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'Guster said:
'Marvin said:
Don't act like you're not impressed.

Highlight of the evening: They introduce our team as the winners. I didn't join until last year but I guess this same team won 3 or 4 times out of the last 7. The organizer/MC/head soccer coach introduced us as "the team you love to hate" (or whatever a British accent sounds like). Then they gave us a bunch of undersized t-shirts...that's what happens when a bunch of 19 year old soccer players orders shirts.

Oh yeah...the highlight. After our team leader introduced us individually there was a very weak smattering of applause and then silence. I took the opportunity to yell at the top of my voice while doing this:

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?
:lmao: how did that go over? we need details of the event.
The college soccer players laughed...which was enough for me. You have to figure that this crowd, probably about 200 people, is super nerdy. There is one team that's more like your typical neighborhood bar trivia night people. The rest are dorky or stiff shirts. Each team has 10 players. 7 people on my team have Ph.Ds. Then there was me, a HS teacher, and a guy in his 20s that was the son of on of the professors.

Random Highlights:

There's a music round where they'll play 30 seconds of a song and then you have to answer two questions. Usually you have to name the artist and some other factoid. The first song they played was "Los Angeles" by X. I started giggling like a school girl while my teammates shrugged. We had to name the band and the singer/bass player. I wrote down the answer in about 3 seconds and handed to our recorder. Someone asked "Are you sure?" I said "Yeah...considering I almost wore a concert t-shirt with this band playing right now on it."

Two songs later they played "Jane Says". I told the guy next to me "If they play a Pixies song I'm pretty much going to start touching myself." I think I scared him a bit.

I also shocked myself by knowing that Tommy Lasorda coached the Olympic baseball team in 2000. I also stunned my team by knowing the name of Ian Fleming's estate in Jamaica (Goldeneye) and that Bruce Jenner was on CHiPs.

What was I most proud of? Figuring out at "half-time" that the drink tickets and the raffle tickets were exactly the same. I had only bought $10 worth of drink tickets since I was trying to pace myself. Once I decided that I wanted more than 3 beers they had stopped selling drink tickets. After they did the raffle I helped myself to the pile of losing tickets on our table and used them for beer. Now that was smart.

 
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What was I most proud of? Figuring out at "half-time" that the drink tickets and the raffle tickets were exactly the same. I had only bought $10 worth of drink tickets since I was trying to pace myself. Once I decided that I wanted more than 3 beers they had stopped selling drink tickets. After they did the raffle I helped myself to the pile of losing tickets on our table and used them for beer. Now that was smart.
I've never been more impressed with your intelligence than I am now
 
I'm borrowing one of these from my boss to power wash before I paint. Is it as fun as I think it's going to be?
For about 4 minutes, then it's boring as ####.
So do I have the right idea with these things...I've never used one. I'm going to power wash the house before I paint. Is that the right route to go? What else do people power wash? Decks? Boats? Shrubs?
I've had one for a few years that I used once to clean our patio. I really don't know.
 
Pallet of Zoysia Empire sod coming next Saturday morning. :thumbup:
Talk to me about sod...you saw my yard. Should I re-sod it? I fed it with some weed and feed, but it was found buried deep in the garage and might not be very good. When do you add sod? What does it really do? Do I know what sod is?
With all the rain you get, you should probably go just with seed. All the water it takes to get sod started should probably get your seed going at a fraction of the cost. Unless the area has a glut of water, you should target a lawn that you do not need to water once established. Here in texas, a well-watered lawn is despised by your neighbors during a drought. Such a waste of resources. Unsure the Portland situation.
 
