Lincecum’s agent, Rick Thurman of the Beverly Hills Sports Council, emailed this statement to me: "Although we were not able to work out a longer-term deal, we found common ground in a two-year deal," Thurman stated. "This doesn’t preclude continued negotiations for Tim to remain a Giant for the rest of his career."
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 7:56 PM PST reply actions
I honestly think this is hardball for later negotiations
He would not sour his relationship for two years immediately.
should have used thurman murman from bad santa
he would have got him 45
by twiceinmylifetime on Jan 24, 2012 7:58 PM PST reply actions
Still...
the agent hasn’t shown any signs of Boras-like dickitude so that’s promosing
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 7:58 PM PST reply actions
What other clients does he have?
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sigh
What other human clients does he have?
11 01 10
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:01 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Insect clients count!
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 24, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
We can see what clients he has and how negotiations went with those players to see how those were handled.
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This wasn’t new thread material.
BOO
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Quiet, you.
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"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 7:59 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
i rec what ever grant tells me to rec
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
Then we have already lost.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
grant, how would you like me to respond to this comment
i am so lost without your guidance and insightful commentary
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
Grant told me that he wants you to flag that comment.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 7:34 AM PST up reply actions
And the other one only had like 1200 comments.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
1234!
11 01 10
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
Why their stock dipped today after announcing their highest profits ever and exceeding forecasts
I could not tell you
The not so exciting answer is
They exceeded expectations and cannot be expected to maintain this pace, especially with ongoing Foxconn stuff.
Sell!
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
i liked modest mouse 3 years ago
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I've been listening for over a decade.
They’re a pretty remarkably consistent band for the amount of horrible things Isaac Brock does to himself. I actually only like about half of good news for people who love bad news, but the rest of the catalogue is decent to amazing. The Moon and Antarctica is in my all time top 5 if you go by the one album per artist rule.
i still like the first two albums
and parts of M&A, I just don’t listen to them.
But the last two are just way too… smooth, idk.
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset is amazing
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
We Were Dead too smooth? I acknowledge Missed the Boat and Dashboard
The theory/joke around the house is that Good News was the album that paid for the drugs, and We Were Dead is what came of it.
parting of the sensory and spitting venom are good
rest i liked for awhile, but it just grew off of me.
can’t believe it’s been 5 years since WWD came out though.
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah, it's kinda weird, innit?
Most of those kinda bands were while I was dating someone, but that’s okay. Still like the Decemberists through The Hazards of Love (which I LOVE but everyone else hates) and Modest Mouse and an album or two by others here and there
You're not the only one
I think Hazards of Love is pretty awesome overall. A couple forgettable tracks, but mostly very solid and really unique.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 25, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
This entire sub-thread...
…is enlightening, since I had before thought there was no doubt that “We Were Dead…” was the greatest Modest Mouse album. Seriously though, Johnny Marr is the shit!
i'm not trying to be a douche
that’s just factual :(
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Hey, so it goes. I went through a period of liking many bands temporarily.
I’ve cut out whole subgenres from listening experience. Mostly because I’m not in brutal death metal bands anymore, but I also kinda gave up on Ska once I stopped dating this one chick a few years back.
We just like what we like. In tribute of that, album of the night is my number one album ever. Ocean Machine
So edgy and ahead of the curve.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
the first album of theirs i liked
was we were dead so i can’t really claim hipster cred lol
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I always just thought of them as “that Float On band” until one day Dramamine from their first album came on Pandora or something and I started to explore there discog.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
Still find it odd that they found a mainstream audience
Great band, but not the band I’d have bet on to make it big(ger)
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BOOO
I liked them, shit, 14 years ago. Still like em.
They and Spoon are the only bands I have ever gotten into before they got extremely popular.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
W/r/t Spoon:
Were you Series of Sneaks cool or Kill the Moonlight cool?
Cause if you were Sneaks, hats off to you dude.
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Sneaks!
One of the late night DJs on a radio station I listened to had a crush on that album, and won me over.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
I don't believe he is being honest
This deal was all about hitting FA after 2013. He is just trying to do damage control now.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 24, 2012 8:00 PM PST reply actions
You don’t trust anyone!
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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This is the truth
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 8:00 AM PST up reply actions
What did you expect? Matt Cain signs a 5 year, $2 million deal?
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I say we sign Matt Cain for a lifetime deal in exchange for full ownership of the team.
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Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
But he’ll be the 3rd best owner.
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3rd best ERA in the league
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in this line. but won’t he be busy being President of the United States of America?
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RDF = Future Matt Cain CEO salary?!?!
/mind blown
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
FIRST!!!!!
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SECOND
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
3rd
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the place the giants will finish in
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Nooooooooo!!!!!!
what did I fall into?
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U BROUGHT IT UPON URSELF BRAH
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At BEST
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
We were all watching the SOTU and/or the Sharks game!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
Those are some pretty nice numbers for Greiss.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
WOW Ben
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WTF WAS THAT?!?!?!?
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
a hell of a play
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so much for helping out Natto with his luv life
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There is a new Kobe Bryant commercial with this Chinese guy (Wong Li (or Lee) Ho is the guy, I think). Who is he?
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How did he end up in a Kobe commercial with people like Serena Williams?
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Phil Knight
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Kobe’s uncle is his producer.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
Wait a minute
Natto is Kobe Bryant?!?!?!
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What if you're REALLLLLLY successful
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I’m glad to see Kanye can laugh at himself. No one else can, though.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, I’m just sayin’.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
Joe Ritzo @JoeRitzo Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Bobby Evans at Santa Clara County Hot Stove tonight…“Gary Brown will probably start in AA and hopefully will finish year in AAA or better”
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Seriously
Too soon
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i'm ok with AA then hopefully in Fresno to finish the year
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yea... primarily a pitchers league? right?
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Man, those drunken nights in college really took a toll on you, huh?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
HA! I've only done that once... arrested for possession of alcohol
“walked outside with a can of natty light in hand while 20 years old”
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I do not miss life at almost-but-not-quite 21.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
this... life became a little more interesting when 21 came
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I do.
At least some of it.
Properly functioning body parts was a pretty neat thing.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
uhhh, i suppose
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yeah you wait…
enjoy it now.
You hit 30 and things start springing leaks and malfunctioning.
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I never drank more than that time
I may talk a mad game these days, but that’s mostly because I’m in the grizzled phase the past month.
I remember escaping down fire… escapes, and smashing bottles off of stairwells. Now I’m a 3 beers and I’m good on the 2 nights a week I do drink kinda guy, this past month excluded.
HAHA, sounds exactly what i did in college for a while… Alcohol definitely assisted in many of my memorable/nonmemorable moments… and talking mad game
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I believe there was one time when me and my cohort, Sam...
each took a leak off of different staircases in different parts of the parking structure at SF State and shouted “AMERICA” and smashed a bottle so we could find each other.
It was the most beautiful echolocation bromance ever known to man.
HA! that is pretty damn awesome. Almost similar where my friends and i went to a UC game vs. Miami Ohio at Cincinnati. Went into the parking garage, threw bottles off the building, pissed off it, and snuck into the stadium through i think the english department
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I do, but I’m a sad old man so it’s to be expected.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 24, 2012 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
It was a lot more exciting back then. The danger of getting caught, and whatnot.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 3:44 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I was mostly sitting in a pub drinking, there’s not a lot to get caught over. If they find out you’re underage they’ll just ask you to leave, not call the cops.
Sundrendy!
SUX 2 B U
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 4:01 AM PST up reply actions
If Gary Brown is playing in the majors this year, it probably means the season is a lost cause.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Or Pagan/Melky suck
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But can he hit?
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Benn Ferriero might have just earned himself a trip to spring training with the glove work on that goal. #sjsharks #mlb
yes
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no
See Burriss, Emmanuel
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Get the money
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hockey trumps any baseball player
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Probably better than Brandon Crawford.
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Everybody thinks Crawford sucks, right?
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Channing my inner GiantPain
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Forgot an el
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hockey players are pretty gritty
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
In other news, this is old but I just discovered it, and it is the funniest single picture I've seen in probably months
by Cap M on Jan 24, 2012 8:14 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Does that make Jay-Z Louis Armstrong?
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
One player is still trying
Jamie Baker @Bakes_Jamie13
Sharks have 5 goals (so far) on the Western road swing thru Van, Edm and Cgy. Couture has been in on 4 of them 3G, 1A #All-Star
I see Lincecum with 69 career wins. My first thought? 69, heh!!!
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Heh
I snickered during Tinker Tailer tonight because Smiley entered flat 69.
I wonder when I’ll start to be an “adult” and think this and farts aren’t funny.
/2.3 years away from getting a medical degree
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CLEAR THE FUCKING PUCK!!!
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WTF
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Joe Thornton just logged his 1st shot on the road trip. #sjsharks
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
how the fuck is that possible
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pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass
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Um... he needs to get his shit together
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When he shoots, he just imagines that he is passing to the back of the net
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
“pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass”
-Greg Roman
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
150 RUSHING YARDS
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You're wrong
pass, pass, pass, punt…….pass, run, pass, punt…..pass, pass, pass, punt
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Ah, yes. The ol' Rockettes offense.
One, two, three, KICK!
/old joke is old
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
I couldn't imagine this team without Brandon Jennings/Andy Lee/David Akers
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I hear Drew Brees and Peyton Manning are going to be FA’s, as well as Dwayne Bowe, Desean Jackson, Vincent Jackson, and Reggie Wayne.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
And you know what i hear? $$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Harbs gets what Harbs wants.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
yup
and i’m not comfortable with getting any one of them, maybe consider Bowe/DJax/Wayne but it isn’t realistic
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All of them!
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
DAMMIT, i miss baseball
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LOL, i dont know what they're doing
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1-0
Sharks getting us ready for baseball season.
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49ers offense did that
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in the red zone
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Ugh, I’ve lost the tv to some World War One documentary.
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I have always been super interested in WWI because I feel like we don’t really cover it that much in American schools.
Which kinda makes since because we were only involved briefly, but it had such a huge impact on the rest of the world it is kinda crazy.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
eh
It had a huge impact on Europe, mostly. The American Revolution had almost as much impact on the world as WWI.
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It basically set up WW2, though.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
but... what did WW2 set up
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It’s a little ridiculous how botched it was.
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The fact that it actually happened is one of history's little miracles
Well, not really, but it’s hilarious.
Seriously
I did a report on that. It was like WTF. Especially how the guy managed to get captured afterward after swallowing cyanide and jumping off a cliff.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I saw the car that he was in. It’s housed at the Military History (Heeresgeschichtliches) Museum in Vienna.
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11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
So much fail on everyone's part.
From the assassins to the driver to the national heads of government.
11 01 10
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
is it bad i'm not very well informed of the assassination of Duke Ferdinand?
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At least you didn’t have to read the Guns of August over the summer before sophomore year of HS
Ultra-projectable
I feel like I want to rage. Right now.
I read it around that time
I really liked it.
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Wiki is your friend!
And the Vietnam wiki teaches you to be your own friend!
11 01 10
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
yea, i'm looking it up
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basically it just pissed people off... and countries started going after eachother
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It all had to do with the balance of power between European countries.
Sort of a pre-nuclear arms race enabled by the Industrial Revolution. And Russia lusting for a warm-water port. So an Austrian Archduke gets bumped off in Serbia, and every country gets pulled in by treaties and allegiances.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
Except it wasn’t actually even the Serbian government who did it. It was just a terrorist organization within the country. Why does that sound familiar?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
Black Hand?
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Yessir
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
yea. then it said something about
France wanted revenge on Germany… just sounded like everything just happened
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Without looking anything up.
I’m guessing you are referring to the strip of land France and Germany were continuously fighter over. I can’t remember the name of it. Arg. There’s random things popping into my head like the Rhine River and Alsace Lorraine.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
Holy shit. I got it right.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
Switzerland. Why not? No one would ever expect it.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Belgium has Thomas Vermaelen.
Anything is possible.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
gee maybe we’re related. The great grandparents were from that area and settled in eastern PA. Not sure when but granpa was born there in 1910.
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Our folks are from the Doylestown area, north of there if I recall correctly.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
In hindsight.
Probably a smart move. It probably seemed like a smart move at the time too.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
also says something about the franco-prussian war
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Haha are you even reading?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
Swear to god… it’s on wikianswers, so probably lolme?
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battle of rheinberg?
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reading the wrong thing, my bad
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Ah, the wikipedia wormhole, I know it well
I spent a whole week going over which planets in our solar system could house which kinds of colonies theoretically.
I’m all for Venus cloud cities myself
And then sometimes you innocently look something up on wikipedia and Vietnam happens.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
WIKIPEDIA CAUSED THE VIETNAM WAR
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
Some joker changed the definition of “communism” to “the act of sticking kittens in glass bottles to use as decorations.” It was changed back, but not before one Joseph McCarthy declared his purpose in life.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
You got it because Alsace-Lorraine was mentioned in the last episode of Parks and Recreation, presumably.
