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[Tiger Fan]

Partied my ### off in college and still did well.

 

[General Malaise]

Reason #27 Why it's pretty fun to have teenage sons.18 Y.O Steinson: (reading something online): Hey, 'don't ask, don't tell' was repealed.Me: That's great. You going to see your recruiter Monday?18 Y.O. Steinson: :finger:

 

[General Malaise]

BTW I asked the Sbarro guy about their stuffed pizza and he said it was one pizza on top of another.

Shuke: SUCK IT!!!!!11

 

[General Malaise]

Went to a friend's house this morning for a "make your own hot cakes" breakfast party, complete with mimosas and breakfast burritos. Fantastic little gathering and about an hour in, Santa and Mrs. Clause came by. Kids really enjoyed that. He stayed for about an hour, had his wife read "Night Before Xmas", had each kid on his lap. Very cool.

Total cost for Santa? $150. They called like 5 Santas before finding this one. They get booked up early. This is the way to do it in the future, Bob and friends.

I avoid malls at all costs. I'd rather go to a gay bar wearing a speedo than a mall around xmas.

 

[General Malaise]

Partied my ### off in college and still did well.

Me too, GB. Course, I majored in history, which required minimal effort. Going to a small school that took attendance was good for me. All I had to do was show up to class, pretend to care and I'd get a B.

 

[the rover]

It took me several posts to figure out that "learning Greek" wasn't a double-entendre.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Reason #27 Why it's pretty fun to have teenage sons.18 Y.O Steinson: (reading something online): Hey, 'don't ask, don't tell' was repealed.Me: That's great. You going to see your recruiter Monday?18 Y.O. Steinson: :finger:

 

[St. Louis Bob]

It took me several posts to figure out that "learning Greek" wasn't a double-entendre.

It isn't?

 

[mr. furley]

Reason #27 Why it's pretty fun to have teenage sons.18 Y.O Steinson: (reading something online): Hey, 'don't ask, don't tell' was repealed.Me: That's great. You going to see your recruiter Monday?18 Y.O. Steinson: :finger:

 

[Early_10]

So at the company secret Santa I got a gift certificate to a "salon and lounge for men." Listen, just because I can dress myself, cook for myself, and am unmarried, does not mean that I want to go get a ####### manicure or a 39 dollar "cut, luxury shampoo, stress relief, aroma therapy towel wrap (whatever the #### that is) and style."

And note to my young hipster dufus co-worker whose sexuality I question - the fact that they "let you bring your own beer" doesn't change the ### #### analysis. When I go to get a haircut, I want to go in, get my hair cut, and get out. When I want to hang out and drink, I go where men actually do that - a bar.

Regift to Otis?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Cry me a ####### river. I made a 1400+ on my SAT and ended the first semester with an 0.7 and first year with a 1.2. I got hammered at the golf course instead of showing up for my precalculus final for the first semester since it would have taken a grade of 100+ on the final to get a D. At the end of the first year, the dean of the computer science department told me that I was wasting my time and theirs by being in school at the University of Texas. The hardest part was probably the fact that I was 1992's recipient of the "presidential" scholarship from my dad's company which meant that at the end of every semester, his coworkers would all ask how I was doing. I received a letter from the Ex-Students Association asking me to join before I got my grades the second semester.Made it back to Texas two more times in the 90s, but flunked out after a semester both times because of the good times. Ended up going to most of the universities in central Texas at some point. One of these days, I'll finish the last four classes online somewhere.

I wasn't looking for sympathy. Bob asked so I told the story.

Yeah. Not sure what the point of the opening line was there. My bad. I was on a roll.

No worries. Sounds like we were both screwups in college

Wait for my story. I can't even tell some of it.

