GM's thread about nothing (23 Viewers)

[belljr]

### #### it....sorry about that

 

[General Malaise]

Do we have an audiophile or two in here? Is there a "best value that sounds pretty good" portable bluetooth speaker? I've got a buddy with one of those Jamboxes, and he seems to like it. Something better? Cheaper? I'm just looking for something to take out onto the back patio when the need arises.

I recommended the mini boom box by LG. I love mine. Even bought it at Best Buy for like 70 bucks or something. Great purchase. Changed my life, even.

Logitech?

Yeah, I dunno about the manufacturer....it's this one, whatever company makes it..

 

[General Malaise]

any food you need to put syrup on before you can choke it down sucks. pancakes, waffles, french toast, all the same.

Oh, bull####!!! That's like saying pasta sucks because it needs sauce.

sauce<>syrup. basically you're eating a piece of cake for breakfast with any of these.

I'm not going to be the health police here. I'm fat. I drink instead of eating breakfast. But I'll take my calories in the form of a bloody mary with bacon in it 7 days a week over a piece of hot bread covered in sugar.

God, we need to hang out more.

 

[Abraham]

any food you need to put syrup on before you can choke it down sucks. pancakes, waffles, french toast, all the same.

Oh, bull####!!! That's like saying pasta sucks because it needs sauce.

sauce<>syrup. basically you're eating a piece of cake for breakfast with any of these. I'm not going to be the health police here. I'm fat. I drink instead of eating breakfast. But I'll take my calories in the form of a bloody mary with bacon in it 7 days a week over a piece of hot bread covered in sugar.

God, we need to hang out more.

Make it happen. As a. Priest once told me, "regret is the herpes on the #### ball of life."

 

[General Malaise]

That's like one of those coy Facebook posts that I hate.

which one?

Otis having a bad bout, but he can't talk about it.No offense to Otis and I respect the privacy, I just hate that on Facebook especially.

I don't think that's coy. Coy is "Why do these things always happen to me?" or "I guess I just can't trust anyone after all." They invite someone to ask questions. Oat just mentioned having issues but not wanting to talk about it, which is the opposite of the posts that I find annoying, at least.

See my ex-wife and also my sister for a lesson in Vaguebooking. Especially the former. Ooof.

 

[cosjobs]

Corn. Everyone likes corn, right?

I've always just boiled it on the stove for a few minutes, but lately I've been roasting it in the husk (40 minutes at 400) and whoa. So good. I'm eating at least one ear just about every night.

Just learned to do this a couple years ago.

Going to a party?, cook a batch in the oven and throw them in a cooler (no ice). They stay warm for hours and the husks just fall off when you want to eat them. Have a bowl of melted butter with a brush and a salt shaker next to the cooler and you'll get compliments all night. Easy peasy

 

[General Malaise]

Taking my novel to the local fine eatery where I will sit in the bar, dine, finish my book and enjoy my 2nd to last night of solitude. I'll stack Fredrick Exely's "A Fan's Notes" over just about anything else I've read in my life. What a treat.

 

[General Malaise]

any food you need to put syrup on before you can choke it down sucks. pancakes, waffles, french toast, all the same.

Oh, bull####!!! That's like saying pasta sucks because it needs sauce.

sauce<>syrup. basically you're eating a piece of cake for breakfast with any of these. I'm not going to be the health police here. I'm fat. I drink instead of eating breakfast. But I'll take my calories in the form of a bloody mary with bacon in it 7 days a week over a piece of hot bread covered in sugar.

God, we need to hang out more.

Make it happen. As a. Priest once told me, "regret is the herpes on the #### ball of life."

Yeah, the few hours I had with him on Saturday were not enough. We were just starting to warm up. Probably best he didn't make it out for dinner. I was sensing a tinge of Fear & Loathing bubbling to the surface.

 

[shuke]

Mint condition in original packaging. I'm starting the bidding at $100.

 

[shuke]

6 day update?

 

[krista4]

I need an IP lawyer. I think my semiconductor company has stumbled on to something valuable.