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That sure would be some sub-conscious voodoo shit. I don’t remember it being mentioned.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
On another note, with all of these zombies in media
Why can’t there be one cool voodoo zombie portrayal?
That’s because it was Alsace Lorraine :p
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Dude the food there kinda sucks.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
Imagine the shittiest german food you can and the shittiest french beer you can and you have cuisine from that area. Strasbourg is like the only good thing there.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
I do want to go to Strasbourg. Areas of cultural intersection fascinate me. Probably one of the reasons I’m in love with Catalunya as well.
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Go to Turkmenistan then. EAST MEETS WEST WITH STATUES OF LENNIN AND NIYAZAMOV all over the place.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
*Niyazov
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds less holiday-like, but I’ll keep it in mind.
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Yeah totally not for a holiday, but that is a crazy country. Marble buildings and gold statues in Ashgabat. Outside fucking desert and run down towns. One of my favourite memories of my career happened there though. Singing Katyusha with a bunch of drunk ass former Soviet MVD officers near the Iranian border.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t Turkmenbashi ban all libraries outside Ashgabat or something?
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by Alex_Lewis on Jan 24, 2012 10:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
heck no he did not
Turkmenistan had a state cologne.
I don’t even know how you could possibly know this sort of stuff.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
I know a lot of pointless stuff, but this is the sort you remember
The President banned all libraries outside the capital city. Dude was insane.
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I don’t even remember my mother’s birthday.
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Neither do I, but last year she didn’t remember mine until the day after, which gives me a free pass to never remember hers ever.
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No
No one remembers this. He wasn’t the first dude to abuse literature.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, it was among a bunch of other crazy things.
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99% of the US
Has never heard of Turkmenbashi. I pulled that out of jcb9’s ass, but I really wouldn’t be shocked if it were true.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I don’t doubt it. Who would care about the ex-President of Turkmenistan?
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You and the ex-President of Turkmenistan.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
I did. He was my favorite crazy dictator.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
I agree.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
i actually kinda have heard that word
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I honestly wouldn’t be surprised. I was there post-Turkmenbashi though. Some parts of the country are still of limits to foreigners without proper documentation. You are also being watched by police almost constantly in Ashgabat.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
Well there goes my plan of flying over to Turkmenistan and starting a soft revolution. I guess I’ll just stay in California.
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Central Asia is one of those places that I've always wanted to visit
The closed to foreigners thing isn’t that odd, though, is it? IIRC, there are large portions of India that are closed off to me as a Bangladeshi.
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Alls I know is that my nefarious plans have been thwarted by their intense security.
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Only in the capital!
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
You can get in. You just need to know who to bribe to get the right documents in Turkmenistan.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
How many languages do you speak?
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Near Perfectly 3. Moderately Well 2. Great comprehension but not great at speaking 1.
Then words of others along the way.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
Holy crap.
English, French, Italian in the near perfect category, Russian and German in the moderate, and I have no idea about the last one. Spanish?
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When did you pick these all up?
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English / French / Italian from when I was a kid. Arabic / Russian I picked up over the past 5 years.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
How the hell do you even keep them straight? I started slipping in French words into my Mandarin when I was in Taiwan.
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haha
My Bengali is mostly English with the word order switched around, so I’ve managed to avoid mixing it with Spanish. At times I have to take care not to lapse into Bengali in class, though.
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I’ve had no trouble with two plus bad spanish plus some faint memories of latin. My old math teacher said she knew 14 languages, but only seven at any one time. I think some folks are better at this than others. My guess is that I would top out at four.
Damn.
I really wish I’d grown up in a multilingual household or gone to a schooling system where you were forced to learn multiple languages to fluency, everything else be damned.
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Do you know any Cantonese?
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Unfortunately, no. I can occasionally pick out a word or two (more so when I could actually still speak Mandarin). Strangely, I know way more French than Mandarin despite not having spoken it for 7 years.
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I knew a young lady in Europe who learned Spanish just by listening to it on the radio.
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The first three just feel like a mother tongue. arabic and russian are different enough that i dont get confused
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
I spent half a decade in various classes achieving some level of comprehension of the Arabic alphabet. The Russian alphabet on the other hand I picked up incidentally while reading books about the Soviet Union. I can’t really do much with either of them, since I don’t know Arabic or Russian, but being able to read Cyrillic is a neat trick.
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no german. Russian and Arabic in moderately well. Spanish I understand a lot cause of similarity to french/italian but when I try to talk it gets all messed up.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
I want to know at least 3. Cal Poly makes it hard though, since my major doesn’t allot credits for electives. Any Spanish class I take will have to be on top of my normal workload.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Do it anyways. You’ll regret it if you don’t.
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I’m going to take it as a pass/fail. That way I can take the class without it affecting my GPA.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
That's a good call.
Now I need to just start taking my own advice and doing that myself.
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Voting patterns in Alsace-Lorraine are pretty boring. It’s basically a sea of blue. I can’t recall offhand, but I think even Strasbourg voted for Sarkozy in 2007.
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LOL U. Look at the primary election results.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Are there detailed results?
Of course I’ve seen the results by department of the 2011 PS primaries, but I’d be surprised to see results by commune or canton.
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Probably on a French website.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll probably go ask my friend sometime. He knows all this shit (and runs this blog).
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That’s a lot of information about Finland.
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You have a lot of nerdy friends. Don’t you have a kegger you can crash instead?
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I’m just waiting for him to tour Cal Poly.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
Depends where he goes
I know a few people who don’t drink/smoke/party at all. I honestly don’t know what they do on weekends.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
Probably enjoy the scenic splendor like a bunch of LOSERS.
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How many weekends can you do that for? Especially if you don’t have a car.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
I drink much more heavily as an adult than I did as a student. But I went to a lot of events of various stripes, mostly bad rock shows.
I don’t ever go to concerts. If I did, I would drink before, anyway.
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What are friends for?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
I’m in Cupertino, dude.
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Not much more to say.
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Maybe possibly the dumbest yet deadliest war ever fought
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 24, 2012 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
a rat?
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Then it’s not too bad.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 24, 2012 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn’t know anything about it if I hadn’t randomly been assigned that topic to research while we were reading All Quiet on the Western Front.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
It was all one war with a two-decade pause, basically.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Fair enough.
All one war with a couple of breaks to restock killable bodies.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I think so.
As the 20th Century fades into the rear-view mirror, those two conflicts are going to be studied more as a single unit, a la the Hundred Years and Thirty Years Wars. If the Treaty of Versailles doesn’t incorrectly dump all the blame and cost onto Germany, Germany doesn’t go off the deep end in the subsequent decades.
Hitler’s military motivations for revenge on those who humiliated Germany in 1918 could not have been more clearly summed up than by his forcing the French to sign their surrender in the same train car as the one used to end WWI.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
I concur on the singular war point entirely, but whether it be through economic punishment
Japan’s colonization of settled areas, or other reasons, it didn’t really stop
I mean, I get creeped the fuck out
by the experiments performed on my great uncle by the nazis, but from what I’ve read, the Japanese took that to the next level.
Oh they did a bunch of horrible thing in Asia. Funny thing most of it isn’t even in their school books.
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That's pretty common.
I don’t think I learned anything about the US occupation of the Philippines in school.
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Well considering they apparently performed vivisection on living subjects
I don’t think that’s something anyone wants to talk about.
True. Every culture tends to whitewash their history to some extent unless they can pull a “helpful lesson about how we changed” from it.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
Not true
German schools teach all about the atrocities of WW2. My wife hardly knew of the Japanese doing anything wrong in WW2 or earlier occupations until university.
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Germany has been particularly good about teaching the faults of Germany under the Nazi regime.
But I was thinking about how we teach about Slavery and Jim Crow laws in the US so we can talk about Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement and say “see, we are so much better than that now!”
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We are better than that now.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
And we ARE so much better than that now.
Thank god.
Doesn’t mean that we don’t have a long way to go, but we’ve come a long way by any measurement.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
Do we really teach that much about slavery, getting into the details of it and how horrible it was? Maybe it’s because I’m oldish but it was referred to and discussed but never in detail and never to the point where you realized what a horror it was. Considering how the Civil War is still being refought in certain ways, it’s probably important for everyone to know just what exactly the Civil War was about
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
As of a few years ago, no, not to my daughters. It wasn’t until Native American Studies in college that my youngest really had an idea about their treatment in America.
I think I was in school back in the day we were taught about Columbus and how the West was somehow settled with a lot left unsaid and i always got the feeling they were on the cusp of talking about that kind of stuff but just weren’t quite there yet. I also wondered how nobody put 2+2 together and figured out how it’s hard for somebody to “discover” a place when people are already living there
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Every teacher in the United States faces the dilemma of teaching depth or breadth.
Depending greatly on where you grew up, what teachers you had, and WHEN you grew up affects the student GREATLY. The political pendulum is constantly swinging on how much freedom a teacher has to teach whatever s/he deems relevant within a given subject. Currently, your average U.S. teacher is getting more pressure to teach every single point on the mandatory standardized tests, but I would anticipate that in the next 5-10 years public thought will begin to move back toward letting teachers incorporate more thematic work rather than “drill and kill” rote memorization to meet state/federal standards.
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When I was little, I had an idea of the Confederates as basically English-speaking Nazis, which is probably better than the Lost Cause crap of old.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 7:41 AM PST up reply actions
I learned a lot about Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad in middle school for sure. Also about how we wiped out the Native Americans.
Don’t think I learned about Nazis until high school?
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 24, 2012 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
"So the Spanish-American War happened
and Teddy’s Rough Riders and Cuba and Remember the Maine! and moving on to WWI."
When I slowed that part down and did some reading about what the nascent American Empire did to gain colonies-in-all-but-name…
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Oh they did a bunch of horrible thing in Asia. Funny thing most of it isn’t even in their school books.
This remains a very sore sticking point between Japan and China/Korea/Vietnam/everyone else nearby. Kinda like the Armenian Genocide issue hangs over Turkey’s international relations to (literally) this day.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
I had heard about a lot of the topics covered in this thread. But the suffering the Japanese incurred on the Philippines was something I had NEVER HEARD until I was in a museum in Manila.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Manila
Thus, from February 3 to March 3, 1945, much of the city was destroyed during the Battle of Manila and 100 000 civilians were killed during the Manila Massacre. As a result of these events in World War II, Manila was the second most destroyed city in the world after Warsaw, Poland during World War II.
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 24, 2012 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
Ahhh, gotcha.
Yeah, those should absolutely not be forgotten.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
No no, I was concurring. I see memes frequently.
I just rarely comment on them due to still being a relative newcomer.
It had some disturbing overtones. Lotta people died for every side.
And the major powers of WWI had pretty much fed an entire generation of young men through the meat grinder.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
hence the US's hesitance to enter into WW2 for as long as it did
Well, it wasn’t the only factor, but it sure did a lot.
Hell, it's why we were so reluctant to enter the first one.
You want us to come over and join in on that???
Pass.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
which is what the WCW stood for btw
I dunno, I know nothing of wrasslin’, thought it was funny they were still for the 14 points even if they cursed his name
Super-underrated president.
Is that considered sex in the champagne room?
Props for a 100 year old president?
Maybe it’s just making out in the champagne room?
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If your on every rich white guy who lived 100 years ago for being a racist...
Well, you’ll have a lot of hating to do.
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 24, 2012 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
Hell, it’s why we were so reluctant to enter the first down.
You want us to come over and join in on that???
Pass.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
Tell that to Italy!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
One could argue that Treaty of Versailles kinda set up the future conflicts of the century. WWII obviously, but also Vietnam and even some of the Middle East conflicts.
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Most definitely the Middle East conflicts.
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Definitely. Good 'ole "spheres of influence"
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Yep. In Europe you don’t study the American Revolution at all. You spend a lot of time on the War of 1870, WWI, WWII, and the Cold War.
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1870 always interested me because of how odd the alliances then were.
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Before studying the war of 1870, we studied the nation building phases of all the major european nations so it all made a lot of sense when we ended up getting to the war.
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lolol italy
letting an island conquer you
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WRONG
Piedmont and Sardinia. Also my native area Lombardy helped too!
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
I thought it was mainly Sardinia? Didn’t the King/whatever of Sardinia become the King of Italy?
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He used a Sardinian title, but he lived in Piedmont.
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To elaborate
In the Holy Roman Empire, there were only two kingdoms: Germany and Italy. By the end of the Thirty Years’ War, both of those titles were securely in the hands of the Emperor, making them useless, since the Emperor obviously referred to himself as Emperor and not as King of Germany or Italy. As a result, all the rulers within the Empire had to either content themselves with lesser titles or use titles from some realm outside the Empire, where the rules were less strict. That was why the House of Hohenzollern lived in Brandenburg but didn’t use its title; King of Prussia sounded a lot better than Elector of Brandenburg, even if Prussia itself was a remote territory on the Baltic Sea. Likewise, because Sardinia was outside the bounds of the Empire, it was a kingdom, and so the Piedmontese rulers used their title of King of Sardinia, even though they didn’t live there.
