

$1250, yes.

So they ate something like 300-600$+ in profit cause someone couldn't be fucked to check an email. Nice.

[NobodyHere]

I'm already sick of political ads on TV. I already get the impression that the two candidates for Ohio governor are probably the two worst people to ever walk the Earth.

[Ksyrup]

We've been subjected to Andy Barr/Amy McGrath commercials around Lexington for months. Whether it's the scumbag, rip your opponent apart crap or the sickeningly sweet self-portrayal crap, I can't stomach any of it. I don't know how anyone can get into politics.

[Shkspr]

Note to my dentist: if my thoughts during sedation turn to the dental scene from Marathon Man, you may have underestimated the amount of novocaine necessary for the procedure.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Note to my dentist: if my thoughts during sedation turn to the dental scene from Marathon Man, you may have underestimated the amount of novocaine necessary for the procedure.

So, was it safe?

[PilotMan]

I have no idea where this should go, but it's random, odd, and political.


https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2018/09/13/evolution-standards-arizona-diane-douglas-creationism/1291933002/

[miami_fan]

The Bert and Ernie jokes actually became a serious discussion.

I hate you 2018.

[JonInMiddleGA]

As a business, if you're going to join the modern world and offer services you can sign up for online (in this case, appointments), you should damn well make sure you implement the process right.

So, when I make an appointment for new tires, the appointment is received and accepted via email confirmation, and I show up at your store only to be told that the person who does appointments never actually opened the appointment to see that I wanted new tires (at a tire store - who knew?!) so they never ordered them, you can kindly F the F off.

Not surprising in the slightest.

The incompetent appt person couldn't care less, they most likely get paid the same thing whether they do their job or not. And, depending upon location, it's often too much hassle to get rid of even the most inept employee, considering that their replacement isn't a great bet to be noticeably better.

[AENeuman]

I believe somewhere there exist the ultimate razor and toothbrush. However, the bastards are keeping it from us and instead giving us incremental upgrades.

[Ksyrup]

The Bert and Ernie jokes actually became a serious discussion.

I hate you 2018.

I laughed so hard at this:

Sesame Street: 'Bert And Ernie Are Not Gay, They Are Depraved Pansexual Perverts'

https://www.theonion.com/sesame-street-bert-and-ernie-are-not-gay-they-are-dep-1819595499#!

[Butter]

My company just lost its longtime contract with a large retailer that we did work for. We were on a year-to-year and knew this would happen eventually. Our department didn't turn a huge profit for the company, but it was a dependable small moneymaker every year. Luckily for us, the company had planned ahead for certain people and are keeping about half of the 20+ person team, while most of the others will find work with either the company assuming our contract or others in the industry... it's a huge industry here, so nobody should end up without work.

A few weeks before this happened, we had someone at our middle-management level move on to a sales position. We were preparing to backfill this position by promoting from within, when we were told to hold off. Then the contract loss happened. Which leads me to my question:

Do I tell this guy that he was about to get promoted? From what I understand, he already has 2 offers from elsewhere, both to be kept on here and to work for the new contractor. But I kinda just want him to know that we believed in him to that point, and I guess selfishly I want him to know that barring this bad event, he was going to get a promotion. The best he's going to get out of this new circumstance is like a 5% raise.

Should I tell him, or would it be more like twisting the knife at this point? I truly can't decide, though I'm leaning towards telling him.

[Edward64]

Just got a call from +40 (Romania).

I knew it was a scam but what the heck. Yup, my "bank" calling me ...

[CU Tiger]

My company just lost its longtime contract with a large retailer that we did work for. We were on a year-to-year and knew this would happen eventually. Our department didn't turn a huge profit for the company, but it was a dependable small moneymaker every year. Luckily for us, the company had planned ahead for certain people and are keeping about half of the 20+ person team, while most of the others will find work with either the company assuming our contract or others in the industry... it's a huge industry here, so nobody should end up without work.

A few weeks before this happened, we had someone at our middle-management level move on to a sales position. We were preparing to backfill this position by promoting from within, when we were told to hold off. Then the contract loss happened. Which leads me to my question:

Do I tell this guy that he was about to get promoted? From what I understand, he already has 2 offers from elsewhere, both to be kept on here and to work for the new contractor. But I kinda just want him to know that we believed in him to that point, and I guess selfishly I want him to know that barring this bad event, he was going to get a promotion. The best he's going to get out of this new circumstance is like a 5% raise.

