GM's thread about nothing (32 Viewers)

[ScottNorwood]

Folks in the NBA thread don't have much of a sense of humor, eh?

We do when someone says something funny.

Did Abe just bounce to me?

 

[Mr.Pack]

It would probably would have been better if I was wearing a cat shirt. Although these were random people to me, they knew me because I posted something on FB from a mutual friend.

I think we all assume you wear a catshirt every day.

Pretty good assumption really.

Under your suit and tie, amiright?

 

[Limp Ditka]

BEARS!

 

[Osaurus]

Folks in the NBA thread don't have much of a sense of humor, eh?

We do when someone says something funny.

Did Abe just bounce to me?

 

[BobbyLayne]

BEARS!

Settle down, Sparky, it's a scrimmage against the jv team.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Darko has decided to retire from basketball.

He's going into kickboxing next.

Actually actually true.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Happy Anniversary, Mr. Pack.

Thanks GB!

 

[ScottNorwood]

Folks in the NBA thread don't have much of a sense of humor, eh?

We do when someone says something funny.

Did Abe just bounce to me?

Folks in the NBA thread don't have much of a sense of humor, eh?

We do when someone says something funny.

Did Abe just bounce to me?

Doesn't he know who I am?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

It would probably would have been better if I was wearing a cat shirt. Although these were random people to me, they knew me because I posted something on FB from a mutual friend.

I think we all assume you wear a catshirt every day.

Pretty good assumption really.

Under your suit and tie, amiright?

I need to figure out a way to monetize this. Happy Anniversary too GB.

 

[cosjobs]

I assume I'm going to get hit with "we can't grill in the winter up here in the arctic circle," but how does boiling and baking wings equal better? I might give it a go, but in Alabamy, it's just as easy to fire up the gas grill and walk outside every once in a while to let the neighbors remember what I look like with my shirt off.

I'm with you, . Seems like a more complicated way to make a less good wing, but more power to him I guess.

My parents don't have a decent grill and I was at their house. I also don't have anywhere to keep the grill in winter where it stays operable once all the snow comes, and sometimes I like wings in winter. As far as a less good wing, I disagree. These came out perfectly.

Less good?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I assume I'm going to get hit with "we can't grill in the winter up here in the arctic circle," but how does boiling and baking wings equal better? I might give it a go, but in Alabamy, it's just as easy to fire up the gas grill and walk outside every once in a while to let the neighbors remember what I look like with my shirt off.

I'm with you, . Seems like a more complicated way to make a less good wing, but more power to him I guess.

My parents don't have a decent grill and I was at their house. I also don't have anywhere to keep the grill in winter where it stays operable once all the snow comes, and sometimes I like wings in winter. As far as a less good wing, I disagree. These came out perfectly.

Less good?

Oven baked wings can be awesome and very crunchy. We like all of the chicken "gunk" to be crisp - when going to a fried wing place we request the wings "naked and fried hard - make'm float." The oven method works great and take very little effort. I made these a couple of weeks ago and they came out crispy and no goop/nasty stringy tendon stuff - can just peel them off the bone with yo teef.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Decided to sneak into my daughter's archery class after work tonigh so I could see my little Merida in action. There's 8 kids in the class, four targets setup in the cafeteria. So they rotate between coloring at the lunch table and taking turns shooting six arrows at targets about 20 feet away. These kids are all 1st graders. The "teacher" is college student who works for the Afterschool 3 hours a day. She is bouncing between four kids/targets with two on each side of a 3'x3' beam (e.g. when she's on one side she can't see the other two kids).

Now I grew up country and if you had a BB gun or a bow (sometime between 6 and 9), first thing you went down to DNR range with your buddies to learn hunter safety. You just didn't get to use your gun or bow until you knew what you were doing. And 45 years later I can still hear Mr. Miller: "Always always ALWAYS think about where you are pointing, your gun/bow is DOWN RANGE. It is never off to the side or behind you..."

I look over and the two boys beside Chloe are loading up their bow sideways. Thankfully they don't draw until they are kinda sorta pointed toward the target. Around then I realized Chloe is pushing her now string. Wait, wat...**fling*** tink tink tink tink. She was holding the bow BACKWARDS and literally shot the arrow over her shoulder, 180 out from the target. Thankfully no one behind. The harried Afterschool aide was oblivious. I picked up the arrow. "Hey, is it OK if I work with my daughter a bit? OK thanks."

I'll be leaving work an hour early next week to volunteer for the archery class.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Decided to sneak into my daughter's archery class after work tonigh so I could see my little Merida in action. There's 8 kids in the class, four targets setup in the cafeteria. So they rotate between coloring at the lunch table and taking turns shooting six arrows at targets about 20 feet away. These kids are all 1st graders. The "teacher" is college student who works for the Afterschool 3 hours a day. She is bouncing between four kids/targets with two on each side of a 3'x3' beam (e.g. when she's on one side she can't see the other two kids).

Now I grew up country and if you had a BB gun or a bow (sometime between 6 and 9), first thing you went down to DNR range with your buddies to learn hunter safety. You just didn't get to use your gun or bow until you knew what you were doing. And 45 years later I can still hear Mr. Miller: "Always always ALWAYS think about where you are pointing, your gun/bow is DOWN RANGE. It is never off to the side or behind you..."