Otis to the bat phone. (I could help you on the trademark/copyright front, but it sounds like you need a patent guy.)

Do we have an audiophile or two in here? Is there a "best value that sounds pretty good" portable bluetooth speaker? I've got a buddy with one of those Jamboxes, and he seems to like it. Something better? Cheaper? I'm just looking for something to take out onto the back patio when the need arises.

I recommended the mini boom box by LG. I love mine. Even bought it at Best Buy for like 70 bucks or something. Great purchase. Changed my life, even.

Logitech?

Yeah, I dunno about the manufacturer....it's this one, whatever company makes it..

Ours arrived today. It seems to be a Sonos-brand thingie. Mr krista was raving. That's all I can offer.

any food you need to put syrup on before you can choke it down sucks. pancakes, waffles, french toast, all the same.

Oh, bull####!!! That's like saying pasta sucks because it needs sauce.

sauce<>syrup. basically you're eating a piece of cake for breakfast with any of these.

I'm not going to be the health police here. I'm fat. I drink instead of eating breakfast. But I'll take my calories in the form of a bloody mary with bacon in it 7 days a week over a piece of hot bread covered in sugar.

God, we need to hang out more.

 

[Abraham]

6 day update?

You cancelled lunch when I could make it

/update

 

[krista4]

I miss cos.

 

[shuke]

6 day update?

You cancelled lunch when I could make it

/update

Bull####. Bentley told me at 11:45 regarding you, "he has a call at noon he may not be able to get out of".

 

[Henry Ford]

Bought a 3 pack of cantaloupe today. Can't wait to dig in.

Sooo.....they, like, shrink wrapped three separate cantaloupes together?

Exactly. Like all the other shrink wrapped fruit you see on the shelves.

I'm envisioning three, whole cantaloupes shrunk wrapped together. Sounds...unwieldy.

My link

I don't think you understand shrink wrap.

 

[Abraham]

6 day update?

You cancelled lunch when I could make it/update

Bull####. Bentley told me at 11:45 regarding you, "he has a call at noon he may not be able to get out of".

True or false: you were stuck in a meeting at noon?

Eta - run it back tomorrow?

 

[shuke]

6 day update?

You cancelled lunch when I could make it/update

Bull####. Bentley told me at 11:45 regarding you, "he has a call at noon he may not be able to get out of".

True or false: you were stuck in a meeting at noon?

Eta - run it back tomorrow?

I was stuck in the meeting at 11:45 and anticipated it running long. Damon was going to be late and Bentley had to be back at work at 1:00. Your 12:00 call was the final straw.

 

[shuke]

Bought a 3 pack of cantaloupe today. Can't wait to dig in.

Sooo.....they, like, shrink wrapped three separate cantaloupes together?

Exactly. Like all the other shrink wrapped fruit you see on the shelves.

I'm envisioning three, whole cantaloupes shrunk wrapped together. Sounds...unwieldy.

My link

I don't think you understand shrink wrap.

 

[shuke]

I'm guessing a lot of you don't like the Dead, but I could listen to this song for hours on end.

 

[Abraham]

6 day update?

You cancelled lunch when I could make it/update

Bull####. Bentley told me at 11:45 regarding you, "he has a call at noon he may not be able to get out of".

True or false: you were stuck in a meeting at noon?

Eta - run it back tomorrow?

I was stuck in the meeting at 11:45 and anticipated it running long. Damon was going to be late and Bentley had to be back at work at 1:00. Your 12:00 call was the final straw.

So my being occupied when everyone else was occupied was the final straw. Got it. That is some bull####. I will be at your hotel for coffee in. 6 hours.

And you are up in Chess.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You know what's really good? A flapjack wrapped around an ear of corn.

We still talking about bosoms?

Fitty-tucking?

 

[shuke]

6 day update?

You cancelled lunch when I could make it/update

Bull####. Bentley told me at 11:45 regarding you, "he has a call at noon he may not be able to get out of".

True or false: you were stuck in a meeting at noon?

