GM's thread about nothing (21 Viewers)

[Josie Maran]

I'm not drinking today. And yes, that is significant news...practically threadworthy.

Did you break DiMaggio's record?

Nah...think I went three weeks straight though.

 

[bentley]

I asked this in Otis' suburbs thread, but has any of you ever drilled out a keyed Master Lock padlock? We lost the key to the one on our gate, we don't own bolt cutters, and I refuse to let this be Mr. YSR's excuse for buying a Dremel (I'm 37% sure the key isn't lost and that's what this is about).

I've gotten a hole about 3/4 the diameter and am working on the last 1/4 with a the largest bit that will fit. It's slow going and hard and I need to know if it will all be for naught.

First, are your bolt cutters large enough and can you get the lock's shackle (the U-shaped part that goes into the body) far enough into the jaws of the bolt cutter?

Another option is to get a good drill bit, one that is very hard, and drill right into the part where you put the key. The drill bit will need to be large enough to cause enough "damage" to release the shackle. You may need to use two bits. One would be smaller and for the first cut, and the second would expand the first hole to finish the job.

Make sure the drill bits are very hard. Carborundum bits are good. If you can't find one at your hardware store, go to an auto parts store and explain your needs.

That was the website that made me think to do this. I started with the small bit and got a decent enough circumference that I now have the big bit in there. I know some random person from the Internet said it was possible, I wanted to see if the GMTAN said it was possible.BTW, bentley and any other Texas fans, I Googled "how to cut master lock" in Lowes earlier today and got the following site. Really helpful fans you've got there, in particular the poster in post #34.

Holy ####! The Shag is down! I've got nothing to do online now except for hang out in this thread.This also bodes poorly for my plan to not drink anything tonight. Thought I might give it a break and see if this kidney pain went away.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Dear Sunny Lubick Bobblehead Doll - Can you please tell me your thoughts on Coil in the Haskell? First time on dirt angle...

Weak crop so I see no reason he can't go back there and beat these. Baffert blamed his latest on his instructions to Garcia so you can excuse the hiccup if you want to. Still, he shoulda been able to win that regardless. If Baffert is convinced enough he'll take to dirt to ship him out, that's good enough for me. Rail is dead today, btw, not good having to break from there.Shackleford was one of the few that impressed me, a standout in the Triple Crown. Game horse.Astrology is interesting to me, if you can throw it his last. He was only a few lengths behind Shack back in May, no reason he hasn't developed some more and could turn the tables. At 8-1 vs even money (Shack), worth a look.

Just like we drew it up, GBDGM. There is a new sheriff in town, btw, that was one impressive run, damn. Shack dug deep too, but was no match. Did you see it, Darren?

 

[bentley]

YSR> Thought for sure you were going to be talking about the guy that started this thread.

 

[Frostillicus]

NARD-DAWG!!!

 

[krista4]

It's hard to quantify how awesome drinking beer outside on a gorgeous summer Sunday is. Just sitting here next to Union Square with a beer and a book and Spotify. Doesn't get much better than this.

Screw all y'all who aren't working today. (Sounds great, TU.) My job blows.On the plus side (in my opinion), tomorrow I'll find out if I need to go to Dubai next week. I'd LOVE to go to Dubai, even if it is for work.

At the Dubai airport, they have a building for arrivals and a building for departures. It is not uncommon to walk out of the arrival building into the departure building at midnight and realize that it is still above 100 degrees outside. Very few of the planes will take off from Dubai to the U.S. until after dark, because of the oppressive heat combined with most flights are booked solid and the plane is loaded with fuel (at least enough fuel for the 13 hour flight). I found it neat that the bus stops for public transportation are air conditioned.Hopefully you'll have time to visit the

Thanks! I hear it's very cool. I might spend an extra day if I can, to explore. Now waiting 'til tomorrow to see if I have to leave a week from now.

 

[Oh Yes!]

Get a dremel for christs sake.

 

[Oh Yes!]

How many of you guys went to your first kid's baby shower?

 

[-fish-]

Huge breakthrough in divorce negotiations...my wife finally understood what I've been telling her for over a year regarding how I thought our custody could work, and agreed to it. She also agreed to get divorced in a different county without a 90-day hold period and mandatory parenting classes. She also accepted my offer of an obscene amount of alimony I'm willing to pay for three more years, just to get this over with.

