GM's thread about nothing (36 Viewers)

[Limp Ditka]

What do you do GB?

Deep foundations - drilled piers (caissons) - mostly for high rises, parking garages, and bridges where the loads are too great for the surface soils to support them. Basically, we drill big holes in the ground & fill 'em up with concrete & steel.

Hey, GB. I know you're from Deale. Did you ever know anyone from Smith Bros. in Galesville? They used to do some of the same kind of work, with bridges.

Yep. They drove piles. I know several of them

Those are my kin. For a minute there I was afraid maybe you were too.

I know this wasn't meant to be funny, but......

 

[Uruk-Hai]

What do you do GB?

Deep foundations - drilled piers (caissons) - mostly for high rises, parking garages, and bridges where the loads are too great for the surface soils to support them. Basically, we drill big holes in the ground & fill 'em up with concrete & steel.

Hey, GB. I know you're from Deale. Did you ever know anyone from Smith Bros. in Galesville? They used to do some of the same kind of work, with bridges.

Yep. They drove piles. I know several of them

Those are my kin. For a minute there I was afraid maybe you were too.

I am, but it's fairly distant. For South County, that means at least 2 degrees of separation Do you know "little" Carroll? He was a couple of years behind me and his sister Joanie was a year ahead. Anyway, Carroll's been doing the sheetrock in my brother's house the last few weeks.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I've done a fine job of avoiding the Kardashians over the years. I've heard the names, seen them on magazine covers, but haven't watched their show(s?) or even heard them talk. I just stumbled upon them on Letterman.These are the two most boring broads in the world. Who in the hell has been paying attention to these people for the last x amount of years?

You really want me to belive you've never made it snow to Kim's ###?

What gives you the impression that I shoot powder?

 

[Limp Ditka]

I've done a fine job of avoiding the Kardashians over the years. I've heard the names, seen them on magazine covers, but haven't watched their show(s?) or even heard them talk. I just stumbled upon them on Letterman.These are the two most boring broads in the world. Who in the hell has been paying attention to these people for the last x amount of years?

You really want me to belive you've never made it snow to Kim's ###?

What gives you the impression that I shoot powder?

I could understand calling it sleet, but snow? shuked here.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

What do you do GB?

Deep foundations - drilled piers (caissons) - mostly for high rises, parking garages, and bridges where the loads are too great for the surface soils to support them. Basically, we drill big holes in the ground & fill 'em up with concrete & steel.

Hey, GB. I know you're from Deale. Did you ever know anyone from Smith Bros. in Galesville? They used to do some of the same kind of work, with bridges.

Yep. They drove piles. I know several of them

Those are my kin. For a minute there I was afraid maybe you were too.

I know this wasn't meant to be funny, but......

Oh, I think is was meant to be funny; I laughed in any case. Almost a foot of snow here now. Power keeps flickering, but I still have it. Wind is starting to kick up now, though, and I expect that's gonna keep Dominion Power busy for the next couple of days. This is an extremely wet, heavy snow.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Rude, Richmond has been getting snow for a while now.

 

[Limp Ditka]

What do you do GB?

Deep foundations - drilled piers (caissons) - mostly for high rises, parking garages, and bridges where the loads are too great for the surface soils to support them. Basically, we drill big holes in the ground & fill 'em up with concrete & steel.

Hey, GB. I know you're from Deale. Did you ever know anyone from Smith Bros. in Galesville? They used to do some of the same kind of work, with bridges.

Yep. They drove piles. I know several of them

Those are my kin. For a minute there I was afraid maybe you were too.

I know this wasn't meant to be funny, but......

Oh, I think is was meant to be funny; I laughed in any case. Almost a foot of snow here now. Power keeps flickering, but I still have it. Wind is starting to kick up now, though, and I expect that's gonna keep Dominion Power busy for the next couple of days. This is an extremely wet, heavy snow.

That was us yesterday. Probably got a good nine inches (that's what she said)

 

[Tiger Fan]

Anybody have a killer soup recipe? My family is having a soup competition in early May. Leaning towards trying my hand at pho, but I'm looking for suggestions.

does chili count?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Thanks GM. Actually the "streak" is just me not posting about some bad ####. Finally pushed a bit too far. Probably won't be around these parts a whole lot except for bored drunken nights.

why are adults eating pbj in the first place?

I've been cooking for myself since I was 15 and never once did I think of making a PB&J. Of course as I posted before, I hate them with a passion after eating them almost every day.

