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[RudiStein]

My GB, the bookie, had a little incident with his daughter New Years Day. She was with my cousin's daughter, still drinking at 11:00 am at a bar. She called my GB to bring her home because she couldn't drive. So he goes to the bar to pick her up, mad as hell, and they get into a fight in the parking lot. She threatens him that if he isn't nicer, "you're going to be mad when the UPS truck is out front moving me out of the house".

He's moving her out today.

He should go with Fed Ex as the movers.

Girls man. She's moving in with my GB's, cousin's daughter who, like her father, is insane. This won't end well.

That's way too many people.Oh and... ?

Yeah, I know that's a little confusing. No way on the pics. Cute gal though.

Your buddy needs to BACK THE TRUCK UP

 

[Sarnoff]

The constant wagering is something that American baseball could take a lesson from.

Standard fare when we go to a game. At the beggining of the game, everybody puts a dollar in a cup. If the batter gets a single, you get a dollar, a double two, triple three, HR gets you the whole cup and everybody re-antis. If he gets an out you owe a dollar, hits into a DB you owe two. You pass the cup with each player.ETA Errors are a push.The Rams have been so bad the last 5 years we bet pretty much every play. One guy can propose a bet ex: I'll give you 10-1 they throw an INT here and it gets run back for a TD. Then another guy can either counter, ex: give me 12-1, or make the person that proposes the be, take the bet.

I do this too. Good fun. We also play a jackpot at the end of every inning, as the teams change position, the home plate ump will take out a new ball and roll it to the mound. If it rolls off onto the grass, no jackpot, if he lands it on the dirt, everyone gives the cup holder a buck. Cup holder is responsible to pay attention and call it before the pitcher picks it up.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Your buddy needs to BACK THE TRUCK UP

Oh he is. Sucks. I should be at the bar right now. My other GB is mad because he took Brees and a bunch of NO guys in the FF playoffs. My other GB has to work and then this. Would it really kill him to move her out tomorrow? Of course he was going to move her out yesterday but a house had a gas leak (he is about to retire from the gas company, lucky #####) and exploded so they called him in to take care of it.BTW, Cal still swears my GB's youngest daughter is his GF and they'll get married some day. She turns 18 this spring I think.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

The constant wagering is something that American baseball could take a lesson from.

Standard fare when we go to a game. At the beggining of the game, everybody puts a dollar in a cup. If the batter gets a single, you get a dollar, a double two, triple three, HR gets you the whole cup and everybody re-antis. If he gets an out you owe a dollar, hits into a DB you owe two. You pass the cup with each player.ETA Errors are a push.The Rams have been so bad the last 5 years we bet pretty much every play. One guy can propose a bet ex: I'll give you 10-1 they throw an INT here and it gets run back for a TD. Then another guy can either counter, ex: give me 12-1, or make the person that proposes the be, take the bet.

I do this too. Good fun. We also play a jackpot at the end of every inning, as the teams change position, the home plate ump will take out a new ball and roll it to the mound. If it rolls off onto the grass, no jackpot, if he lands it on the dirt, everyone gives the cup holder a buck. Cup holder is responsible to pay attention and call it before the pitcher picks it up.

We tried this a couple of times but too many people weren't paying attention.

 

[RudiStein]

Your buddy needs to BACK THE TRUCK UP

Oh he is. Sucks. I should be at the bar right now. My other GB is mad because he took Brees and a bunch of NO guys in the FF playoffs. My other GB has to work and then this. Would it really kill him to move her out tomorrow? Of course he was going to move her out yesterday but a house had a gas leak (he is about to retire from the gas company, lucky #####) and exploded so they called him in to take care of it.BTW, Cal still swears my GB's youngest daughter is his GF and they'll get married some day. She turns 18 this spring I think.

