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'General Malaise said:
I've given this a good 10 minutes of my time today. 8 of those minutes have been commercials. Neat sport.
This would be an improvement over NFL.
I'd be willing to back test this.
About 15 minutes of a typical 3-hour NFL game is live action. A few years ago someone put a Super Bowl on YouTube that was condensed in this manner. It was awesome to watch. Of course, the non-action time isn't necessarily commercial time. But neither is really useful. Watching a commercial for Ameritrade and listening to that jackass Collinsworth blather on about something are about the same in my book.Don't get me wrong, NASCAR is still for dopes. I'm really hoping that stryker mi#### a "0" after "$8" earlier.
I did.I think?
 
Oh, and my buddy is OK. We hung out again tonight and all is (reasonably) well.Seriously though, our other buddy was cras=ing on suicideguy's couch Friday night and happened to wake up in time to catch him friggin hanging himself. Imagine waking up in a drunken stupor to your friend pulling a Brooks ten feet away from you.Crazy ####.

 
'General Malaise said:
'T Bell said:
'General Malaise said:
Ugh. My wife's entire family was in town from Michigan for the past week. Everything was going great. Until this morning. That is when our typically affable, easy going, laid back family dog snapped and bit my 2 year old nephew on the back of his ear. Drew blood. ####. Just....####. Thankfully, he just grazed him, but it was horrible and it has been a nightmare of a day. The boys (who love this dog) have been a wreck as they know we have to get rid of the dog. He's too much of a liability with our 7 month old daughter, not to mention the parade of neighborhood kids who come in and out of our house.

My ex-wife has agreed to let him stay with her for now, but who knows if it will be permanent. It was her dog, but she left him with us when we moved into the house. I have never had any worries about him biting my sons and she doesn't have company over very often, so maybe this will work. The thought of taking him to the pound breaks my heart.

Am I doing the right thing? I can't justify keeping this dog after today. Man, I'm a mess. :(
If a dog bites a kid on the face, that's a deal breaker. It just can't happen. What led up to the incident? Was it seemingly out of the blue, or was the kid messing with it in some unreasonable way, e.g. while it was eating or poking it in the eye or something?
Nothing that we can put our finger on. He wasn't eating, the kid wasn't provoking him, he just got up into his personal space and BAM. The dog just snapped and bit him. I was right there, so I grabbed the child immediately, then took the dog outside. He knew he was in trouble. Hid behind a bush.When we first moved in, he growled and snapped at a child during a party, but he didn't bite. We kept an eye on it and had not seen ANYTHING in months that would indicate he was going to actually bite. My ex-wife says he never demonstrated any behavior like that when she owned him, but she didn't get him as a puppy. He was a rescue dog, so who knows what his puppy life was like.

Yeah, bite to the head is a deal breaker. God this sucks. I really like this dog. But if he does it again, I'll hate myself. He's very protective of my wife the baby and the boys. I don't know...if I take him to the pound, he's a goner. He looks like Winston Churchill. Nobody will adopt him. I wish Homer was here to hold me.
I would hold you so good, baby. :wub:
 
'St. Louis Bob said:
'Abraham said:
St. Louis suburban Cub Scout uprising. Film at 11
I could have pus-ed out and said something to my neighbor, that's the troop leader but I went to the head honcho, MC Creepy Dude. I considered tapping him on the shoulder and doing a "come with me, we need to talk" but decided against it. I was boiling mad, probably more so than I should have been. The problem is when Cal doesn't eat his conditions really come out and he is unruly and that's what started to happen. Probably why I was even more angry. So I took a more diplomatic approach. I shook his hand, told him thanks for everything but in the future, the kids need to eat first. I said I'll go last at every one of these things, I don't care, the kids however, this is for them right? The kids need to eat first. I think he picked up that I was VERY serious about this because he looked a little scared. One of the other parents, whom I never met before, over heard me and agreed with me. He finally managed to muster "that's a good idea, it's their big night". :mellow:
'General Malaise said:
'St. Louis Bob said:
So once again we are last to get food. As we are waiting in line,we are informed they have run out. Dont worry, every single Scout leader had his fill. As they made the anouncement,one of them looks at his empty plate, puts his hands on his belky and says "well Im full". It took everything I had to not punch the fat #### in the back of the head. So my boys had plain white bread for dinner. Not even buttered.
What kind of food did you not get to eat?
Mostacholi, Cavatelli, Pasta Con Broccoli, Toasted Ravioli, boneless chicken wings & butter Italian bread.To be fair, I know that #### happens, this wasn't planned. The Scout Leader from the other troop acting all like "#### them, I got my food" really set me off. I'm not kidding, my rage meter was at a 9. Lucky for him I can control myself.They did go out and got another pan of Mostacholi, which Cal freaking devoured, so that was good.
This is literally the first time I've ever heard anyone outside of Northeast Ohio mention cavatelli.I love you.
 
