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GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (14 Viewers)

cosjobs said:
Perfect summer side dish. I like apple cider vinegar for this, and definitely add onions

And maybe some watermelon for dessert
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'nother vote for cucumbers and tomatoes in some kind of vinegar base (I like the oil & vinegar or even off-the-shelf Italian salad dressing).  

 
Lowlight of my class trip to Disneyland:

On the way back I had to sit next to a chaperone mom (not hot).  The first hour was fine because she slept like this http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/young-woman-pulling-polo-neck-jumper-over-high-res-stock-photography/200524738-001

Then they put "The Sandlot" DVD on the monitors.  She had never seen it.  She laughed like a 10 year old at the stupidest parts.  She also screamed 5 or 6 times at the "scary" parts.  One timed she even jumped in her seat because there was a shot of a baseball coming at the camera.  

 
Love this "NASA unexplained" show on cable. Now I got some 400 Ib, 28 yr old "space historian" telling me the CIA was gonna use John Glenn to blow up and invade Cuba.

 
Most days start the same — behind the wheel of a white 1997 Dodge Caravan SE outfitted with a bubble-top Mark III conversion kit, a VHS player mounted to the roof inside and a r8hers personalized plate. Mark Davis pilots this machine from his East Bay home to the nearest P.F. Chang's, where he sits at the left end of the bar, same spot every time, puts his white fanny pack on the counter, orders an iced tea and unfolds the day's newspapers. Beside him on the bar, next to the papers, is his 2003 Nokia push-button phone with full texting capability. When someone calls and asks him where he is, he says, "I'm in my office," and sends a knowing nod to the bartenders. It gets 'em every time.

Davis is worth an estimated $500 million, so his tricked-out minivan and throwback cellphone are telling of the man's personality. It's possible to interpret Davis as someone wildly out of touch with reality, but it seems that more than anything he just loves football. Unlike his father, he handles almost no actual responsibilities, and when he does make decisions, he does so in curious fashion.

From the same ESPN piece:

During one dinner with a group that included his mother and Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie, Davis inexplicably handed a piece of paper to McKenzie with the corners torn off.

"This is what I need you to get me," Davis said.

McKenzie, flummoxed, turned the tiny triangles over in his hands.

Seeing nothing, McKenzie gave up. "What is this?" he asked.

"Two corners," Davis said. "I need you to get me two corners."

The profile is filled with quirky moments like this, and depending on how you read it, some may look at Davis as a tragic figure, or a total lunatic. Regarding the bowl cut, Keown writes that Davis travels all the way from his home in northern California to Palm Springs just to get it cut at the same barber:

In perfect Davis family fashion, it's a middle finger to convention. Davis travels to Palm Desert to get it cut, just as he traveled to Chico from Oakland to visit a preferred barber long after he left college at Chico State. "I think he's had three barbers since college," [former Raiders WR Cliff] Branch says. "If he likes something, he stays loyal."

 
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