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[Officer Pete Malloy]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

There's a 40ish lady at work that goes there for a couple weeks a year and gives tours. She, of course, is completely insane.

I used to work with a woman who went twice a year, had a picture of her favorite hotel hung on her office wall, and "had to" get married there. Also nuts.

O/U 170lbs?

 

[Thorn]

$1400 1-year tae kwon do contract

o come on!!!

 

[General Malaise]

Yeesh, I had to add a Team Defense in one of my leagues this morning. I'm spent.

Whoa man, settle it down a little. Deep breaths. Try some hot yoga.

 

[shuke]

In the wake of all the bad news related to family members and members of this community, let me temper this by stating that I feel kinda guilty even posting about it, but I'm going to because it has had a deeper impact on me personally than I thought it would and so I'm getting it off my chest.

My neighbor Tex is over 90. He recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. His heart is failing him, he can't hear very well, he's had more things cut off his face, ear, body than Zooks has in his entire scrotum area. Guy is just a survivor and despite his ailments and advanced age, gets around okay. He still drives, which is important because a month ago, his wife fell, was taken to the hospital, caught pnemonia (sp?) and has been in a rehab facility after leaving the hospital. She had a stroke a few years ago, beat breast cancer and is the only reason Tex holds on to life and I know this because he's told me several times. He drives over to see her every day and stays by her bed 12 hours a day. He's tired. And he's incredibly lonely. He waved me over today saying "Trouble, trouble" as I ran over after loading my kids into the car, on our way to school/daycare.

"What's wrong Tex, you okay", I said as I ran across his front lawn in my loafers. "Forrest...it's Betty. I don't she's got much longer and I'm so damn tired and lonely, I don't think I can go on anymore." For the first time ever, I saw this really strong, self made man who is tougher at 90 than I'll ever be with tears in his eye. I didn't really know what to do so I hugged him and told him I'd come over later with some cigars. He used to smoke 'em outside all the time, but had to quit. He will chew them. I hope he will chew one with me later today. He is so very lonely and tired. He's not had a very easy life and he's told me all the tragedies that have befallen him. I asked him once, trying to look on the bright side and cheer him, "Yeah, but Tex...you've had a lot of good things happen too, right? I mean, if you had to do it all over again, you would do it, right?"

He told me he'd have to think long and hard on that, but honestly, I think he was telling me "No way". And that's kind of bummed me out a little, but I'm guessing at his age, after losing a grandson at 17, watching your son debilitate with MS over several decades, losing uncles, siblings, all your friends and watching your wife slowly fade away while you yourself battle all the pains and aches of aging, heart failure, cancers and the worst of it all I'm learning - horrendous loneliness - maybe the view doesn't look so rosy as it does at my age. I've never given a second thought to doing it all over again if I could.

Anyhow, I'm going to get some Dutch Masters and bang on Tex's door tonight, tomorrow, this weekend...hopefully I can catch him and at least spend some time with him. Not sure if I'm a great alternative to loneliness, but at least I'll have cigars.

You're a good friend.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

I was talking to the non-Jeopardy champions.

 

[Tiger Fan]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

You ever ventured into the Disney trip thread here? After trying to read it for 15 minutes I decided the trip would be too complicated.

Hoping to baby jesus that I never have to do this. Pretty sure my wife and her best friend want to though.

I think my best option is to just go into a AAA travel office and say, "you plan it for me".

they still have these?

 

[Abraham]

Just drove by an elementary school on west lake and the sign out front said. "Welcome Author Mike Lupica". Seemed odd.

 

[Tiger Fan]

a-$-$ is filtered? Good one, shick.

new here?

 

[Tiger Fan]

Yeesh, I had to add a Team Defense in one of my leagues this morning. I'm spent.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Just drove by an elementary school on west lake and the sign out front said. "Welcome Author Mike Lupica". Seemed odd.

He writes some good children's books. What's odd about it?

 

[kevzilla]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

14 weeks to go

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

I was talking to the non-Jeopardy champions.

That was years ago.

And it's TWO DAY JEOPARDY CHAMPION, loser.

 

[Thorn]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

There's a 40ish lady at work that goes there for a couple weeks a year and gives tours. She, of course, is completely insane.