 

[heckmanm]

Sriracha here.

PUT this on nearly everything.

My wife picked up a bag of the Lays today.

Big fan of these, and by FAR my favorite of the new flavors.The Chicken & Waffles and BLT have too many things going on and just taste like a muddle of indistinct flavors.

 

[YSR]

Also, I am pretty sure Puff's is lying to me about there being lotion in these tissues.

I've noticed a paucity of lotion in the latest iteration of tissues "with lotion." In the early days, you could moisturize your face with them. Now? I think you're nose chafes faster.

I came into work today and they have Kleenex anti-viral ones here. It's like blowing my nose in a cloud.

 

[The_Man]

What do you do GB?

Deep foundations - drilled piers (caissons) - mostly for high rises, parking garages, and bridges where the loads are too great for the surface soils to support them. Basically, we drill big holes in the ground & fill 'em up with concrete & steel.

Hey, GB. I know you're from Deale. Did you ever know anyone from Smith Bros. in Galesville? They used to do some of the same kind of work, with bridges.

Yep. They drove piles. I know several of them

Those are my kin. For a minute there I was afraid maybe you were too.

I am, but it's fairly distant. For South County, that means at least 2 degrees of separation Do you know "little" Carroll? He was a couple of years behind me and his sister Joanie was a year ahead. Anyway, Carroll's been doing the sheetrock in my brother's house the last few weeks.

It was meant to be funny. I know of him, have probably seen him at one of the various family reunions. My great-grandfather (who was married to my great-grandmother for 78 years and lived in the same house in Galesville the entire time) was one of the original six (?) Smith Brothers, so I think little Carroll is maybe my dad's first cousin once removed.As you say, down there, everyone is related somehow.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I was going to have a BLT for dinner tonight, but we didn't have any clean bowls to mix the stuff in.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I feel like someone had to debunk this PB&J mixing myth. I got a little snacky tonight so here goes (I opted against the first ever PB&J shot-vid and just went with a few pictures.)

I had to find some sort of receptacle to mix the PB and the J, so I had to get a bowl that would then have to be washed. Not off to a good start. I added a generous portion of PB and J to the bowl. Mixing was a little more difficult, given the viscosity of the PB and the fact I tried just using the knife. So I went with a fork, yet another item that would have to be washed. I ended up with a gooey blend that looked like a date with Dentist and a hooker had gone horribly bad.

Once it was all mixed, I scooped the goo onto a freshly warmed English muffin. And I devoured it, and it was good. It tasted like a PB&J sandwich. In the end, I didn't notice any difference in taste and it was as if I was eating exactly what I had for breakfast just this morning. The utensils needed for this concoction increased by 100% and the time invested increased by 300%, which are completely unnecessary.

Conclusion

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Kill me now. Recently got back from a meeting with several architects/engineers that included me and one other sub, plus the GC. Left at 5 a.m. (sorry, Homer) to drive the 100 miles to DC. It was supposed to last from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. I should know better by now that, after 30 years in this business and meeting with white collars, half of them will be at least 30 minutes late. On top of that, the other sub's rep (they actually put the concrete structure up over my foundations) must have wanted to show his engineer-envy by questioning the design team about things that had zero to do with his work ("what type of glass are you using?"; "paint brand?"; "why are you using those?"). Ever ask an engineer or an architect questions about his/her work? I left after 3.5 hours - 5 minutes of which was spent on my work. THEN I had to leave one of the most ####ed up traffic grids in either Hemisphere, NW DC. I thought my GPS was going to explode, not to mention my brain.Now we've got Lex Steele-measurable snow coming and I'll probably lose power.

What do you do GB?

Deep foundations - drilled piers (caissons) - mostly for high rises, parking garages, and bridges where the loads are too great for the surface soils to support them. Basically, we drill big holes in the ground & fill 'em up with concrete & steel.

RIP Washington Roebling

 

[Captain Quinoa]

I love PB&J. It's the perfect late night dinner. When I'm really hungry I will make one sandwich with Strawberry Jam and other sandwich with Grape Jelly. Me and 6 year old Bogart just sit there and high-five the whole time.

I read this as "perfect date night dinner" at first. Was concerned yet mildly intrigued...

I think it was the second or third with my ex-wife, she came over after I had played a softball game. I had this idea I was going to cook Pizza Rolls or something and we would watch a movie. I burnt the crap out of whatever it was I had put in the oven, so we had the only thing I had in the kitchen: PB&J sandwiches, Fritos and Pace Picante Sauce and Kool-Aid. The only other thing I had in the fridge was beer, and she wasn't a drinker. It all worked out, we didn't make it to the end of Jerry Maguire. :HomerApprovedDateMenu:

Did it, GB? Did it?