She's too old for Cal...and Homer for that matter.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Your buddy needs to BACK THE TRUCK UP

Oh he is. Sucks. I should be at the bar right now. My other GB is mad because he took Brees and a bunch of NO guys in the FF playoffs. My other GB has to work and then this. Would it really kill him to move her out tomorrow? Of course he was going to move her out yesterday but a house had a gas leak (he is about to retire from the gas company, lucky #####) and exploded so they called him in to take care of it.BTW, Cal still swears my GB's youngest daughter is his GF and they'll get married some day. She turns 18 this spring I think.

Here you go

 

[Tiger Fan]

The constant wagering is something that American baseball could take a lesson from.

Standard fare when we go to a game. At the beggining of the game, everybody puts a dollar in a cup. If the batter gets a single, you get a dollar, a double two, triple three, HR gets you the whole cup and everybody re-antis. If he gets an out you owe a dollar, hits into a DB you owe two. You pass the cup with each player.ETA Errors are a push.

The Rams have been so bad the last 5 years we bet pretty much every play. One guy can propose a bet ex: I'll give you 10-1 they throw an INT here and it gets run back for a TD. Then another guy can either counter, ex: give me 12-1, or make the person that proposes the be, take the bet.

This is genius! Can't believe our group has never done anything like this before. What's the biggest that the pot has gotten up to?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Your buddy needs to BACK THE TRUCK UP

Oh he is. Sucks. I should be at the bar right now. My other GB is mad because he took Brees and a bunch of NO guys in the FF playoffs. My other GB has to work and then this. Would it really kill him to move her out tomorrow? Of course he was going to move her out yesterday but a house had a gas leak (he is about to retire from the gas company, lucky #####) and exploded so they called him in to take care of it.BTW, Cal still swears my GB's youngest daughter is his GF and they'll get married some day. She turns 18 this spring I think.

She's too old for Cal...and Homer for that matter.

LMAOShe's a really cute gal.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

The constant wagering is something that American baseball could take a lesson from.

Standard fare when we go to a game. At the beggining of the game, everybody puts a dollar in a cup. If the batter gets a single, you get a dollar, a double two, triple three, HR gets you the whole cup and everybody re-antis. If he gets an out you owe a dollar, hits into a DB you owe two. You pass the cup with each player.ETA Errors are a push.

The Rams have been so bad the last 5 years we bet pretty much every play. One guy can propose a bet ex: I'll give you 10-1 they throw an INT here and it gets run back for a TD. Then another guy can either counter, ex: give me 12-1, or make the person that proposes the be, take the bet.

This is genius! Can't believe our group has never done anything like this before. What's the biggest that the pot has gotten up to?

I think one time it got up to a little over 40.

 

[krista4]

Arrived in Nicaragua yesterday and surprised Mr. krista4 by having arranged for us to go to the Granada v. Managua baseball game.

Holy ####, is baseball in Nicaragua interesting and fun. Some highlights:

-There's constant wagering in the stands, among strangers often several rows or sections apart. Guys standing up holding up five or three fingers, yelling at the guy ten rows behind them, and then exchanging money after every play.

-This 70-year-old guy comes out and dances at each half inning. Sometimes he does The Worm.

-Instead of hot dogs and giant pretzels, the food consisted of stuff more like this, where you could get sweet and fried plantains topped with slaw, marinated pork and the best chicken I've ever had, or fried and mashed yucca topped with slaw and chichirones, or you could get this woman to come to your seat, set up a little table, and serve you a cone of tortilla, cheese, pickled onions, hot sauce, and cream.

-These two teams are long-time rivals, and each time one team scored the fans of the other threw stuff on the field. The managers, players, and umpires got into several fights--the Tiburones manager with the giant belly did a particularly good job of bumping the umpires. Also, the umpires can fine the managers and coaches right on the spot, as they did in this game by just pointing at them and holding up a number of fingers (one of the coaches was fined 500 cordobas). It seemed like part WWE, part minor-league hockey.

-The best seats in the house cost us about $1.75 per ticket. Actually I guess these guys really had the best seats in the house, where they also occasionally decided to shoot off fireworks.

-More dancing in the stands than dancing in a Dancing on the Ceiling video, including one fat guy who apparently does it every game with several people shining green laser pointers on him.