Eta - run it back tomorrow?

I was stuck in the meeting at 11:45 and anticipated it running long. Damon was going to be late and Bentley had to be back at work at 1:00. Your 12:00 call was the final straw.

So my being occupied when everyone else was occupied was the final straw. Got it. That is some bull####. I will be at your hotel for coffee in. 6 hours.

The only reason I was going to make an effort was if you were going. No offense to the other guys, but I just saw them a few nights ago.

Stay away, you lost your chance.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'm guessing a lot of you don't like the Dead, but I could listen to this song for hours on end.

Me too.

And by "hours on end" I mean "4 seconds".

 

[Abraham]

Well #### balls. Seriously - are you in town tomorrow ? Take you to lunch?

 

[shuke]

I'm guessing a lot of you don't like the Dead, but I could listen to this song for hours on end.

Me too.

And by "hours on end" I mean "4 seconds".

You don't like something? No ####ing way.

 

[shuke]

Well #### balls. Seriously - are you in town tomorrow ? Take you to lunch?

Heading the airport late morning. Maybe next time, champ.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'm guessing a lot of you don't like the Dead, but I could listen to this song for hours on end.

Me too.

And by "hours on end" I mean "4 seconds".

You don't like something? No ####ing way.

Not even close to the same thing. The Dead are horrible. Just horrible.

This isn't like me saying "I'm not a big fan of 'The Big Lebowski'." This is like me saying "I don't like sticking lawn darts up my pee-hole."

 

[Abraham]

Well #### balls. Seriously - are you in town tomorrow ? Take you to lunch?

Heading the airport late morning. Maybe next time, champ.

Well, fella...

Spoiler

you are up in chess

 

[shuke]

I'm guessing a lot of you don't like the Dead, but I could listen to this song for hours on end.

Me too.

And by "hours on end" I mean "4 seconds".

You don't like something? No ####ing way.

Not even close to the same thing. The Dead are horrible. Just horrible.

This isn't like me saying "I'm not a big fan of 'The Big Lebowski'." This is like me saying "I don't like sticking lawn darts up my pee-hole."

I get that people don't like them. A lot of their stuff bores me to tears any more. But this is a great piece of music.

 

[shuke]

Spoiler

you are up in chess

Sleeping on it.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'm guessing a lot of you don't like the Dead, but I could listen to this song for hours on end.

Me too.

And by "hours on end" I mean "4 seconds".

You don't like something? No ####ing way.

Not even close to the same thing. The Dead are horrible. Just horrible.

This isn't like me saying "I'm not a big fan of 'The Big Lebowski'." This is like me saying "I don't like sticking lawn darts up my pee-hole."

I get that people don't like them. A lot of their stuff bores me to tears any more. But this is a great piece of music.

Just stop.

 

[kevzilla]

I'm guessing a lot of you don't like the Dead, but I could listen to this song for hours on end.

I prefer "Estimated Prophet", but this is fine. Actually true: my first trips (heh) to Vegas were for Dead shows.

 

[proninja]

Bought a 3 pack of cantaloupe today. Can't wait to dig in.

Sooo.....they, like, shrink wrapped three separate cantaloupes together?

Exactly. Like all the other shrink wrapped fruit you see on the shelves.

I'm envisioning three, whole cantaloupes shrunk wrapped together. Sounds...unwieldy.

My link

I don't think you understand shrink wrap.

I don't think you understand sarcasm, counselor #nofontforthat

 

[shuke]

I'm guessing a lot of you don't like the Dead, but I could listen to this song for hours on end.

Me too.

And by "hours on end" I mean "4 seconds".

You don't like something? No ####ing way.

Not even close to the same thing. The Dead are horrible. Just horrible.

This isn't like me saying "I'm not a big fan of 'The Big Lebowski'." This is like me saying "I don't like sticking lawn darts up my pee-hole."

I get that people don't like them. A lot of their stuff bores me to tears any more. But this is a great piece of music.

Just stop.

You stop.