Should I tell him, or would it be more like twisting the knife at this point? I truly can't decide, though I'm leaning towards telling him.




Id definitely tell him.
Just as a general rule, unless Im sure it the wrong call - tell the truth.
Easier to deal with knowing than making wrong assumptions

[JonInMiddleGA]

Should I tell him, or would it be more like twisting the knife at this point? I truly can't decide, though I'm leaning towards telling him.

From all of that, I think this is a "go with your gut" situation.

Not sure there's a one-size-fits-all answer, I think you just have to go with whatever knowledge/intuition you have about the person & roll with it.

[stevew]

Suge Knight finally getting a lifetime achievement award to prison.

[Lathum]

I don't do fast food very often, maybe once a week for the kids after karate, or if I am really hung over in the morning.

I absolutely hate when I pull up to the drive through to order and get the prerecorded message asking me if I want to try a frappachino or whatever, then at the end of the message it tells me to order when ready. I begin to order and inevitably the actual human interrupts me and tells me to wait or to start over.

Why the fuck do they have the message tell me to order if the real person is never ready for the order!? Why not say something along the lines of " a team member will take your order in a moment" or something like that?

[tarcone]

The McDonalds in our town opened up a 2 lane drive thru. Last time I went it took 25 minutes to get through.

Hate that place.

[stevew]

Yeah when they tell you to hold on a second after you've already waited for 10+ minutes, I rage. I've got my order locked and loaded assholes, just take it.

[Ben E Lou]

My wife was flipping the channels the other night, and came across America's Got Talent or some such, where a group was dressed up to look like Kiss and covering one of their songs. My 9-year-old said, "Ewwwwww..they look like creepy clowns that are about to kidnap some kids." I couldn't argue with her.

[Kodos]

Solution: don't eat at shitty fast-food places.

[cuervo72]

My 9-year-old said, "Ewwwwww..they look like creepy clowns that are about to kidnap some kids." I couldn't argue with her.

Solution: don't eat at shitty fast-food places.

This actually kind of makes sense.

[BishopMVP]

This actually kind of makes sense.Well played Sir.

The McDonalds in our town opened up a 2 lane drive thru. Last time I went it took 25 minutes to get through.

Hate that place.Agreed here. If I'm stuck in a long drive thru line it's because I've made some poor choices of my own and I can deal with it... But if you split it into two lines & don't have two people taking orders then once I'm at the speaker & you're telling me to wait or no one is talking to me I'm channelling that frustration at your establishment. :)

[stevew]

Chick-fil-A is the only fast food option where I consider the line to be irrelevant. Everything else is situational.

I drive for GrubHub, door Dash and Uber Eats so I run into a lot of frustrating situations involving incompetent food workers. And I don't even know if it's so much that people are incompetent, it's simply that there's just not enough employees at almost every single store I visit.

[BishopMVP]

Chick-fil-A is the only fast food option where I consider the line to be irrelevant. Everything else is situational.

I drive for GrubHub, door Dash and Uber Eats so I run into a lot of frustrating situations involving incompetent food workers. And I don't even know if it's so much that people are incompetent, it's simply that there's just not enough employees at almost every single store I visit. Unfortunately for me the majority of the time my dumb or shortsighted decisions lead me to fast food it's after 10pm or on a Sunday, which really curtails my Chick-fil-A consumption.

[Edward64]

Chick-fil-A is still my go to fast food (although I did have to get a Big Mac for their 50th anniversary coin last month) for a chicken sandwich but Zaxby's has much better chicken salads.

I have been a disappointed with their lemonade though. I go to the same store most of the times and there is a lack of consistency in the lemonade.

[Lathum]

Yesterday a man in a landscaping truck pulled up to my 15 year old niece while she was waiting at her bus stop. Asked her for directions, then exposed himself to her and told her to get in the truck. She yelled then ran home . Kid is smart. Before she took off she got a picture of the truck and the plate. Her mom called the cops and gave them all the info. Have to think it is just a matter of time before they catch him. All the major news outlets picked the story up also so its been everywhere in the city they live in.