I used to work with a woman who went twice a year, had a picture of her favorite hotel hung on her office wall, and "had to" get married there. Also nuts.

O/U 170lbs?

Actually she was reasonably fit. But she does take her dog to doggie day care. Every. Single. Day.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

I was talking to the non-Jeopardy champions.

That was years ago.

And it's TWO DAY JEOPARDY CHAMPION, loser.

Was it a decade ago?

 

[Thorn]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

I was talking to the non-Jeopardy champions.

That was years ago.

And it's TWO DAY JEOPARDY CHAMPION, loser.

Was it a decade ago?

Now THAT'S a notebook

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

I was talking to the non-Jeopardy champions.

That was years ago.

And it's TWO DAY JEOPARDY CHAMPION, loser.

Was it a decade ago?

 

[General Malaise]

Wife and I are firmly and squarely anti-Disney. I love this woman.

My sister inlaw and her husband are so anti-disney, that a couple of years ago, I heard my nieces (9 and 6 at the time) say that Disney doesn't exist and that's is just a place on TV.

Well, we're not that weird about it. We just would never spend our money going there. We're not big movie goers either, but I'm sure Disney 'makes' some of the shows my daughter watches now. But we don't have Mickey Mouse stuff or Fairy Snow Princesses or Dwarks or wizzards or Plutos. My sons bypassed it altogether and if we want to take them to an amusement park, we'll hit Cedar Point for the rides when we're in Michigan. For the cost of Disney, we could raft down the Grand Canyon as a family.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Wife and I are firmly and squarely anti-Disney. I love this woman.

My sister inlaw and her husband are so anti-disney, that a couple of years ago, I heard my nieces (9 and 6 at the time) say that Disney doesn't exist and that's is just a place on TV.

Well, we're not that weird about it. We just would never spend our money going there. We're not big movie goers either, but I'm sure Disney 'makes' some of the shows my daughter watches now. But we don't have Mickey Mouse stuff or Fairy Snow Princesses or Dwarks or wizzards or Plutos. My sons bypassed it altogether and if we want to take them to an amusement park, we'll hit Cedar Point for the rides when we're in Michigan. For the cost of Disney, we could raft down the Grand Canyon as a family.

You're saying the fancy one never wanted to dress up like Snow White?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

she does take her dog to doggie day care.

I do this.

dog walkers charge about $15 for a 30-minute walk. or I can pay $20 and the dog gets to play all day while I'm at work. no brainer.

 

[General Malaise]

Just drove by an elementary school on west lake and the sign out front said. "Welcome Author Mike Lupica". Seemed odd.

Damn! That's really cool. I would have pulled my son (Coop) out of school and asked if he could sit in on this one. He's reading two of Lupica's books now, which makes me very happy as it's been tough to get him interested in reading. His older brother is halfway through The Talisman (which I read at 15), but Coop would prefer SI Kids and comics to actual novels. Lupica's books about sports have been a godsend for us.

 

[General Malaise]

Wife and I are firmly and squarely anti-Disney. I love this woman.

My sister inlaw and her husband are so anti-disney, that a couple of years ago, I heard my nieces (9 and 6 at the time) say that Disney doesn't exist and that's is just a place on TV.

Well, we're not that weird about it. We just would never spend our money going there. We're not big movie goers either, but I'm sure Disney 'makes' some of the shows my daughter watches now. But we don't have Mickey Mouse stuff or Fairy Snow Princesses or Dwarks or wizzards or Plutos. My sons bypassed it altogether and if we want to take them to an amusement park, we'll hit Cedar Point for the rides when we're in Michigan. For the cost of Disney, we could raft down the Grand Canyon as a family.

You're saying the fancy one never wanted to dress up like Snow White?

Droopy. But just once.

 

[shuke]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

I was talking to the non-Jeopardy champions.

That was years ago.

And it's TWO DAY JEOPARDY CHAMPION, loser.

Was it a decade ago?

ool

 

[shuke]

His older brother is halfway through The Talisman (which I read at 15),

Awesome

 

[shuke]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

I was talking to the non-Jeopardy champions.

That was years ago.