What was I most proud of? Figuring out at "half-time" that the drink tickets and the raffle tickets were exactly the same. I had only bought $10 worth of drink tickets since I was trying to pace myself. Once I decided that I wanted more than 3 beers they had stopped selling drink tickets. After they did the raffle I helped myself to the pile of losing tickets on our table and used them for beer. Now that was smart.
I've never been more impressed with your intelligence than I am now
:goodposting:
 
Pallet of Zoysia Empire sod coming next Saturday morning. :thumbup:
Talk to me about sod...you saw my yard. Should I re-sod it? I fed it with some weed and feed, but it was found buried deep in the garage and might not be very good. When do you add sod? What does it really do? Do I know what sod is?
With all the rain you get, you should probably go just with seed. All the water it takes to get sod started should probably get your seed going at a fraction of the cost. Unless the area has a glut of water, you should target a lawn that you do not need to water once established. Here in texas, a well-watered lawn is despised by your neighbors during a drought. Such a waste of resources. Unsure the Portland situation.
Bahia and Zoysia are pretty popular here in FL as extremely drought tolerant. I have been replacing what is left of the bahia in the front yard with Zoysia because it looks way better and doesn't take any more water. I timed my pallet to coincide with the usual beginning of the rainy season here, but of course I will be watering more until it's established which is ~30-45 days.If I were you, I would go seed too with a decent topcoat of soil so the birds don't eat it all. If you decide to re-sod the whole thing, you don't really have to kill the existing or take it out with a sod cutter if you don't want to. I put my sod on top of what was left of the old stuff. The trick is making sure the seams are tight. I have occasional bahia pop up :excited: from time to time, but no big deal. Here is a pic of what I did last year which is half of my front lawn. I am doing the yard in pieces over time to not kill myself or pay a ####load of :moneybag: at one time to finish it. Stil not sure what I am going to do out back, but it will be a while as I am getting a fence first.

 
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What was I most proud of? Figuring out at "half-time" that the drink tickets and the raffle tickets were exactly the same. I had only bought $10 worth of drink tickets since I was trying to pace myself. Once I decided that I wanted more than 3 beers they had stopped selling drink tickets. After they did the raffle I helped myself to the pile of losing tickets on our table and used them for beer. Now that was smart.
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I was at a meeting today where the middle school counselors come to the high school and we discuss the incoming 8th graders. One of our blowhard student assistance counselors went on a tangent about concussions ending with a story about an 8th grade suicide she heard about. Moral was that he was a football player and we need to be more careful. Someone else chimed in and said, "Yeah, that football player just did that."

Finally, I had enough, and said, "Eli Manning, right?" to see where it went. Someone said, "No, him too?" Another, "I don't think it was him." I then said, "Oh, was it is brother Peyton?" Made my Monday.

 
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I was at a meeting today where the middle school counselors come to the high school and we discuss the incoming 8th graders. One of our blowhard student assistance counselors went on a tangent about concussions ending with a story about an 8th grade suicide she heard about. Moral was that he was a football player and we need to be more careful. Someone else chimed in and said, "Yeah, that football player just did that."Finally, I had enough, and said, "Eli Manning, right?" to see where it went. Someone said, "No, him too?" Another, "I don't think it was him." I then said, "Oh, was it is brother Peyton?" Made my Monday.
:lmao: :lmao:
 
I overdosed on Words with Friends last weekend. I have always loved Scrabble, but never could get anyone to play. I played about 10 games all weekend, including two against Pickles and when I closed my eyes to try and sleep, all I saw were Is and Us and a V, shuffling around in vain attempts to make words. I'm better now, but it took a few days to recover.
try scramble...it's better
 
My wife had a baby boy 2 weeks ago. I am not so sure that he looks like me, but he certainly looks like his big sister (who people have claimed looks like me - poor girl). Anyway, so at least the same guy got my wife pregnant both times.

P.S. holy cow this kid poops a lot. Oh, and big sister has cried more today than little dude has since he was born. Girls are crazy.

 
Pretty excited...moving back into my house this month. And as if my life wasn't a 'Made for TV Movie' already, my ex-wife has agreed to move into our townhouse, which will save us all a little bit of money, so big ups to her for agreeing to go along with this.

As you might recall, she sort of let the yard go, and by go, she let it turn into something you'd see on an episode of COPS. Well, I'm happy to report my hired crew did a fantastic job cleaning up. Very happy to see it restored and am very eager to get in there, clean up the rest of the crap that needs to go, and begin transforming it into the yard we've always talked about.