-Not only is smoking allowed in the stands, but a vendor comes through selling cigarettes, along with, among other things, toy guns, blowing bubbles, small beach balls, gum, and Sponge-Bob glowsticks.

-At least two dogs wandering the stands, and at least one dog on the field. Also a large number of urchins coming through picking up beer cans for resale.

-Lots and lots of armed guards. Nicaragua is the safest country in Central America, so the armed guards were surprising. Given the amount of drinking and fighting that was going on, I suppose they're necessary.

This sounds awesome. Now I want to go to Nicaragua

I've been here a day and already prepared to term it paradise. We came back last night and watched the Colts-Jets game in Spanish, while a cook made us an incredible meal at the cost of $4/hour, and Mr. krista made drinks with the best rum I've ever had.See this hammock? That's where I intend to spend the rest of my day.

 

[RudiStein]

Arrived in Nicaragua yesterday and surprised Mr. krista4 by having arranged for us to go to the Granada v. Managua baseball game.

Holy ####, is baseball in Nicaragua interesting and fun. Some highlights:

-There's constant wagering in the stands, among strangers often several rows or sections apart. Guys standing up holding up five or three fingers, yelling at the guy ten rows behind them, and then exchanging money after every play.

-This 70-year-old guy comes out and dances at each half inning. Sometimes he does The Worm.

-Instead of hot dogs and giant pretzels, the food consisted of stuff more like this, where you could get sweet and fried plantains topped with slaw, marinated pork and the best chicken I've ever had, or fried and mashed yucca topped with slaw and chichirones, or you could get this woman to come to your seat, set up a little table, and serve you a cone of tortilla, cheese, pickled onions, hot sauce, and cream.

-These two teams are long-time rivals, and each time one team scored the fans of the other threw stuff on the field. The managers, players, and umpires got into several fights--the Tiburones manager with the giant belly did a particularly good job of bumping the umpires. Also, the umpires can fine the managers and coaches right on the spot, as they did in this game by just pointing at them and holding up a number of fingers (one of the coaches was fined 500 cordobas). It seemed like part WWE, part minor-league hockey.

-The best seats in the house cost us about $1.75 per ticket. Actually I guess these guys really had the best seats in the house, where they also occasionally decided to shoot off fireworks.

-More dancing in the stands than dancing in a Dancing on the Ceiling video, including one fat guy who apparently does it every game with several people shining green laser pointers on him.

-Not only is smoking allowed in the stands, but a vendor comes through selling cigarettes, along with, among other things, toy guns, blowing bubbles, small beach balls, gum, and Sponge-Bob glowsticks.

-At least two dogs wandering the stands, and at least one dog on the field. Also a large number of urchins coming through picking up beer cans for resale.

-Lots and lots of armed guards. Nicaragua is the safest country in Central America, so the armed guards were surprising. Given the amount of drinking and fighting that was going on, I suppose they're necessary.

This sounds awesome. Now I want to go to Nicaragua

We came back last night and watched the Colts-Jets game in Spanish

How many times did they say "El Sanchise"?

 

[krista4]

The constant wagering is something that American baseball could take a lesson from.

Standard fare when we go to a game. At the beggining of the game, everybody puts a dollar in a cup. If the batter gets a single, you get a dollar, a double two, triple three, HR gets you the whole cup and everybody re-antis. If he gets an out you owe a dollar, hits into a DB you owe two. You pass the cup with each player.ETA Errors are a push.The Rams have been so bad the last 5 years we bet pretty much every play. One guy can propose a bet ex: I'll give you 10-1 they throw an INT here and it gets run back for a TD. Then another guy can either counter, ex: give me 12-1, or make the person that proposes the be, take the bet.

Naw, we do the cup game at Cubs game as well, but this was very different. Perfect strangers sitting many rows or sections apart just SCREAMING at each other. At first I thought it was a fight, but then realized that that many people couldn't be fighting all over the stands (or at least it seemed unlikely). Then we noticed the money constantly changing hands and someone confirmed for us that it was just wagering.

