GM's thread about nothing (24 Viewers)

[proninja]

Also, working in a bike shop in the winter is a lot like how I imagine southern hookers feel on Sunday morning

Hung over, sore between the legs, and hungry for grits and biscuits and gravy?

I was going for a feeling that was specific to Sunday morning, not all of 'em. Mmmmm, biscuits and gravy.

 

[Osaurus]

When you have company for a week and have multiple bathrooms, do you give up a bathroom to guests the whole time? Even if it is your preferred bathroom/bat cave/fortress of solitude?

It doesn't strike me as particularly welcoming to subject guests to the smells that come forth from my bowels. So yeah, I'd give it up for a week.

Gonna be a long week

 

[mr. furley]

No one's ever been named La-A pronounced 'la dash a.' It is a common urban legend that has been repeated many times.

Close second: LemonJello and OrangeJello, sisters whose names are pronounced "la man jeh lo" and "oh ran jeh lo."

Status: Undetermined.

if it's proved to be a hoax, I will be happy tell the test administrator that she's full of BS

no less than about a dozen posters here have claimed to "know someone" who has a student in their class named La-a

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

No one's ever been named La-A pronounced 'la dash a.' It is a common urban legend that has been repeated many times.

Close second: LemonJello and OrangeJello, sisters whose names are pronounced "la man jeh lo" and "oh ran jeh lo."

Status: Undetermined.

if it's proved to be a hoax, I will be happy tell the test administrator that she's full of BS

no less than about a dozen posters here have claimed to "know someone" who has a student in their class named La-a

If it was clearly a made-up story, Snopes would have it dismissed as a hoax. La-a is out there dammit! ETA: the dash don't be silent

I think perhaps it started as a hoax, but then became an actual name

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Also, working in a bike shop in the winter is a lot like how I imagine southern hookers feel on Sunday morning

Hung over, sore between the legs, and hungry for grits and biscuits and gravy?

I was going for a feeling that was specific to Sunday morning, not all of 'em. Mmmmm, biscuits and gravy.

Disappointed Ole Miss lost?

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

I, for one, welcoming our wall-protecting overlords.Jessup> welcome.

*salute*

 

[Sarnoff]

When you have company for a week and have multiple bathrooms, do you give up a bathroom to guests the whole time? Even if it is your preferred bathroom/bat cave/fortress of solitude?

Speaking of bathrooms!I heard this story from my CEO today. Her sister went shopping at Target. She visited the ladies room and hung her handbag on the back of the toilet door. As she carried on about her business, a hand suddenly appeared over the top of the stall and grabbed her bag clean off the hook!!!

As if this wasn't bad enough, she reported the incident to the manager of the store. A couple of days later she took a call to say her bag had been found, without her purse. She arranged a time to go and meet the manager to collect her things.

On arriving at Target at the agreed time, the manager was not expecting her - nothing had been found, no one had called.

When the lady got home, her house had been burgled, with no sign of forced entry, they had used her drivers license for the address and her keys to let themselves in!

You forgot to mention the part where she asked the police to trace the call... and it CAME FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!!!

 

[shuke]

Yeah. When it was told to me by the Hogg twins...Ima and Ura.

Pretty sure I saw this on Real People. Ima Hogg married some guy with the last name Belcher so she changed her first name to Ura. Skip Stephenson said it was tru.

 

[mr. furley]

Actual, legal spelling of her name: La-a

Pronunciation of her name: Ladasha

I have a cousin who's a teacher and she asked me how I thought I'd pronounce this name in her class, "L-A."

Answer: Pronounced "LaDasha"

Seriously.

My wife is a grade school teacher and has some strange names to report at times.

Oddly enough, the strangest name of a kid I heard was not from my wife's class but via an Ultrasound Tech when my wife was pregnant. The Ultrasound tech said she recently had a pregnant gal come in for a look at things, and this gal had a small child with her too. Her kid's name...