Fucked up world.


https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/henrico-county/man-accused-of-exposing-himself-to-student-at-henrico-county-bus-stop/1474389607

[Kodos]

That's terrible. Glad she had the presence of mind to get pictures of the vehicle.

[Ksyrup]

Glad she's safe. Also glad the guy was stupid enough to do something clearly over the line before he tried to persuade her to get in the car.

[miami_fan]

That is brutal. I am glad she is safe and I really hope they catch this guy

[CU Tiger]

Glad she is safe.
Hope the guy dies a painful and agonizing death soon.

[CU Tiger]

Side note: TIL its pronounced Henr-'I'-co not Henr-'E'-co

[Lathum]

Glad she is safe.
Hope the guy dies a painful and agonizing death soon.

Daddy and grandpa are both loyal NRA members. Especially grandpa. This guy better hope the cops find him first.

[Ksyrup]

I want to punch the Chevy ad guy right in the face - immediately after kicking him in the balls.

This 3-part commercial that fades in and out with his stupid "Oh I forgot" crap is bad enough. But what really sets me off is he's making the point that Chevy won some award 3 years in a row, and with a smarmy chuckle says, "Third time's a charm."

NO, MORON! THIRD TIME WAS NOT THE CHARM.

That saying means that you did not succeed the previous two times, but the third time, you got lucky and did. Therefore, the third time was "the charm." PLEASE LEAVE EARTH FOREVER.

Or at least my TV.

[albionmoonlight]

I want to punch the Chevy ad guy right in the face - immediately after kicking him in the balls.

This 3-part commercial that fades in and out with his stupid "Oh I forgot" crap is bad enough. But what really sets me off is he's making the point that Chevy won some award 3 years in a row, and with a smarmy chuckle says, "Third time's a charm."

NO, MORON! THIRD TIME WAS NOT THE CHARM.

That saying means that you did not succeed the previous two times, but the third time, you got lucky and did. Therefore, the third time was "the charm." PLEASE LEAVE EARTH FOREVER.

Or at least my TV.

Concur.

Have you seen the parodies? If "Real People" Commercials Were Real Life - CHEVY Hatch - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-M5xg2Uyxw)

[Ksyrup]

That is awesome.

[molson]

That is awesome.

This one's my favorite

If "Real People" Commercials were Real Life - CHEVY Millennials - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15iLHlJPp_0)

But there's about 6-7 of them.

[NobodyHere]

Concur.

Have you seen the parodies? If "Real People" Commercials Were Real Life - CHEVY Hatch - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-M5xg2Uyxw)

These are actually pretty funny

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[CU Tiger]

I would greatly enjoy sipping a cold beer while listening to the philosophical musings of JohninmiddleGa waxing poetically about the "greatness" that is this Roval

[JonInMiddleGA]

I would greatly enjoy sipping a cold beer while listening to the philosophical musings of JohninmiddleGa waxing poetically about the "greatness" that is this Roval

I might start with the fact that (doing my reading) Stanton Barrett is making his first Cup start in a decade.

That might be more interesting (such as it is) to me than the rest of this convoluted mess.

[Ben E Lou]

We use IM extensively for internal communications at my workplace, often to ask one another quick questions. When someone sends me a "hey...you got a sec for a quick question," I've been in the habit of responding. "Hit it."


Fortunately, when I hit the spacebar before that first "t" instead of after it a few minutes ago, I was responding to a male's question. That could've been bad.

[cartman]

hit it and quit it?

[cuervo72]

hit it and quit it?

I'm guessing Ben is thinking more this (https://youtu.be/phOW-CZJWT0?t=24s) than this (https://youtu.be/JOD-M7WZkZQ?t=5m2s).

[cartman]

I'm guessing Ben is thinking more this (https://youtu.be/phOW-CZJWT0?t=24s) than this (https://youtu.be/JOD-M7WZkZQ?t=5m2s).

I might now have to start my conference calls with "Fellas I'm ready to get up and do my thing"

[cuervo72]

The Voice Behind One Of Hip-Hop's Most Famous Hooks : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2018/09/18/648850102/the-voice-behind-one-of-hip-hops-most-famous-hooks)

For anyone who already didn't know.