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Ah.
Something that never made sense to me was the huge bribes that people would pay to become Electors. Wouldn’t their expected value be negative unless they expected to outlive at least one or even two emperors? How else do you recoup your investment without someone who wants to be emperor to bribe you?
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An electorate wasn’t just a lifetime thing, though. It was passed on to descendants. A lot of it was a prestige thing, too; the family of an elector could marry much better than the family of a count.
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Oh. Then how the hell do you bribe? You bribe the heir or something?
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If you weren’t already an elector, you would have to either inherit an electorate (difficult when you’re not the heir of an elector) or get one granted by the Emperor (this only happened twice before Napoleon). There were a variety of ways to achieve the former, of course.
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AP Euro don't fail me now
The German states fought…umm… France?
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 24, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
The only time I studied the US in school
Was in an A-Level history module on US Civil Rights
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Y’all have gaps of knowledge about the War of 1812. You know. The one where you BURNED DOWN WASHINGTON D.C.
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I cannot think of when anyone would study that in the UK. We’ve got plenty of other wars to think about. And the fact we used to rule the woooooooooooorld*.
*we’re over it now
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So do we, though
Only Canadians give a shit about that one.
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lol Quebec
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WWI itself was pretty much the clinical definition of madness.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
we moved around a LOT when I was a kid so I got the whole pilgrims to civil war thing ad nauseum.
I read like crazy as a kid and spent a whole summer reading everything I could find on WWII but it wasn’t until college that I had any coursework in history after like 1875…
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
Not a lot of fun to talk about. Troop movements are nil and everyone is fighting over nothing.
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Just an elongated murder fest with no redeeming qualities.
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When trying to decide which would have been the worst 20th century war to fight in, sometimes I’m convinced it’s WW1. Then I think of Vietnam and Agent Orange. Of the Pacific Theatre of WW2. Man, humanity sucks.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
WW1 sounds pretty awful, to be honest. Charging into machine gun fire (what’s that?) wearing not camo? Yeah, thanks anyways.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 24, 2012 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
And all for a few feet of land. In the Pacific during WWII, you at least got to fight over whole islands
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
And you didn't even mention the #1 worst
Korean War, the Frozen Chosin, fighting in 40 below 0 temperatures doesn’t seem like a great time. Check out the documentary “Chosin” streaming on Netflix if you get a chance, its excellent.
Thing A
Dammit. I like when conversations like this come up, but I’ve got nothing concrete to add where it currently stands. Oh well.
John Buchan! Churchill! Sgt. York! The Hobbit! TE Lawrence died in a motorcycle accident!
Let me know when we get to WWII. I just read an interesting theory that Patton’s death was more, er, planned than it was accidental.
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I’m going off what I remember and it was in the middle of a bunch of other interesting stuff, so my details may not be perfect. But best as I recall his, er, enthusiasm for pushing on to Berlin was not well received by the higher ups. The plan was already in place for Russia to get it’s slice of Germany, so they’d been siphoning off Patton’s supplies and sending them elsewhere so we wouldn’t reach Berlin first. After the war, Patton supposedly found out and threatened to make a public stink.
The author that said all this(Graeme Donald) then quotes an officer named Bazata who claimed to be the guy that offered Patton. Bazata was instructed by a guy in the OSS to take care of Patton, and had an accident planned just up the road from where Patton actually ran into somebody else. They had to finish the job in the hospital with a lethal injection after the accident didn’t kill him.
I’m not entirely convinced. It’s pretty much just one guy (Bazata) saying all this, and what I’ve read of that author (Donald) has skewed to the conspiracy side of research. Nothing insane, but a fair bit of unsubstantiated rumor is used to reach his conclusions. So take it for what you will.
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That theory seems more than a little bit out there.
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And Bazata wasn’t offed because…?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 24, 2012 8:26 PM PST reply actions 8 recs
AHHHHHHHHH
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OHHHHH SHIT
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That’s the spirit.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
BOOM SHAKA LAKA
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Ok cupid? Why cant everyone get on one dating site and be done with it
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And lo! It was known that some guy on the internet completed his taxes.
And he did receive recompense for his zero interest loan to the government. And it was good.
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Dammit. I actually have to do my taxes this year.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
I have never paid taxes before because I never made any money before.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
::sobs:: But I don’t want to grow up!
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
But you could have cookies for dinner if you wanted!
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 24, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
I gotta do dat.
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OT: So I just went to Vietnam's wikipedia page randomly
Someone has edited it to make the whole page a clickable link. If you click anywhere on it you get sent to an awkward picure.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 24, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
You didn't ruin it!
Just….changed its course.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
It's still goin on broski
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“My favorite country is Vietnam :) Click down through this wiki article to get some interesting info on the country’s culinary history.”
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I’m so desperately trying to convince people to go to that wiki. It isn’t working.
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It lead to Vietnam!
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
It’s fixed now
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stupid Wikipedia
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We just trudged through the first two episodes of Parks and Rec.. It has to get better right?
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The first season is a bit of a trudge, pit aside, period.
But it’s a good introduction to characters. It’s a short season, but if you need to skip to season 2.
The second season is when it becomes worthwhile.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 24, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
so much better
The second episode is by far the worst of the show. It starts picking up by the end of the first season, and then Season 2 is a blast, and Season 3 is incredible.
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if you really didn't like the first two eps of s1, just skip to s2 imo
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by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I think we will end up doing that. However I think we will save Parks and Rec until after we have finished LOST.
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never seen lost
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If you watch it straight like I did
it eventually gets really painful
by Cap M on Jan 24, 2012 9:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m 99% sure they made it up week by week.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
We are still on the first season, I’ve heard it gets pretty BS later on.
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I always liked it, but it got pretty weird.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
For me it became a potentiality issue.
What is set up in the first two or three seasons is awesome, but leaves so much to the imagination that most viewers envisioned something cooler than some of what is actually revealed later.
Throw in the increasing sense that they’re just pulling plot lines from nether regions, and it can get a bit frustrating. Watching it all in one run ruins its greatest strength: all those BAM! moments at the end of episodes that had people talking for at LEAST a week afterwards about what may or may not be going on. If you just hit “next” on the remote and find out, there’s no time for the red herrings to percolate.
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that’s a good way of putting it. For me, the most fun was right after an episode aired when everybody ran to the internet to discuss what happened, debate possible clues and come up with theories (which were never right). The ending, however, wasn’t really built for those people (who were probably the show’s most fanatical fans) but for those who watched it but didn’t spend hours reading Doc Jensen or on the AV Club afterwards.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
Reading about it has made me never want to watch Lost ever. The investment to payoff ratio seems all wrong.
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Don’t listen to us Lost fans— we’re all burnt out and bitter (just like fans of Battlestar Galatica). The show is one hell of a ride, though, and I loved being into it when I was into it. I just hated the last season
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck BSG
Anyone who watches it beyond the Pegasus arc is just asking for hurt.
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The Pegasus arc was truly awesome. But fuck pretty much everything that came after that, with the exception of maybe 3-4 episodes. And screw them for splitting up the DVDs into seasons 2.0, 2.5, etc.
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Does anyone watch Portlandia? They had a great running joke about BSG a couple of weeks ago.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
But the New Caprica arc was pretty amazing. Then you just hop from the few good episodes after that (like the mutiny), skip all the Cylon religious crap, and make up an ending in your head and stick to that.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
I ran out of steam at the Bob Dylan thing.
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NO DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although watching P&R after Lost is probably a good way to wash those bitter, bitter, bitter tears caused by the last season to go away.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
trying to decide what opening i like most right now
Office
Parks and Rec
King of the HIll
…all awesome
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talking songs
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Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
gotta check that out
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DJ JAZZY JEFF
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The last episode of The Office was easily the best one in awhile
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for the song?
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The entire episode was great.
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damn, still haven't watched it, thanks for reminding me
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Do that. It was the most I've laughed at in episode in a long time
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LOL STANLEY
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It only gets better from there bro
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Dwight's the man kicking her into the pool
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NHL in a bit? I need to stay awake lol.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
for sure!
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Cool, I’ll let you know here. I need to finish sending out some emails to my company. Then we can play a few games.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
I'm in total agreement
/robert california. what a name.
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I have to wait an entire godamuthafuckin month before Hulu starts releasing the episodes.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
It got a little slow last season, but yeah.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
why so many velveeta ads, CBS
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Directv is showing a free preview of HBO this weekend
Anything worth checking out?
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I think most of the good shows are on hiatus.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
The season is over.
Does the preview include an OnDemand type thing?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t have OnDemand for Directv.
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:(
So you can only see what is currently airing?
It might just be movies right now. I guess they also probably rerun old episodes.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
Trying to watch the Australian Open and be productive during the day is killing me
All the matches I want to watch run until like 4:30 AM.
I’m about to “enjoy” 24 hours of travel to Melbourne. Your nemesis Sharapova advanced.
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I know! :<
More shrieks in the future. I should just watch her matches on mute
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
Side note: current biggest regret
Was not splitting with the ex until after the really cute dutch girl who lived with me a month left.
Awww man that sucks. Dutch chicks are fun. I ended up dating one that I met in a bar in Antwerp, Belgium over a summer while in college. Plenty of fish in the sea and all that though.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
Oh for sure, we're good friends.
She, erm, may have been one of the causes of friction that led to the end of the other relationship.
We were basically platonic, but she was sleeping in my bed.
The more I say, the more I facepalm.
There’s no shame in honor.
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Oh I'm quite the honorable gent.
It’s just one of those, “what the hell were you thinking?” moments.
Far better to have a lifelong international friend anyway.
wut
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You can't DVR them?
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Two problems.
One is that once I know the outcome I generally don’t wind up watching.
Two our communal DVR at the house I live in is almost totally full of like The Mentalist and Bones episodes that I would get yelled at for deleting.
So I guess I could, but I wind up not.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 9:38 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, that is rather lame.
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I’m officially not in a frat!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 9:59 PM PST reply actions
but are you on a boat?
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Well I didn't try to join one.
But most of my friends are now in them. So we will see.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Ah. Well, you might still get to go to the parties without paying the fees.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
In my experience this is the best position to be in
If you want to go to a crazy party it’s available, but it’s not your life.
Yeah
We’ll see how I like it.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
PFFF any good clubs in SLO?
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
exactly what i did until my junior year
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This is good.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 24, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
Cheaper, at least.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
Buncha joiners.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 7:50 AM PST up reply actions
WHAT THE FUCK
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actually, smart move, don't do it unless you are for sure you want to
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financially too
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Definitely learned some good things, but sometimes i questioned what the point of even being in a frat was… Pledging was pretty awesome/hell but learned about teamwork and built a ton of friendships and how to trust eachother
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You’re in a good position. You can get a taste for it through your friends and make a more informed decision later.
That said, in addition to all the social events, fraternities are one of the few opportunities I know of where (if you choose to) you can gain experience in managing a large budget (often up to 500K per year), planning complex events, marketing and become surprisingly educated on legal issues and risk management.
But if all you’re looking for is parties I probably wouldn’t bother with it.
by BestHyperboleEver on Jan 24, 2012 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
For some reason I’m not getting what you’re saying.
by BestHyperboleEver on Jan 24, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Oh shoot. I'm sorry I glanced over that.
For some reason I thought it was a less specific reason to join a frat, you’re right about that.
I was lucky to learn all of that stuff by running productions and working on the annual award show for my department.
he is not saying
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I think also i gained a ton of experience with philanthropy, setting up events with other fraternities/sororities. Cash management is another way to get some experience to put on your resume. But i found it pretty interesting, the whole election process was an absolute joke though in our fraternity unfortunately.
Overall, you’re right, if all you’re doing is looking for parties and stuff like that, not worth it
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Congrats!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
Man Henry Schulman is pretty fucking worthless
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
oldjacket @hankschulman stick to what you do well, Hank. Also, let us know what that is.
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Pretty much that
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Did something happen?
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
he was like
“i’M JUST GONNA MAKE ONE POLITICAL TWEET” and then talked about politics on twitter for like 3 hours
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Oh wow he was tweaking out
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
oldjacket is pretty fucking hilarious, and he’s our hilarious guy!
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by ResDog on Jan 24, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Imma have to rec this
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
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nah ragging on hank is the best
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Your fun is mean.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 7:51 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 8:11 AM PST up reply actions
LOOK AT ALL THESE SKANKS
SKANKSVILLE OVER HERE
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That was so ridiculous
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ONE SKANK TWO SKANK RED SKANK BLUE SKANK
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Correct
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I feel like I'm too old to be watching this A-Pink video
but I cannot turn away
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Auto fellatio
Ford? Chevy?
/what the hell?
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This second season of Parks and Rec is revealing the charms of Rashida Jones.
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I’d like to expose her dark troubling secrets!