 

[badmojo1006]

Arrived in Nicaragua yesterday and surprised Mr. krista4 by having arranged for us to go to the Granada v. Managua baseball game.

Holy ####, is baseball in Nicaragua interesting and fun. Some highlights:

-There's constant wagering in the stands, among strangers often several rows or sections apart. Guys standing up holding up five or three fingers, yelling at the guy ten rows behind them, and then exchanging money after every play.

-This 70-year-old guy comes out and dances at each half inning. Sometimes he does The Worm.

-Instead of hot dogs and giant pretzels, the food consisted of stuff more like this, where you could get sweet and fried plantains topped with slaw, marinated pork and the best chicken I've ever had, or fried and mashed yucca topped with slaw and chichirones, or you could get this woman to come to your seat, set up a little table, and serve you a cone of tortilla, cheese, pickled onions, hot sauce, and cream.

-These two teams are long-time rivals, and each time one team scored the fans of the other threw stuff on the field. The managers, players, and umpires got into several fights--the Tiburones manager with the giant belly did a particularly good job of bumping the umpires. Also, the umpires can fine the managers and coaches right on the spot, as they did in this game by just pointing at them and holding up a number of fingers (one of the coaches was fined 500 cordobas). It seemed like part WWE, part minor-league hockey.

-The best seats in the house cost us about $1.75 per ticket. Actually I guess these guys really had the best seats in the house, where they also occasionally decided to shoot off fireworks.

-More dancing in the stands than dancing in a Dancing on the Ceiling video, including one fat guy who apparently does it every game with several people shining green laser pointers on him.

-Not only is smoking allowed in the stands, but a vendor comes through selling cigarettes, along with, among other things, toy guns, blowing bubbles, small beach balls, gum, and Sponge-Bob glowsticks.

-At least two dogs wandering the stands, and at least one dog on the field. Also a large number of urchins coming through picking up beer cans for resale.

-Lots and lots of armed guards. Nicaragua is the safest country in Central America, so the armed guards were surprising. Given the amount of drinking and fighting that was going on, I suppose they're necessary.

This sounds awesome. Now I want to go to Nicaragua

I've been here a day and already prepared to term it paradise. We came back last night and watched the Colts-Jets game in Spanish, while a cook made us an incredible meal at the cost of $4/hour, and Mr. krista made drinks with the best rum I've ever had.See this hammock? That's where I intend to spend the rest of my day.

Damn, very nice...I am jealous

 

[krista4]

Arrived in Nicaragua yesterday and surprised Mr. krista4 by having arranged for us to go to the Granada v. Managua baseball game.

Holy ####, is baseball in Nicaragua interesting and fun. Some highlights:

-There's constant wagering in the stands, among strangers often several rows or sections apart. Guys standing up holding up five or three fingers, yelling at the guy ten rows behind them, and then exchanging money after every play.

-This 70-year-old guy comes out and dances at each half inning. Sometimes he does The Worm.

-Instead of hot dogs and giant pretzels, the food consisted of stuff more like this, where you could get sweet and fried plantains topped with slaw, marinated pork and the best chicken I've ever had, or fried and mashed yucca topped with slaw and chichirones, or you could get this woman to come to your seat, set up a little table, and serve you a cone of tortilla, cheese, pickled onions, hot sauce, and cream.

-These two teams are long-time rivals, and each time one team scored the fans of the other threw stuff on the field. The managers, players, and umpires got into several fights--the Tiburones manager with the giant belly did a particularly good job of bumping the umpires. Also, the umpires can fine the managers and coaches right on the spot, as they did in this game by just pointing at them and holding up a number of fingers (one of the coaches was fined 500 cordobas). It seemed like part WWE, part minor-league hockey.

-The best seats in the house cost us about $1.75 per ticket. Actually I guess these guys really had the best seats in the house, where they also occasionally decided to shoot off fireworks.

