kevzilla
Footballguy
OMG I'll be in Austin next week too! However, the lovely weather that RL experienced was a head fake. We're back to the mid-90s and humid.
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kevzilla
Footballguy
Looks to be a good, solid 90-minute drive from my place, but maybe we can work something out.So I volunteered to some some FEMA damage assessment work in Texas. Looks like the powers that be want me to be in Winchester, TX for 3 weeks starting probably next week. Can I stay with you @kevzilla?jk. Maybe we can grab a beer if they give me a little time off at night.
Osaurus
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
badmojo1006
Footballguy
I lost a game of "Apples to Apples"* yesterday because the 3 people I was playing with had never heard of "Custer's Last Stand"
The adjective was "risky", one person put down "Commuting" forgot what the other person put down and I put down "Custer's last Stand" thought for sure I would get it.
The other three were, don't know what that is, or never heard of it. I was too dumbfounded to even try to explain. They were in their late 20's early 30's
Not sure if they just don't teach that anymore or the kids are stupid.
*Apples to Apples is the clean version of "Cards against Humanity"
The adjective was "risky", one person put down "Commuting" forgot what the other person put down and I put down "Custer's last Stand" thought for sure I would get it.
The other three were, don't know what that is, or never heard of it. I was too dumbfounded to even try to explain. They were in their late 20's early 30's
Not sure if they just don't teach that anymore or the kids are stupid.
*Apples to Apples is the clean version of "Cards against Humanity"
kevzilla
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
love playing this with the kids.
is it part of the rules to make a supporting argument for every submittal? this is how we do it, and is more fun than just putting the cards in and letting the judge decide
eta: had they at least heard of custard?
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Osaurus
Footballguy
Osaurus
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Apples to Apples is stupid. I mean, it's fun to play, but jesus christ is it maddening.
El Floppo
Footballguy
it's like a microcosm of the rest of my life... when 6yo floppinha judges, I always win. when 10yo floppinho does, I always lose.
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
but tbh, it's like riding a bike. and I ride a lot of bikes.
we used to go to Anguilla a couple times a year... so I'd be behind the wheel there more than the sum of occasional day trips I'd do here. got more used to driving on the wrong side of the road which did present problems here at home. that and the scarf always gets in my way.
we used to go to Anguilla a couple times a year... so I'd be behind the wheel there more than the sum of occasional day trips I'd do here. got more used to driving on the wrong side of the road which did present problems here at home. that and the scarf always gets in my way.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Thanks. That's very kind of you.
I'm not 100 percent sure on schedule just yet, other than I'm Mon-Fri (start/end hours may have some flexibility). Weekends likely better, but I can let you know once I get the first week in the books. I'm assuming I'll be on a 10-6 thing during the "probation" period at least, since that's when the AD is on-site.
mr. furley
Footballguy
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
Rob a store?
That's a paddlin'...
and bear spray and kicks to the face
https://i.imgur.com/fA5MHj1.gifv
That's a paddlin'...
and bear spray and kicks to the face
https://i.imgur.com/fA5MHj1.gifv
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
Henry Ford
Footballguy
Paul McClean. I guess he wandered off from the group after a restroom break and went to wash his hands in a lagoon. Croc grabbed him and dragged him under.
El Floppo
Footballguy
continued skimming...
“Can a cat be both a solid and a liquid?”
Marc-Antoine Fardin from the University of Lyon won the Ig Nobel prize for “using fluid dynamics to probe the question ‘Can a Cat Be Both a Solid and a Liquid?” His paper, published in the journal Rheology, uses cats to explain one of the central tenets of the study rheology, the field of physics concerned with how things flow; its motto is “everything flows.”
The paper is, of course, hilarious. It concludes that “much more work remains ahead, but cats are proving to be a rich model system for rheological research, both in the linear and nonlinear regimes.” But on the way, it makes the reader think about the equations of this field and how they might apply in this unorthodox scenario.
eta: @krista4, @Krista's Poop Joke
“Can a cat be both a solid and a liquid?”
Marc-Antoine Fardin from the University of Lyon won the Ig Nobel prize for “using fluid dynamics to probe the question ‘Can a Cat Be Both a Solid and a Liquid?” His paper, published in the journal Rheology, uses cats to explain one of the central tenets of the study rheology, the field of physics concerned with how things flow; its motto is “everything flows.”