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Her dedication to the button down shirt is an inspiration to us all.
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Natto is probably about a creepy Xanthan graph away from a restraining order.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
girl grew up with Tupac AND Michael Jackson.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
ann and leslie have the best friendship between two women on tv imo
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Definitely
It’s too bad it’s been sidelined this year. Ann should have stayed as campaign manager.
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i loved the scene in the last ep where
leslie got mad at ann for liking the negative campaign ad idea and told her they weren’t friends anymore… just kidding. bff. friends forever.
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I wonder how one becomes a Parks and Rec person. I mean a real one.
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I knew somebody in SF who was but I can’t remember how he got started (he was pretty politically active in the city which is how it started).
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My friend is a Parks and recreation major. That’s probably a good start.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
I might be saying this because I played too much SimCity when I was younger, but city planning seems like it could be potentially interesting.
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If only you could start from scratch like in Sim City. Or like in Irvine I guess.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
And then you get to see firsthand all the corruption that we outsiders only gossip about!
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Police chiefs ruling their districts like fiefdoms.
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Call Cousin Vinny.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
All my friends
Have ended up designing bus stops (admittedly we’re transport, not city, planners)
Sundrendy!
Urban Planning here... so that's where i'd like to work
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Lets NHL!
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
Her path to happiness is not through politics.
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OT: Apple TV looks pretty amazing
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currently... but i know Damon Bruce was talking about it the other day
so i looked it up… saying he’d rather have that than cable in the near future
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It does. My girlfriend and I almost bought but decided to get Roku instead because it was a lot cheaper.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
is it basically like cable?
i hope soon you’ll be able to just pick and choose what shows you want to watch, like new shows, and that’s it, don’t have to pay for all these other channels you DONT watch
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But you know what i'm saying though, right?
So, if i wanted to watch only Parks and Rec, like the new ones coming out every week, i have to subscribe to it and pay money for it, right? For every show i want to follow?
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Almost doesn't sound THAT bad
no idea what AppleTV’s plans are, but i’d even go with that over cable really, i don’t watch E, i don’t watch Animal Planet, Food Network, MTV, VH1…. so why i pay for those channels then?
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My dad sometimes watches VH1 at three in the morning. It’s kind of weird.
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well.. is that when they actually talk about, you know, music?
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I think they show music videos then, yeah.
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I forget if Hulu’s on Apple TV but if you pay a monthly fee, you can watch P&R and other shows on Hulu
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
don't think so
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We had a long conversation about this a month ago
I tend to agree, it’s just slightly out of affordability for me right now
I have it and love it.
It’s only $99 for the unit. After that the cost vs. cable really depends on how many shows you watch/subscribe to, whether or not they’re available on Apple TV, and how much of your TV watching is appointment viewing vs. just turning it on and watching whatever is on.
What I generally like it for is Netflix (yes, I still have it), OnDemand movies (generally about $1 cheaper than cable OnDemand), and streaming all my music (via iCloud) though my surround sound.
by BestHyperboleEver on Jan 25, 2012 7:29 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you!
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So basically this is the least baseball-y night I've had since I've been here in the past year or so. Even moreso than the handegg nights
I have no problem with this, mind you
Once GP leaves we get pretty off-topic. Most of our best threads are about random things like Star Wars.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
Turkey
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Bacon
The crude, bloated king of meats.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
mmmmm Shishkabab
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Not a fan really... and my girlfriend hates me because i'm not a fan of Star Wars
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It's really not uncommon
I hate you too because you’re not a fan of Star Wars
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Lord of the Rings
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You can, and should, like both.
Anyone who disagrees in a hipster elitist.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
BUT!!! I WAS MAKING A DAMN MOVIE REFERENCE GRAHAM
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,
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
THANK YOU!
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and the mouth troll
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Are you saying LOTR>Star Wars? Crazy talk.
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objectively correct
I like the Star Wars movies just fine, but let’s not be ridiculous here.
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HP>LOTR>Star Wars
Oh yeah, I dropped Harry Potter in there, bitches.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:19 PM PST up reply actions
CLERKS>EVERYTHING
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Clerks 2 sucked
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I have only ever seen it stoned and it was hilarious. I am afraid to see it sober
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
I cannot wait to get stoned and watch The Room again.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
You could be Wiseau’s favorite customer
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
Or I could put on a tux, go toss a football around, and then never explain or relate to it ever again.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
He talks about Mike Schmidt and shit.
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Old enough to have waited in line to see the original Star Wars opening weekend
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
The Syltherins in HP always bothered me. I mean you have a way of sorting out basically all the bad people when they are young. And you go ahead and teach them dangerous magic? And make no effort to integrate them with “good” kids who might teach them alternative values?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Segregation!
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What always bothered me was the impossibly small number of wizards.
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And Britain is the most important place in the world! Are the Americas and Asia ever mentioned as more than a throw away comment?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
how about that the smartest girl in the school isnt in the house for the smarties
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that was ridiculous.
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Like 80% of everyone had to work for the Ministry of Magic. And they got funded from….???
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magic
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by El Person on Jan 24, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
patents on muggle products im assuming
men in black style
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
And they always wonder why they turn bad? Gryffyndor always bugged me because they were like the perfect ones— best athletes, got great grades, never became Death Eaters— and I hated those type of people when I was at that age. Especially the one’s who refused to become Death Eaters…they sucked
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
a lot of slytherins became good
they just look out for number one
realistically gryffindor doesnt make sense
it should be full of basically jocks
but somehow it gets the brains and stuff too
if i was ravenclaw i would be hella pissed
also hufflepuff is the best house anyway
they hella be getting high all the time
thats why they are next to the kitchens
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
I would totally be in Hufflepuff
I think they just give Hufflepuff safety scissors and glitter.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
I would have totally been a Hufflepuff too. Average people unite
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty much.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
that one guy who i cant remember his name right now
has a really pompus name and pompus way of talking but is really cool from hufflepuff
he was my favourite minor character
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
Cedric Diggory? He is the most famous Hufflepuff but he doesn’t sound like what you are describing.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
Is it Cedric Diggory?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
omg these n00bs
you mean Ernie MacMillan
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Yes, Khaleesi. It is known.
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Who?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
the pompous hufflepuff
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What the fuck did he even have to be pompous about? He was a Hufflepuff.
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He was a prick to Harry about something regarding quidditch. And he may have been the one talking smack about him about being the heir of Slytherin.
But then he’s all “show me the ways of the force Harry” during the Order of Phoenix.
I could be wrong.
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he hated harry during the triwizard tourney
because hufflepuff was finally getting some recognition
he also though harry was the heir
but he totally apologized for it all later and became a big harry supporter
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
he is a jerk to harry after the justin finch-fletchley snake incident and during the Triwizard tournament before the first task (where everyone in hogwarts hates harry), but then afterward he becomes a big harry fan and is always wanting to talk to him about exam schedules and stuff.
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What did he do in the movies?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
he was hardly in them
in the books, he usually showed up a few times a book to be pompous
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he wasnt in them much
maybe he had a scene with hannah abbott
idk
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
YES
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
me too
But I would have been dating a slytherin
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Slytherin’s probably threw the best parties
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
stuck up doucher parties
you know that the hufflepuff parties were where it was at
i bet as a house they had the most butter beer related trips to madame pomfrey out of anyone
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
Not going to lie, butterbeer sounds so disgusting.
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Good point, I mean how else would Hufflepuff’s be Hufflepuff’s if they didn’t spend half their time partying instead of studying? A Slytherin party would probably be more like the party Andrew McCarthy and James Spader would throw in Pretty in Pink
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
Oh hell no…
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Books?
HP > LOTR > Star Wars
Movies are in the reverse order
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lotr movies beat star wars for me
just because the anchor that are the prequels dragging them down
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know if it’s really fair to count the prequels
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I liked Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson and nothing else. The prequels should have just been them having awesome Jedi adventures that did not at all involve Jar Jar Binks.
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The prequels were only good for the villains and even then they f**ked that up.
There should have been a Darth Maul lightsaber duel in all 3 of the movies. Jango Fett was the only person who survived a throw-down with Obi-Wan and then doesn’t make it into the last 20 minutes of film. By the time you get to Grievous, you just know it’s not worth getting attached to him.
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True. Consistent villain Lieutenants (ala Darth Vader) would have made better films. The books / Clone Wars animation are better about this.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
In the Clone Wars animation he is said to survive and is voiced by the guy who voiced Starkiller in The Force Unleashed
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, I didn't even bother.
Doesn’t matter if it’s between movie stuff.
Didn’t they do like 4 versions of clone wars things?
Yeah. I am just a huge nerd who likes this kinda stuff.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
Where does Twilight fall?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Twilight
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Giants baseball<<<<<<<<<<<Twilight
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in a fireplace somewhere, burning
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
i read all 4 twilights
interesting universe
horrible writing style
bad bad ending
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
poorly written ending?
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haven't asked my girlfriend about that
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I have never read the books but a friend described the ending to me. I thought she was making shit up until I checked Wikipedia. WTF is wrong with that writer?
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disturbed?
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All I know is that the 4th book apparently has a really grizzly birthing sequence where the fetus tries to eat its way out
and I hope that was in the movie. because if it was I kinda wish I was in the theater with all of the freaked out teenage girls.
by Cap M on Jan 24, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
David Cronenberg is supposed to be attached to the last movie
go rowand
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Oh, it was in the movie (girlfriend wanted to see it) and it was pretty gross for a PG-13 movie. The worst part, though, is Jacob falling in love with the Bella and Edward’s baby. Like l-o-v-e love
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
I KNOW
WTF? And it is presented as this awesome thing! Pedophilia is okay now?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
Well, she supposedly ages really fast and they were going to wait until she’s 18 before they get married.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
it’s almost worth seeing the next movie to see how they handle it without making it seem creepy and wrong at all because it’s nothing but creepy and wrong
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t get me started about how this resembles all these Family Law cases I studied about the extreme fundamentalist Mormon (like the LDS Mormon church shuns these groups hardcore) and cult religions where “a girl is never too young to get married”
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
You have women in their 30s and 40s gawking over a teenaged werewolf. It’s been ok in Twilight for a while
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Meh, the older I get, the less I care about Star Wars. An overwhelming majority of the whole thing is just crap
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Star Wars itself is one great movie (Empire), one movie that’s great but also kind of crappy (New Whatever), and a good half a movie (Jedi). Then there’s the prequels. And the constant commercialization. And the realization that none of it is really clever or anything more advanced than something I could come up with when I was 8.
I love Star Wars memes, though, and I’ll watch Empire any time I see it, but still, I’ve long been over it
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
Empire’s my least favorite of the original three. I’m not sure why.
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You’ll have to explain the why because that doesn’t make sense. I can see a case for a New Hope as it was the original, but Empire crushes Jedi.
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Empire Strikes Back?
That’s my least favorite, too. Of the old 3 anyway.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
lolol empire is my least favourite too
Ive never met anyone else who felt that way
high five
0/
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
They all suck
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The Hoth part is pretty lame IMO (lol me). Also, I’ve seen it the least out of the three original ones.
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I really like the universe created. It seems much more vibrant and have more potential stories in it than say… Star Trek, which seems more orderly.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
Nobody ever remembers Oola
The first girl to rock the slave costume.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
I was referring to the fact that everyone remembers Slave!Leia but people forget her unfortunate predecessor
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
Kirk was all about the green boobs.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, they could have been plaid and Kirk would still have been all over them.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
The only important thing to remember is that the original trilogy had Han and Chewie
everything else is incidental.
My wife isn’t big on Star Wars or pizza.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
.....hold up... PIZZA???
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LOL AZN
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
Well… my girl doesn’t like ANYTHING on her pizza, CHEEZE ONLY
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Cheese pizza has to actually be good to be enjoyable, because you can’t cover it up with toppings to hide it.
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Yup, nothing can be touching the pizza either… everybody’s picky about food, i mean, so was i, i only ate burgers, taco shells, cheese pizza, and that’s about it, pasta too
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My cousin in law is so terrified of food that she reacted to chicago style pizza as though we had asked her to eat roasted pig intestines with a side pan fried guinea pig.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
That sounds pretty good.
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I’ve actually grown to like good deep dish pizza lately.
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Oh, I meant the pan fried guinea pig.
My lactose intolerance wouldn’t let me handle the deep dish. It would be disastrous.
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Good deep dish doesn’t have 70kg of cheese on one pizza.
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Offering slightly less cheese to a lactose intolerant person might not always be erring on the side of their inability to tolerate lactose.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 25, 2012 9:02 AM PST up reply actions
I had Japanese-style pizza in Taiwan. I’m never again having squid on my pizza.
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They have some interesting culinary tastes. The Mr. tells me about the stuff visiting programmers will bring in to “share” with the ’muricans.
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I love Japanese food. The one thing I’m really not a fan if are the dried fish snacks that my wife likes.
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This is more in the way of what they offer as “candy” or sweets. They apparently bring in a huge bag of something or other for meetings and it’s rude if you don’t take some.