La-A

Pronounced: La Dash Uh

To me, that is either pronounced La Uh, La A or La Hyphen Uh.

My dad told me about some woman that named her daughter Le-a. Guess how it's pronounced?

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My wife is a teacher and she had a student named Le-a. After much confusion, she learned it was pronounced "Ledasha" because, according to the girl's mother, "the dash don't be silent."

Is she friends with Mrs. WOMI?Le-A

Maybe you're neighbors with Bolt ThrowerLe-A

People scoffed when I reported that my wife's best friend had a girl at her school named Le-a (pronounced, "Ledasha")...but it is indeed 100% verified true.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Also, working in a bike shop in the winter is a lot like how I imagine southern hookers feel on Sunday morning

Hung over, sore between the legs, and hungry for grits and biscuits and gravy?

Man, that takes me back...

 

[Homer J Simpson]

No one's ever been named La-A pronounced 'la dash a.' It is a common urban legend that has been repeated many times.

Close second: LemonJello and OrangeJello, sisters whose names are pronounced "la man jeh lo" and "oh ran jeh lo."

Status: Undetermined.

if it's proved to be a hoax, I will be happy tell the test administrator that she's full of BS

Nathan, just a friendly PSA: This is a closed community, outsiders aren't really welcome here.Just giving you a heads-up.

Beat it, Flintstone. We don't like your kind here.

 

[Keys Myaths]

 

[Keys Myaths]

No one's ever been named La-A pronounced 'la dash a.' It is a common urban legend that has been repeated many times.

Close second: LemonJello and OrangeJello, sisters whose names are pronounced "la man jeh lo" and "oh ran jeh lo."

Status: Undetermined.

if it's proved to be a hoax, I will be happy tell the test administrator that she's full of BS

Nathan, just a friendly PSA: This is a closed community, outsiders aren't really welcome here.Just giving you a heads-up.

Cool story, Zow.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Also, working in a bike shop in the winter is a lot like how I imagine southern hookers feel on Sunday morning

Hung over, sore between the legs, and hungry for grits and biscuits and gravy?

Man, that takes me back...

 

[cosjobs]

Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975), known as "The First Lady of Texas",[1] was an American philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century.[2] Hogg was an avid art collector, and owned works by Picasso, Klee, and Matisse, among others. Hogg donated hundreds of pieces of artwork to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts and served on a committee to plan the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An enthusiastic collector of early American antiques, she also served on a committee tasked with locating historical furniture for the White House. She restored and refurbished several properties, including the Varner plantation and Bayou Bend, which she later donated to Texas arts and historical institutions who maintain the facilities and their collections today. Hogg received numerous awards and honors, including the Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Santa Rita Award from the University of Texas System, and an honorary doctorate in fine arts fromSouthwestern University.

Hogg was the daughter of Sarah Ann "Sallie" Stinson and James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg, later Attorney General of Texas andGovernor of the state. Ima Hogg's first name was taken from The Fate of Marvin, an epic poem written by her uncle Thomas Hogg. She endeavored to downplay her unusual name by signing her first name illegibly and having her stationery printed with "I. Hogg" or "Miss Hogg". Although it was rumored that Hogg had a sister named "Ura Hogg", she had only brothers. Hogg's father left public office in 1895, and soon after, her mother was diagnosed with tuberculosis. When Sarah died later that year, Jim Hogg's widowed elder sister moved to Austin to care for the Hogg children. Between 1899 and 1901, Hogg attended theUniversity of Texas at Austin; she then moved to New York City to study piano and music theory for two years. After her father's death in 1906, she traveled to Europe and spent two years studying music under Xaver Scharwenka in Vienna. When she returned to Texas, she established and managed the Houston Symphony Orchestra and served as president of the Symphony Society.