I screwed off the first two years of high school. I know I documented some that here with the track etc. Things just kind of clicked junior year and I finished strong. However I think the only home work I ever did in those 4 years was reading for English & History because I enjoyed that. I just copied the home work from some girl the next day for everything else.Took the ACT once (1988) and got a 21. I was going to SMSU, now Missouri State, and you only needed an 18 to get in. I was hungover too when I took it. Well, the rest is a pretty sordid tale that I can't post here. Not too many people know about it and I keep it close to the vest but I would tell some of you in person. Let's just say I really liked making money. I got to meet with the Dean my second semester. We caught some guys cheating at poker.I only went 2 years but I got good grades and only took one BS class, Military Science. I think my cumulative was 3.2.Went home found a job at Dollar General, another funny story I'm pretty sure I've posted a couple of times. Then my Dad bought me and I started in the wonderful world of office supplies. I continued to go to school at night for a couple of years at a local community college because there was still stuff I know I needed to learn. About that time I was making good money for awhile and things looked nothing but up. So that was it for school for me. Good riddance.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Went to a friend's house this morning for a "make your own hot cakes" breakfast party, complete with mimosas and breakfast burritos. Fantastic little gathering and about an hour in, Santa and Mrs. Clause came by. Kids really enjoyed that. He stayed for about an hour, had his wife read "Night Before Xmas", had each kid on his lap. Very cool.Total cost for Santa? $150. They called like 5 Santas before finding this one. They get booked up early. This is the way to do it in the future, Bob and friends. I avoid malls at all costs. I'd rather go to a gay bar wearing a speedo than a mall around xmas.

This is genius. How much did you charge the other kids to come over?Aaron, please set this post to autobump 10/1/11.

 

[RudiStein]

My college career is a complete goatbang of laziness, fail, and more fail. I don't even remember how many times I started Jr. college and then quit. My transcripts look like 40 miles of bad Mexican road.

It took having 2 kids in 2 years to finally get my butt in gear and graduate.

 

[Early_10]

Anyone ever use Rosetta Stone? Thinking about learning Greek

My son is doing French Immersion kindergarten so my dad installed RS for us. My 5 yr old enjoys it.

 

[YSR]

My college career went in something of the opposite direction, but yet I'm the one figuring out if my small business is going to last. Go figure.

(I did get really baked one morning my freshman year and forgot where the math building was. Not where my particular class was, where the actual building was. And it was a small campus on top of a mountain. Not many buildings to choose from....)

 

[Early_10]

Bob, the teachers letter was promising. She seems to understand Cal isn't of that aggressive nature all the time and suggested they "ended on a high note" sounds like she's not giving up on him. I support you filling her in on all the outside help you've enlisted. We've had to do the same thing and I try to keep the teacher up on key words we learn in counselling and therapy so she can follow along with the progress. Currently for our 11 yr old foster daughter, the "hot" and "cold" reactions can be brought to her attention with the single word and she can sometimes regroup and realize her own behaviour. Having the teacher know where we are has been helpful even in just cutting her some slack...as well as knowing how to deal with the specific behaviour.

Good luck with it...next year. Put it aside and enjoy the holidays right now.

 

[jplvr]

Cry me a ####### river. I made a 1400+ on my SAT and ended the first semester with an 0.7 and first year with a 1.2. I got hammered at the golf course instead of showing up for my precalculus final for the first semester since it would have taken a grade of 100+ on the final to get a D. At the end of the first year, the dean of the computer science department told me that I was wasting my time and theirs by being in school at the University of Texas. The hardest part was probably the fact that I was 1992's recipient of the "presidential" scholarship from my dad's company which meant that at the end of every semester, his coworkers would all ask how I was doing. I received a letter from the Ex-Students Association asking me to join before I got my grades the second semester.Made it back to Texas two more times in the 90s, but flunked out after a semester both times because of the good times. Ended up going to most of the universities in central Texas at some point. One of these days, I'll finish the last four classes online somewhere.

I wasn't looking for sympathy. Bob asked so I told the story.

Yeah. Not sure what the point of the opening line was there. My bad. I was on a roll.