I may be divorced by Halloween!

:fingerscrossed:

I just added up how much I've paid her to date, how much I paid out of pocket to get rid of our house as part of this process, and how much I'm going to pay (not counting child support). If the commercials are true, I could have fed well over 6000 African families for a year. I'm going to go get very, very drunk.

 

[gamera]

My divorce cost $550, we both used the same lawyer.

 

[-fish-]

My divorce cost $550, we both used the same lawyer.

I've fired 4 lawyers; she's gone through 3. We're actually filing uncontested at this point, since we've spent the last 2.5 years fighting about everything.It really isn't the lawyers that have cost so much. I'm supporting two households (she didn't work until recently), and had to unload a house that we had just bought, knowing that we overpaid at the top of the market because we were going to live in it for at least 15 years. Between that and a custody dispute, it's been ongoing for years and very expensive. C'est la vie.

 

[Frostillicus]

How many of you guys went to your first kid's baby shower?

NO

 

[-fish-]

How many of you guys went to your first kid's baby shower?

NO

hell no..then again, see the couple posts I made above this. My marital experience probably isn't a roadmap to be followed.

 

[mr. furley]

How many of you guys went to your first kid's baby shower?

men don't go to showers. or the birth of their first child. or birthdays. or recitals. grab a beer and post on the internet

 

[Oh Yes!]

How many of you guys went to your first kid's baby shower?

NO

I was hoping this was the response. My brother (Wrigley) and my other brother (you don't know him) had a buddy who went to his and my brother (you don't know him) was promised by his buddy to only have to sit at the bar and get shwasted. Needless to say all the guys got stuck watching the whole thing and it was horrible.

 

[bentley]

How many of you guys went to your first kid's baby shower?

NO

hell no

Hell #### noI went to the driving range with my old man. We hit about a dozen balls between us and ended up ####faced before noon.

 

[Oh Yes!]

So..... no?

 

[Frostillicus]

So..... no?

Maybe.

 

[BobbyLayne]

How many of you guys went to your first kid's baby shower?

Oh, hell no.

It may be worth noting I'm no longer married to that woman.

Second kid's baby shower?



Of course, about one-half of her friends in attendance were lesbians. I think I was err...hoping...aw, #### it, I don't what the hell was going on in my head. But it was no big deal. Also, no ####### games. I did stipulate I'd go but no bull#### activities. There were other husbands there, too. OK, one husband and a bunch of bulldykes.

Mrs. BL was 43ish...suboptimal...was considered high risk so I was doing a lot of butt-kissing back then trying to ease her mind...but thankfully it was a breeze. Well, it was on my end.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

No way on the baby shower. There's really no point to it.

 

[Frostillicus]

Anybody in this thread other than GM have a sportsbook.com account?

 

[-fish-]

Anybody in this thread other than GM have a sportsbook.com account?

I think I still do. Probably doesn't have anything in it.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Anybody in this thread other than GM have a sportsbook.com account?

No, but this is better than talking about baby showers.

 

[Frostillicus]

I'm 301-138 for +40.39 units on baseball props this year. Anybody want some picks?

 

[-fish-]

I don't venture into political threads, but how is a congressman calling the president a "tar baby" not on page one somewhere? that's got to be good for some bannings.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

I'm 301-138 for +40.39 units on baseball props this year. Anybody want some picks?

You know it.

 

[Frostillicus]

I'm 301-138 for +40.39 units on baseball props this year. Anybody want some picks?

You know it.

I'll start posting them in here. Which will, of course, mean that I will go on an insane cold streak despite 4 months of good picks.

 

[Early_10]

My divorce cost $550, we both used the same lawyer.

I've fired 4 lawyers; she's gone through 3. We're actually filing uncontested at this point, since we've spent the last 2.5 years fighting about everything.It really isn't the lawyers that have cost so much. I'm supporting two households (she didn't work until recently), and had to unload a house that we had just bought, knowing that we overpaid at the top of the market because we were going to live in it for at least 15 years. Between that and a custody dispute, it's been ongoing for years and very expensive. C'est la vie.