And it's TWO DAY JEOPARDY CHAMPION, loser.

Was it a decade ago?

Now THAT'S a notebook

No. This is a notebook:

Also got clocked for going "Hisashi Iwakuma fastball" in Kern County, so I guess I'm helping to pay Tanner's salary at some point in the next few months.

Were you bringing the gold back to the golden empire or whatever?

 

[General Malaise]

she does take her dog to doggie day care.

I do this.

dog walkers charge about $15 for a 30-minute walk. or I can pay $20 and the dog gets to play all day while I'm at work. no brainer.

I did this with my first dog, before I had kids and back when I had boatloads of disposable money.

But after losing 2 dogs early to cancer and another to a flesh wound, I'm soured on the whole 'dog ownership' thing. :(

My wife's cat, however, is just a joy. For instance, every morning at 5am, he hand-rapes me and sticks his wet nose into my ear until I wake up and feed his lardasss. He eats, then meows lie an off-key Elton John until I let him outside just as soon as I've gotten back to bed. On a good day, he'll catch a bird, eat some of it and then vomit up it's carcass on my patio, next to the discarded portion he won't eat.

And yet every time I fantasize about an accidental drowning for this cat, I visualize Tanner and Krista glaring down at me like the two old judges from The Muppets, shaking their fingers vigorously at me like Mutumbo blocking a shot, ready to force choke me if I take one small step towards ending this precious cat's life. I hate them and the cat and dogs and Disney and getting old and mushrooms and the A's bullpen from 2004. All of it can blow me.

 

[Gadzooks]

In the wake of all the bad news related to family members and members of this community, let me temper this by stating that I feel kinda guilty even posting about it, but I'm going to because it has had a deeper impact on me personally than I thought it would and so I'm getting it off my chest.

My neighbor Tex is over 90. He recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. His heart is failing him, he can't hear very well, he's had more things cut off his face, ear, body than Zooks has in his entire scrotum area. Guy is just a survivor and despite his ailments and advanced age, gets around okay. He still drives, which is important because a month ago, his wife fell, was taken to the hospital, caught pnemonia (sp?) and has been in a rehab facility after leaving the hospital. She had a stroke a few years ago, beat breast cancer and is the only reason Tex holds on to life and I know this because he's told me several times. He drives over to see her every day and stays by her bed 12 hours a day. He's tired. And he's incredibly lonely. He waved me over today saying "Trouble, trouble" as I ran over after loading my kids into the car, on our way to school/daycare.

"What's wrong Tex, you okay", I said as I ran across his front lawn in my loafers. "Forrest...it's Betty. I don't she's got much longer and I'm so damn tired and lonely, I don't think I can go on anymore." For the first time ever, I saw this really strong, self made man who is tougher at 90 than I'll ever be with tears in his eye. I didn't really know what to do so I hugged him and told him I'd come over later with some cigars. He used to smoke 'em outside all the time, but had to quit. He will chew them. I hope he will chew one with me later today. He is so very lonely and tired. He's not had a very easy life and he's told me all the tragedies that have befallen him. I asked him once, trying to look on the bright side and cheer him, "Yeah, but Tex...you've had a lot of good things happen too, right? I mean, if you had to do it all over again, you would do it, right?"

He told me he'd have to think long and hard on that, but honestly, I think he was telling me "No way". And that's kind of bummed me out a little, but I'm guessing at his age, after losing a grandson at 17, watching your son debilitate with MS over several decades, losing uncles, siblings, all your friends and watching your wife slowly fade away while you yourself battle all the pains and aches of aging, heart failure, cancers and the worst of it all I'm learning - horrendous loneliness - maybe the view doesn't look so rosy as it does at my age. I've never given a second thought to doing it all over again if I could.

Anyhow, I'm going to get some Dutch Masters and bang on Tex's door tonight, tomorrow, this weekend...hopefully I can catch him and at least spend some time with him. Not sure if I'm a great alternative to loneliness, but at least I'll have cigars.

You're a good friend.

Forget the cigars. Go all out and share some raisins with him.

 

[General Malaise]

30 year old niece? Good lord, Vin Scully.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Might have to try and re-create Tanner's facebook profile pic.