The discovery of oil on her family's plantation made Hogg very wealthy, and she used this income to benefit the people of Texas. In 1929, she founded the Houston Child Guidance Center, which provides counseling for disturbed children and their families. Through her brother's will, she established the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at the University of Texas at Austin in 1940. Hogg successfully ran for a seat on the Houston School Board in 1943, where she worked to remove gender and race as criteria for determining pay and established art education programs for black students. Hogg never married, and died in 1975. The Ima Hogg Foundation was the major beneficiary of her will, and carries on her philanthropic work today. Several annual awards have been established in her name, honoring her efforts to preserve cultural heritage in Texas.

 

[Sarnoff]

Nathan, just a friendly PSA: This is a closed community, outsiders aren't really welcome here.Just giving you a heads-up.

You guys invited Eric? I thought Eric gave you the creeps.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Also, working in a bike shop in the winter is a lot like how I imagine southern hookers feel on Sunday morning

Hung over, sore between the legs, and hungry for grits and biscuits and gravy?

Man, that takes me back...

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Also, working in a bike shop in the winter is a lot like how I imagine southern hookers feel on Sunday morning

Hung over, sore between the legs, and hungry for grits and biscuits and gravy?

Man, that takes me back...

All the way back to this morning?

 

[EYLive]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Also, working in a bike shop in the winter is a lot like how I imagine southern hookers feel on Sunday morning

Hung over, sore between the legs, and hungry for grits and biscuits and gravy?

Man, that takes me back...

All the way back to this morning?

That was a long time ago, dude.

 

[General Malaise]

Be nice to Jessup. We could use some fresh faces now that Shuke has retired from the FFA.

 

[General Malaise]

Also, working in a bike shop in the winter is a lot like how I imagine southern hookers feel on Sunday morning

Hung over, sore between the legs, and hungry for grits and biscuits and gravy?

Man, that takes me back...

All the way back to this morning?

That was a long time ago, dude.

We gonna get some pics of this barely legal coed or what?

 

[BobbyLayne]

Jessup> welcome.

The GM of GMTAN is one of the most inclusive guys you'll ever meet. Do you like gambling, liquor and porn? Well, did you ever? Or would you like to pretend you do or once did? Just let me know when you've nodded your head once...Ok, good, welcome aboard.

Guy will cornhole with anyone. OK, not everyone. LpHUCKS and MoP and maybe one or two other toolish types. But damn near anyone. Guy will make you feel like you're his best friend. Not in a cheesy smarmy way but in a sincere doggone that Forrest sure is a swell guy kind of way. That's a ####### gift. That's like 1000 percent better than being exclusive toward any stranger.

In the spirit of the moron man behind the curtain, welcome Jessup.

Also, if you have any good shart stories, this place could use some fresh material.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Be nice to Jessup. We could use some fresh faces now that Shuke has retired from the FFA.

Did I miss the announcement thread? No way that ####er goes quietly.

 

[-fish-]

Jessup> welcome.

The GM of GMTAN is one of the most inclusive guys you'll ever meet. Do you like gambling, liquor and porn? Well, did you ever? Or would you like to pretend you do or once did? Just let me know when you've nodded your head once...Ok, good, welcome aboard.

Guy will cornhole with anyone. OK, not everyone. L***S and MoP and maybe one or two other toolish types. But damn near anyone. Guy will make you feel like you're his best friend. Not in a cheesy smarmy way but in a sincere doggone that Forrest sure is a swell guy kind of way. That's a ####### gift. That's like 1000 percent better than being exclusive toward any stranger.

In the spirit of the moron man behind the curtain, welcome Jessup.

Also, if you have any good shart stories, this place could use some fresh material.

better believe when his ban is lifted the first thing he does is search for his name. let's not mention it in here.

 

[YSR]

No one's ever been named La-A pronounced 'la dash a.' It is a common urban legend that has been repeated many times.

Close second: LemonJello and OrangeJello, sisters whose names are pronounced "la man jeh lo" and "oh ran jeh lo."

Status: Undetermined.

if it's proved to be a hoax, I will be happy tell the test administrator that she's full of BS

Nathan, just a friendly PSA: This is a closed community, outsiders aren't really welcome here.Just giving you a heads-up.