 

[General Malaise]

I need an IP lawyer. I think my semiconductor company has stumbled on to something valuable.

Otis to the bat phone. (I could help you on the trademark/copyright front, but it sounds like you need a patent guy.)

Do we have an audiophile or two in here? Is there a "best value that sounds pretty good" portable bluetooth speaker? I've got a buddy with one of those Jamboxes, and he seems to like it. Something better? Cheaper? I'm just looking for something to take out onto the back patio when the need arises.

I recommended the mini boom box by LG. I love mine. Even bought it at Best Buy for like 70 bucks or something. Great purchase. Changed my life, even.

Logitech?

Yeah, I dunno about the manufacturer....it's this one, whatever company makes it..

Ours arrived today. It seems to be a Sonos-brand thingie. Mr krista was raving. That's all I can offer.

any food you need to put syrup on before you can choke it down sucks. pancakes, waffles, french toast, all the same.

Oh, bull####!!! That's like saying pasta sucks because it needs sauce.

sauce<>syrup. basically you're eating a piece of cake for breakfast with any of these. I'm not going to be the health police here. I'm fat. I drink instead of eating breakfast. But I'll take my calories in the form of a bloody mary with bacon in it 7 days a week over a piece of hot bread covered in sugar.

God, we need to hang out more.

Well I have no doubt that we will hang out again and again, so long as you stay up this way. Can't wait for you to meet my wife.

Getting Roverfish to come out and play is challenging and I'm sure extended exposure to him would prove damaging to my health, marriage and universe. Well, whatever area of the universe you and SLB don't destroy.

 

[General Malaise]

Neat board.

 

[krista4]

I'm dying to meet GMwife, who seems like the best wife since RedmondWife.

 

[bentley]

In all honesty, I was in a meeting with our general counsel about something a publication wrote about us and then had a conversation with an employee that involved me telling him to stop doing a couple specific things or he was going to be gone while the texts were flying, so I was having a little trouble dedicating the proper attention to everyone's lunch schedule.

 

[bentley]

Got an email tonight saying that an offer on our house should be forthcoming Saturday. AngryWife responded by crying about how sad this whole process made her.

 

[Abraham]

In all honesty, I was in a meeting with our general counsel about something a publication wrote about us and then had a conversation with an employee that involved me telling him to stop doing a couple specific things or he was going to be gone while the texts were flying, so I was having a little trouble dedicating the proper attention to everyone's lunch schedule.

For a young leader and united way board member, you sure do seen to have problems with prioritizing what's important.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Got an email tonight saying that an offer on our house should be forthcoming Saturday. AngryWife responded by crying about how sad this whole process made her.

You poor, dumb son of a #####.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Cheeseburgers are better when the cheese is under the meat.

I have cheese under my meat. AM I BETTER?

 

[Henry Ford]

Bought a 3 pack of cantaloupe today. Can't wait to dig in.

Sooo.....they, like, shrink wrapped three separate cantaloupes together?

Exactly. Like all the other shrink wrapped fruit you see on the shelves.

I'm envisioning three, whole cantaloupes shrunk wrapped together. Sounds...unwieldy.

My link

I don't think you understand shrink wrap.

I don't think you understand sarcasm, counselor #nofontforthat

Can't believe I missed that. Sarcastically calling netting shrink wrap is classic.

 

[proninja]

I'm dying to meet GMwife, who seems like the best wife since RedmondWife.

DrifteWife misses one event and falls out of the mention, huh? Pretty fickle.

We all marry pretty well. Of course, some of us needed a mulligan.

 

[proninja]

Bought a 3 pack of cantaloupe today. Can't wait to dig in.

Sooo.....they, like, shrink wrapped three separate cantaloupes together?

Exactly. Like all the other shrink wrapped fruit you see on the shelves.

I'm envisioning three, whole cantaloupes shrunk wrapped together. Sounds...unwieldy.

My link

I don't think you understand shrink wrap.

I don't think you understand sarcasm, counselor #nofontforthat

Can't believe I missed that. Sarcastically calling netting shrink wrap is classic.