Before After

Before After

Yard debris that didn't fit into our giant green yard debris container
Congrats on mowing the lawn. It looks good.
:lmao:
 
My wife had a baby boy 2 weeks ago. I am not so sure that he looks like me, but he certainly looks like his big sister (who people have claimed looks like me - poor girl). Anyway, so at least the same guy got my wife pregnant both times.

P.S. holy cow this kid poops a lot. Oh, and big sister has cried more today than little dude has since he was born. Girls are crazy.
Congrats buddy
 
My wife had a baby boy 2 weeks ago. I am not so sure that he looks like me, but he certainly looks like his big sister (who people have claimed looks like me - poor girl). Anyway, so at least the same guy got my wife pregnant both times.

P.S. holy cow this kid poops a lot. Oh, and big sister has cried more today than little dude has since he was born. Girls are crazy.
Congrats buddy
:goodposting:
 
wife just made me TWO breakfast egg sandos...english muffins, tillamook extra sharp reserved white cheddar, fried egg, tobasco (sp?)....there's not a better egg sando out there. I think we could sell these out of a food cart.

Shuke, do I have your permission to use your likeness designing our food cart? I have....an idea.
When a cheese needs six adjectives and the sandwich has four ingredients, I feel like its being sold by the Tillamook Super Grand Awesome Happy Fancy Marketing team.
Sooooooo goooooood....
It's a fine white cheddar, but you're really overplaying this hand.
 
"If you think this is weird, he transformed his grandmother into a rototiller. It's kind of creepy, but she does a great job turning the garden."

JeddMcHead, Jeddville, USA, 04/6/2012

 
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I overdosed on Words with Friends last weekend. I have always loved Scrabble, but never could get anyone to play. I played about 10 games all weekend, including two against Pickles and when I closed my eyes to try and sleep, all I saw were Is and Us and a V, shuffling around in vain attempts to make words. I'm better now, but it took a few days to recover.
I think I'm having this problem too. Kept waking up last night, trying to make words in an imaginary game. Slept for ####. :ptts:
 
Pretty excited...moving back into my house this month. And as if my life wasn't a 'Made for TV Movie' already, my ex-wife has agreed to move into our townhouse, which will save us all a little bit of money, so big ups to her for agreeing to go along with this.

As you might recall, she sort of let the yard go, and by go, she let it turn into something you'd see on an episode of COPS. Well, I'm happy to report my hired crew did a fantastic job cleaning up. Very happy to see it restored and am very eager to get in there, clean up the rest of the crap that needs to go, and begin transforming it into the yard we've always talked about.

Before After

Before After

Yard debris that didn't fit into our giant green yard debris container
Lousy women.
Congrats on mowing the lawn. It looks good.
:lmao:
I mowed my lawn yesterday all by myself.
:lmao: :lmao:
I'm borrowing one of these from my boss to power wash before I paint. Is it as fun as I think it's going to be?
For about 4 minutes, then it's boring as ####.
:goodposting:
 
I am calling upon the power of the GMTAN for a good cause. I will be riding in the MS150 bike ride at the end of the month to help raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research (I guess SLB's walk did not raise enough for them last year). I have a cousin who suffers from it and would love to no longer hear about her bad days.

If you can find it in your heart to donate.

Any and all shtick is welcome in your donor name. As an added bonus I will post a shot video this weekend if I can hit $300 by then (already at $220) and if you guys help me hit $500 I will be open to suggestions to add to the six foot orange flag I will be attaching to my bike.

Thanks in advance.

 
Super drunk but probably cured cancer today. Sent a cornhole shot Visio to homer and frosty. Prepare to be underwhelmed if they share
Confirmed
Sweet. Needs more Mrs. Disco Stu though. IMO.
True. Was Unalias idea to do a gmtan shot. Then he poured half of his whiskey into my cup. ######. Love
:lmao:

Took a shot video when I got home with the new gf dedicated to stu and and homer but it was upside down and ####ed up. Good seeing you stu. We'll have to do another shot video when I'm not hammered next time.
I don't think this is ever going to happen. :lmao: I thought about trying again Saturday, but we were both too drunk. And us tag-teaming the shot block would have been a little too gay. Even for me.