I guess this makes my prospects of no child support (he's not working yet amazingly doesn't get to spend time with the kids more than once every two weeks) seem piddly. He didn't miss the opportunity last Friday on his biweekly visit to introduce them to his new gf and her kid. How lucky they are to have him!Drinks are on me.

 

[Early_10]

How many of you guys went to your first kid's baby shower?

Oh, hell no.

It may be worth noting I'm no longer married to that woman.

Second kid's baby shower?



Of course, about one-half of her friends in attendance were lesbians. I think I was err...hoping...aw, #### it, I don't what the hell was going on in my head. But it was no big deal. Also, no ####### games. I did stipulate I'd go but no bull#### activities. There were other husbands there, too. OK, one husband and a bunch of bulldykes.

Mrs. BL was 43ish...suboptimal...was considered high risk so I was doing a lot of butt-kissing back then trying to ease her mind...but thankfully it was a breeze. Well, it was on my end.

 

[Sergeant Spelt]

Interesting phone calls from this morning...

Me: Hel..

Insane Female: You tell that crackhead ho her time is coming.. she gonna get hers.

Me: Uhh who is this?

I.F.: Don't worry about who this is. I'm gonna get that b####.

Me: I think you have the wrong number.

I.F.: No I don't.

Me: Yes you do. click

a few minutes later...

Me: Hello?

I.F.: Where Susan at?

Me: You have the wrong number.

I.F.: No I don't.

Me: What number are you trying to call?

I.F.: Yours. Now you tell Susan I'm gonna call the police and get a restraining order..

Me: YOU ARE CALLING MY CELL PHONE. DO I SOUND LIKE A 'SUSAN'???

I.F.: So she's not there?

Me: click

 

[mr. furley]

Interesting phone calls from this morning...

Me: Hel..

Insane Female: You tell that crackhead ho her time is coming.. she gonna get hers.

Me: Uhh who is this?

I.F.: Don't worry about who this is. I'm gonna get that b####.

Me: I think you have the wrong number.

I.F.: No I don't.

Me: Yes you do. click

a few minutes later...

Me: Hello?

I.F.: Where Susan at?

Me: You have the wrong number.

I.F.: No I don't.

Me: What number are you trying to call?

I.F.: Yours. Now you tell Susan I'm gonna call the police and get a restraining order..

Me: YOU ARE CALLING MY CELL PHONE. DO I SOUND LIKE A 'SUSAN'???

I.F.: So she's not there?

Me: click

have your gf call her back

 

[BobbyLayne]

We have the same phone number as a Pocono Mountains resort, save the area code. We are 212. The resort is 215.



Three times a week, minimum.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

We have the same phone number as a Pocono Mountains resort, save the area code. We are 212. The resort is 215.



Three times a week, minimum.

Start taking credit card information.

 

[Sergeant Spelt]

We have the same phone number as a Pocono Mountains resort, save the area code. We are 212. The resort is 215.



Three times a week, minimum.

In High School, a buddy had a similar phone number to the local bowling alley. His was 243-#### and the alley was 234-####. The family rule was that if someone called twice in a row for the bowling alley, they would tell them that it burned down. So he and I were actually at the alley one night getting into his car when another car comes peeling into the lot. Kid sticks his head out the window and asks us "Was there a fire here tonight!?!?" We just look at each other and bust out laughing. What were the odds they would run into us? It's not like we were there very often.

 

[Osaurus]

We have the same phone number as a Pocono Mountains resort, save the area code. We are 212. The resort is 215.



Three times a week, minimum.

In High School, a buddy had a similar phone number to the local bowling alley. His was 243-#### and the alley was 234-####. The family rule was that if someone called twice in a row for the bowling alley, they would tell them that it burned down. So he and I were actually at the alley one night getting into his car when another car comes peeling into the lot. Kid sticks his head out the window and asks us "Was there a fire here tonight!?!?" We just look at each other and bust out laughing. What were the odds they would run into us? It's not like we were there very often.

Awesome!

 

[urbanhack]

My divorce cost $550, we both used the same lawyer.

good for you. lucky #####.

 

[urbanhack]

My divorce cost $550, we both used the same lawyer.