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Its weird but you get used to it.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
China has a lot of fruit pizzas. It makes sense with the typical sauce there.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
Red sauce AMIRITE!
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I remember having arguments as to whether ketchup and tomato sauce were distinct things.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
A friend of mine had pizza when she was in Japan. She thought the cheese looked weird until she bit into it and realized it was mayonnaise, not cheese.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
That was more or less her reaction.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
I've been part of many about Breaking Bad and Mass Effect
I know how it goes. Like I said, I’ve been here about a year now.
Just noting how completely unbaseball this post is, even for this place
This is the dead of winter. I think we’re all ready and willing to talk about other things.
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Yeah, it’s fun. I like it.
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but isn’t discussing Brandon Crawford’s potential WAR more fun?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
dear god you steered us into a baseball conversation why
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Quick!
Let’s discuss Obama’s proposed corporate tax increase!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
If this doesn’t have to do with election results, I don’t care.
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BUT HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT KEEPING KIDS IN HS UNTIL 18!!!
i really don’t care
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we need more mass effect three talk
does anyone else think its bullshit all classes can use all weapons now
whats the point of being a soldier or infiltrator now/
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
so... nothing about Mad Men huh? i see what's up
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Won't be back for a couple more months
It’ll be coming back the same time as Community, it looks like.
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what's with their hiatus
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Nobody was watching it
But also nobody watches anything else on NBC.
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WOA
nobody?
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rather watch something like Witney, huh?
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The lack of baseball talk is kinda ironic
Considering we actually GOT baseball news today.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe it’s because rosterbating is more fun than actually discussing the roster.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 24, 2012 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
talked the SHIT out of it
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I’d rather live.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously
That place is just asking for a zombie outbreak.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
Are the Giants going to be serving taco meat?
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dodger dogs
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I'd rather hang out and watch something on TV instead of wasting my time standing in lines
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Are a lot of players actually there? /has never been
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by calgiants86 on Jan 24, 2012 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
Here is this year’s list: http://giants.mlb.com/sf/fan_forum/fanfest.jsp
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Crazy, so wonder how long the line will be for Cain
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There won’t be anyone in line for Cain.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
figured
/picture of Cain sitting at table with no reporters
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Lonely Matt Cain
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Long enough that if you get in the line when he sits down an entirely different group of players will be in the booth by the time you get to the front. I usually just go so I can walk around a bit, cruise around the field level and sit there watching the KNBR guys broadcasting for a little while. Of course, I live in the city so it’s not too long of a trek.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
When I bomb my midterm tomorrow, I’m coming after all of you.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:19 PM PST reply actions
MEET ME AT THE BIKE RACKS
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Fuck fighting
lets drink
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
Drink fighting
lets fuck….oh wait.
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THIS
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I have about 400 pages to read and 8-10 pages to write
By 10:30 tomorrow morning (Arizona time). Wheeeeeee
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
You're in Arizona?
You keep your citizenship papers, birth certificate or green card with you?
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I haven't had a problem with that
I have a friend who came for like one night though and him and his friends got stopped by border patrol. So fucked up.
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I am currently studying a case called Kunstammlungen zu Weimar v. Elicofon. Yeah. I will probably be cold called tomorrow to talk about and won’t be able to pronounce much less offer insightful comments on it
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
I think you misspelled that. Hold on. Google confirms.
‘Kunst’ is art. ‘Sammlung’ is collection.
holy hannah, that's not all
Elisabeth Mathilde Isidore Erbgrossherzogin Von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach is a plaintiff.
I mean, aristocrats suck, but their names are pretty nifty. ‘Erbgrossherzogin’?! Nice.
I have to have insightful thoughts about this case! It is going to be a shitshow.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
Hereditary Grand Duchess?
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yeah. Had her art stolen Post-WWII. Was suing to get it back from an American
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
this case is fascinating
I don’t see how you’re going to be insightful, though. Paintings were stolen, court gave them back to the successor to the original owner, case closed. The cold war angle is nifty, and the details of the theft are interesting.
How the asshole Princeton grad who stole them got them back to the US is an open question.
He bought them from an ex-Serviceman. The paintings mysteriously disappeared after the US pulled out of East Germany.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:46 PM PST up reply actions
The point I think we are supposed to take from the case is NY’s special stolen art statute of limitations. An innocent purchaser of stolen goods becomes a wrongdoer only after refusing the rightful owner’s demand for their return.
And the statute of limitations only starts to run once they make the demand and are refused. Otherwise they couldn’t get the art back because the statute of limitations would have already run out.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 24, 2012 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
Probably the heart of this guy’s case, if he ever had one. There’s a bunch of other neat stuff in that judgment: German law, usucaption and its antecedents in Roman law and transference of title.
What reading this makes me want to know is, who was this Elicofon clown? $450 in 1946 was a lot of money, and he paid it. Then he comes forward in 1966 when he finds out they are Dürers, but fights like hell to keep them, clearly flogging some lawyer within an inch of his life to hold on to stolen artwork.
Must have been quite a character.
Apparently he primarily collected oriental art and had roughly 2,000 pieces of art in his house, which he “regularly used for numerous charity functions and other large gatherings”
Sounds like he might have be receiving a lot of artwork that he shouldn’t have been able to import legally. Probably got away with it usually because he apparently had money and the owners weren’t usually Grand Duchesses
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 12:08 AM PST up reply actions
You mean, countries. The Kunstsammlung was East Germany. The Hereditary Grand Duchess tried to horn in on the action at one point, but was dismissed early on, with cause. There is a long history of heirs asserting ownership like this. It’s pretty much always hooey.
The aristocrats!
It’s a poor kind of aristocrat who lacks an overblown sense of entitlement and birthright.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
I read that as v. Elcor
and laughed and laughed as the thought of an Elcor attorney explaining his emotions in a courtroom.
No sleep, huh?
Bummer.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
I took a nap earlier this evening, I should be good until like 5ish
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I was really hoping to get at least 5 hours of sleep tonight, but it’s not looking good.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 12:27 AM PST up reply actions
I think I can get six or seven tonight, which is nice.
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This guy…
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A 1-hour nap is usually nice during nights like these. Just make sure you set like 3 alarms though
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I am completely unable to nap. Which sucks.
It usually takes me like 30 min to an hour to fall asleep and then once I am asleep there is no way I will sleep less than four hours.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 12:30 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty much.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 12:31 AM PST up reply actions
Oh I can totally nap. A skill perfected in Afghanistan.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
My dad is an insanely awesome napper. He can fall instantly asleep anywhere anytime and wake up immediately aware.
He apparently perfected this skill in the Navy.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 1:08 AM PST up reply actions
I always do. I set my phone on vibrate in an attempt to not wake my roommates. I’m a deep sleeper though, and my phone is temperamental, so I have my iHome set on full volume to go off 5 minutes later. That will wake up my roommates. If that fails somehow, my computer blares off a few minutes later.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 12:31 AM PST up reply actions
I usually end up snoozing my alarm(s) for like 30 minutes. Usually I just hope I wake up sometime in that haze.
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I almost slept through a lab last quarter. Woke up, turned off my alarm, and went right back to sleep. I woke up 40 minutes later, for no apparent reason, and ran to class. I just barely made it. I never wake up in the middle of my sleep. It was lucky as hell.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 12:37 AM PST up reply actions
I once went to the wrong testing area for a final and wound up missing the thing completely. And then, after, they apologized to me for losing my test. They were certain they’d seen it. Just take the test again and call it even.
Now that’s lucky.
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Nice!
You should have bought a lottery ticket that day
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 12:39 AM PST up reply actions
Holy shit.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 12:40 AM PST up reply actions
wow, that is pretty awesome
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That’s pretty amazing.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Okay, I'll take the test again.
But don’t you mooks lose it this time! I mean sheesh.
/loud sigh, exaggerated shake of head
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:( i'm lucky if i ever get 6
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TWSS
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 8:14 AM PST up reply actions
I have like 3 things to do at work tomorrow. I have no need to be alert.
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I have a 3 hour lab at 8 AM and 3 more hours of class after that, including my midterm.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t have class until 9:15.
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k, settle this at 10 PM by the bike racks, near willie mays statue, perfect scene
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I didn’t have class until 4 p.m. today. My roommate woke me up at 1, though.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 24, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
do this AT the modest mouse concert
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good night everyone
I am done student teaching and and now have no bedtime
but still i feel sleepy
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by operation carrot on Jan 24, 2012 11:44 PM PST reply actions
Speaking of student teaching, the girlfriend just started the whole thing this semester
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barely talk to her at ALL
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she's actually in ohio
Hamilton, OH to be specific, with the school
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oh really? wow
interesting, yea she’s doing it with the college, so yea
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Baseball season needs to arrive soon
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I'm busy overthinking my date on Saturday.
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Concerned? Nervous?
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yea
were you like this with #4?
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A little.
I’m trying desperately to play it cool. Not really my MO, but it must be done.
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Nice
good idea, you got some time too to chill. But if you’re on date 5, you’re doing something right, right?
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lol, you're being yourself
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What is this? #4?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 AM PST up reply actions
What have you got planned?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 12:12 AM PST up reply actions
Going to a party.
SHOULD be fun. We shall see.
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Pregame appropriately.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
Nice
should make you feel a little less nervous, right? what did you do on #4?
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Went out to this thing called Drink and Draw in Sacramento. Basically a bunch of artists get together, have beers, and do art. She’s a talented artist, so it seemed like a good gig.
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And now I know what the Archer guy looks like in real life.
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Anybody ever see Bait Car on Tru TV?
Seems interesting for like 5 minutes but it seems like every person who tries to steal the car is male and either African-American or Hispanic.
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They did one of those on the cross street from where I used to live in Pomona. Good times.
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The places where poor white people live don't have money for a bait car.
Also, I’ve had three car break ins and a auto theft in the last year, all by 20-something Hispanic guys (all three times there were witnesses, and one time they even got the plate of an accomplice, but no arrests). Reality isn’t very PC.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Novak - Ferrer to start soon.
No Sleep Til Hammersmith!
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 12:29 AM PST reply actions
You probably enjoy the US Open much more. You can actually sleep.
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Yup. First set, Ferrer up 2-1 right now
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 1:06 AM PST up reply actions
Watching… Need to stay up one more hour so I can sleep and be kind of on Aussie time. Some really good rallies so far.
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Yeah it is a much better game than I thought it would be so far.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 1:12 AM PST up reply actions
Dear tennis,
Not everything needs to be slow-mo’d
Thanks.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 1:15 AM PST up reply actions
I really wish Hawk-Eye would come to a lot of other sports
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Yeah. Fair and foul would be nice in baseball
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 1:23 AM PST up reply actions
Ok people, gotta grind this work out
Peace
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I was gone for, like, 5 hours
and somehow I missed nearly 1000 comments. Did I miss something important? Or just the liveblog of a Sharks/Warriors/Iron Chef episode?
We covered 3 or 4 wars, Alex’s love life, tennis, meat and something called Turkmenistan.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 1:02 AM PST up reply actions
And Star Wars, of course.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 1:02 AM PST up reply actions
fuck star wars
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
you're a buddy
but dude you are wrong
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I thought Alex’s love life was last thread?
by free f.p. #14 on Jan 25, 2012 1:10 AM PST up reply actions
1,000 comments in a few hours, maybe 5% related to baseball. It’s been a good night.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
And you were for the discussion on Vietnam.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
were here
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
heh
The Oakland June 3rd Van Halen date is one of the cities where Kool and the Gang is listed as playing with them.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Welp
Fuck
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 3:44 AM PST reply actions
A food truck in my neighborhood has started selling Yak burgers. I am so stoked for dinner.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
OT: paperbackswap
I signed up for paperbackswap and and its sister site, swapacd. Anyone do the swapacd? It’s unclear from the demo, but are the cd’s really sent without a case, wrapped in printer paper (Netflix style)?
TIA
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
looks pretty nice out on the porch today
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I hate when I get to work and there’s all of this work to do.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I hate doing all this prep work for interviews when nobody usually looks at your portfolio dealie anyways.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
ha!
you know, I should just carry this impressive …uhoh the cat’s got something….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
oh yay… she caught another skink. Most of it is now in a tank, and it’s tail is still thrashing about on the living room floor.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
You were saying something about an impressive skink?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
oh yeah…. since nobody ever wants to look at the portfolio I should buy some 3 inch wide leather bound monstrosity and just carry it in to interviews it’d look good without all the silly work of keeping something updated and relev…. why the hell is there a carrot in my oatmeal? ….
the cat is now mad at me btw, we left her the tail but she doesn’t want that.
This is going to be a day isn’t it?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
everybody was up til all hours last night I guess. Only us old fogeys in morning.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I was going to post the Today’s Weather map, but I’m not sure I want to dump into this long thread. May wait for the new one.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
How did your editor like the script?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
He’s “finessing” it now. We’ll talk again after lunch.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
What's up TL2?