Cool story, Zow.

Reeks of Arctic Edge.

 

[Sarnoff]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

It's the latest & greatest in LA Food Truck fusion. Today I went no-rice. No tortilla, instead it was a sesame soy paper wrap. Fish was salmon, spicy tuna, and crab, with lettuce. The "Power Pokey".The Pokey Truck comes by once a week or so, but the best sushi-burrito truck in town is Jogasaki. Review 1, 2, and 3.

 

[BobbyLayne]

better believe...

Better?

 

[Drifter]

Speaking of kids, what do you guys do for punishments?

Our 6 year old is having more and more difficulty listening lately. He definitely seems hyperactive and is constantly loud or just acting crazy, and the problem is exacerabated by my wife's migraines. Seems like there is a lot of stress in our household lately.

I know some part of this is him just being a kid, but it is like he can't help himself from running around or doing crazy slapstick physical comedy type stuff.

If I had to picture your son, this is exactly how I would picture him GB

WHAT THE #### IS THIS SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

it means that his dad probably takes pictures of how much food he can fit in his mouth and posts them on message boards

Speaking of which, the next generation is already in training for this popular sport. She's adapted the GM angry style

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Soooo I'm like 28 pages behind. Recap?

Thanks again for the kind thoughts guys. Sconch, GM that is awesome your boys have strong character.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

SLB- You're a good man. Try not to whack the new neighbors.

I keep imagining this.

My link

at both of these

 

[Tiny Dancer]

That was an impressive takedown by furley.

 

[BobbyLayne]

SLB back

Shuke rumored to have retired

World seems right again

 

[General Malaise]

Be nice to Jessup. We could use some fresh faces now that Shuke has retired from the FFA.

Did I miss the announcement thread? No way that ####er goes quietly.

He threatened to quit this place for the 8,198,181th time recently. He ain't going anywhere.Also, thanks for the kind words.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Soooo I'm like 28 pages behind. Recap?

GMTAN timed and coordinated community shots. It's all the rage.

 

[General Malaise]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

It's the latest & greatest in LA Food Truck fusion. Today I went no-rice. No tortilla, instead it was a sesame soy paper wrap. Fish was salmon, spicy tuna, and crab, with lettuce. The "Power Pokey".The Pokey Truck comes by once a week or so, but the best sushi-burrito truck in town is Jogasaki. Review 1, 2, and 3.

Want.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

It's the latest & greatest in LA Food Truck fusion. Today I went no-rice. No tortilla, instead it was a sesame soy paper wrap. Fish was salmon, spicy tuna, and crab, with lettuce. The "Power Pokey".The Pokey Truck comes by once a week or so, but the best sushi-burrito truck in town is Jogasaki. Review 1, 2, and 3.

Want.

Just added

 

[YSR]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

It's the latest & greatest in LA Food Truck fusion. Today I went no-rice. No tortilla, instead it was a sesame soy paper wrap. Fish was salmon, spicy tuna, and crab, with lettuce. The "Power Pokey".The Pokey Truck comes by once a week or so, but the best sushi-burrito truck in town is Jogasaki. Review 1, 2, and 3.

Want.

A weekly visit from the Pokey Truck?

 

[General Malaise]

Soooo I'm like 28 pages behind. Recap?Thanks again for the kind thoughts guys. Sconch, GM that is awesome your boys have strong character.

Yeah, well...they also tried to milk my parents dog the other day, so let's not fit them with hall of fame jackets just yet.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

SLB backShuke rumored to have retiredWorld seems right again

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Soooo I'm like 28 pages behind. Recap?Thanks again for the kind thoughts guys. Sconch, GM that is awesome your boys have strong character.

Yeah, well...they also tried to milk my parents dog the other day, so let's not fit them with hall of fame jackets just yet.

Come on Sparky red rocket!