[stevew]

I think someone mentioned this driving move(Lathum?) Where an idiot slows down to 10MPH on the freeway to let someone merge from a stop sign merge point. Blew my mind. It's the highway, you're only supposed to be stopping to avoid an accident, there is no way you should be helping people merge.

[miami_fan]

It is fascinating to see what items are given the high security treatment at retail stores. I went to a CVS this morning and they treated Five Hour Energy drinks were secured in the same way razor cartridges were.

[Ksyrup]

I have an old law school buddy who bought those Olive Garden pasta passes for him and his wife. He's been there 16 times since September 24th. He has posted on FB about each visit. It's kinda funny, especially knowing how much of a scrooge he always was. But damn... that's a lot of Olive Garden.

[Lathum]

Is the Trump thread messed up for anyone else? The last post I see is 13302 then the page is cut off.

[ISiddiqui]

Is the Trump thread messed up for anyone else? The last post I see is 13302 then the page is cut off.

Yep. Same here. It's like the formatting of the link screwed with the page? I can kind of participate by clicking "Post Reply" and then seeing who posted ;).

[Edward64]

Have same problem.

[NobodyHere]

ditto

[larrymcg421]

I put bob on ignore and that fixed the problem, so there's clearly an issue with the link he posted.

[cuervo72]

Yeah, there's some weird stuff inside that anchor tag that is screwing up the rest of the page.

[bob]

Sorry guys, no idea what's going on with that link. I can't even get in to edit my post. Maybe one of the mods can delete the post. Otherwise just put me on ignore - i don't post much anyway and think my time is done here.

[bob]

Ok, think its been corrected now.

[NobodyHere]

huzzah for bob!

[JonInMiddleGA]

The final from the Benz, ELCA 41-3 over Athens Academy.

We got outgained 420-22, we did not manage a first down the entire game
(they started throwing the ball in the closing minutes up 41-0, we got an INT to set up our only score).

And you know what, I couldn't be any prouder of our guys.

Played as hard at the end as they did at the start. This was simply a physical mismatch of pretty epic proportions. Post-game comment from our junior QB were about "knowing how far we have to go to compete against those guys" and "starting to work now to get back here next year". That's a 17 year old who gets it, and there are never too many of those around.

Doesn't feel worthy of a thread of its own at this point but about 10 months after this, where are we today?

Athens Academy sits unbeaten and is actually ranked (Maxwell Ratings, a fairly long running computer modeling system) ever so slightly ahead of Eagle's Landing. (First team to knock ELCA off that perch in longer than Loren Maxwell could recall, several years at least)

From there, I'll just share something I posted on FB earlier ...

To date, Athens Academy -- rated #1 in A-Private -- has played (and beaten) the current #3, #4, and #5 teams in their classification. Both Prince Avenue & George Walton are members of Region 8-A, while Savannah Christian was the non-region season opener.

The non-region schedule also included what is now the #24 team in Class AAAA , Stephens County, who is ranked almost identically to ... George Walton & Savannah Christian (ratings have them as #139, #140, and #141 in the state overall, literally back to back to back)

After what should be a lightly contested game this week, the schedule has the current #11 team in the classification in week 9 ... and a game against the #3 team in A-Public almost certainly awaiting them in the regular season finale.

You might think "well, after that sort of schedule, things might actually get easier in the playoffs" ... err, not exactly :/

The current projected bracket has the most likely opponents for Acad being: #7 Mt Paran in R2, a rematch against #3 Prince Ave in the quarterfinals, a rematch against #5 Sav Christian in the semifinals, and a date with #2 ELCA in the finals.

I'm sorry but that's just ... nasty.

[Coffee Warlord]

Somehow, I still remember my ICQ #. I have no idea how this is possible.

[Ksyrup]

Accidentally posted this in the Trump thread, reposting here:

My MIL mentioned a name in a conversation about where my wife and I may have been registered for our wedding that I don't think I've heard in about 15 years - Service Merchandise. I mean, you're old when you can say you were registered at SM!

I looked it up, and they went under around the turn of the century (2000, not 1900), although apparently the son of the founding family brought the name back for an online-only presence. I had no clue that website existed until today.