I saw the FB pic before I read this. I thought it seemed kinda gay. I'm still not sure to be honest.

Gay is what I'm going for there.

 

[General Malaise]

In the wake of all the bad news related to family members and members of this community, let me temper this by stating that I feel kinda guilty even posting about it, but I'm going to because it has had a deeper impact on me personally than I thought it would and so I'm getting it off my chest.

My neighbor Tex is over 90. He recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. His heart is failing him, he can't hear very well, he's had more things cut off his face, ear, body than Zooks has in his entire scrotum area. Guy is just a survivor and despite his ailments and advanced age, gets around okay. He still drives, which is important because a month ago, his wife fell, was taken to the hospital, caught pnemonia (sp?) and has been in a rehab facility after leaving the hospital. She had a stroke a few years ago, beat breast cancer and is the only reason Tex holds on to life and I know this because he's told me several times. He drives over to see her every day and stays by her bed 12 hours a day. He's tired. And he's incredibly lonely. He waved me over today saying "Trouble, trouble" as I ran over after loading my kids into the car, on our way to school/daycare.

"What's wrong Tex, you okay", I said as I ran across his front lawn in my loafers. "Forrest...it's Betty. I don't she's got much longer and I'm so damn tired and lonely, I don't think I can go on anymore." For the first time ever, I saw this really strong, self made man who is tougher at 90 than I'll ever be with tears in his eye. I didn't really know what to do so I hugged him and told him I'd come over later with some cigars. He used to smoke 'em outside all the time, but had to quit. He will chew them. I hope he will chew one with me later today. He is so very lonely and tired. He's not had a very easy life and he's told me all the tragedies that have befallen him. I asked him once, trying to look on the bright side and cheer him, "Yeah, but Tex...you've had a lot of good things happen too, right? I mean, if you had to do it all over again, you would do it, right?"

He told me he'd have to think long and hard on that, but honestly, I think he was telling me "No way". And that's kind of bummed me out a little, but I'm guessing at his age, after losing a grandson at 17, watching your son debilitate with MS over several decades, losing uncles, siblings, all your friends and watching your wife slowly fade away while you yourself battle all the pains and aches of aging, heart failure, cancers and the worst of it all I'm learning - horrendous loneliness - maybe the view doesn't look so rosy as it does at my age. I've never given a second thought to doing it all over again if I could.

Anyhow, I'm going to get some Dutch Masters and bang on Tex's door tonight, tomorrow, this weekend...hopefully I can catch him and at least spend some time with him. Not sure if I'm a great alternative to loneliness, but at least I'll have cigars.

You're a good friend.

Forget the cigars. Go all out and share some raisins with him.

What is this, Christmas Day?

 

[mr roboto]

Me (calling down to electrician who just walked down into my basement): Are you going to be shutting the main breaker off to the house?

Electrician: Nope.

Me: Really?

Electrician: I'll do the work live.

Me: You sure that's safe?

<no answer>

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PFp-EyNSX1Q&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPFp-EyNSX1Q

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I feel great. Happiest I've been in years. Yesterday, during parent/teacher conferences, I had this really nutty mom just lose it. Called me unprofessional and stormed out. Just totally out of the blue.

Pretty much Jay Cutlered it 30- minutes after it happened.

I was talking to the non-Jeopardy champions.

That was years ago.

And it's TWO DAY JEOPARDY CHAMPION, loser.

Was it a decade ago?

Now THAT'S a notebook

No. This is a notebook:

Also got clocked for going "Hisashi Iwakuma fastball" in Kern County, so I guess I'm helping to pay Tanner's salary at some point in the next few months.

Were you bringing the gold back to the golden empire or whatever?

Good lord.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Also got clocked for going "Hisashi Iwakuma fastball" in Kern County, so I guess I'm helping to pay Tanner's salary at some point in the next few months.

Fine, don't stop and say "hi".

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Anyone see urbanhack? Been waiting for his review of the Miller Lite punch top can.