No worries. Sounds like we were both screwups in college

Mine is similar. I made a 31 on my ACT which back then, wasn't good enough for much of anything at Alabama or Auburn. The partial scholarship to Auburn had my parents wanting me to go there, but at the last second, Dad found a full ride to South Alabama. I was supposed to keep a 3.5 and while I almost did the first year, I fell short at like a 3.3 or 3.4. Little did I know, I could've applied for the partial which required a 3.25, while neither me nor my pledge brother also on scholarship knew about that until the following year (too late). With that final restraint being removed, I put partying into overdrive and it certainly didn't help with the beach being 20-30-45 minutes away depending on which one you wanted to visit, the Biloxi casinos being 45 minutes away with over 10 fake id's in possession, or New Orleans 2 hours away while the drinking age my freshman year was still 18, letting me befriend many bar owners and bouncers enough that I still got in most places the following year with the increased drinking age.I changed my major so many times, I can't even remember them all. Edit: what finally did me in was poker. We were playing poker before Rounders came out, but after it did, we had people dying to give money away. The final semester which killed my college career, I did the normal, "smart" thing and scheduled my classes to start later in the day with no Friday classes. The rest of the poker degenerates decided to schedule mostly morning classes and by the time my first class started, they were ready to shuffle up and deal. Making money playing cards vs. going to class? It was also hard to find time to study at night considering we regularly hosted poker tourneys long before anyone had much of an idea what a rake was. We played in the games too. One night, me and my roommate lost a ton of cash in the game, bought alcohol, steaks, cigars, etc. for the night which were free to players, and we still made out for about $100 a piece. This was also probably our worst night. I wasn't a good student prior to poker, but I really wasn't even a student after we got into it as deeply as we did.

 

[jplvr]

Oh, when I finally "dropped out," I still had a 2.8. My parents told me I just wasn't getting it done. I later had a conversation with my mom, pointing out how stupid that was. She couldn't disagree, but I had gotten tired of the arguments at that time and came home to work the family business. Good move until recently.

 

[-fish-]

8 year undergrad here. The university had a policy where if you never left for two consecutive quarters, you always had the graduation requirements for the year you were admitted. I went every other quarter for 8 years--by the time I graduated, they didn't even have a book from my year of admission to figure out what my graduation requirements were. I had to petition the provost to graduate since nobody was sure if I qualified.

 

[Frostillicus]

29 on my ACT. Went to school for five and a half years and still didn't graduate due to dropping to many classes once I figured out I couldn't possibly pass because I never showed up. Ended up taking night classes about three-four years later to finally get my degree.

Seems to be a common theme with most of the people who spend a lot of time in this thread. Interesting.

Also I just had a Totino's Party Pizza (supreme). So good.

 

[Frostillicus]

And one thing I'm kind of proud of even though I shouldn't be is my D in Calculus II and III. Proud because homework was a big part of your grade and I didn't hand in a single assignment all year. I'd go to about half the classes, study for the tests, and got As on all four tests through the two semesters, balancing off my zero homework grades into passing grades, even if just barely. Go me.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

another college dropout here.

 

[Flash]

Anyone ever use Rosetta Stone? Thinking about learning Greek

No, but I want to use it. Once the move happens, I'll probably try to find where I stashed a pirated copy of the Spanish one. Greek is on my list if I ever get around to it.

I'm not looking to be fluent, just some basic stuff. We decided on Greece for our honeymoon so I figure it's a good start.I got the Greek package today but don't have a headset, which is necessary, so I didn't get too far. But I'm already lost.

Completely off topic...... How are you guys doing workwise? Still have a printer contract? We're still are around if you need something.When's the wedding? I haven't crashed a wedding in many years.

Meh, business has been better. Our GE contract is in jeopardy and thus the jobs of quite a few people, so that pretty much sucks. But we're plugging away. And our Konica Bizhub isn't going anywhere anytime soon. They gave us a helluva deal, sorry.Getting married next July in LaCrosse. FBGs are only invited if they bring large amounts of money as gifts.

Wow, that sucks. GL. I thought GE was doing OK?As to the bizhub Real American Dollars?

 

[commisholio]

Partied a ton, got high every day, still did well enough to graduate with honors in biochemistry and molecular biology. Helps to go to a school where 3/4 of the student body is a bunch of stoners.

 

[-fish-]

I also marched in graduation 2 years before I actually got my diploma. Oops.

 

[jplvr]

Partied my ### off in college and still did well.

Me too, GB. Course, I majored in history, which required minimal effort. Going to a small school that took attendance was good for me. All I had to do was show up to class, pretend to care and I'd get a B.