You may be waiting for a while. Grant probably hasn’t even finished his breakfast bourbon yet.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I'm doing all of my work so I can coast in the afternoon
Thunderstorms last night & the rain has finally stopped now in Dallas. Birds are flying past now in abundance.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Man, Danny Boyle’s movies are just getting worse and worse.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 25, 2012 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
this guy
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Dan Boyle...
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I wanted to post that one, but I couldn’t remember how to make it smaller.
2012 is going to be awesome!
I mean, sure!
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Check out this thing.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I love this guy's stuff.
There’s also a fascinating Ted Talk with him.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
So apparently they’re making a TMNT game based off Arkham City’s game engine. Count me in!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
Just to keep with tradition
The controls should be awful and the game unbeatable.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
That is exactly the level I thought of when you made your first comment. I also remember that if you hit the controller after you went off a ramp you would miss the landing and die.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah I never got that far.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I had no idea it even had ramps, that’s how far I didn’t got.
by Every6thDay on Jan 25, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
That stage is five different kinds of fucked.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 25, 2012 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
The hardest game I ever tried playing was Ninja Gaiden. I beat the first stage.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 25, 2012 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
Winter Olympics for the NES...
I still cannot figure out how the hell you’re supposed to land anything in the figure skating competition.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Jan 25, 2012 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ZTa-iUE_o
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Jan 25, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
I did pretty well on that one
My copy of Mega Man 3 is still giving me fits
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Super Ghouls and Ghosts Arcade
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
There was this thing with NES games where developers seemed to get their jollies from making the game beyond impossible.
“Hey little 8 year old kid, try this level where you have 70 enemies coming at you at once. And if you try and jump out of the way, guess what? We’ve made it so the platform you’re jumping to requires a 100% precise landing. MWAHAHAHA”
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Jan 25, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
I think that back in the early days, gamers in Japan were significantly more skilled than those in the United States. Titles were literally withheld from US release because they would be too difficult for us.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 25, 2012 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
I honestly stuck to first party
Capcom, Sunsoft, and Konami
Didn’t spare you entirely, but it was a more livable experience.
I loved the game Xenaphobia…it never ended, but it was a classic.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Jan 25, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
What did you do? Build walls?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
And a lava moat...
You went around space stations fighting aliens and collecting items and weapons upgrades. It was also two player, split screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ylf_E5EC4c
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Jan 25, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
THIS GAME. GRAAAAAAAH
throws little ceasar’s box at tv and Brandon Rosario calls home for his mom to pick him up
That game. :(
Speaking of old NES games, Bucky O’Hare was the best game you never played
I remember when Brandon Rosario went and called his mom because we were both so mad about it
He wanted to go home.
BTW the best NES Game you never played was Bucky O’Hare
I had the first TMNT for NES…that thing was impossible Also, it had literally nothing to do with the show or comics. I remember fighting human torch-esque bad guys and thinking “Where is Shredder?”. They also made Raphael next to useless (outside of the swimming level).
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Jan 25, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Donatello was awesome.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 25, 2012 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
He was far and away the best character in that game. Leonardo served in a pinch too.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Jan 25, 2012 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
SWIM AROUND AND DISARM BOMBS UNDERWATER WHILE U R 5
STRESSFUL TIME LIMITS AND LIGHTNING KELP SCARE YOU
oh shoot, I lost donatello
Should be okay. I mean Leonardo is good right?
/rips cartridge from nintendo and tries to break it in half
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
SIRM is going to make 7.5 million in 2012.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 9:31 AM PST reply actions
A quote
from a nerdy book blogger I like (in a post about AFFC, btw)
I often say that one of the things I like best about sports is that you truly don’t know how things are going to turn out, a pleasure that even the best literature, the most thrilling of novels or films, doesn’t often afford.
I don’t think he’s a stat nerb.
2012 is going to be awesome!
I’m reading AFFC right now. LOLTYWIN!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I keep saying I’m gonna wait til they’re all out but I’m really tempted to do a damn reread and get to Dance with Dragons, because half of the stuff you all talk about here I have completely forgotten about.
2012 is going to be awesome!
I was looking at the release dates for the ones I’ve read so far. IIRC GOT came out in 1996. I’m glad I haven’t had to suffer while waiting for each new book to come out. It makes me sad to think that the day will eventually come though.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
How does that make him not a stat nerd? The whole point of stat nerds is to be able to give yourself the best CHANCE to win by having the better team…
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
I am eating a Po Boy with fried chicken, fried catfish, and shrimp that is the size of my head.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Sounds more like a rich boy.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
LOL YOUR TINY HEAD
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
I had a veggie burrito with a side of anxiety.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
Why the side of anxiety?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It’s not a memorable piece. But it’s my first feature for the network, so I guess that’s worth something.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
Wait, I thought you’d had network pieces before?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Only spots for the Newscast Unit. This is a feature.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
What’s the difference?
/is ignorant
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
The NPR Newscast Unit produces the top-of-the-hour newscasts heard every hour, every day. The newscast is five minutes long, and composed of short versions of the hour’s top stories. If you’ve heard the newscasts, you know what I mean. Those short pieces (typically no more than 40 seconds) are called spots.
Now think about the structure of the newsmagazines themselves. The newscast signs out at 06:00 past the hour, and you get into the actual program (be it Morning Edition, ATC or something else). The hose will introduce a long piece about a given subject. Those are called features or pieces, and they can run from 3:30 in length, up to 8:00, depending on the subject.
I’ve filed more than a dozen spots for the Newscast Unit, but never a feature for one of the newsmags. If this one goes through, it will be my first, and it will air as a piece in one of the national programs, which is nice.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
Got it.
Thanks for the explanation. That’s pretty cool. TL2 for host of ATC!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It’s totally cool.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
I think they may have lied about that being a shrimp.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Is this more correct?
I am eating a Po Boy with fried chicken, fried catfish, and shrimp, that is the size of my head.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
I think one more comma should do it.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Commas rule. I always use as many as, I, can,.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
It’s why when you give the “State of the Smug” address, it takes three hours.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
/camera cuts to me, arms folded across chest and scowling
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
What was it like giving the rebuttal this year?
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
I feel I made a convincing case for shopping at big-box stores, drinking non-snooty beers and driving gas-guzzling cars. I was honored to provide the loyal opposition while standing in front of an airbrush T-shirt shop in Daytona.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
Carlos Pena
it saddens me a bit to see him get signed by the Rays for such a reasonable figure. He would’ve fit the Giants well this year in so many ways (if not for Huff).
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
[Player]
It saddens me to see him get [signed/traded] [by/to] the [team name] for such a reasonable [price/return]. He would have fit the Giants well this year in so many ways ([if not for/despite Giants player]).
GiantPain’s offseason.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 25, 2012 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
He didn’t say it wasn’t true.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Meh.Pena is a nice player, but it doesn’t sadden me that we didn’t get him.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
off to buy skink food…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I should be grading...
Instead, here I am talking about NES games.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
So one of the guys I’m living with is on a 10 day diet where the only thing he’s consuming is lemon juice, maple syrup and cayanne pepper mixed in a glass of water. My friend and I are taking bets on how long before he dies. We made brownies last night to taunt him.
The first six innings are overrated.
“Oh, but you feel so much better after it!”
Yeah, because you’re finally eating again and no longer pooping spicy, acidic sugar water.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Wut.
Is this the “kill yourself diet”?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Its the colon cleansing diet
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
My mom did that once. She drug me around to every food store in a 10 mile radius just so she could buy enough grade B maple syrup.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
It isn’t about losing weight; it’s about “cleansing.”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
Or eat a lot more fiber.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
My dad was telling me about this diet. I’m all for cleaning yourself out, but there are a lot healthier ways to do it. That’s what I told him.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Most of what we think of as “cleansing” the body probably isn’t all that healthy. The body likes to cleanse itself. Give it good food and drink and, barring disorder, it generally works it out on its own.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 25, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This should be the last word on the subject.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
I think there’s some kind of psychological penance going on with this kind of austerity diet stuff. Like if you can deny yourself long enough, you can make up for your sins of eating Twinkees. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t work that way.
2012 is going to be awesome!
And that’s my biggest source of confusion on the subject. If all food “poisons” your body, you’re screwed because you’re eventually going to eat again. If not all food poisons the body, why don’t you just eat that food? How does spicy, acidic, sugar water and starvation help your body do anything other than be mad at you?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Ridding your colon of bacteria HAS TO BE GOOD!!!!!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Fuck yo commensal flora!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It sounds like something you would make up just to fuck with someone
“Yeah, go ahead and eat nothing but maple syrup and lemon juice. Oh, and make it spicy! That’ll fix you right up.”
The first six innings are overrated.
Eat grape nuts everday
That will cleanse you the way old people do it, with good honest fiber.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 25, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Fiber and lots of vitamin C keep your bowels running and the toxins cleared.
2012 is going to be awesome!
o_o
While you lie on a table, a machine or gravity-driven pump flushes up to 20 gallons of water through a tube inserted into your rectum.
http://www.webmd.com/balance/natural-colon-cleansing-is-it-necessary
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
UNPACK UNPACK UNPACK
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Wait, people do that for medical reasons?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
"Medical"
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I’ve been either wasting my money or getting a terrific discount, depending on what my insurance will cover.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Well, if you consider the reasons for not getting your kids vaccinated medical reasons, then yes, medical reasons.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Or invigorating. Either/or.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Now I’m envisioning a weekly debate segment on PBS called “Ethier/Orr,” in which Andre and Pete debate the great issues of our day.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
20 Gallons
That’s a lot of buttpee.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
jesus
Has he pooped recently…. Like at all?
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I'm currently rocking a modified version of Drew Magary's famous diet plan
I’ve lost 6ish pounds in 2 weeks, but making steady progress.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
How did you modify it? Still boozing it up?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Nah
I’m not doing the “Public Humiliation” part of it, which is weird, considering it’s called the “public humiliation diet”. I’m just following all his weight loss tips and weighing myself every day (using an android app that generates a graph based on a rolling 7 day average of your weigh-ins, which is really just data porn! omg data!), and thusfar, my internal motivation seems to be strong enough to not necessitate the public portion.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Slow and steady is the way to go.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
So it seems
But I’ve been surprised with the progress I’ve been able to make with relatively minor changes.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Don’t worry, it gets harder at the 10 pound mark.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I just joined MLB Insiders Club Magazine….anyone else subscribe to this? Is it good or did I just make a huge mistake?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
I would never admit to making a mistake.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
You should have subscribed to Nintendo Power instead.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
the wii has run its course with me.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 25, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t have one but I’d like to get one so I can play Mario games and Zelda. Is there an Excite Bike?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I've been in this for the last couple of years
I believe Niblets is also a member. It is not bad. They sent me a 2010 world series program and a couople of books that were pretty interesting.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
Cespedes is a FA
Any scenarios you guys see the Giants have a shot at him, or that we want him?
Trade Melky for a minor leaguer and sign him for 8 mil a year?
Blerg
Well, what the hell -- Today's Weather
Practically the entire nation is enjoying above-average temperatures for late January. In parts of the South, highs today will run 20 degrees warmer than normal, and even in the usually-frozen Rockies, highs will be in the 40s and 50s today.
The Storm Prediction Center has outlooked eastern Texas and western Louisiana for the possibility of severe thunderstorms today. Warm, moist air ahead of a warm front will destabilize the atmosphere over that portion of the country, opening the door to thunderstorm development. The activity is expected to begin in Texas late this morning and track eastward into Louisiana this afternoon.
Rain is forecast for a sizable area of the southern Plains today. Areas of rain stretch from St. Louis to the Gulf Coast. Flood watches and warnings are already up for portions of Oklahoma and Texas, where one to three inches of rain is predicted. That rain mass will move east today, bringing showers to the Deep South tonight.
Another low is forecast to move onshore in the Pacific Northwest today, but it won’t pack the same wallop previous systems did. Heavy snow (up to 24 inches) will be restricted to the higher elevations of the Cascade Range. The system will whip up some high seas off the northwest coast — 25 feet in many areas. Heavy rain from that storm will reach down the coast to northern counties of California.
Strong winds will blow across eastern Montana; sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph are likely, with gusts as high as 60 mph.
Our pick city today is Orlando, Florida, Zack Greinke’s hometown. Mostly sunny with a high of 79.
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/applause
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Caught between Berkman and Bumgarner.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
BLAME THE DAMN WEATHER
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It's awesome!
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11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Looks like I’m being Bustered.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
It is…damn it, now its all over my face.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I love the Zito cloud. You just know he thinks it’s an egg white omelet.
by Every6thDay on Jan 25, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
LOL, this is awesome
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Nothing but Buster in San DIego for at least a week
Lovin’ it!
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 25, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I guess I have some MadBum
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Oh my goodness
That is amazing.
Also LOLZITO
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It's Posey time!!
My Adopted Squirrel: Heath Hembree
And... another one gets sucked into the Law School Trap...