(Also bumping this to remind Guster of the first cornhole video shot.)

 
I am calling upon the power of the GMTAN for a good cause. I will be riding in the MS150 bike ride at the end of the month to help raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research (I guess SLB's walk did not raise enough for them last year). I have a cousin who suffers from it and would love to no longer hear about her bad days.

If you can find it in your heart to donate.

Any and all shtick is welcome in your donor name. As an added bonus I will post a shot video this weekend if I can hit $300 by then (already at $220) and if you guys help me hit $500 I will be open to suggestions to add to the six foot orange flag I will be attaching to my bike.

Thanks in advance.
If it wasn't clear from the name this is a 150 mile bike ride over two days. Due to family obligations I will only be riding the Saturday portion, but will attempt to complete 100 miles.And everyone who donates $25 or more by midnight Friday will be entered in a drawing for an iPad.

 
Friday night went to a free Comedy Show in Plano at a Caribbean restaurant. It was a step up from an open mic, only because the guy that organizes it actually asks people to perform. My cousin was one of the comics. All of the comics were less than 3 years doing stand up. The crowd of about 20-25 was DEAD. Beyond dead, I have never seen a crowd more apathetic for something that they actually had to make an effort to attend.

It became an amazing, interesting, fascinating experiment watching these comics go up there, knowing they were not going to get a single laugh, and power through their act. Granted, half of the performers were horrible, but those that had a few good jokes also completely bombed. One of the female comics sat next to me most of the night and right before she went up, 7th for the night, I told her to put away her 'smart jokes', that no one was getting anything. She said she was just doing this for her and actually did a great routine. Again to no laughter.

This :tfp: made so much sense when you hear about the successful comics talking about paying their dues early on. It was like I was watching an episode of a Louie prequel show or something.

They do it every Friday night, and I am going to get sucked in to going again real soon. The hour conversation with the show promoter/comic about the progression of a comic early in their career was worth me picking up my cousin's tab all by itself.

It kind of made me think I might want to do an open mic sometime. I also thought this would be a great venue for a Dallas/Fort Worth GMTAN cornhole.

 
Super drunk but probably cured cancer today. Sent a cornhole shot Visio to homer and frosty. Prepare to be underwhelmed if they share
Confirmed
Sweet. Needs more Mrs. Disco Stu though. IMO.
True. Was Unalias idea to do a gmtan shot. Then he poured half of his whiskey into my cup. ######. Love
:lmao:

Took a shot video when I got home with the new gf dedicated to stu and and homer but it was upside down and ####ed up. Good seeing you stu. We'll have to do another shot video when I'm not hammered next time.
I don't think this is ever going to happen. :lmao: I thought about trying again Saturday, but we were both too drunk. And us tag-teaming the shot block would have been a little too gay. Even for me.

(Also bumping this to remind Guster of the first cornhole video shot.)
Pretty sure we did tag-team the shot block at one point. :lmao: I don't think there was video but your gf may have taken pictures, not sure.Haven't seen the Disco Stu photo booth shots yet, but I'll make sure to share when I do. :thumbup:

 
I've just been offered a second job as a cab driver.

Part time, one or two days a week, 10 hour shifts. You get 32% commission + tips. Which means drivers usually make like $70 a day + any tips they make. So I'm thinking what? $90 for a 10 hour shift, or $9 an hour. If I do two days I could bring home an extra $140 a week after taxes? Maybe a bit less. This is all guesswork. I suck with numbers.

$9 an hour is pretty bad though. :mellow:

Yet, there's a weird allure to driving a cab. Maybe it's the old writer in me, but I'm betting there's some great stories to be found on that job. Plus I hating working with a supervisor in my face and during those 10 hours you're basically on your own.