This would've been good for me. I actually showed up for a public speaking course at the start of the 3rd week after going skiing the 2nd week, just ignoring the 1st week like I always did. We were on the quarter system, so amplify the effect if you were on semesters. I still made an A, mostly because I talked about random crap which horrified the rest of the class who treated the course like Sunday school, much to the delight of the professor... legalization of drugs and gambling were two of my topics. I still remember his first and last words to me. 1st: Who the hell are you? Last: I'm glad you finally decided to come to class.I regret some of my college experience, mostly because I could have graduated without much effort, but the stories are somewhat interesting.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Partied a ton, got high every day, still did well enough to graduate with honors in biochemistry and molecular biology. Helps to go to a school where 3/4 of the student body is a bunch of stoners.

I thought you were a lawyer. May need a notebook update here.

 

[commisholio]

Partied a ton, got high every day, still did well enough to graduate with honors in biochemistry and molecular biology. Helps to go to a school where 3/4 of the student body is a bunch of stoners.

I thought you were a lawyer. May need a notebook update here.

I am. Patent lawyer.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Jesus. Been to the moon, too?

 

[commisholio]

Jesus. Been to the moon, too?

, nah, just had 9 years post high school education. I miss school, it was a lot easier than working. Pay's better now, though, that's for sure.

 

[shuke]

Why is there a wolf logo attached to my post above?

 

[shuke]

BTW I asked the Sbarro guy about their stuffed pizza and he said it was one pizza on top of another.

 

[General Malaise]

Went to a friend's house this morning for a "make your own hot cakes" breakfast party, complete with mimosas and breakfast burritos. Fantastic little gathering and about an hour in, Santa and Mrs. Clause came by. Kids really enjoyed that. He stayed for about an hour, had his wife read "Night Before Xmas", had each kid on his lap. Very cool.

Total cost for Santa? $150. They called like 5 Santas before finding this one. They get booked up early. This is the way to do it in the future, Bob and friends.

I avoid malls at all costs. I'd rather go to a gay bar wearing a speedo than a mall around xmas.

This is genius. How much did you charge the other kids to come over?Aaron, please set this post to autobump 10/1/11.

They paid for everything. All I did was buy two bottles of champagne and some OJ. Worked out great for us. Great morning.

 

[KGB]

http://i.imgur.com/f7GjL.jpg

Merry christmas

 

[Shtaym Syek]

I love scotch.

I now have three pets, by the way. Two guinea pigs just came home with me.

I own zero dogs. There's something wrong with me.

 

[commisholio]

I love scotch.\

 

[Thorn]

hai doods

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Wow, that sucks. GL. I thought GE was doing OK?As to the bizhub Real American Dollars?

Oh, GE is doing just fine. It's a legal thing that I can't talk about here. There is some hope that we keep them but we'll see what happens in Q1 and Q2. @ all the college stories.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

I love scotch.I now have three pets, by the way. Two guinea pigs just came home with me.I own zero dogs. There's something wrong with me.

WHats the other pet?

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

another college dropout here.

I kept my story pretty clean. There are a ton of stories/details I could have gotten into about illegal activities, drugs, women, destruction etc but I might get the ban hammer and I'm not sure the statute of limitations on certain things.

I really wish I had some writing skills because about 3 years after college, some friends and I were talking about the whole thing. We the idea to write a memoir of sorts. Pretty sure it wouldn't have been a NY Bestseller, but I thougth the title was awesome: I Had a Beer Instead

Yes that idea was thought up after about 50 beers and 6 joints

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Why does this board always seem to go offline around this time, or is it just me?

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Wr Maclin

Wr

Rb CJ

Rb BJGE

Flex

Jennings or fitz as wr #2? Torain at flex over wr? Will answer yours tia

 

[CGRdrJoe]

I went to SDSU from 93-95 where I majored in surfing and bong rips. I mean to an 18 year old the choices were surf some of the best waves in CA/Mex during the day and parties where hot girls out numbered guys at night. I'm proud to say that I over indulged in both while I could.

 

[BobbyLayne]

I had plenty of good times in college - joined a frat, lived in the house the last year - but kind of did things the opposite of most here. High school (mid-to-late 70s) I was a total delinquent. Actually, I got busted for pot possession in the 6th grade. I know, I know - legacy of having three siblings 4-6 years older. Sophomore year (h.s.) I think I could count on one hand the days I didn't bake. Anyway, it was the same thing every year - Ds in the fall, C- in the spring (bare minimum to stay eligible for baseball). I think I even failed two classes - typing (don't ask) and accounting.