[lungs]

Somehow, I still remember my ICQ #. I have no idea how this is possible.

Heh. 4823808. Me too.

[miami_fan]

Accidentally posted this in the Trump thread, reposting here:

My MIL mentioned a name in a conversation about where my wife and I may have been registered for our wedding that I don't think I've heard in about 15 years - Service Merchandise. I mean, you're old when you can say you were registered at SM!

I looked it up, and they went under around the turn of the century (2000, not 1900), although apparently the son of the founding family brought the name back for an online-only presence. I had no clue that website existed until today.

My memories are fuzzy. I feel like SM had waaaaaaayyyyyyy too much silver in the store.

[rjolley]

I remember Service Merchandise as a store and a catalog. Used to go to one that was in the same shopping center as another long gone chain, Venture.

[Ksyrup]

My memory of the in-store experience is that you'd order something using like an ancient version of what was essentially a tablet/iPad, supplemented by catalogs placed throughout the store, and you'd take the tablet with your order to a clerk, who would ring it up. Then you'd wait with your receipt for your purchase to come out on a conveyor belt.

All of the convenience of the opposite of self-service, combined with the experience of waiting for luggage at an airport.

[NobodyHere]

So people complain that Facebook has too much of our personnel data and knows everything about us.

It makes the plot of Batman Forever seem strangely prophetic. Replace that weird TV thing with Facebook and that is today's world, including Jim Carrey being batshit insane.

Is Mark Zuckerberg secretly The Riddler?

[JonInMiddleGA]

So people complain that Facebook has too much of our personnel data and knows everything about us.

Which is one of the funniest paranoias EVER.

I've turned how shitty their ad targeting is into recurring feature in my FB status.

"Knows everything about us" does not fit with me getting ads for a run of the mill burger joint 400 miles away in a place I haven't been near 25+ years. Nor for fitness equipment ads. Or car dealer ads. Or .. well, you get the idea.

Much of what FB "thinks" it knows seems to be based on the company you keep. I see ads -- utterly irrelevant to me -- based on interests of my FB friends exponentially more than I see anything to do with my own interests.

[Ksyrup]

How about the FB ads trying to sell you t-shirts and other items from your favorite college team's biggest rival? I get more UF ads than FSU. It's bizarre.

[Breeze]

Though I've known this was coming for years, Sears, the 132 year old retail giant has filed for bankruptcy. I find it odd, that a company that made its name in mail order catalogs was undone because they didn't realize the impact the Internet was going to have on their marketplace.

[CU Tiger]

When they divested Craftsman you just knew it wouldnt be long...

[Edward64]

Though I've known this was coming for years, Sears, the 132 year old retail giant has filed for bankruptcy. I find it odd, that a company that made its name in mail order catalogs was undone because they didn't realize the impact the Internet was going to have on their marketplace.

I don't think it was the impact of the internet, they've been in decline since the early 2000's if not earlier.

I remember walking to a Sears store and looked at their sports dept back then. All the stuff was covered by a layer of dust and I remember thinking to myself "the employees don't care".

[JPhillips]

Sears' Ayn Rand loving CEO hastened their demise.

http://prospect.org/article/how-sears-was-gutted-its-own-ceo

[stevew]

When I worked at Sears we didn't really sell products, just insurance policies on them

[stevew]

And if the stuff had dust all over it it's because it's stuff that Sears would buy that nobody wanted. I mean the company by the time I work there was basically just a shell game

[Ksyrup]

When I worked at Sears we didn't really sell products, just insurance policies on them

Same thing happened with Circuit City. I work in the extended warranty/insurance business. Most retail companies make their biggest margins off of those products. For some, it makes up most, if not all, of their profits.

[PilotMan]

At one point, no kidding, Sears was my favorite store to shop in. I could find good things, whatever I needed. Car repairs I could trust, appliances, service, clothes, shoes. I think I bought a mattress from there once. Clearance shelf shopping always yielded a nice find.

[Edward64]

And if the stuff had dust all over it it's because it's stuff that Sears would buy that nobody wanted. I mean the company by the time I work there was basically just a shell game

I get no one wanted to buy them but shouldn't the employees' have made an effort to dust stuff off?