 

[Bogart]

I love PB&J. It's the perfect late night dinner. When I'm really hungry I will make one sandwich with Strawberry Jam and other sandwich with Grape Jelly. Me and 6 year old Bogart just sit there and high-five the whole time.

I read this as "perfect date night dinner" at first. Was concerned yet mildly intrigued...

I think it was the second or third with my ex-wife, she came over after I had played a softball game. I had this idea I was going to cook Pizza Rolls or something and we would watch a movie. I burnt the crap out of whatever it was I had put in the oven, so we had the only thing I had in the kitchen: PB&J sandwiches, Fritos and Pace Picante Sauce and Kool-Aid. The only other thing I had in the fridge was beer, and she wasn't a drinker. It all worked out, we didn't make it to the end of Jerry Maguire. :HomerApprovedDateMenu:

Did it, GB? Did it?

Only because I have my kids. Other than that, no, not really.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I love PB&J. It's the perfect late night dinner. When I'm really hungry I will make one sandwich with Strawberry Jam and other sandwich with Grape Jelly. Me and 6 year old Bogart just sit there and high-five the whole time.

I read this as "perfect date night dinner" at first. Was concerned yet mildly intrigued...

I think it was the second or third with my ex-wife, she came over after I had played a softball game. I had this idea I was going to cook Pizza Rolls or something and we would watch a movie. I burnt the crap out of whatever it was I had put in the oven, so we had the only thing I had in the kitchen: PB&J sandwiches, Fritos and Pace Picante Sauce and Kool-Aid. The only other thing I had in the fridge was beer, and she wasn't a drinker. It all worked out, we didn't make it to the end of Jerry Maguire. :HomerApprovedDateMenu:

Well, except for the years of not getting laid.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Also, I am pretty sure Puff's is lying to me about there being lotion in these tissues.

I've noticed a paucity of lotion in the latest iteration of tissues "with lotion." In the early days, you could moisturize your face with them. Now? I think you're nose chafes faster.

I came into work today and they have Kleenex anti-viral ones here. It's like blowing my nose in a cloud.

I'm a big "cool touch" guy.

 

[Bogart]

I love PB&J. It's the perfect late night dinner. When I'm really hungry I will make one sandwich with Strawberry Jam and other sandwich with Grape Jelly. Me and 6 year old Bogart just sit there and high-five the whole time.

I read this as "perfect date night dinner" at first. Was concerned yet mildly intrigued...

I think it was the second or third with my ex-wife, she came over after I had played a softball game. I had this idea I was going to cook Pizza Rolls or something and we would watch a movie. I burnt the crap out of whatever it was I had put in the oven, so we had the only thing I had in the kitchen: PB&J sandwiches, Fritos and Pace Picante Sauce and Kool-Aid. The only other thing I had in the fridge was beer, and she wasn't a drinker. It all worked out, we didn't make it to the end of Jerry Maguire. :HomerApprovedDateMenu:

Well, except for the years of not getting laid.

Yes, yes. I didn't think that last sentence out too much.

 

[krista4]

My wife does a creamy potato soup in the crockpot every now and then... not sure about the exact measurements but it has:

Potatoes

Gruyere cheese (a lot)

chicken stock

green onions (spring onion)

bacon

salt

pepper

Do this one and win. Gruyere is clutch.

TRE knows things.

I love PB&J. It's the perfect late night dinner. When I'm really hungry I will make one sandwich with Strawberry Jam and other sandwich with Grape Jelly. Me and 6 year old Bogart just sit there and high-five the whole time.

I like PB&J, but let's not act like God didn't invent the English-muffin pizza.

mixed pb&j skeptic I see

It's not that I can't lay each down properly, it's that the end result is a layered sandwich such that your tongue always gets one side first - either the peanut butter or the jelly. If you mix them together you get the sweetness and the nutty flavor at all times.

You're doing it wrong.

Plus it has the added benefit of less leaching into the bread since you have the oil from the peanut butter to protect the water from the jelly getting into the bread (actually true)

You're also doing this wrong.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

How can anyone #### up a sandwich?