That's right, I failed accounting in high school. Did I mention I'm a CPA?



So eventually I got to my senior year and realized I wasn't going to make the 20 credits to graduate. This was pretty effing unbelievable for a kid whose IQ tested out in the 140s in junior high. Anyway, found a school in our area that had cut a bunch of programs and classes because of multiple millage failures. Because they were on a reduced schedule, they only required 18 credit hours, so I transferred there so I could graduate on time.

ACT and SAT scores? Didn't even bother. Needless to say, no parental support for my college experience. Went in the Navy, but had the misfortune of going in under the worst G.I. program in the last 65 years (thanks, Jimmy). They didn't pay for any school - just gave me a stipend of $300 per month while I was enrolled. Reagan came along and fixed it, but they didn't grandfather it.

ANYWAY....longish story short, spent a year in community college. Pulled a four point both semesters (24 credit hour the winter term), and did a bunch of extracurricular stuff (like most folks do in h.s. to make their package look better). Conned the C.C. President and a bunch of instructors into writing flattering letters of rec. Went to live essay competition for a state school - 950 applicants, 12 full rides. Nailed the written portion, and was very, very fortunate to have folks helping me put together a good package. Hit the effing the lottery - paid for all my tuition and fees.

So I had fun in college, but by the time I got there, I was busting my butt to keep my ride. Graduated magna cum laude, interned Ernst & Young, landed a job at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (nee Coopers & Lybrand). It all worked out, but I sure made it a lot harder than it had to be.

 

[bostonfred]

Wr MaclinWrRb CJRb BJGEFlexJennings or fitz as wr #2? Torain at flex over wr? Will answer yours tia

Jennings vs Fitz - Both have dicey as hell QB situations, but Skelton played last week and Fitz was OK. The Pats D without McCourty is going to be a lot softer than normal but Carolina's terrible and has nothing to play for. Jennings is probably the Packers' only hope at keeping their slim playoff hopes alive. Fitz is probably the Cards' only hope at keeping their slim playoff hopes alive. Jennings needs big plays to have a good day. Fitz needs lots of catches to have a good day. I'm leaning towards Fitz in this one. As for Torain, I like his chances with Grossman in there. Shanahan really wants to win this week to make the McNabb benching seem reasonable. Not sure if the rest of the Redskins feel the same, but given the choice between a gamble at the WR position and a gamble at the RB position, I'd usually lean towards the RB, especially one who has the potential to put up every bit as many points as a Fitz or Jennings. In conclusion, you should start Fitz and Torain, but now Jennings will blow up because I said so.

 

[bostonfred]

Here's my tough decisions of the day. We play a two week, total points superbowl between four teams, so I need the highest scoring lineup, not the safest one. I'm starting these guys for sure

RB: Hillis

RB: Jones-Drew

WR: Welker

TE: Gronkowski

At QB, I'm leaning towards Freeman against Detroit ahead of Eli vs Philly and Cutler against the Vikings on Monday night. Freeman only has one TD in each of the last three games, but he's got by far the easiest matchup.

At the other positions, I have to choose between one of these pairings:

Marcedes Lewis and BJGE

OR

Fitzgerald and Santonio Holmes

On the one hand I like BJGE best of those four in a game that looks like the Patriots could blow up, but I'd be starting Welker, Gronk, and BJGE in the same game, and that could put a cap on my scoring, because they can't all have huge games. Plus I'd also be starting Jones-Drew and Marcedes Lewis against the Colts.

On the other, Holmes is playing against Pittsburgh which is a tough matchup and they know how to cover him, plus Sanchez is sucking. And Fitz is playing with Skelton.

Ugh.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

BF> any WW qb's worth picking up? I don't like any of your options.