-More dancing in the stands than dancing in a Dancing on the Ceiling video, including one fat guy who apparently does it every game with several people shining green laser pointers on him.

-Not only is smoking allowed in the stands, but a vendor comes through selling cigarettes, along with, among other things, toy guns, blowing bubbles, small beach balls, gum, and Sponge-Bob glowsticks.

-At least two dogs wandering the stands, and at least one dog on the field. Also a large number of urchins coming through picking up beer cans for resale.

-Lots and lots of armed guards. Nicaragua is the safest country in Central America, so the armed guards were surprising. Given the amount of drinking and fighting that was going on, I suppose they're necessary.

This sounds awesome. Now I want to go to Nicaragua

We came back last night and watched the Colts-Jets game in Spanish

How many times did they say "El Sanchise"?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

The constant wagering is something that American baseball could take a lesson from.

Standard fare when we go to a game. At the beggining of the game, everybody puts a dollar in a cup. If the batter gets a single, you get a dollar, a double two, triple three, HR gets you the whole cup and everybody re-antis. If he gets an out you owe a dollar, hits into a DB you owe two. You pass the cup with each player.ETA Errors are a push.The Rams have been so bad the last 5 years we bet pretty much every play. One guy can propose a bet ex: I'll give you 10-1 they throw an INT here and it gets run back for a TD. Then another guy can either counter, ex: give me 12-1, or make the person that proposes the be, take the bet.

Naw, we do the cup game at Cubs game as well, but this was very different. Perfect strangers sitting many rows or sections apart just SCREAMING at each other. At first I thought it was a fight, but then realized that that many people couldn't be fighting all over the stands (or at least it seemed unlikely). Then we noticed the money constantly changing hands and someone confirmed for us that it was just wagering.

Oh I know. You painted a perfect picture. Jealous.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

You know how I can tell when I've drank too much? I got the wedding album out last night. The wedding album. I've never looked at it before. My God was Mrs. SLB beautiful. I look like CCP.

 

[Tiger Fan]

You know how I can tell when I've drank too much? I got the wedding album out last night. The wedding album. I've never looked at it before. My God was Mrs. SLB beautiful. I look like CCP.

lol

 

[RudiStein]

You know how I can tell when I've drank too much? I got the wedding album out last night. The wedding album. I've never looked at it before. My God was Mrs. SLB beautiful. I look like CCP.

You both look nice.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

My bitter cousin just called asking how much cash I had on me. Gotta get his son out of jail. Brutal.

 

[RudiStein]

My bitter cousin just called asking how much cash I had on me. Gotta get his son out of jail. Brutal.

What did he do?

 

[YSR]

Knocked out a double-header of Glengarry Glen Ross and Easy A tonight, due to this thread. Pretty much agree with most of the sentiments in Thorn's GGGR thread (felt stilted, probably better as a play), but I think Lemmon was fantastic.

And what did you think of Emma Stone?

She did not give me an erection.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

My bitter cousin just called asking how much cash I had on me. Gotta get his son out of jail. Brutal.

What did he do?

Viotlated probation somehow. A 600 dollar cab fare and I'm at the bar.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Wearing the cat shirt BTW. Cute blond at the bar gave me a kiss. I love this shirt.

 

[RudiStein]

Wearing the cat shirt BTW. Cute blond at the bar gave me a kiss. I love this shirt.

I will be wearing my in Vegas next week.

 

[bentley]

Track meets are a great place to wager. There are 40 or so races in each session (approx 4 hours) at the Texas high school state track meet. Stands used to be full of people shouting out bets. I always bet on the white guy in the finals, because you knew he had to be pretty exceptional to make it there.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Wearing the cat shirt BTW. Cute blond at the bar gave me a kiss. I love this shirt.

I will be wearing my in Vegas next week.

You lucky sob. This place is empty and there are 3 really obese Chefs fans sitting at my table. It's always marked reserved. What is this world coming to.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Track meets are a great place to wager. There are 40 or so races in each session (approx 4 hours) at the Texas high school state track meet. Stands used to be full of people shouting out bets. I always bet on the white guy in the finals, because you knew he had to be pretty exceptional to make it there.

lmao money

 

[-fish-]

Krista, is that Bahia Gigante? From your photo of the hammock and pool, I think I looked at that same place for a fishing trip.