 

[General Malaise]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

It's the latest & greatest in LA Food Truck fusion. Today I went no-rice. No tortilla, instead it was a sesame soy paper wrap. Fish was salmon, spicy tuna, and crab, with lettuce. The "Power Pokey".The Pokey Truck comes by once a week or so, but the best sushi-burrito truck in town is Jogasaki. Review 1, 2, and 3.

Want.

A weekly visit from the Pokey Truck?

I was going to sit inside a 7-11 at 2am for 45 minutes or more just to get a large hot dog. You can only imagine the lengths I will go to get me some Pokey Truck vittles.

 

[Sarnoff]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

It's the latest & greatest in LA Food Truck fusion. Today I went no-rice. No tortilla, instead it was a sesame soy paper wrap. Fish was salmon, spicy tuna, and crab, with lettuce. The "Power Pokey".The Pokey Truck comes by once a week or so, but the best sushi-burrito truck in town is Jogasaki. Review 1, 2, and 3.

Want.

A weekly visit from the Pokey Truck?

I was going to sit inside a 7-11 at 2am for 45 minutes or more just to get a large hot dog. You can only imagine the lengths I will go to get me some Pokey Truck vittles.

On the other hand, Pokey Truck won't let you stand in the corner quietly reading Penthouse Letters while you wait.

 

[General Malaise]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

It's the latest & greatest in LA Food Truck fusion. Today I went no-rice. No tortilla, instead it was a sesame soy paper wrap. Fish was salmon, spicy tuna, and crab, with lettuce. The "Power Pokey".The Pokey Truck comes by once a week or so, but the best sushi-burrito truck in town is Jogasaki. Review 1, 2, and 3.

Want.

A weekly visit from the Pokey Truck?

I was going to sit inside a 7-11 at 2am for 45 minutes or more just to get a large hot dog. You can only imagine the lengths I will go to get me some Pokey Truck vittles.

On the other hand, Pokey Truck won't let you stand in the corner quietly reading Penthouse Letters while you wait.

well, to be fair, neither did the woman at 7-11.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Went sushi burrito again for lunch today. Might be my new favorite food.

Please describe. Quality rice and fish wrapped in a tortilla sounds odd.

It's the latest & greatest in LA Food Truck fusion. Today I went no-rice. No tortilla, instead it was a sesame soy paper wrap. Fish was salmon, spicy tuna, and crab, with lettuce. The "Power Pokey".The Pokey Truck comes by once a week or so, but the best sushi-burrito truck in town is Jogasaki. Review 1, 2, and 3.

Want.

A weekly visit from the Pokey Truck?

I was going to sit inside a 7-11 at 2am for 45 minutes or more just to get a large hot dog. You can only imagine the lengths I will go to get me some Pokey Truck vittles.

On the other hand, Pokey Truck won't let you stand in the corner quietly reading Penthouse Letters while you wait.

You've tried?

 

[Osaurus]

Got my brining bucket all ready to go.

 

[General Malaise]

Got my brining bucket all ready to go.

Were the parenthases really necessary there?

 

[krista4]

Soooo I'm like 28 pages behind. Recap?

Our Bills lost.

 

[krista4]

Sorry about your troubles, SLB. to you and Cal.

 

[YSR]

Is it possible to have a pinched nerve in the middle of the upper arm? I've self diagnosed and need to know how to treat this.

In the last 24 hours, whenever I bend my right arm at a 90-degree angle - say, to type on a laptop that's on my lap, cook or iron - I develop a horrible pinching/stinging feeling in a very specific spot on the back of my upper arm after about 2-3 minutes. The pain is equidistant between my shoulder and elbow and is directly at the bottom of my upper arm when its in the "making a bicep" position.

I don't know enough about anatomy to know whether a nerve can be affected in that spot, but whatever is going on is causing some real problems. Any suggestions? Ice? Heat? Electrostim? Stretching?

Romo running things. Respect.

<_< I actually considered using this as an excuse to lie around for a day or two, but he's so bad at housework (purposefully, methinks) and I'm so Type A when it comes to that stuff... just not going to happen.