I have to be crazy for considering it. It has come to this.

 
I've just been offered a second job as a cab driver. Part time, one or two days a week, 10 hour shifts. You get 32% commission + tips. Which means drivers usually make like $70 a day + any tips they make. So I'm thinking what? $90 for a 10 hour shift, or $9 an hour. If I do two days I could bring home an extra $140 a week after taxes? Maybe a bit less. This is all guesswork. I suck with numbers. $9 an hour is pretty bad though. :mellow: Yet, there's a weird allure to driving a cab. Maybe it's the old writer in me, but I'm betting there's some great stories to be found on that job. Plus I hating working with a supervisor in my face and during those 10 hours you're basically on your own. I have to be crazy for considering it. It has come to this.
Seems pretty cool to me. Except when drunk dudes barf in your cab and you have to clean it.
 
My wife had a baby boy 2 weeks ago. I am not so sure that he looks like me, but he certainly looks like his big sister (who people have claimed looks like me - poor girl). Anyway, so at least the same guy got my wife pregnant both times.

P.S. holy cow this kid poops a lot. Oh, and big sister has cried more today than little dude has since he was born. Girls are crazy.
Congrats Jaysus. :thumbup:

 
What was I most proud of? Figuring out at "half-time" that the drink tickets and the raffle tickets were exactly the same. I had only bought $10 worth of drink tickets since I was trying to pace myself. Once I decided that I wanted more than 3 beers they had stopped selling drink tickets. After they did the raffle I helped myself to the pile of losing tickets on our table and used them for beer. Now that was smart.
By far the smartest thing. You should have said "just bring the keg to my car" then made it rain with tickets.
My wife had a baby boy 2 weeks ago. I am not so sure that he looks like me, but he certainly looks like his big sister (who people have claimed looks like me - poor girl). Anyway, so at least the same guy got my wife pregnant both times.

P.S. holy cow this kid poops a lot. Oh, and big sister has cried more today than little dude has since he was born. Girls are crazy.
Congrats buddy
:goodposting:
:goodposting:
bentley must not be well liked here
In all honesty, I mailed it in.I have notes for the next time.
:lmao:
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
 
'General Malaise said:
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: I too am in the market for a bike. Once we move, I'm going to put my bike on the communter train and then bike into the office. Hoping to save gas money and drop some pounds. Also hoping to pick up a healthy habit for once in my life. I am hoping to pick up a used bike for under $200. Would hate to tie up real money into a bike and let it sit in the garage motionless next to my roller blades, punching bag and barbells. :bag:
Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but you don't come across online as the handiest sort. It might not be a bad idea to buy an inexpensive new bike so that you know it actually works. How tall are you? Feel free to use me as a resource if you want opinions on CL bikes.
Will do. Can I get a Trek for about 200 new? I'm like 6'...with shoes.
Ran into the dad of one of the kids I coach hoops/soccer yesterday...he works for Trek. Big bike guy. Told me to look online, find something I liked and email him for a steep discount. WINNING!
This is :moneybag: I did the same thing. Before you order, go into a Trek store and get sized and sit on a couple of different models.After you decide which you like best, pick out an interchangeable rack, trunk, 2 waterbottle cages, 4 water bottles, and anything else you may want. You may also want to upgrade to a more comfortable saddle. Stock ones are tiny and hard (like your penis) so you may want to get one that has a little more cushion (like your ###).You may think it is a waste getting all the extras, but do it. Your buddy gets these at a discount also. Even if you ride your bike twice and decide to sell it, with what you have to pay you will make money on it. The discount I got was like 50% MSRP.I think you are going to love it. I drove around crappy Huffy's my whole life. I hopped on my Trek and LOVED it. I actually look forward to biking now. Ride it to work every chance I get. It is awesome. Must have been 3 years ago now. I went with a Soho. LOVE IT.Almost forgot. Disc brakes.
 