The paper is, of course, hilarious. It concludes that “much more work remains ahead, but cats are proving to be a rich model system for rheological research, both in the linear and nonlinear regimes.” But on the way, it makes the reader think about the equations of this field and how they might apply in this unorthodox scenario.
eta: @krista4, @Krista's Poop Joke
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heckmanm
Footballguy
LOVE the Ig Nobels. The ScienceFriday (I think) podcast usually does a show dedicated to the awards ceremony, which is hilarious in a
sort of way.
heckmanm
Footballguy
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El Floppo
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Sometimes I wonder if a poster is simply a troll, or if they're actually mentally ill. I mean, I think our default is to think that everyone posting here is a rational individual, or at least as rational as you are. But the odds are that there are a number of people here that are legitimately mentally ill, not just posting garbage to troll people.
Obviously there are a number of us that deal with depression and anxiety. A number of which have been fairly open about that. But I imagine that there has to be some percentage that have other disorders that greatly affect them and their interaction with others.
Just a random thought as I read through the FFA today.
Obviously there are a number of us that deal with depression and anxiety. A number of which have been fairly open about that. But I imagine that there has to be some percentage that have other disorders that greatly affect them and their interaction with others.
Just a random thought as I read through the FFA today.
mr. furley
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
mr. furley
Footballguy
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Who the hell goes to Vegas without a lizard? 
El Floppo
Footballguy
kevzilla
Footballguy
Well, sure. He never gets any action, but I remain perennially optimistic.Who the hell goes to Vegas without a lizard?
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Center Bar in New York New York seems to see its fair share of whores. Maybe have him ask one if she knows the 30 minute rate could finish him off and still leave enough time to save 15% at Geico twice.
tommyboy
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
So my wife is the queen of mondegreens. For example I just caught her singing "hurry up and bring your juice box money" (no shtick)
Another good one is she thought the chorus to Raspberry Beret is "Rags! Mary wore rags...the kind you find in a second hand store)
Anyway one time I was singing along to the chorus of white zombies More Human Than Human and she said " oh...thats what they're saying"
I asked her what she thought it was and realized it must be so stupid I'll make fun of her forever. She still refuses to tell me
Any ideas what it might be?
Another good one is she thought the chorus to Raspberry Beret is "Rags! Mary wore rags...the kind you find in a second hand store)
Anyway one time I was singing along to the chorus of white zombies More Human Than Human and she said " oh...thats what they're saying"
I asked her what she thought it was and realized it must be so stupid I'll make fun of her forever. She still refuses to tell me
Any ideas what it might be?
Uwe Blab
Footballguy
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
It's White Zombie, so I'm sure whatever she thinks it might be it still sucks.
(That said, my actual guess is "More sumac for your shoes, man.")
-fish-
Footballguy
I am the anti-Krista (see what I did there?). I am incapable of buying a house.
House #3: On the market 3 days. Asking price of $399,000. I offered $445,000, no appraisal, no inspection and a closing date of their choosing. I have a pre-approval letter saying I am prequalified for any amount I offer with no conditions. They were supposed to review the offer and make a decision by 1:30 that afternoon. Couple selling the house because they're getting divorced. They can't even be in the same room and their agent has to talk to them separately. He's an ER doc. She's a PA, also ER.
Day 1: He gets called into the ER. Off at 11 p.m. Supposed to make a decision and tell the agent. He refuses.
Day 2: Supposed to hear in the morning. Nothing. She works air ambulance and gets called to Spokane to deal with the school shooting.
Day 3: I find out they are taking a lower offer because he has decided to sell it to a friend (meaning he wants to buy it back after the divorce).
strykerpks
Footballguy
Oof, that's pretty brutal fish.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Why in the world would she agree to that!?
Hoping that the perfect one for you is just around the corner.
the rover
Footballguy
From what I understand, there was a lot of fighting over this. I assume he agreed to make up the difference in money elsewhere in the divorce.
Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
After @Boston Fred's excellent dream analysis from a week or so ago....I stocked up heavily on fruits and vegetables during my recent super-market trips.
So far, so good!
These things actually rock. I really love the mixed fruit bowls. (Perhaps a Freudian perspective on my fruitiness?
)
Anyways, I am on the road to kicking @shuke the Butcher, out of my preferred "top food" spot.
However, I have recently dreamed about tangerines and peaches a bit too often,,,,especially peach fuzz....
....still a bit concerned. :(
So far, so good!
These things actually rock. I really love the mixed fruit bowls. (Perhaps a Freudian perspective on my fruitiness?
)Anyways, I am on the road to kicking @shuke the Butcher, out of my preferred "top food" spot.
However, I have recently dreamed about tangerines and peaches a bit too often,,,,especially peach fuzz....
....still a bit concerned. :(
kevzilla
Footballguy
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
"Shuke the Butcher" sounds like someone's seventh favorite AWA tomato can.
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