I woke up today finally knowing what I want to do with my life! School, here I come!
Paralegal. :)
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I guess. It’s like one of my mom’s soap operas; you miss a day and you miss the whole storyline.
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Wow, your mom watches fast paced soap operas. The ones my wife watches, you miss a day, you don’t even realize it. The people are still in the same rooms having the same conversations they had last week.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, man. That’s true, too. I’ve never seen so much nothing happen in one hour.
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That’s not really Lars, it’s his evil twin brother. Johnny D got arrested for murdering jponry, but the body actually belonged to jct’s waitress. The real murderer was howie and the girl natto’s talking to on okcupid. jponry has on a fake wig and is only going along with it because they’re blackmailing her.
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And several long conversations have gone on while the guys were shirtless.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
And rubbing sun tan oil on each other.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Rubbing sun tan oil on JD is always a treat.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
I LOVETO WATCH MY STORIES
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Score 1 Devil.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I’d trade her jobs, but I don’t think jct would tip me enough :(
The first six innings are overrated.
If you’d shake your moneymaker a little more that might change.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
This just makes me wonder what she was dreaming about last night
Who wakes up and suddenly wants to be a paralegal?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I think she'll quickly realize 15 dollars / hour does not buy her the Mercedes she's driving right now
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
And 20-25 will?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
It must have got her the loan though.
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No I mean the paralegal salary doesn't get her there
I’m pretty sure she’s pulling close to 100K tax free right now. Very hard work though 60 hour weeks on heels.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
100k in tips that is pretty impressive.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Tips aren’t taxable?
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Pretty sure that not reporting tips is against the law.
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Mayor of Smug.
Pretty sure serving coffee naked is also against the law so..
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Where is Ron Paul when you need him?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
PEOPLE CHEAT ON TAXES???
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
HOLD THE MFing PHONE!
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Mayor of Smug.
LOL
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
They should be because on your taxes I think it offers a place to write in how much you earn in tips and other money collected outside of your I guess hourly or salaried wage.
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better than wasting money on a law degree
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Not just the tip?
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Archer, nice
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100K over 52 weeks =1.9 K/week
Average meal=30 dollars(?)
20% Tip = $6
$1900~310 meals a week or 44 meals a day.
6 hour week (6 days)= 10 hours a day
4.4 Meals an hour.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
The math is totally different
Drinks are 4 Dollars. I leave 5 dollars tips…
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Still don’t see how this works. I assume most people only get drinks, and not everyone tips so generously on drinks.
The first six innings are overrated.
$1/drink is my philosophy
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
this
and begrudgingly so if all they did was open a bottle for me.
The first six innings are overrated.
if they make my drink, yea
but if it’s a beer? i’m not tipping you for getting me a beer, or pouring me a beer
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I still tip $1/drink. I feel bad leaving someone change unless it’s accompanied by cash.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
There's talkin' money
and whisperin’ money!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
That's really not ok.
Service industry workers depend on tips. It’s not the bartender’s fault you didn’t order a fancy drink. S/he’s still waiting on you. If you go to a bar and want it to be staffed, you should tip.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, if i’m at a table, i’ll tip, but if i’m at the bar, i’ll not tip for just grabbing me a beer, sorry. If it’s making me a drink, yea, or if i keep my tab open for a period of time, yes, or if they bring me the drink to where i am, yes. But no on just getting a bottle of beer, sorry
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You should just go to the liquor store then.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
It may seem like a lot for nothing but one could easily just buy some beer at the store.
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on average for a weekend at college, or for a Friday/Saturday night, i think i spent about 40 bucks or so at the bar, that’s plus tips, i think i would tip about a dollar or so each time on pretty much everything, maybe a little more.
Yes, i definitely go to the liquor store for pregaming, cheaper that way as well.
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Yeah, I don’t tip for gas in Jersey mainly b/c I’d do it myself if I could.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
What if I don’t want it to be staffed?
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TWSS
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Saying that the "depend on" getting PiKA's money doesn't really convince me
Seeing as how there’s another person who depends on PiKA’s money, too… PiKA.
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That said
I always tip bartenders well because then they give me better service when I go back. But if you don’t want to tip for a beer, I get that.
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If Pika can afford to go out to a bar he can afford not to be a dick about it. No offense Pika, but that’s how I feel.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
I feel weird leaving a $1 for a $2 Bud light that just got opened for me. Particularly if the guy at the bar was taking his sweet time getting around to me.
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Not tipping for shitty service is one thing. Drinking Bud Light is altogether unforgivable.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
The second unmanly thing you’ve done today
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Also
Paying $2 for a Bud Light. You can get them for like 70 cents if you buy bulk.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
ha, lucky if it's 2 bucks
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When the choice is a $5 Heineken (why does Firefox recognize that word) or a $2 Bud Light, the answer is pretty clear to me.
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Yep. Leave and go to a better bar.
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Mayor of Smug.
Hahahaha.
Those don’t exist here.
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Also, I bet that place has Glenlivet or a decent bourbon.
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Mayor of Smug.
pretty much why i choose to go to a bar
that has drink specials… like dollar drafts, or quarter beers
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Correct on both points.
The debate here is not the quality of service. That should affect the tip, absolutely.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I generally assume that there are extenuating circumstances and tip well no matter what
unless the waiter/bartender is an out and out cuss, but hey, I even tip the Toronado’s guys pretty generously.
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well, like i said
i was questioning why we tip, i’ve always tipped the bartender no matter what
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i’m not tipping you for getting me a beer, or pouring me a beer
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Doesn't mean i've actually done it
is what i’m saying
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I'm just saying
that this is what i was thinking about whenever i go to bars, i have never actually done that. I basically always tip whenever i get a drink.
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
That's good.
We restaurant employees thank you!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
ha, the price difference though in drinks is ridiculous, 30 bucks basically for a drink in Vegas, double rum and coke…. that’s about 8 bucks back in Ohio
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See that’s why I don’t really consider % for drinks. It’s $1/drink whether you charge me $12 for the beer or $2.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
yea, i just don't know how that works out
if i pay 30 bucks for a drink, how much do i tip? i’m probably tipping 1
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I guess it depends. If your serving me $30 absinthe with all of the prep and everything I think much more is warranted. But if you’re charging me $30 for a regular old whiskey drink I’m probably just going with the dollar.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
yea, no doubt
i’m just saying a double rum and coke… 30 bucks… how much you tip if that is basically 8 bucks somewhere else
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A dollar.
Maybe two. Again, if you can afford the $30 drink, you can afford the $2 tip But no, you needn’t tip a percentage on drinks unless they’re part of a sit-down meal.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
yea that's fine
what i was wondering was the %. Sit down meal, definitely yes
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We went to Cafe Americano last week, and the bill came out to over $500. The 20% tip was mandatory, and was taxed!
Yep. Many times it is far large parties.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Mandatory like it's included in the bill when it's presented.
Mandatory like it’s already included in the bill when it’s presented.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
That was supposed to be Ctrl-X
not Ctrl-C!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
What if there was really bad service? Like they repeatedly got the order wrong, there were flies in the food, the food was under cooked, etc?
I think you complain like you would in any case to the manager etc and hopefully they will take care of you.
Or if you do it in a mafia owned restaurant
they’ll “take care of you”
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
i've never once complained about
the service of any place i’ve been at, like if it’s taking long or something like that, just not worth it
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it's basically like
“hi, I’d like some spit in my steak, can you make sure I get some? Thanks!”
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Yup, how i feel about it
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
You shouldn’t be afraid to point something out if it isn’t correct or if there is a hair or something. Those things just happen.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
oh if it’s something i didn’t order or not prepared correctly i might say a litttttttle something, but if it’s pretty much what i want, then no problem
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I’m the same. If I didn’t get the pickles on my burger, oh well. But if I ordered a steak and it came overdone then I’m going to have to send it back.
I think I err on the side of empathy for the server because I did it for so long.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Me neither.
Even when there was a dead mosquito on my burger at Foster Freeze. Luckily it was on the onion, which I usually threw away anyway.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve done it once, I always get medium/rare burgers and am usually pretty satisfied, but one time I bit into the burger and heard it moo, so I sent it back.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Normally, the menu and/or website should inform you of something like ‘20% gratuity added for all parties of 6 or more’.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Then you should speak to the manager.
Not tipping is pretty much never ok. If you have a problem with your server, tell their supervisor. Lots of places run tip pools, so not tipping is screwing other people. And if you don’t tip and don’t explain why you’re unhappy, you just look like a douche who doesn’t tip, not like a customer whose experience could be improved.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
In some countries you aren’t supposed to tip.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
In Soviet Russia, the waiter tips you.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, in Europe the cost of paying the employee is included in the meal price. Needless to say they love serving Americans if only for the needless tips.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Well, when I’m in Europe I tip very little.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
They try and sneak the water they poured without asking you onto the bill as well.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Also, in France (not sure about elsewhere) the green handle isn’t diesel…I made that mistake.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
If money is the reward for good service, and you pay despite having received bad service, how can the system work? I suppose you can pay and the restaurant can lose your business. But it just seems like the system is no longer purely performance based at that point.
It is not purely performance based.
Because the base salary is LOL low. If you really hated your server, drop the tip to 10% and speak to the manager. But don’t just not tip and bounce.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
How do people feel about tipping when you pick up food for carry out?
I generally tip about 10% because I know the non-wait staff depend on their tip-outs and it does not matter to them whether I eat the food at home or at the restaurant. But then again, I do not generally tip at McDonalds (the last time I ate there which was about 1997).
I usually do something similar. I always feel awkward because at this point it’s no different than ordering food a bunch of places where it is perfectly acceptable not to tip.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t tip for carryout.
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kinda in this line
sometimes do sometimes dont
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Yeah, I tip less for less service.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
If he is choosing to avail himself of the bartender's services,
even for just cracking a beer, he should tip.
If he can’t afford the tip, he should not be at the bar.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
This is where I stand.
But I have been a bar tender before so I’m probably biased.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
MR. PINK
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
What I immediately thought of.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Here's how it works
Read my sig before clicking.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
That was disappointingly safe for work.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
well I'm at work
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
You have better pictures at home? If so please post.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
No way he’s going to share with us.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
YES PLZE!!!
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Doesn’t she get, like, a salary too?
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
I believe 12 dollars / hour but double if you go risque. She doesn’t go risque.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Oh
You’re saying she makes 100K in tips on top of her salary?
God damn.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
makes sense
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YEAH IF UR TIPPING!
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pretty much
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What the hell am I doing in college?
I’m never going to make that kind of money.
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
100k isnt that much.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
100K tax free is quite a bit. 100K before tax is normal engineer with 10 yrs experience in the valley.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Engineering jobs: Hard to get.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
The stupid thing is that they are really easy to get if you already have one.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Engineery Grit
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i laughed way harder than I am supposed to at that
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
So is going back to school to get an engineering masters stupid right now?
I’m currently taking my undergrad pre-reqs to catch up so I can apply for a job.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Are you already employed as an engineer? More importantly, are you already employed as an engineer doing something you like? I would never call going back to school stupid. I think people should get as much education as they can afford.
But if you are already doing something you like and it is just about more money, you need to consider quality of life in that equation as well.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
I work in a radiology research lab at a major university doing odd jobs and shit. I like my job fine…for now but it is not a terminal position for me.
I’m interested in the engineering degree mainly b/c its something I believe I would really enjoy doing. My current degree is in Zoology, so I have to catch up a bit but that is not a problem…FREE CLASSES YAY!
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by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
This is why i’m considering going back for a masters… because many jobs wont take someone with just a bachelors
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but nothing happens at all while you’re sitting there in Santa Cruz yakkin’ on MCC all day and night.
/kicks young Pika in the ass
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Those guys roll it in.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
I mean, in some ways, you’re right. Depending on where you live, 100K may not be that much, especially if you’re talking about living in NYC/SF, and you graduated with an econ/engineering/etc degree from a top 10 university.
Of course, that describes almost no one.
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<.<
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Or, perhaps, more accurately, a post-secondary degree.
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MD PhD probably just about guarantees 100K.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
The real benefit of being an MD PHD is that your med school is free and your PhD thesis is fast tracked and you get a stipend.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
There’s really no difference in salary structure between M.D.’s and M.D./Ph.D.s. If anything, the M.D. only people get paid better mainly because they are more clinically active.
It really depends what your area of specialization is. Some the average is around 200k. It also depends where you live / work.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Lawyers can make way more than this, Doctors too depending on specialty, business people. Start up owners, managing property, some real estate jobs, there are a lot of high paying jobs out there.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Lawyers ain't making what they used to.
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Oh some still do
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
And my point was more like 100k per annum salary isn’t really that high.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Man, you can buy a house outright for 100k around here.
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Seriously. My lifestyle would be unbelievably lavish here if I made that.
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When I moved to San Francisco 14 years ago, I made $25,500 and had made $35,500 as a medical resident in Baltimore the year before. When I was single and had no kids, $100K would have been bank!