 

[RudiStein]

Wearing the cat shirt BTW. Cute blond at the bar gave me a kiss. I love this shirt.

I will be wearing my in Vegas next week.

You lucky sob. This place is empty and there are 3 really obese Chefs fans sitting at my table. It's always marked reserved. What is this world coming to.

Trying to figure out where we'll be watching the Bears game next Sunday. Would like to watch at the Chicago Pizza place at the 4 Queens but not sure if they'll be open at 10am. Next choice is some place about a mile away that is supposed to be the local spot for Bears fans. Either way I'll be 5 sheets to the wind before halftime.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

If you were wondering what you top off a chefs salad and a full order of chicken wings with, the answer is a giant roast beef sandwich and another large diet coke.

 

[RudiStein]

If you were wondering what you top off a chefs salad and a full order of chicken wings with, the answer is a giant roast beef sandwich and another large diet coke.

You gotta watch your figure.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Wearing the cat shirt BTW. Cute blond at the bar gave me a kiss. I love this shirt.

I will be wearing my in Vegas next week.

You lucky sob. This place is empty and there are 3 really obese Chefs fans sitting at my table. It's always marked reserved. What is this world coming to.

Trying to figure out where we'll be watching the Bears game next Sunday. Would like to watch at the Chicago Pizza place at the 4 Queens but not sure if they'll be open at 10am. Next choice is some place about a mile away that is supposed to be the local spot for Bears fans. Either way I'll be 5 sheets to the wind before halftime.

Wish I was going to be there with you GB.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

If you were wondering what you top off a chefs salad and a full order of chicken wings with, the answer is a giant roast beef sandwich and another large diet coke.

Just had a bowl of Crispix.

 

[bentley]

I'm going to be in Vegas in nine days on business without the wife and boy. I'm going to celebrate by making my own decisions on things like where to eat and whether I should wear a long or short sleeve shirt. I'll probably also get a good night's sleep.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

If you were wondering what you top off a chefs salad and a full order of chicken wings with, the answer is a giant roast beef sandwich and another large diet coke.

You gotta watch your figure.

This gal's butt could fuel a steamboat from here to the horn of Africa.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Compared to Australia?

Australia is more than 3.5 times larger than Greenland.

Australia = a total area of 2,967,909 sq miGreenland = a total area of 836,330 sq mi

Pretty close

 

[jplvr]

Wearing the cat shirt BTW. Cute blond at the bar gave me a kiss. I love this shirt.

I will be wearing my in Vegas next week.

You lucky sob. This place is empty and there are 3 really obese Chefs fans sitting at my table. It's always marked reserved. What is this world coming to.

Well, the Chefs don't win many football games, but they sure can cook.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

sandwich was gone in about 4 miuntes

 

[RudiStein]

Compared to Australia?

Australia is more than 3.5 times larger than Greenland.

Australia = a total area of 2,967,909 sq miGreenland = a total area of 836,330 sq mi

Pretty close

Thank god somebody finally posted the actual numbers for Shuke to see.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Wearing the cat shirt BTW. Cute blond at the bar gave me a kiss. I love this shirt.

I will be wearing my in Vegas next week.

You lucky sob. This place is empty and there are 3 really obese Chefs fans sitting at my table. It's always marked reserved. What is this world coming to.

Well, the Chefs don't win many football games, but they sure can cook.

Great googily moogily

 

[krista4]

Track meets are a great place to wager. There are 40 or so races in each session (approx 4 hours) at the Texas high school state track meet. Stands used to be full of people shouting out bets. I always bet on the white guy in the finals, because you knew he had to be pretty exceptional to make it there.

This sounds great.

 

[krista4]

Krista, is that Bahia Gigante? From your photo of the hammock and pool, I think I looked at that same place for a fishing trip.