[Ksyrup]

I wonder what the odds are of winning both lotteries this week? Probably a number so big it wouldn't fit in Cowboys Stadium.

[PilotMan]

I wonder what the odds are of winning both lotteries this week? Probably a number so big it wouldn't fit in Cowboys Stadium.

Last week, before Friday's drawing it was 1 in 44 quadrillion. I imagine it'll be quite a bit higher than that for the next ones.

[Kodos]

So you're saying there is a chance!

[Ksyrup]

Random thought I had over the weekend... In the future, people are going to look back on us and wonder how the hell we put up with anything other than non-stick aluminum foil. That stuff is a game-changer. Reheating pizza or cooking anything in the toaster oven - it just slides off!

Other than maybe wrapping corn for the grill where the non-stick part doesn't really help, I will never use the old stuff again. I mean seriously, we should start referring to non-stick as just aluminum foil, and the old stuff as "the aluminum crap people buy to save a few bucks."

[PilotMan]

Never heard of it, never used it. Hmmm....

[claphamsa]

why would you foil wrap corn?

[Ksyrup]

I like to grill corn with butter and other seasonings. I usually do that in foil when I'm cooking them on the grill. One, it prevents charring (my wife/kids don't like too much blackened anything) and two, it does a nice job with half-steaming, half-grilling the corn.

[AENeuman]

Speaking of Sears and Kmart...think how awesome the Halloween stores are going to be next year, they are going to be huge!

[Ksyrup]

All of our Sears and KMarts have been gone for awhile. The Lexington KMart is now a huge indoor game/putt-putt/go-cart/play area activity center that moved into that space and doubled its size. The Sears at the mall was sold 3 or 4 years ago and an entire middle section of the mall with brand new shops that I will never visit opened up. It's been great.

The KMart in the small town I live in finally closed last January and I can't say I miss it. Except that U-haul apparently bought it. Supposedly that's part of U-haul's strategy - buying up these old strip centers and turning them into storage facilities and parking lots for rentals.

[MrBug708]

why would you foil wrap corn?

I put a bunch of seasoning and butter in the foil and wrap it in foil and put it on the grill. Its fantastic.

A lot of people love mayo on their corn. I'm not into that, but the Elote man os pretty popular with Hispanics and other people who do like it

[ISiddiqui]

Elote is the shit. Didn't realize it was mayo

[albionmoonlight]

This made me like Sears eleventy-billion times more:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In my history of consumption class, I teach about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sears?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sears</a>, but what most people don't know is just how radical the catalogue was in the era of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jim</a> Crow. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/twitterstorians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#twitterstorians</a></p>&mdash; Louis Hyman (@louishyman) <a href="https://twitter.com/louishyman/status/1051872178415828993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Edward64]

Why in the world hasn't MS created an easy shortcut to allow inserting a "bullet" for text into a cell?

[Lathum]

Going to pick up my new car today. I loathe walking in to a car dealer. The guy I am working with has been great, I just hate the environment.

That being said excited to get my new ride.

[Edward64]

Going to pick up my new car today. I loathe walking in to a car dealer. The guy I am working with has been great, I just hate the environment.

That being said excited to get my new ride.

I've had pretty good experience with car dealerships, from Honda, Toyota, one used car place and Acura. In the early 90's it was pretty bad "how much do you want your monthly payments to be".

I do bring my trusty HP12C (from Service Merchandise discussion in another thread) and printouts from various car-price-breakdown places and make sure they are plainly visible though.

What's the ride?

[Lathum]

2019 BMW X3. Really like it. Roomy enough for two kids but not a monstrous gas guzzler. About to finish the financing. Really hope they don’t try and sell me anything else. The experience here has been really low pressure, you just are always waiting for the right hook to have to dodge.

[PilotMan]

One day, I'm going to own a car from the same decade that I'm living in. One day. Or not. I don't know. As long as it runs, is reliable and doesn't look or act like a pile of shit it's probably ok. Especially if it's paid for. Having said that, car shopping is a giant pain in the ass. I love looking, but everything after that just sucks.

[Edward64]

2019 BMW X3. Really like it. Roomy enough for two kids but not a monstrous gas guzzler. About to finish the financing. Really hope they don’t try and sell me anything else. The experience here has been really low pressure, you just are always waiting for the right hook to have to dodge.