Resident wages have gone up a bit since then
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I remember mocking a guy who lived in Pittsburgh. “Pssshh, why would you want to live in Pittsburgh? San Francisco all the way baby!”
And then said, “Well, here I own a 40 acre ranch that cost me 150k to buy.” Or something to that effect. I got the point.
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Yeah, Pittsburgh is a great value.
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Mayor of Smug.
I have a small crush on Pittsburgh and kinda want to live there.
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But then you’d hang out with yinzers.
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Abominations
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You sir are wrong. Sandwich Grec is amazing
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I have no idea what this is, but Primanti Brothers was overrated.
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The quality of a Primanti Bros sandwich is drastically different based on the meat you choose.
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isn't there a Primanti Bros in SF?
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Shawarma in a kind of panini bread with salad and fries omg soooo good
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
All of the man versus food bs is overrated
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Of the four baseball cities that are an easy drive from me, Pittsburgh is my favorite.
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Cleveland, Cinci, Pittsburgh…? Detroit?
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Rust Belt is definitely pretty sweet
Columbus although no baseball, definitely sweet
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LOL CLIPPERS
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Yep. No baseball at all.
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OSU is religion
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LOL CLEVELAND MINOR LEAGUE
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Pitt is awesome
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
There are plenty of people that make over 100K a year. Prince Fielder, for example. There are way, way, way, way, way more people who don’t make 100k a year.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
That’s not the point. Somebody with 2 degrees or even a bachelors has the potential to earn more than a lot more than 100k under the right circumstances.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t even…
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Im not talking about average salaries. Im saying that 100k compared to a lot of other high earning jobs isnt that much
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Ok
But relative to the general public, which is what is most relevant in my opinion, 100K is a pretty penny.
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Yes of course!
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I think it was because of your original statement that 100k isn’t very much.
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Poorly worded.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I think the proper way to look at this is
I started my job at this company 13 years ago right out of college. I was offered a 50K annual salary and accepted.
If you apply standard inflation with standard promotion, 100K really isn’t that hard to imagine.
The key here is I didn’t start 100K. I started at 50K.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Which thirteen years ago is probably more equivalent 64K
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Some of the Customer Engineers here make way more than 100K / yr
But they are on call 24/7, has ridiculously inflexible schedules, cancels vacation all the time if there is an emergency..etc.
But hey, 200K is 200K.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
This is correct.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
That's really high compared to many, many people.
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I’m not arguing that.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
So you’re arguing that there are people that make a lot more than 100k?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Lawyers and doctors both have to go to post-secondary school. Ditto MBAs.
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Yup. It’s pretty hard to make a lot of money unless you have a lot of money to start with
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
There is no way in hell I would have been able to pay for my wife’s medical school. On my salary from my gov job. I’m fortunate enough to be running the company that manages the properties my dad passed on to me.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
I can barely afford my mortgage on a condo
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
lol no
just a small 2 BR condo in santa clara :(
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Yeah, I'm never gonna live out there.
The Central Valley is nice and roughly 1/3rd the cost.
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:/
where are the jobs actually good
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Sacramento area is bad, Fresno area is downright horrendous.
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Where’s the link to that unemployment thing? The Valley is tough right now.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
basically nothing in california is good
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Yeah, but if you get a good job (like me), you live pretty large for not much at all.
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I like Sacramento quite a bit, though saying such will get wine spit upon you in San Francisco.
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I guess the hills around Fresno aren’t so bad
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My friend goes to school there. UOP. It’s a pretty good school, too. I don’t know whose idea it was to build it there.
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"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Compared to other high paying jobs.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Go risque!
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by Soulbrother16 on Jan 25, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
No last time we talked I think she makes like 60-70K in tips on top of salary
but she pays very little taxes because her salary puts her at like poverty level. And she’s a legal guardian for her sister.
But remember, she works 10 hour shifts 6 days a week. With a second job 2 nights a week. So she’s basically working twice as much as a normal 40 hour work week day. In heels.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
jeeze, that is pretty rough
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Dare I ask what her second job is?
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waitress at another place!
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Repeat clientele!
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And drives a Mercedes.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
If I relied on tips for a living I’d tell everyone I have to work 80 hours a week at two jobs 6 days a week to support my little sister, too.
The first six innings are overrated.
Walrusman has seen the sister
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She's actually there though
Like, I know her shifts at work.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
This is the part where you’re supposed to remind us that you aren’t a stalker.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think knowing M-Sat 6AM - 3PM is hard...
or constitutes stalking. And I"ve been to the cafe all 6 days on different weeks and seen her there!
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
OK HOW DO YOU HAVE .4 OF A MEAL SMART GUY
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Plus naked hot asian waitress = 50+% tips
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
She can continue to pay for her car with her ass while going to school
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
eh, you can do better than that with a little bit of experience
I don’t see why she has to go to school to be a paralegal though, assuming she already has a bachelor’s
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When I was looking for a job most of the paralegal listings said either the certificate or a bachelor’s.
The first six innings are overrated.
If you only have a bachelor’s they can’t give you the title until you have some work experience. Unless they changed the law again.
2012 is going to be awesome!
nah, that's the case
You can get a certificate or whatever but that’s just to toot your own horn, show off, whatever. I don’t think it much matters, though it probably doesn’t hurt.
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If you already graduated, can you go back to school to get a certificate?
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sure
I wouldn’t waste the money, though. Just call yourself a ‘Legal Assistant’ until you can officially go Paralegal.
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At my firm, they’re called Legal Assistants, regardless if you have a certificate or not, or how much experience you have.
If you work in a law office for a year and have a bachelor’s you are officially a paralegal.
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wait, really?
/goes to ask for a title change and raise
The first six innings are overrated.
oh, you also need a statement of some sort from an attorney active in the bar for over two years
I think
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I’m trying to figure out how to do that very thing. I’m thinking I may bring it up and ask what path I need to take to get there rather than just ask for the title. Only thing is I’m worried that it leaves open the possibility of them laying out many hoops to jump through.
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I’m talking about Sr. Programmer vs just Programmer.
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Savvy Sabes sez "not gritty enough."
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She sounds really smart.
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by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
With her looks, she will be able to catch a good one as a paralegal and not have to worry about serving coffee for the rest of her life.
Serving coffee will only get her ogled by married men and men who wants something on the side. She needs a legitimate job to marry someone with prospects.
She needs a legitimate job to marry someone with prospects.
That leaves Brian Sabean out.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
RIMSHOT
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
The problem with being a paralegal
is that you have to work crazy hours and the lawyers make all the money. Well, actually, the partners make all the money and the rest of the lawyers take their resentment out on the help. (I’M EXAGGERATING FOR EFFECT, I KNOW A LOT OF GREAT LAWYERS. But the hours thing is true.)
2012 is going to be awesome!
It's true
The partners delegate to the associates, and the associates delegate to the legal assistants. Just last season, a bunch of us had tickets to a Giants game that we planned for weeks in advance, and at the last second, a legal assistant had to cancel because he was asked to do some project, that really didn’t even have to be done that day.
Yes, because a woman’s only goal in life should be to marry well.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I wish that were an acceptable goal for me.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
It all depends on what one wants to do. Maybe to her right now, marrying well is better than serving men 60 hours a week on heels.
Did getting a legitimate job to be self-sufficient just never occur to you? Would you say that about a man?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
OT: First pictures of "MLB: The Show" has Buster on the pictures... looks amazing
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Old news but
Dang Prince Fielder for nine years? For $214 million?
That contract will be so bad in a few years.
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 10:40 AM PST reply actions
I’m pretty sure this is his opening line when trying to get a client.
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He would talk in third person.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
I like Scott Boras. More money for the players is a good thing.
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But he gets more money for top tier talent, and I don’t think that’s a good thing. I’d rather see the league minimum go up and top tier FA salary plateau for awhile.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Why? So the team owners can pad their pockets a little bit? Fuck that jibberish. Players need to make as much as they can, just like the owners did in make their money.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
No, I’m saying if there is 100 to be spent on payroll, I’d like to see the top guy stay put at 20 for awhile so the bottom guys can earn more when the payroll goes up to 105. Still the same money coming out of the owners pockets, just distributing it more evenly. Communist stuff and all that.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Yes. And Andres. Guys like Buster who got a big signing bonus I don’t have a problem with it, but I always feel bad for the guys who didn’t get a signing bonus and then spent several years in the minors, probably accruing all kinds of debt, so they could make league minimum for a year or 2 and then be released.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone who thinks Scott Boras is bad for game must also think that Curt Flood is the devil
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Not sure anyone mentioned it yet, dont know if anyone really cares, but Nittymaki was placed on waivers this morning
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Update on this thing
The national desk took the feature. It could be on Morning Edition this week.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
by TheLetter2 on Jan 25, 2012 10:46 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
That’s so cool.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
We should try to hire him as Minister of Information.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yay!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
You are awesome
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
WOO!
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Congrats!
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Employment fairs for veterans and their spouses.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
something to do with Pedro Feliz?
/meme confusion abounds
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Yesterday was the 8th anniversary of the Opportunity Rover landing on Mars
It is currently parked for the Martian winter with it’s solar panels pointed at the Sun to keep it warm. The rover is currently very dusty which reduces the efficiency of its solar panels. JPL is hoping for some wind to clean it off.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 10:53 AM PST reply actions
THEY CAN PUT A MAN ON THE MOON BUT THEY CAN’T PUT WIPER BLADES ON A MARS ROVER?!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I've actually seen this question asked before
The answer is that it would add to an already paper thin energy budget. The rovers were designed for a 90 day mission. The fact that it is still there and running after 8 years was never expected so they never anticipated dust to become an issue.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder what the most efficient way would be. At first I though something that could shoot some air but then you’d have to bring the air. Stupid outer space…
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Just send a non-critical member of society out there with some Windex™.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Ha ha…Marsdashians
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
by iammclovin on Jan 25, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not confident in their ability to use Windex™.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Mars has an atmosphere so it isn't impossible
Of course, you would have to spend energy condensing it until you had enough pressure to use it to blow dust off.
An easier solution would probably be a wiper. But again, there is energy cost with the actuators and they probably wanted to use all available energy for science related stuff during what they thought would be a 90 day mission.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I’m just amazed the Voyager probes are still functioning
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
V'GR!
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Those are running on radioisotope thermoelectric generators so they are good to go for a while
The recently launched Mars Science Lab is also powered by radioisotope so it won’t have the dust problem that the current Mars rovers have.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I heard the “dust problem” was going to be a real problem in establishing a base on Mars.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Not as big of a problem as solar radiation
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I think the biggest problem will be that it's on Mars.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You would have to rethink all your baseball stats to compensate for the difference in Martian gravity.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
This is why we use wRC+, ERA+, etc
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HOPING LIKE HELL
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
by rotorueter on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
How about it rains and that washes the dust off. Then everyone can shit themselves and call it the best mission ever.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Ha, of course
darrenrovell darren rovell
Detroit Tigers ticket sales are up 352% @TicketsNow since the Prince Fielder news broke.
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
/jct waitress
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
So the went from 10 customers to 35?
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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Job 1:14-15
Heartburn?
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Renteria, Renteria.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
A shitty commercial?
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
It’s like 6th grade Health class all over again.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
QUITE TEECHING MY KIDS HOW TO HAVE TEH SEX!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Apparently a substitute teacher got fired at my school for showing the class porn. Not my class, unfortunately.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Planned Parenthood comes out to my daughter’s school and teaches sex ed and hands out condoms. I didn’t know about this till she told me.
The brown river?
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
by danieljgrant on Jan 25, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone need anything from Costco?
Standing in line to get my frozen yogurt
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Jan 25, 2012 11:40 AM PST via mobile reply actions
If you could pick me up a 100 pack of Cup of Noodles I would be much obliged.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
socks
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
actually a 24 pack of water
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
My nephews love teh frozen yogurt there. They give you like a gallon per order.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
They only come in a 7 pack.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Hey I got a dually!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I will gladly repay you Tuesday for a 52" television today.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
50 lbs of mayo
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
by danieljgrant on Jan 25, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Whatever he feels like he wants to do. Gosh!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Well... if you must know...
Give myself a facial, condition my hair, make my plant’s leaves shiny, clean my piano’s keys, and remove tar from my car.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
by danieljgrant on Jan 25, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
So after all that time for lunch!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
NOT tipping for lunch
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Damn
Pants time.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 11:59 AM PST reply actions
Gigantic Po Boy
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Cameras are hipster now?
And what’s the yellow string under the sunglasses?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a Holga. It’s what hipstamatic is copying on IPhones.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
My gosh, RAJ is really going full Sabean on Dom Brown.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 12:21 PM PST reply actions
I prefer Torres, Belt, Beltran, Schierholtz and Ross, to our current group, and we could have had that at much
the same cost, and without losing ramon ramirez or jonathan sanchez, and a minor league player or two.
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