St. Louis Bob
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I'm not really in Austin. I was kidding with Uni that when he left town today for Europe I was going to meet up with his sister.
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kevzilla
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I bet they have some really sweet overpasses in Europe.I'm not really in Austin. I was kidding with Uni that when he left town today for Europe I was going to meet up with his sister.
Officer Pete Malloy
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No, they just have those roundabouts. He's screwedI bet they have some really sweet overpasses in Europe.I'm not really in Austin. I was kidding with Uni that when he left town today for Europe I was going to meet up with his sister.
Officer Pete Malloy
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cosjobs
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Officer Pete Malloy
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Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
My wife just asked what the hell I was laughing so hard about.
Binky The Doormat
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Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Vin Scully is a national treasure. Just now:
"When you talk to Ike Davis about himself and his family, it's rather interesting. Ike is Jewish. And his mom is Jewish. His father is Baptist. His mother's family is from Lithuania, and a significant portion was murdered in the Holocaust. And he has a great aunt, a Holocaust survivor.
[strike three]
And down goes Ike."
"When you talk to Ike Davis about himself and his family, it's rather interesting. Ike is Jewish. And his mom is Jewish. His father is Baptist. His mother's family is from Lithuania, and a significant portion was murdered in the Holocaust. And he has a great aunt, a Holocaust survivor.
[strike three]
And down goes Ike."
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Sonny Gray going through this Dodger lineup like Hitler through Poland.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Come to think of it, Joc Pederson has some striking Aryan features.
krista4
Footballguy
Vin Scully more than I do my own mom and my favorite cat, combined.
-fish-
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Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
When the Dodgers played in Australia last season, he spent four innings wondering why the national airline does not phonetically sound the way it is spelled.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Who's this krista person?
-fish-
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-fish-
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Binky The Doormat
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Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Fun Fact: Vin Scully once pulled a gun on Franklin Stubbs after Stubbs addressed Scully's wife by her first name.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Wednesday night is Mexican burrito night. Bring in an 8" or larger flour tortilla and your choice of protein to the ballpark and Adrian Gonzalez will personally hand wrap and press it for you.
Fun fact from our "Did You Know" file: Gonzalez was actually born in the United States, but played with Mexico in the 2006, 2009 and 2013 editions of the World Baseball Classic.
Fun fact from our "Did You Know" file: Gonzalez was actually born in the United States, but played with Mexico in the 2006, 2009 and 2013 editions of the World Baseball Classic.
Binky The Doormat
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krista4
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Mr. Pickles
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CGRdrJoe
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Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Did his wife kill all the fun? Were his ifriends banished? I was never clear on that.although I forgot to ask if he still has the ping pong table
krista4
Footballguy
I've mentioned before that my brother is an #######. Essentially just the most selfish person I've ever known. Many examples of this that I won't bore you with. Also was just a huge jackass to my dad our whole lives, until my dad got sick (and died), when he became a jackass only 78% of the time. After dad died it suddenly became this horribly tragic event in my brother's life to evoke sympathy, even though he went through years of not even speaking to my dad.
Until fairly recently, my mom was the only person that my brother had consistently been decent to in our entire lives. But after a bad marriage and one kid (my almost-16-year-old nephew, who somehow is great despite bad parents), my brother got remarried and has gone to being a #### to my mom about as much as he is to everyone else. Though they lived within 10 miles of each other, my brother would see my mom only a couple or few times a year and would constantly post stuff on Facebook showing fun stuff they were doing without inviting my mom/stepfather.
As my FB/FBG friends might know, my mom and stepfather just moved to my town in Washington. Much excitement for me, as I haven't lived in the same state as family since high school, and I know they will be really happy here. Well, despite never actually wanting to include my mom in anything, my brother took the news badly allegedly because they should have waited until my nephew graduated from high school (two years) before moving. Who knows why that matters since they rarely got to see him.
In all the moving time, my brother/family never offered to help or do anything at all. They made no plans to get together with my mom before the departure and only saw them when my 95-year-old grandfather asked for a family get-together. My mom/stepfather gave my nephew their second car as a gift when leaving town. (It was a pretty nice car.) It was immediately absconded with by my new SIL who has even posted pics of herself in it on FB. My nephew has told my mom he'll never get to use it because it's hers now. No one--NO ONE--has thanked them for giving away their car.
Mom has now been in town for five days and my brother has not inquired to see if they made it here OK (they drove across the country for 2500 miles) nor even asked for their new address. My stepfather, who is the most patient man in the world, has said that when he next sees them he doesn't plan to talk to them.
tl;dr I have no point here. I'm just venting. I have a horrible sibling and feel awful for my mom. Cannot vent through more regular (family, friends, FB) channels for obvious reasons.