Nice, congrats.

I think BMW and other premium car dealers get it.

[Edward64]

One day, I'm going to own a car from the same decade that I'm living in. One day. Or not. I don't know. As long as it runs, is reliable and doesn't look or act like a pile of shit it's probably ok. Especially if it's paid for. Having said that, car shopping is a giant pain in the ass. I love looking, but everything after that just sucks.

We've always bought new but we keep them a long time (5+ and 10+ years, and the one before we traded in was 13 years old) and only have one car payment at any time.

I've never been comfortable with used cars but after going through the process of buying my son a used car a couple years ago (he didn't want a hand-me-down) and seeing minimal issues, I am rethinking it.

[Ksyrup]

I just spent about 36 hours in Vegas for work (got home a few hours ago on a redeye), and I don't want to sound all old man-y, but I wanted to sprint down the strip slapping phones out of people's hands. I've never been a camera/picture fan to begin with, but society is out of control with the number of self-absorbed people. And they don't care who they inconvenience - they just stop in the middle of a walkway to pose for themselves. It's insane.

[miami_fan]

Pics or the Vegas trip didn't happen Grandpa!

[NobodyHere]

Will somebody tell the stock market to back up again?

[NobodyHere]

Looks likes the Simpsons is dropping Apu. That's one national crisis solved I guess.

[Edward64]

Will somebody tell the stock market to back up again?

I'm pretty comfortable with my portfolio for the long term but just before the crash I bought some Amazon and that really hurts.

[Lathum]

There are fewer things more mortifying than getting to the pharmacy to refill your ED meds and realizing not only do you not have the empty bottle but you left it on the kitchen counter at your in laws.

[miami_fan]

With no judgement as to whether it is wise or not, Rick Pitino hiring Drew Rosehaus as his agent as he tries to rehabilitate his image is hilarious to me.

[PilotMan]

Well, if not for a scheduling conflict for one of the candidates I was nearly the sole moderator for a Mayoral debate in our city (~28,000). That would have been very, very interesting.

[Ksyrup]

With no judgement as to whether it is wise or not, Rick Pitino hiring Drew Rosehaus as his agent as he tries to rehabilitate his image is hilarious to me.

Pitino turning back to the pros is hilarious. But I bet there's someone out there dumb enough to hire him as more than just a bench coach, talent evaluator or some front office position, so I guess he'll probably have the last laugh.

[cartman]

Mr. Pitino, the Cavs are on Line 2.

[Ksyrup]

Not Rick Pitino @Pitweeto
49 minutes ago

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
I have accepted the recently vacated head coaching position in Cleveland.

I look forward to taking the Browns to the next level of excellence.

[molson]

Pitino would never be caught dead having sex on a Cleveland restaurant table.

[stevew]

There are fewer things more mortifying than getting to the pharmacy to refill your ED meds and realizing not only do you not have the empty bottle but you left it on the kitchen counter at your in laws.

Just empty the new bottle into something else and leave the new refill on the counter next week. Advantage you. :)

[Ksyrup]

Vontae Davis: I'm retiring at halftime

D-II Coach: Hold my beer

Video: Veteran coach calls illegal timeout during game to tell team he's retiring - FootballScoop (http://footballscoop.com/news/video-veteran-coach-calls-illegal-timeout-game-tell-team-hes-retiring/)

[albionmoonlight]

Vontae Davis: I'm retiring at halftime

D-II Coach: Hold my beer

Video: Veteran coach calls illegal timeout during game to tell team he's retiring - FootballScoop (http://footballscoop.com/news/video-veteran-coach-calls-illegal-timeout-game-tell-team-hes-retiring/)

That is so weird. Like, harmless. But weird.

[molson]

Two attorneys I've worked with are arguing at the United States Supreme Court right this second. When there's a private party, it's generally a white-shoe wealthy lawyer arguing the case. But it's just luck of the draw when the state is a party, if your case gets there, you go there. Sometimes your supervisor argues it (also not a wealthy white-shoe lawyer), depending on how experienced you are, but they're both at counsel's table, both doing the whole D.C. Supreme Court argument experience, which is obviously a huge deal when you're a lawyer. Especially for the kind of lawyer who would need to buy a new suit just for this. I'm just a little jealous.