It was the "all the other fruit that is shrink wrapped" that I thought tipped it off. I don't usually buy any fruit shrink wrapped.

 

[krista4]

I'm dying to meet GMwife, who seems like the best wife since RedmondWife.

DrifteWife misses one event and falls out of the mention, huh? Pretty fickle.

We all marry pretty well. Of course, some of us needed a mulligan.

Oh yeah, she's fantastic. Screw her for being on vacation this time.

One day I think we'll meet ninjawife#2.

 

[krista4]

We are interviewing catsitters. One of them asked the names of our cats. I replied.

Argonaut: 11-year-old male. Goes by Argo, Args, Argonuts, Mr. Awesome, Senor Awesome, The Argo, El Argo, Senor Nuts, Mr. Orange, Senor Orange, etc.
Tinktinktinktinktink - 5-year-old female. Goes by Tinkers, Tinkerbell, Tinkerbelly, Lil' Belly, T5, Space Cat, T5 the Space Cat the Space Cat from Outer Space, Hai Cat, The Cat of Hai, El Gato del Hai, Panther, She is Like Panther
Rocket the Squirrel - 3-4 year-old male. Goes by Squirrel, Squirrely, Esquirrel, Ooooooooo, Mr. Esquirrel the Mystery Squirrel, Greater North American Pocketless Flying Squirrel
Chance - 1 year-old male. Goes by Dumb Face, Squib, Squibs, Squibbles, Squib-e-de-doo, They Call Me Mr. Squib, Squibbety-Da-Da-Dow!

I suspect we are going to have to pay more.

 

[Josie Maran]

Cheeseburgers are better when the cheese is under the meat.

I have cheese under my meat. AM I BETTER?

so gross

 

[Josie Maran]

We are interviewing catsitters. One of them asked the names of our cats. I replied.

Argonaut: 11-year-old male. Goes by Argo, Args, Argonuts, Mr. Awesome, Senor Awesome, The Argo, El Argo, Senor Nuts, Mr. Orange, Senor Orange, etc.

Tinktinktinktinktink - 5-year-old female. Goes by Tinkers, Tinkerbell, Tinkerbelly, Lil' Belly, T5, Space Cat, T5 the Space Cat the Space Cat from Outer Space, Hai Cat, The Cat of Hai, El Gato del Hai, Panther, She is Like Panther

Rocket the Squirrel - 3-4 year-old male. Goes by Squirrel, Squirrely, Esquirrel, Ooooooooo, Mr. Esquirrel the Mystery Squirrel, Greater North American Pocketless Flying Squirrel

Chance - 1 year-old male. Goes by Dumb Face, Squib, Squibs, Squibbles, Squib-e-de-doo, They Call Me Mr. Squib, Squibbety-Da-Da-Dow!

I suspect we are going to have to pay more.

That sounds completely normal.

 

[krista4]

We are interviewing catsitters. One of them asked the names of our cats. I replied.

Argonaut: 11-year-old male. Goes by Argo, Args, Argonuts, Mr. Awesome, Senor Awesome, The Argo, El Argo, Senor Nuts, Mr. Orange, Senor Orange, etc.

Tinktinktinktinktink - 5-year-old female. Goes by Tinkers, Tinkerbell, Tinkerbelly, Lil' Belly, T5, Space Cat, T5 the Space Cat the Space Cat from Outer Space, Hai Cat, The Cat of Hai, El Gato del Hai, Panther, She is Like Panther

Rocket the Squirrel - 3-4 year-old male. Goes by Squirrel, Squirrely, Esquirrel, Ooooooooo, Mr. Esquirrel the Mystery Squirrel, Greater North American Pocketless Flying Squirrel

Chance - 1 year-old male. Goes by Dumb Face, Squib, Squibs, Squibbles, Squib-e-de-doo, They Call Me Mr. Squib, Squibbety-Da-Da-Dow!

I suspect we are going to have to pay more.

That sounds completely normal.

YSR and Tanner will support me here.