We're on Laguna de Apoyo, near Granada. Did you go to Bahia Gigante or end up elsewhere?

 

[Tiger Fan]

this weekend reminded me of why i shouldn't gamble on sports

hopefully auburn and the under come through manana

 

[YSR]

Well, it appears that Emma Stone has another follower. I told BF how much I enjoyed Easy A last night, so we both just watched it. He's a biiiiiiiig fan. We have now watched all of the Easy A special features and added Emma Stone movies to our Netflix queue.

 

[Frostillicus]

Well, it appears that Emma Stone has another follower. I told BF how much I enjoyed Easy A last night, so we both just watched it. He's a biiiiiiiig fan. We have now watched all of the Easy A special features and added Emma Stone movies to our Netflix queue.

Smart dude. But she's mine.

 

[-fish-]

Krista, is that Bahia Gigante? From your photo of the hammock and pool, I think I looked at that same place for a fishing trip.

We're on Laguna de Apoyo, near Granada. Did you go to Bahia Gigante or end up elsewhere?

ended up in Hawaii, but still want to do Nicaragua.

 

[KGB]

Arrived in Nicaragua yesterday and surprised Mr. krista4 by having arranged for us to go to the Granada v. Managua baseball game.

Holy ####, is baseball in Nicaragua interesting and fun. Some highlights:

-There's constant wagering in the stands, among strangers often several rows or sections apart. Guys standing up holding up five or three fingers, yelling at the guy ten rows behind them, and then exchanging money after every play.

-This 70-year-old guy comes out and dances at each half inning. Sometimes he does The Worm.

-Instead of hot dogs and giant pretzels, the food consisted of stuff more like this, where you could get sweet and fried plantains topped with slaw, marinated pork and the best chicken I've ever had, or fried and mashed yucca topped with slaw and chichirones, or you could get this woman to come to your seat, set up a little table, and serve you a cone of tortilla, cheese, pickled onions, hot sauce, and cream.

-These two teams are long-time rivals, and each time one team scored the fans of the other threw stuff on the field. The managers, players, and umpires got into several fights--the Tiburones manager with the giant belly did a particularly good job of bumping the umpires. Also, the umpires can fine the managers and coaches right on the spot, as they did in this game by just pointing at them and holding up a number of fingers (one of the coaches was fined 500 cordobas). It seemed like part WWE, part minor-league hockey.

-The best seats in the house cost us about $1.75 per ticket. Actually I guess these guys really had the best seats in the house, where they also occasionally decided to shoot off fireworks.

-More dancing in the stands than dancing in a Dancing on the Ceiling video, including one fat guy who apparently does it every game with several people shining green laser pointers on him.

-Not only is smoking allowed in the stands, but a vendor comes through selling cigarettes, along with, among other things, toy guns, blowing bubbles, small beach balls, gum, and Sponge-Bob glowsticks.

-At least two dogs wandering the stands, and at least one dog on the field. Also a large number of urchins coming through picking up beer cans for resale.

-Lots and lots of armed guards. Nicaragua is the safest country in Central America, so the armed guards were surprising. Given the amount of drinking and fighting that was going on, I suppose they're necessary.

This sounds awesome. Now I want to go to Nicaragua

I've been here a day and already prepared to term it paradise. We came back last night and watched the Colts-Jets game in Spanish, while a cook made us an incredible meal at the cost of $4/hour, and Mr. krista made drinks with the best rum I've ever had.See this hammock? That's where I intend to spend the rest of my day.

So Awesome. I'm jealous

 

[badmojo1006]

I try to recycle when I can. Of course you have to clean out the bottles or jars before you can put it in the recycling bin. Some are pretty easy, others a pain in the ###.

Peanut Butter jars are the worst

 

[General Malaise]

Is there a better song pairing on radio airwaves than Journey's "Feeling That Way" + "Anytime"? I really love that back to back that is glaringly omitted from their Greatest Hits album. You can't do one without the other. IMO.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm going to see LaBron tonight!