 

[phishphan]

How can anyone #### up a sandwich?

and yet it seems everyone in GMTAN is doing exactly that (except for Guster and me) (actually true)

 

[charvik]

I don't eat Peanut butter or Jelly.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

How can anyone #### up a sandwich?

and yet it seems everyone in GMTAN is doing exactly that (except for Guster and me) (actually true)

You guys should form some sort of club. A gay sandwich-making club full of gay weirdos just like you. Gay.

 

[krista4]

How can anyone #### up a sandwich?

and yet it seems everyone in GMTAN is doing exactly that (except for Guster and me) (actually true)

You guys should form some sort of club. A gay sandwich-making club full of gay weirdos just like you. Gay.

And weird.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

How can anyone #### up a sandwich?

and yet it seems everyone in GMTAN is doing exactly that (except for Guster and me) (actually true)

You guys should form some sort of club. A gay sandwich-making club full of gay weirdos just like you. Gay.

Next up: sandwich making videos.

 

[Josie Maran]

I don't eat Peanut butter or Jelly.

F'n Vikings.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

How can anyone #### up a sandwich?

and yet it seems everyone in GMTAN is doing exactly that (except for Guster and me) (actually true)

You guys should form some sort of club. A gay sandwich-making club full of gay weirdos just like you. Gay.

And weird.

Duh! Gay is weird. Just ask Tanner's students.

 

[charvik]

I don't eat Peanut butter or Jelly.

F'n Vikings.

How do you cram it down a vodka bottle?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

This thread is fully of weird, gay, Ikea-loving sandwich rapers.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

How can anyone #### up a sandwich?

My elders used to have a saying (not always directed at me): "You could #### up a soup sandwich"

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

How can anyone #### up a sandwich?

My elders used to have a saying (not always directed at me): "You could #### up a soup sandwich"

Great shtick."You could F-up a cup of coffee"+"Right now the budget talks are one big soup sandwich."

 

[charvik]

I don't eat Peanut butter or Jelly.

F'n Vikings.

How do you cram it down a vodka bottle?

I stand corrected! My linkGoing to buy this today if I can find it.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

OH HOLY GOD. Can't believe I forgot about this.

A couple I know had a kid about 2 years ago. They named him Easton. Yeah, OK.

They had their second boy just a month ago.

Guess what they named him? Hint: It is as bad as you think.

 

[Limp Ditka]

OH HOLY GOD. Can't believe I forgot about this.A couple I know had a kid about 2 years ago. They named him Easton. Yeah, OK.They had their second boy just a month ago. Guess what they named him? Hint: It is as bad as you think.

Louisville Slugger?

 

[Crazy Canuck]

OH HOLY GOD. Can't believe I forgot about this.A couple I know had a kid about 2 years ago. They named him Easton. Yeah, OK.They had their second boy just a month ago. Guess what they named him? Hint: It is as bad as you think.

Northbynorthwestern?

 

[Drifter]

OH HOLY GOD. Can't believe I forgot about this.A couple I know had a kid about 2 years ago. They named him Easton. Yeah, OK.They had their second boy just a month ago. Guess what they named him? Hint: It is as bad as you think.

With an i like the hotel or with an o?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Worth?

 

[Crazy Canuck]

This thread is fully of weird, gay, Ikea-loving sandwich rapers.

Sig worthy.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Rawlings?

 

[Seatown Mofos]

OH HOLY GOD. Can't believe I forgot about this.A couple I know had a kid about 2 years ago. They named him Easton. Yeah, OK.They had their second boy just a month ago. Guess what they named him? Hint: It is as bad as you think.

Cle Elum?

 

[Limp Ditka]

IKEA?

 

[Idiot Boxer]

OH HOLY GOD. Can't believe I forgot about this.A couple I know had a kid about 2 years ago. They named him Easton. Yeah, OK.They had their second boy just a month ago. Guess what they named him? Hint: It is as bad as you think.

Brian?

 

[Frostillicus]

Phoenix?

 

[Stoneys]

OH HOLY GOD. Can't believe I forgot about this.A couple I know had a kid about 2 years ago. They named him Easton. Yeah, OK.They had their second boy just a month ago. Guess what they named him? Hint: It is as bad as you think.

Fungo?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

OH HOLY GOD. Can't believe I forgot about this.A couple I know had a kid about 2 years ago. They named him Easton. Yeah, OK.They had their second boy just a month ago. Guess what they named him? Hint: It is as bad as you think.

Northton?Southton?If neither, I'm out.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Phoenix?

That's it, pal. It's go time.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Forrest?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Seven?