I don't drink miller lite

Spoiler

DIARRHEA!

but I have seen people regularly use the punch top; so they at least believe it's helping something.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

In the wake of all the bad news related to family members and members of this community, let me temper this by stating that I feel kinda guilty even posting about it, but I'm going to because it has had a deeper impact on me personally than I thought it would and so I'm getting it off my chest.

My neighbor Tex is over 90. He recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. His heart is failing him, he can't hear very well, he's had more things cut off his face, ear, body than Zooks has in his entire scrotum area. Guy is just a survivor and despite his ailments and advanced age, gets around okay. He still drives, which is important because a month ago, his wife fell, was taken to the hospital, caught pnemonia (sp?) and has been in a rehab facility after leaving the hospital. She had a stroke a few years ago, beat breast cancer and is the only reason Tex holds on to life and I know this because he's told me several times. He drives over to see her every day and stays by her bed 12 hours a day. He's tired. And he's incredibly lonely. He waved me over today saying "Trouble, trouble" as I ran over after loading my kids into the car, on our way to school/daycare.

"What's wrong Tex, you okay", I said as I ran across his front lawn in my loafers. "Forrest...it's Betty. I don't she's got much longer and I'm so damn tired and lonely, I don't think I can go on anymore." For the first time ever, I saw this really strong, self made man who is tougher at 90 than I'll ever be with tears in his eye. I didn't really know what to do so I hugged him and told him I'd come over later with some cigars. He used to smoke 'em outside all the time, but had to quit. He will chew them. I hope he will chew one with me later today. He is so very lonely and tired. He's not had a very easy life and he's told me all the tragedies that have befallen him. I asked him once, trying to look on the bright side and cheer him, "Yeah, but Tex...you've had a lot of good things happen too, right? I mean, if you had to do it all over again, you would do it, right?"

He told me he'd have to think long and hard on that, but honestly, I think he was telling me "No way". And that's kind of bummed me out a little, but I'm guessing at his age, after losing a grandson at 17, watching your son debilitate with MS over several decades, losing uncles, siblings, all your friends and watching your wife slowly fade away while you yourself battle all the pains and aches of aging, heart failure, cancers and the worst of it all I'm learning - horrendous loneliness - maybe the view doesn't look so rosy as it does at my age. I've never given a second thought to doing it all over again if I could.

Anyhow, I'm going to get some Dutch Masters and bang on Tex's door tonight, tomorrow, this weekend...hopefully I can catch him and at least spend some time with him. Not sure if I'm a great alternative to loneliness, but at least I'll have cigars.

Hey, maybe toss a box of raisins his way too.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I skimmed this so I read "we all should go to Vegas".

IN

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

You ever ventured into the Disney trip thread here? After trying to read it for 15 minutes I decided the trip would be too complicated.

Hoping to baby jesus that I never have to do this. Pretty sure my wife and her best friend want to though.

I think my best option is to just go into a AAA travel office and say, "you plan it for me".

they still have these?

Our company uses Carlson Wagonlit Travel. I think these travel agencies only exist to help businesses at this point.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Anyone else getting the feeling that life is meaningless and we should all just drink a collective batch of Kool-Aid right now?

I totally would, except I'd miss out on next year's Vegas trip.

I skimmed this so I read "we all should go to Vegas".

IN

Probably a more reasonable solution.

When are we going?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

In the wake of all the bad news related to family members and members of this community, let me temper this by stating that I feel kinda guilty even posting about it, but I'm going to because it has had a deeper impact on me personally than I thought it would and so I'm getting it off my chest.

My neighbor Tex is over 90. He recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. His heart is failing him, he can't hear very well, he's had more things cut off his face, ear, body than Zooks has in his entire scrotum area. Guy is just a survivor and despite his ailments and advanced age, gets around okay. He still drives, which is important because a month ago, his wife fell, was taken to the hospital, caught pnemonia (sp?) and has been in a rehab facility after leaving the hospital. She had a stroke a few years ago, beat breast cancer and is the only reason Tex holds on to life and I know this because he's told me several times. He drives over to see her every day and stays by her bed 12 hours a day. He's tired. And he's incredibly lonely. He waved me over today saying "Trouble, trouble" as I ran over after loading my kids into the car, on our way to school/daycare.