[AENeuman]

My 5 year told me she wants her stage name to be: Diamond Blow. I'm not sure if that is the best or worst thing.

[Lathum]

My 5 year told me she wants her stage name to be: Diamond Blow. I'm not sure if that is the best or worst thing.

This is amazing and horrifying. My 5 year old was out to dinner with us a while back. The waiter brought her ice cream so she says , I love him! We laugh. Then she says I love his face, we giggle, then she says, and I looooooooove his body. Umm. Ugh.

Btw where did Buccs kid end up going to school. I know he was looking at Washington at one point.

[AENeuman]

amazing and horrifying

Btw where did Buccs kid end up going to school. I know he was looking at Washington at one point.

"Amazing and Horrifying" is a perfect description of raising a girl :lol:

Buccs kid is thriving at Northern Arizona University.

[albionmoonlight]

Two attorneys I've worked with are arguing at the United States Supreme Court right this second. When there's a private party, it's generally a white-shoe wealthy lawyer arguing the case. But it's just luck of the draw when the state is a party, if your case gets there, you go there. Sometimes your supervisor argues it (also not a wealthy white-shoe lawyer), depending on how experienced you are, but they're both at counsel's table, both doing the whole D.C. Supreme Court argument experience, which is obviously a huge deal when you're a lawyer. Especially for the kind of lawyer who would need to buy a new suit just for this. I'm just a little jealous.

Were y'all the Yakima gas-bandit case or the poor guy who just wanted to appeal case :-)

[molson]

Were y'all the Yakima gas-bandit case or the poor guy who just wanted to appeal case :-)

Haha, I bet you can guess.

The transcript is out and I just have goosebumps reading this guy just basically shooting the shit with the justices about the law

[Ksyrup]

I didn't realize college basketball season started on election day. What a busy/late night that is going to be...

[miami_fan]

Shout out to all the people offering wine/shots to parents accompanying their kids during trick or treating tonight.

[Coffee Warlord]

So, it's bizarre, but they teach Mandarin as the second language at my son's elementary school.

Talking to a friend of mine who lives in Taiwan. The Mandarin word for "that one" is "nigga" (pronounced like you'd think). He was telling me the rather uncomfortable feeling whenever he's trying to point and ask for things.

Which led to me wondering exactly how they're gonna teach that one in school over here.

[Ksyrup]

We had Mandarin taught (or at least offered, not sure how it works) in our elementary schools when my kids were there, and that was at least 5 years ago.

[Ksyrup]

We have a guy down the street - technically in a different subdivision, but just down the block from us - who insists on parking his car on the edge of his driveway every day. I mean, like, where the back-end of his car is right at the edge of the street.

I don't get it - this seems like such an asshole move. One, he is completely blocking the sidewalk, and if that's his intent, he's an asshole. Two, every time I approach his house and see his car, I reflexively put on my brakes because it looks like someone is pulling out of the driveway. Again, asshole! I have no idea what good reason he has for parking like this. There's no other car in the driveway, just a huge space in front of his garage to where his car is.

I hope someone accidentally hits his car. It would not be difficult to do. And he would deserve it.

[Lathum]

We have a guy down the street - technically in a different subdivision, but just down the block from us - who insists on parking his car on the edge of his driveway every day. I mean, like, where the back-end of his car is right at the edge of the street.

I don't get it - this seems like such an asshole move. One, he is completely blocking the sidewalk, and if that's his intent, he's an asshole. Two, every time I approach his house and see his car, I reflexively put on my brakes because it looks like someone is pulling out of the driveway. Again, asshole! I have no idea what good reason he has for parking like this. There's no other car in the driveway, just a huge space in front of his garage to where his car is.

I hope someone accidentally hits his car. It would not be difficult to do. And he would deserve it.

Most places it is illegal to block the sidewalk, you could likely report him.

What kind of lawyer doesn't know that? ( kidding)

[Ksyrup]

Well yeah, I guess I could take some sort of action, but I'm just posting it as a "what kind of dick does this?" random thought.

[CU Tiger]

How long is the driveway?
Is he possibly working on something in the garage where he needs to wheel it in and out? and is leaving room for this?