I've fired 4 lawyers; she's gone through 3. We're actually filing uncontested at this point, since we've spent the last 2.5 years fighting about everything.It really isn't the lawyers that have cost so much. I'm supporting two households (she didn't work until recently), and had to unload a house that we had just bought, knowing that we overpaid at the top of the market because we were going to live in it for at least 15 years. Between that and a custody dispute, it's been ongoing for years and very expensive. C'est la vie.

We should all pitch in and throw you a big-### party when yours is finally done.

 

[Lieutenant Dan]

We have the same phone number as a Pocono Mountains resort, save the area code. We are 212. The resort is 215.



Three times a week, minimum.

my cell number is the same as the first seven digits (my prefix = their area code) of some place that pharmacies have to send faxes to. I get voicemails (I don't answer #s I don't recognize) all the time of nothing but modem chatter. They usually will call at least 3 or 4 times. If it goes longer than that, I send them a fax that says something along the lines of "If you'll put the "1" in front of the area code, you'll quit faxing to my damn cell phone. Thanks!"

 

[EYLive]

Do single guys have house warming parties?

Other than food and booze, what do these things entail?

 

[urbanhack]

Do single guys have house warming parties?Other than food and booze, what do these things entail?

depends on the type of friends that you have.

 

[Oh Yes!]

Do single guys have house warming parties?Other than food and booze, what do these things entail?

we never did, since my gf cant decide on a paint color. but yes, they are just an excuse to get drunk, stockpile your liquor cabinet and eat some food with friends.

 

[Oh Yes!]

kinda torn on if i want the Pirates to make the playoffs. would be nice since on one hand, they have been so awful for so long, but on the other hand, screw pittsburgh.

 

[Oh Yes!]

pretty sure i have 3 or 4 extra commas in there...

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Interesting phone calls from this morning...

Me: Hel..

Insane Female: You tell that crackhead ho her time is coming.. she gonna get hers.

Me: Uhh who is this?

I.F.: Don't worry about who this is. I'm gonna get that b####.

Me: I think you have the wrong number.

I.F.: No I don't.

Me: Yes you do. click

a few minutes later...

Me: Hello?

I.F.: Where Susan at?

Me: You have the wrong number.

I.F.: No I don't.

Me: What number are you trying to call?

I.F.: Yours. Now you tell Susan I'm gonna call the police and get a restraining order..

Me: YOU ARE CALLING MY CELL PHONE. DO I SOUND LIKE A 'SUSAN'???

I.F.: So she's not there?

Me: click

You gotta share this number with us.

 

[jplvr]

I called a buddy one night while at the grocery store. We hung up and I thought he was calling me back a minute or two later. It was actually his insanely drunk roommate, screaming in the phone for me to put Amber on. I informed him Amber didn't want to speak to him ever again. We go back and forth for a while and I eventually get to the check-out girl. I mute the phone and finally talk her into picking up and saying, "Never call this number again" before hanging up the phone.

I called my buddy on his cell and ask what his roommate is doing and he said, "I think he's about to tear the house down. How the #### do you know about it?" He was crying on the other end of the line by the time I finished telling him the whole conversation, which I had full memory of at that time. We were all around 23 y/o then and apparently Amber was a 17 y/o chick this loser was trying to nail. We both agreed, "serves him right" and didn't tell him until months later.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm 301-138 for +40.39 units on baseball props this year. Anybody want some picks?

You know it.

I'll start posting them in here. Which will, of course, mean that I will go on an insane cold streak despite 4 months of good picks.

Firing up the old sportsbook.com account......again. I have quit betting 8 times in the last year. Just been awful.And when I have a great lean, like betting Coil to win over Shak and Ruler? I go camping and forget to place the wager.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Anything worth reading over the last 5 days? I took an impromptu vacation. Look at me! Drove by mrs bsr's house. Thought about attempting a cornhole, but........

The Monterey aquarium ia awesome. As is the 18th hole at half moon bay.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

Anybody in this thread other than GM have a sportsbook.com account?

 

[YSR]

I have accounts at Betus, World Sports Exchange and Sportsbetting. I would enjoy some winners.

 

[General Malaise]

Anybody in this thread other than GM have a sportsbook.com account?

A furtive wagering thread in here?