'Wrighteous Ray said:
'flysack said:
I've just been offered a second job as a cab driver. Part time, one or two days a week, 10 hour shifts. You get 32% commission + tips. Which means drivers usually make like $70 a day + any tips they make. So I'm thinking what? $90 for a 10 hour shift, or $9 an hour. If I do two days I could bring home an extra $140 a week after taxes? Maybe a bit less. This is all guesswork. I suck with numbers. $9 an hour is pretty bad though. :mellow: Yet, there's a weird allure to driving a cab. Maybe it's the old writer in me, but I'm betting there's some great stories to be found on that job. Plus I hating working with a supervisor in my face and during those 10 hours you're basically on your own. I have to be crazy for considering it. It has come to this.
Seems pretty cool to me. Except when drunk dudes barf in your cab and you have to clean it.
As a drunk guy that takes a lot of cabs home from bars, this sounds like hell on earth.
 
'General Malaise said:
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: I too am in the market for a bike. Once we move, I'm going to put my bike on the communter train and then bike into the office. Hoping to save gas money and drop some pounds. Also hoping to pick up a healthy habit for once in my life. I am hoping to pick up a used bike for under $200. Would hate to tie up real money into a bike and let it sit in the garage motionless next to my roller blades, punching bag and barbells. :bag:
Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but you don't come across online as the handiest sort. It might not be a bad idea to buy an inexpensive new bike so that you know it actually works. How tall are you? Feel free to use me as a resource if you want opinions on CL bikes.
Will do. Can I get a Trek for about 200 new? I'm like 6'...with shoes.
Ran into the dad of one of the kids I coach hoops/soccer yesterday...he works for Trek. Big bike guy. Told me to look online, find something I liked and email him for a steep discount. WINNING!
This is :moneybag: I did the same thing. Before you order, go into a Trek store and get sized and sit on a couple of different models.After you decide which you like best, pick out an interchangeable rack, trunk, 2 waterbottle cages, 4 water bottles, and anything else you may want. You may also want to upgrade to a more comfortable saddle. Stock ones are tiny and hard (like your penis) so you may want to get one that has a little more cushion (like your ###).You may think it is a waste getting all the extras, but do it. Your buddy gets these at a discount also. Even if you ride your bike twice and decide to sell it, with what you have to pay you will make money on it. The discount I got was like 50% MSRP.I think you are going to love it. I drove around crappy Huffy's my whole life. I hopped on my Trek and LOVED it. I actually look forward to biking now. Ride it to work every chance I get. It is awesome. Must have been 3 years ago now. I went with a Soho. LOVE IT.Almost forgot. Disc brakes.
"Hey, this is the model." GM hands guy a piece of paper. Guy reads paper, "What is all of this other stuff?" GM, "Oh, just an interchangeable rack, trunk, waterbottle cages, 4 water bottles, and a more comfortable saddle."Should play out well.
 
GM - resist the urge to get a soft, squishy saddle.

You want a saddle that will focus all of your heft onto your sit bones - your ischial tuberosities are two little bony protrustions from your pelvis. Soft, squishy saddles spread the weight off of your sit bones and all over everywhere, onto your soft tissue. When you put weight on soft tissue it compresses. When you compress the soft tissue in your perineum one centimeter you cut off all blood flow to your penis. If you do this long enough, you develop scar tissue in your penis and you can't get a boner anymore. While I doubt you're going to be sitting on your bike for 5 hours at a time, take it from a guy who knows - even an hour or two can be enough to, when you get home from your wife, have one of those "THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME!!11" moments. Then sitting on a hard saddle doesn't seem so bad.

 
Looks like I drank too much again

Went to a benefit Saturday night and proceeded to get #### faced.

So of course I had to let anyone who would listen, that my wife and I are expecting our 3rd child

Maybe I should have mentioned it to my family first.....Mrs Wrigley is not happy with me

:doghouse:

 
'GroveDiesel said:
Random fact of the day: Lysol was originally marketed as a "feminine hygiene" product.

Almost unfathomable that women used to spray that stuff all up in there.

:loco:
I don't think Lysol came in aerosol cans back then, but yeah.
 

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