'General Malaise said:
'St. Louis Bob said:
It was also pretty hilarious (really sad) at the beginning of the event. The guy in charge of fund raising, somebody sent in from HQ I guess, starts his spiel by saying "Now I don't want you to get worried, you probably noticed my uniform is a different color than the rest of the troop leaders. That's just because of my rank."

Oh alright dude. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
:lmao: Can you imagine the comedic potential of me, you, Tanner, Cos, Shuke and more as troop leaders running this little Jamboree thing?

"Okay, troops. After breakfast, General Malaise will teach you some important knots, like the square and the shoe-tier. St. Louis Bob will lead a discussion about how to trap poisonous snakes in a bag. Cosjobs will be teaching the art of making the perfect S'More. Tanner's got disc golf lessons at 13:00 and Shuke is going to read out loud from his latest novel before supper."
So you're concocting a hypothetical creww of GMTANers as Scout Leaders and I don't even make the cut? Seriously?I mean, there isn't a "Do any of you have younger sisters?" joke in there somewhere?

There are so many options here. Flysack's conference entitled "Books that weigh more than you." Uruk and Krista could host an interactive course on spotting the differences betweeen human trafficking and just some neighbor's hot daughters. Tanner's "alternative history" shtick could be epic...a symposium on how JFK's legacy was ruined by the League of Nations. My god, manb, the possibilities are endless.

 
'General Malaise said:
'St. Louis Bob said:
It was also pretty hilarious (really sad) at the beginning of the event. The guy in charge of fund raising, somebody sent in from HQ I guess, starts his spiel by saying "Now I don't want you to get worried, you probably noticed my uniform is a different color than the rest of the troop leaders. That's just because of my rank."

Oh alright dude. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
:lmao: Can you imagine the comedic potential of me, you, Tanner, Cos, Shuke and more as troop leaders running this little Jamboree thing?

"Okay, troops. After breakfast, General Malaise will teach you some important knots, like the square and the shoe-tier. St. Louis Bob will lead a discussion about how to trap poisonous snakes in a bag. Cosjobs will be teaching the art of making the perfect S'More. Tanner's got disc golf lessons at 13:00 and Shuke is going to read out loud from his latest novel before supper."
So you're concocting a hypothetical creww of GMTANers as Scout Leaders and I don't even make the cut? Seriously?I mean, there isn't a "Do any of you have younger sisters?" joke in there somewhere?

There are so many options here. Flysack's conference entitled "Books that weigh more than you." Uruk and Krista could host an interactive course on spotting the differences betweeen human trafficking and just some neighbor's hot daughters. Tanner's "alternative history" shtick could be epic...a symposium on how JFK's legacy was ruined by the League of Nations. My god, manb, the possibilities are endless.
This should be it's own thread.
 
FYI I have seven more pages to get through. You morningguys are soooooo lucky to get the glory of stupid drunken Homer, younhave no idea.And btw, in the whole "personal accomplishment" category, I worked friday night covering for a vacationing co-wroker and I did not even get drunk! I did a few shots with the peoples, but that was it. I was very proud of myself. :bowtie:But I made up for it by drinking like a viking til 7am Saturday night. I love my life at this point, I really do. :thumbup: :thumbup:

 
'cosjobs said:
True story- When I was bout 2-3 years old our family dog bit me and then died.Dad knew the dog had to be tested for rabies, so he called a buddy who owned a grocery store to see if he could use his walk-in refrigerator to keep the dog corpse in overnight..Dad - Our dog just bit my son and he died. Can I keep him in your refrigerator tonight?Supermarket owner - :jawdrop: - Chester, shouldn't the boy go to the funeral home?THese were teh olden days and it took 10 days to get the dog to Austin to be tested and I had to undergo the rabies stomach shots until we got the all clear.
BTW, I love Chester.He and I totally hung out on Monday after coshole.
 