Until fairly recently, my mom was the only person that my brother had consistently been decent to in our entire lives. But after a bad marriage and one kid (my almost-16-year-old nephew, who somehow is great despite bad parents), my brother got remarried and has gone to being a #### to my mom about as much as he is to everyone else. Though they lived within 10 miles of each other, my brother would see my mom only a couple or few times a year and would constantly post stuff on Facebook showing fun stuff they were doing without inviting my mom/stepfather.
As my FB/FBG friends might know, my mom and stepfather just moved to my town in Washington. Much excitement for me, as I haven't lived in the same state as family since high school, and I know they will be really happy here. Well, despite never actually wanting to include my mom in anything, my brother took the news badly allegedly because they should have waited until my nephew graduated from high school (two years) before moving. Who knows why that matters since they rarely got to see him.
In all the moving time, my brother/family never offered to help or do anything at all. They made no plans to get together with my mom before the departure and only saw them when my 95-year-old grandfather asked for a family get-together. My mom/stepfather gave my nephew their second car as a gift when leaving town. (It was a pretty nice car.) It was immediately absconded with by my new SIL who has even posted pics of herself in it on FB. My nephew has told my mom he'll never get to use it because it's hers now. No one--NO ONE--has thanked them for giving away their car.
Mom has now been in town for five days and my brother has not inquired to see if they made it here OK (they drove across the country for 2500 miles) nor even asked for their new address. My stepfather, who is the most patient man in the world, has said that when he next sees them he doesn't plan to talk to them.
tl;dr I have no point here. I'm just venting. I have a horrible sibling and feel awful for my mom. Cannot vent through more regular (family, friends, FB) channels for obvious reasons.
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krista4
Footballguy
I'm going camping this weekend. Like, honest to god have to haul all our #### 8-10 miles one way into the woods. I don't mind the hauling part--though taking a 30-35 lb pack instead of my usual 10-15 lb daypack will be different--but sleeping on the ground (even with tent/footprint, sleeping pad, and sleeping quilt) in a confined space isn't really my bag. Oh, and we're required to have a bear canister where we're camping.
I dunno.
I dunno.
krista4
Footballguy
GM, this is generally the time of year when we discuss getting together for a Ducks game, though later something arises that nixes the plan. I realize you're busy with all the kids in the world, but we should get on this annual fake-out ritual if we're going to do it up right.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
"Bear canister" exactly what it sounds like?(A canister that is full of freshly ground bear for pizza topping emergencies) Or is it something actually "legit", like a coffee can full of coins that you shake to scare away bears?
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Oh, and your sibling sounds like a real, ummm, champ. Sorry to hear.
If I were your step-dad, I wouldn't be that worried about not talking to him the next time I saw him, I'd be planning on not seeing him any time soon.
If I were your step-dad, I wouldn't be that worried about not talking to him the next time I saw him, I'd be planning on not seeing him any time soon.
Officer Pete Malloy
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Good Posting Judge
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Listened to most of the 97 WS on the radio because of college job (it was a good one!), with Scully did the play-by-play. He's interminable.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Does Joc Pederson know that you don't have to swing at every pitch?
krista4
Footballguy
Hey buddy, wish things were going better for you in Reno. Look forward to some good updates soon. I know it's going to get better.
Bear canisters are just food storage that bears can't get into. Big canisters with opening devices they can't maneuver.
My mom/stepfather are still hoping to be involved in my nephew's (my mom's only grandchild's) life. He is a spectacular tennis player and they have often driven hundreds of miles to watch him play, as that would be the only chance they'd get to see him. They mentioned that they were sure they'd go to see him in tennis tournaments, which is where my stepfather indicated he wouldn't talk to my brother or SIL while there!
We're hoping to get my nephew to consider coming out this way for college. He'd love it here and could stand to get away, too.
OPM, thanks. It is so cool for me to have my mom here. Might be hard to understand for anyone who hasn't lived far from family. I guess I never thought it was a big deal to be so far away, but at this point it's exciting for me to have her and my stepfather (who's terrific) here.
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krista4
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My friend, if you're serious, I can tell you that my mom and stepfather would love you. Seriously. And everyone loves roverkid, so that's a given.
Brought tears to my eyes with this post, GB. I'm pretty emotional about it right now becauseproninja said:
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
krista - I can't help but imagine that it's going to be a great 12 days of living in the same town as your parents.