"What's wrong Tex, you okay", I said as I ran across his front lawn in my loafers. "Forrest...it's Betty. I don't she's got much longer and I'm so damn tired and lonely, I don't think I can go on anymore." For the first time ever, I saw this really strong, self made man who is tougher at 90 than I'll ever be with tears in his eye. I didn't really know what to do so I hugged him and told him I'd come over later with some cigars. He used to smoke 'em outside all the time, but had to quit. He will chew them. I hope he will chew one with me later today. He is so very lonely and tired. He's not had a very easy life and he's told me all the tragedies that have befallen him. I asked him once, trying to look on the bright side and cheer him, "Yeah, but Tex...you've had a lot of good things happen too, right? I mean, if you had to do it all over again, you would do it, right?"

He told me he'd have to think long and hard on that, but honestly, I think he was telling me "No way". And that's kind of bummed me out a little, but I'm guessing at his age, after losing a grandson at 17, watching your son debilitate with MS over several decades, losing uncles, siblings, all your friends and watching your wife slowly fade away while you yourself battle all the pains and aches of aging, heart failure, cancers and the worst of it all I'm learning - horrendous loneliness - maybe the view doesn't look so rosy as it does at my age. I've never given a second thought to doing it all over again if I could.

Anyhow, I'm going to get some Dutch Masters and bang on Tex's door tonight, tomorrow, this weekend...hopefully I can catch him and at least spend some time with him. Not sure if I'm a great alternative to loneliness, but at least I'll have cigars.

You're a good friend.

Forget the cigars. Go all out and share some raisins with him.

Dammit.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

GPJ: Since you're already in Cali planning a trip to Disneyland can be a pretty easy DIY thing. No need for any or much outside help. The hardest part will be finding just the right hotel. I know there are packages etc out there but you can probably find lodging and tickets on your own.

 

[Abraham]

Details are unimportant. Just

 

[shuke]

Anyone see urbanhack? Been waiting for his review of the Miller Lite punch top can.

I don't drink miller lite

Spoiler

DIARRHEA!

Spoiler

but I have seen people regularly use the punch top; so they at least believe it's helping something.

When I used to be a beer vendor I would punch the side opposite the flip-tab with one of these in order to decrease my pour time. I just don't get the need for it on a regular can of beer you're drinking.

Miller Lite kills me with their gimmicks.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

MillerCoors, last year, introduced punch-top Miller Lite beer cans that require the drinker to pull the tab, then punch a second hole it the can's top, resulting in smoother pours. Ingenious, right? But punching a second hole into beer can lids is hardly revolutionary.

From 1935 until the pull-tab beer can was invented in 1962, beer came in flat-top or cone-top cans. Flat tops required a can opener to open. When doing so, many opted to punch one large hole for pouring, and a second to allow air to get in.

TV ads for “Silver Bullet” cans this year boast “double-vented wide-mouth” technology, featuring scientists in lab coats who explain how it works, as if we needed to know.

To learn more about why extra beer can holes make a difference, University at Buffalo professor and physics department chair Huong Luo - a scientist by trade –talked about the space in a hole unoccupied by liquid as it pours from a hole. Air is sucked into that space.

“There’s a counter flow; as liquid comes out and air goes in,” Luo said. “The air is also responsible for the noise you hear, like a gurgling, when a liquid is poured.”

The extra hole, he said, prevents the counter flow and makes for a smooth pour.

“It’s a continuous, smooth flow,” Luo said.

This is also why on gasoline cans, there’s a small vent which, when open, lets air in. It helps control the pour and results in less gas splashing around.

Although Luo didn’t conduct his own beer-pouring experiment, he said a second beer can hole should result in a smoother pour. It also may mean less foam and a smaller head on the beer, which puzzles him.

“You may have less foam, but I thought that’s what people enjoy having,” he said. Now there’s a thought: Do people want heads on their beer or not?

Give it time.

Instructions from MillerCoors are probably on their way any minute now.

 

[shuke]

Details are unimportant. Just

Your fault for offering to deliver something you're selling. Some lady sent me about 6 emails last week trying to convince me how easy it would be for me to meet her for something I have listed for $10. I basically told her to #### off.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Anyone see urbanhack? Been waiting for his review of the Miller Lite punch top can.