'Frostillicus said:
'strykerpks said:
'Frostillicus said:
Neither of the leads in Coyote Ugly ended up being big stars.
Piper Peraboo was pretty good in Looper
Haven't seen taht one yet, but I have it sitting over here.Stryker have I ever sent you a movie box? Want some? Like Game of Thrones?
Hi Frosty, I love you. I really do.And if a boks of BluRays finds it's way to 12 Harbor Street, East Hampton NY 11937, I would love you even a little bit more. :wub:BTW, the last batch back in June was so perfectly timed, I would totally NOT do your wife right in front of you.
 
Morning Hipple :coffee:

'flysack said:
'Abraham said:
Ratings are going to be huge with Danica running up front all day. Good race overall.
Looker der! Dat average look'n white gal done gone almost won!
Has she ever finished higher in NASCAR than she has on the offdee scale?
Yep. Already covered this in the Danica Patrick thread.
I"m a bit behind so I'll sum up:

I understand the Nascar hate but it's not that bad. Rednecks know how to have fun. We bought tickets for a Milwaukee race for my FIL who is both a redneck and a Nascar fan. I think it was like $80 apiece and that was a Friday night (truck) race and a Saturday (Nationwide) race. It rained out on Friday so everything was rescheduled on Saturday. They put a pretty decent spread of attractions and shops and the like. The people watching was almost worth the price alone. And those things are LOUD! We live about 5 miles from the track and we can hear them at the house with a west wind. It's pretty intense though when you're there they roll by at 180mph.

I don't understand the "sport" much but I had a good time at the race. We had headsets so we could listen to the crews. We did lots of gambling on cars, side bets on pit stops and of course lots of drinking.
Rednecks are easy to make fun of (which is why I do it), but I've found most nowadays are good, non-racist simple folk who like cars & trucks, fishing, getting drunk, and yelling. One of my best friends is northern redneck who's into horses (not that way), ####ty beer, and bourbon. He may not be the most sophisticated fellow, but he has a heart of gold and knows how to have a good time. I'd run through a wall for the guy. I think NSACAR is the redneck version of going to the track. There's no "real" betting going on because fans are usually too poor and/or interested in getting plastered. But it's the same thing, only faster and louder. The problem is NASCAR gets put on TV and it's boring as hell to watch televised. The only time they put horses on TV is at OTB and the betting imp keeps you riveted to the screen.

Fern Gully is the right answer here.
Here you go: My link
:lmao: That story is more ripped than the Illiad. Seriously though, even the great authors did this all the time. We ##### and complain about Hollywood's "lack of ideas" and "rehashing," but writers & publishers having been doing this since the classical era. It's just highlighted more because of technology: Hollywood remakes Spiderman every 5 years and makes sure even caterpillars in Uganda know about it. Shakespeare ripped off Latin stories 1500 years after the original, so only a handful of people knew - and they were mostly other writers doing the same thing.

 
Love my mom and dad.

They're getting up there so they don't make much of an effort. Yesterday, my wife worked the circus so it was me and the boy from 8-4. I called them up to hang out. Of course mom wants Charles to come by. I could DIAF, but bring the grandson. I got there and they had computer problems. Mom with a new laptop and dad with a new desktop. Spent 4 hours getting their laptop and desktop to talk to each other on "homegroup" that my dad insisted on using. He also transferred his turbotax from his old PC but never transferred the actual files. I had to explain to him that he had to transfer the .tax files as well. Took a while to find it but got it hooked up. He told me I saved him a bunch of money just by doing that so I moved up in the will :lol:

They also just got a Blu Ray player. Their DVD player had played about 4 total DVDs in the past 7 years, and those were movies for the grandkids. My dad said to me a month ago, "Well, I probably should look at surround sound now too huh? The sound is supposed to be incredible"

I told him I had a receiver laying around that he could use. Then I asked him yesterday if he was serious about it and he said yes. But his tune changed. He said that they watch a lot of British shows on PBS that just weren't loud enough and he hoped the surround sound could help them out :lmao:

So I took the receiver over there today and now my dad is drilling holes in their floor to fish the speaker wire through their basement while my mom is cringing every time the drill starts. "Another hole, Michael?!?!11?" I eventually got it hooked up and I played the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan and their jaws were on the floor.