 

[General Malaise]

I had plenty of good times in college - joined a frat, lived in the house the last year - but kind of did things the opposite of most here. High school (mid-to-late 70s) I was a total delinquent. Actually, I got busted for pot possession in the 6th grade. I know, I know - legacy of having three siblings 4-6 years older. Sophomore year (h.s.) I think I could count on one hand the days I didn't bake. Anyway, it was the same thing every year - Ds in the fall, C- in the spring (bare minimum to stay eligible for baseball). I think I even failed two classes - typing (don't ask) and accounting.That's right, I failed accounting in high school. Did I mention I'm a CPA? So eventually I got to my senior year and realized I wasn't going to make the 20 credits to graduate. This was pretty effing unbelievable for a kid whose IQ tested out in the 140s in junior high. Anyway, found a school in our area that had cut a bunch of programs and classes because of multiple millage failures. Because they were on a reduced schedule, they only required 18 credit hours, so I transferred there so I could graduate on time.ACT and SAT scores? Didn't even bother. Needless to say, no parental support for my college experience. Went in the Navy, but had the misfortune of going in under the worst G.I. program in the last 65 years (thanks, Jimmy). They didn't pay for any school - just gave me a stipend of $300 per month while I was enrolled. Reagan came along and fixed it, but they didn't grandfather it.ANYWAY....longish story short, spent a year in community college. Pulled a four point both semesters (24 credit hour the winter term), and did a bunch of extracurricular stuff (like most folks do in h.s. to make their package look better). Conned the C.C. President and a bunch of instructors into writing flattering letters of rec. Went to live essay competition for a state school - 950 applicants, 12 full rides. Nailed the written portion, and was very, very fortunate to have folks helping me put together a good package. Hit the effing the lottery - paid for all my tuition and fees.So I had fun in college, but by the time I got there, I was busting my butt to keep my ride. Graduated magna cum laude, interned Ernst & Young, landed a job at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (nee Coopers & Lybrand). It all worked out, but I sure made it a lot harder than it had to be.

lol @ failing accountin...is that irony? Guy I worked with for 8 years was with Coopers & Lybrand after leaving Harvard then Northeastern. Bright guy, but he tells some horror stories working for a big accounting firm as a noob.My dad took the CPA test when I was in grade school. And junior high. And high school. It took him years to pass all four parts. Proud of him for sticking with it. I never pushed myself in anything in life. Cruised through HS and College with 3.1 GPAs...took the SAT and made an 1150. Thought that was good enough and never took the ACT. Got into Auburn and Alabama (the latter without ever sending them my transcript) early my senior year, then decided to push myself a little and was accepted at Millsaps and also Denison, which shocked my family.I never even made an attempt at grad school. My dad helped me get my first job out of college. I lasted over 2 years but was easily the worst employee in the history of jobs. I'm not sure how I've lasted 10 years in the hedge fund business. I don't have any finance or business or accounting classes to fall on and despite spending a time as a head trader of a 300 million dollar fund, never even took my series 7 or 69 or whatever it is most traders have.I should probably push myself. And will. After this joint.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm sitting Adrian Peterson in favor of Jonathan Stewart. Probably a stupid move, but I just can't shake the though of Webb handing off the ball to a gimpy Peterson.

GL to all who are still alive. Funny to see so many college burnouts alive and well in the playoffs.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Wr MaclinWrRb CJRb BJGEFlexJennings or fitz as wr #2? Torain at flex over wr? Will answer yours tia

Jennings vs Fitz - Both have dicey as hell QB situations, but Skelton played last week and Fitz was OK. The Pats D without McCourty is going to be a lot softer than normal but Carolina's terrible and has nothing to play for. Jennings is probably the Packers' only hope at keeping their slim playoff hopes alive. Fitz is probably the Cards' only hope at keeping their slim playoff hopes alive. Jennings needs big plays to have a good day. Fitz needs lots of catches to have a good day. I'm leaning towards Fitz in this one. As for Torain, I like his chances with Grossman in there. Shanahan really wants to win this week to make the McNabb benching seem reasonable. Not sure if the rest of the Redskins feel the same, but given the choice between a gamble at the WR position and a gamble at the RB position, I'd usually lean towards the RB, especially one who has the potential to put up every bit as many points as a Fitz or Jennings. In conclusion, you should start Fitz and Torain, but now Jennings will blow up because I said so.

this is ppr and I may bench Torain in favor of P. Thomas