I don't drink miller lite

Spoiler

DIARRHEA!

Spoiler

but I have seen people regularly use the punch top; so they at least believe it's helping something.

Spoiler

When I used to be a beer vendor I would punch the side opposite the flip-tab with one of these in order to decrease my pour time. I just don't get the need for it on a regular can of beer you're drinking.

Miller Lite kills me with their gimmicks.

Yeah, that actually makes sense (the beer vendor usage). I've seen that.

 

[shuke]

Man, this is like the good old days. Posting here all day and not get ####ting done. I feel so alive!

 

[Scoresman]

GPJ: Since you're already in Cali planning a trip to Disneyland can be a pretty easy DIY thing. No need for any or much outside help. The hardest part will be finding just the right hotel. I know there are packages etc out there but you can probably find lodging and tickets on your own.

Hotels are key. The best option is the Grand Californian. The hotel literally sits in one of the theme parks so no need for annoying shuttles. The obvious bad news about this option is the price.

When picking a hotel seriously think about staying in one within walking distance. Imagine waiting 20-30 minutes for a shuttle back to your hotel with kids who are overtired and crying after a full day in Disney. Being on a hotel shuttle schedule sucks balls.

There are 2-3 "bargain" hotels that are decent and also happen to be right across the street from Disney. One of them is called the Carousel Inn, don't know the other's names.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Details are unimportant. Just

Your fault for offering to deliver something you're selling. Some lady sent me about 6 emails last week trying to convince me how easy it would be for me to meet her for something I have listed for $10. I basically told her to #### off.

Abe probably had to stop for gas on the way there and then again on the way home

 

[Hawks64]

In the wake of all the bad news related to family members and members of this community, let me temper this by stating that I feel kinda guilty even posting about it, but I'm going to because it has had a deeper impact on me personally than I thought it would and so I'm getting it off my chest.

My neighbor Tex is over 90. He recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. His heart is failing him, he can't hear very well, he's had more things cut off his face, ear, body than Zooks has in his entire scrotum area. Guy is just a survivor and despite his ailments and advanced age, gets around okay. He still drives, which is important because a month ago, his wife fell, was taken to the hospital, caught pnemonia (sp?) and has been in a rehab facility after leaving the hospital. She had a stroke a few years ago, beat breast cancer and is the only reason Tex holds on to life and I know this because he's told me several times. He drives over to see her every day and stays by her bed 12 hours a day. He's tired. And he's incredibly lonely. He waved me over today saying "Trouble, trouble" as I ran over after loading my kids into the car, on our way to school/daycare.

"What's wrong Tex, you okay", I said as I ran across his front lawn in my loafers. "Forrest...it's Betty. I don't she's got much longer and I'm so damn tired and lonely, I don't think I can go on anymore." For the first time ever, I saw this really strong, self made man who is tougher at 90 than I'll ever be with tears in his eye. I didn't really know what to do so I hugged him and told him I'd come over later with some cigars. He used to smoke 'em outside all the time, but had to quit. He will chew them. I hope he will chew one with me later today. He is so very lonely and tired. He's not had a very easy life and he's told me all the tragedies that have befallen him. I asked him once, trying to look on the bright side and cheer him, "Yeah, but Tex...you've had a lot of good things happen too, right? I mean, if you had to do it all over again, you would do it, right?"

He told me he'd have to think long and hard on that, but honestly, I think he was telling me "No way". And that's kind of bummed me out a little, but I'm guessing at his age, after losing a grandson at 17, watching your son debilitate with MS over several decades, losing uncles, siblings, all your friends and watching your wife slowly fade away while you yourself battle all the pains and aches of aging, heart failure, cancers and the worst of it all I'm learning - horrendous loneliness - maybe the view doesn't look so rosy as it does at my age. I've never given a second thought to doing it all over again if I could.

Anyhow, I'm going to get some Dutch Masters and bang on Tex's door tonight, tomorrow, this weekend...hopefully I can catch him and at least spend some time with him. Not sure if I'm a great alternative to loneliness, but at least I'll have cigars.

You're a good friend.

GM is just a flat out great human being.