"We never have to go to the theater ever again!" my mom exclaimed. "Ruth, we haven't gone to a movie since 1998" my dad rebutted.

I love my parents.
Am I your dad? :unsure: I would totally get along with these two. I don't have surround sound either. Maybe I'll look into it when I get netflix.
:goodposting:
 
'General Malaise said:
I've given this a good 10 minutes of my time today. 8 of those minutes have been commercials. Neat sport.
This would be an improvement over NFL.
I'd be willing to back test this.
About 15 minutes of a typical 3-hour NFL game is live action. A few years ago someone put a Super Bowl on YouTube that was condensed in this manner. It was awesome to watch. Of course, the non-action time isn't necessarily commercial time. But neither is really useful. Watching a commercial for Ameritrade and listening to that jackass Collinsworth blather on about something are about the same in my book.Don't get me wrong, NASCAR is still for dopes.
When I saw the video of the injured fans in the stands at Daytona, I imagined some of them yelling "Is there a doctor here?"With the answer being: No, of course not.
 
Love my mom and dad. They're getting up there so they don't make much of an effort. Yesterday, my wife worked the circus so it was me and the boy from 8-4. I called them up to hang out. Of course mom wants Charles to come by. I could DIAF, but bring the grandson. I got there and they had computer problems. Mom with a new laptop and dad with a new desktop. Spent 4 hours getting their laptop and desktop to talk to each other on "homegroup" that my dad insisted on using. He also transferred his turbotax from his old PC but never transferred the actual files. I had to explain to him that he had to transfer the .tax files as well. Took a while to find it but got it hooked up. He told me I saved him a bunch of money just by doing that so I moved up in the will :lol:They also just got a Blu Ray player. Their DVD player had played about 4 total DVDs in the past 7 years, and those were movies for the grandkids. My dad said to me a month ago, "Well, I probably should look at surround sound now too huh? The sound is supposed to be incredible" I told him I had a receiver laying around that he could use. Then I asked him yesterday if he was serious about it and he said yes. But his tune changed. He said that they watch a lot of British shows on PBS that just weren't loud enough and he hoped the surround sound could help them out :lmao:So I took the receiver over there today and now my dad is drilling holes in their floor to fish the speaker wire through their basement while my mom is cringing every time the drill starts. "Another hole, Michael?!?!11?" I eventually got it hooked up and I played the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan and their jaws were on the floor. "We never have to go to the theater ever again!" my mom exclaimed. "Ruth, we haven't gone to a movie since 1998" my dad rebutted.I love my parents.
:lmao:
This is literally the first time I've ever heard anyone outside of Northeast Ohio mention cavatelli.I love you.
I didn't realize it was a regional thing until spell check showed it as a GMspelled word. Love me some good Cavatelli.
 
Ugh, I'm fighting a painful sinus infection here. I get them at least once every winter. Last winter I went to my doctor begging for antibiotics but he refused to write a script, saying it's better for my body to just fight them off naturally, as while antibiotics will speed up the healing process, they're also creating stronger, more resistant viruses.

"Better?" I wanted to say. "Better for who? Me? No. Humanity, ok. The future, ok. But not me. #### the world, you self-righteous *******; give me my drugs!@#"

But I just said, "ok" and suffered an extra couple weeks.

< -- biological martyr. <_<

 
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I have to go to Denver for company meetings, and part of the itinerary is bowling tomorrow night. As an added bonus, for some reason they want us to wear our favorite jersey. I thought about wearing my Browns jersey, but I'm afraid someone would steal my ball and shoes, and bowl a 300. Think I'll stick to the Buckeyes.

 
One of my wife's best friends revealed this morning - via text - that she is pregnant with her boyfriend (3 years) baby and has moved in with him in north San Antonio. ...leaving behind her husband of 13 years and two adopted kids in Houston. :mellow:
Tell her to start a thread in the FFA :popcorn:
Lucky *******. (The husband, not the boyfriend).
This. The chick is perhaps the most vain, narcissistic, annoying person I have ever met. She was walked all over the husband for years. He is a nice guy but thinks he will die alone if she leaves. Chick is not attractive. Has a nice body for a 30 year old but an ugly-stick face and awful personality. She started cheating on him 4 years ago, brought home an std 18 months ago (from a different guy) and has been carrying on with the baby daddy for 3 years. They had a "wedding vow renewal" ceremony last summer which was basically a celebration of the girl as a wife (cheating and whoring part left out) that was the most uncomfortable event I've ever attended. So, good for the husband that he doesn't have to deal with her #### anymore.
"One of my wife's best friends". :thumbup:
 
Love my mom and dad. They're getting up there so they don't make much of an effort. Yesterday, my wife worked the circus so it was me and the boy from 8-4. I called them up to hang out. Of course mom wants Charles to come by. I could DIAF, but bring the grandson. I got there and they had computer problems. Mom with a new laptop and dad with a new desktop. Spent 4 hours getting their laptop and desktop to talk to each other on "homegroup" that my dad insisted on using. He also transferred his turbotax from his old PC but never transferred the actual files. I had to explain to him that he had to transfer the .tax files as well. Took a while to find it but got it hooked up. He told me I saved him a bunch of money just by doing that so I moved up in the will :lol:They also just got a Blu Ray player. Their DVD player had played about 4 total DVDs in the past 7 years, and those were movies for the grandkids. My dad said to me a month ago, "Well, I probably should look at surround sound now too huh? The sound is supposed to be incredible" I told him I had a receiver laying around that he could use. Then I asked him yesterday if he was serious about it and he said yes. But his tune changed. He said that they watch a lot of British shows on PBS that just weren't loud enough and he hoped the surround sound could help them out :lmao:So I took the receiver over there today and now my dad is drilling holes in their floor to fish the speaker wire through their basement while my mom is cringing every time the drill starts. "Another hole, Michael?!?!11?" I eventually got it hooked up and I played the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan and their jaws were on the floor. "We never have to go to the theater ever again!" my mom exclaimed. "Ruth, we haven't gone to a movie since 1998" my dad rebutted.I love my parents.
Sending friend requests to both of your parents. And possibly to your circus-wife (btw, she just moved ahead of Romo on my list of GMTAN wives)
 
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'General Malaise said:
I've given this a good 10 minutes of my time today. 8 of those minutes have been commercials. Neat sport.
This would be an improvement over NFL.
I'd be willing to back test this.
About 15 minutes of a typical 3-hour NFL game is live action. A few years ago someone put a Super Bowl on YouTube that was condensed in this manner. It was awesome to watch. Of course, the non-action time isn't necessarily commercial time. But neither is really useful. Watching a commercial for Ameritrade and listening to that jackass Collinsworth blather on about something are about the same in my book.Don't get me wrong, NASCAR is still for dopes.
When I saw the video of the injured fans in the stands at Daytona, I imagined some of them yelling "Is there a doctor here?"With the answer being: No, of course not.
:lmao:
 
I have to go to Denver for company meetings, and part of the itinerary is bowling tomorrow night. As an added bonus, for some reason they want us to wear our favorite jersey. I thought about wearing my Browns jersey, but I'm afraid someone would steal my ball and shoes, and bowl a 300. Think I'll stick to the Buckeyes.
Tell me they were cool enough to go to an institution like Elitch Lanes and not the Lucky Strike downtown.
 
Stryker, your parents are adorable. They sound very similar to mine, including the techno-bafflement and the BritTV on PBS, which we watch with them. Great stuff.

 
He actually hit quads (Ks, Js) in two hands, but he played super tight (first time at this game) and he actually did kind of treat it like a job (his words). His feeling is that there is more to be made at that game, especially since the host has open bar, etc, and he's not one for excessive booze or coke.
How much coke is considered excessive?
 
He actually hit quads (Ks, Js) in two hands, but he played super tight (first time at this game) and he actually did kind of treat it like a job (his words). His feeling is that there is more to be made at that game, especially since the host has open bar, etc, and he's not one for excessive booze or coke.
How much coke is considered excessive?
Speaking of Gone Baby Gone...Patrick Kenzie: She use drugs?Lionel McCready: I think she does a little coke.Patrick Kenzie: How much is a little?Lionel McCready: I don't know. Few times a week, maybe. I mean how much is a lot?Patrick Kenzie: Few times a week's a lot.
 

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