I look over and the two boys beside Chloe are loading up their bow sideways. Thankfully they don't draw until they are kinda sorta pointed toward the target. Around then I realized Chloe is pushing her now string. Wait, wat...**fling*** tink tink tink tink. She was holding the bow BACKWARDS and literally shot the arrow over her shoulder, 180 out from the target. Thankfully no one behind. The harried Afterschool aide was oblivious. I picked up the arrow. "Hey, is it OK if I work with my daughter a bit? OK thanks."

I'll be leaving work an hour early next week to volunteer for the archery class.

At what age do kids stop trying to murder themselves?

 

[Thorn]

I always come to GMTAN with serious OB/GYN medical questions. Who needs that whole Google thing.

I don't even go to the OB/GYN any more. All the answers I need are right here.

Me too. I just squeeze my own balls and cough now. TA DA! Totally fine.

cup or cradle, not squeezeHTH

um, you guys know that a hernia check does not involve the balls, right? unless that's, like, what you are into or whatever

 

[Mr.Pack]

It would probably would have been better if I was wearing a cat shirt. Although these were random people to me, they knew me because I posted something on FB from a mutual friend.

I think we all assume you wear a catshirt every day.

Pretty good assumption really.

Under your suit and tie, amiright?

I need to figure out a way to monetize this.Happy Anniversary too GB.

Haha, for sure!

Thanks GB!

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Darko has decided to retire from basketball.

He's going into kickboxing next.

Actually actually true.

You collecting the mail from krista's old houses?

 

[BobbyLayne]

Decided to sneak into my daughter's archery class after work tonigh so I could see my little Merida in action. There's 8 kids in the class, four targets setup in the cafeteria. So they rotate between coloring at the lunch table and taking turns shooting six arrows at targets about 20 feet away. These kids are all 1st graders. The "teacher" is college student who works for the Afterschool 3 hours a day. She is bouncing between four kids/targets with two on each side of a 3'x3' beam (e.g. when she's on one side she can't see the other two kids).

Now I grew up country and if you had a BB gun or a bow (sometime between 6 and 9), first thing you went down to DNR range with your buddies to learn hunter safety. You just didn't get to use your gun or bow until you knew what you were doing. And 45 years later I can still hear Mr. Miller: "Always always ALWAYS think about where you are pointing, your gun/bow is DOWN RANGE. It is never off to the side or behind you..."

I look over and the two boys beside Chloe are loading up their bow sideways. Thankfully they don't draw until they are kinda sorta pointed toward the target. Around then I realized Chloe is pushing her now string. Wait, wat...**fling*** tink tink tink tink. She was holding the bow BACKWARDS and literally shot the arrow over her shoulder, 180 out from the target. Thankfully no one behind. The harried Afterschool aide was oblivious. I picked up the arrow. "Hey, is it OK if I work with my daughter a bit? OK thanks."

I'll be leaving work an hour early next week to volunteer for the archery class.

At what age do kids stop trying to murder themselves?

I suppose every kid is different. For me it was 32.

 

[Frostillicus]

The Jameis Winston thread in the Shark Pool is fantastic.

 

[T Bell]

you know that plan not to contact the 24-year old?

I had a text meltdown like Mike in Swingers instead.

Do you ever get the feeling that snatch is made of kryptonite, Clark?

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Hpv related? Pm zooks.

 

[-fish-]

you know that plan not to contact the 24-year old?

I had a text meltdown like Mike in Swingers instead.

Do you ever get the feeling that snatch is made of kryptonite, Clark?

just maybe time to reset. still got dr. nympho. gonna take that through austin and see what happens.

 

[krista4]

Circling the car at Fred Meyer while Mr krista buys cookies and dishwashing liquid. Feels creepy.

 

[bentley]

you know that plan not to contact the 24-year old?

I had a text meltdown like Mike in Swingers instead.

Do you ever get the feeling that snatch is made of kryptonite, Clark?

just maybe time to reset. still got dr. nympho. gonna take that through austin and see what happens.

When is Austin again?

 

[T Bell]

Circling the car at Fred Meyer while Mr krista buys cookies and dishwashing liquid. Feels creepy.

Go on...

 

[shuke]

Took my daughter to say goodnight to the moon and stumbled across a dandelion spore that she loves to blow and scatter. I held it up to her so she could blow it into the street. Freaking kid ate it like it was a rasin.

 

[Abraham]

The Jameis Winston thread in the Shark Pool is fantastic.

Liar.

 

[Frostillicus]

The Jameis Winston thread in the Shark Pool is fantastic.

Liar.

I laughed a lot.

 

[El Floppo]

Professional family photos at a park this morning. So much drama. Glad we don't do these more often.

Yuke makes his soccer debut this afternoon. I'm coaching. At this point, he crumples into a screaming heap in the floor every time I put his shin guards on. Should be big fun.

Soccer was awesome. Yuke cried all the way through practice trying getting his shinguards off then really cranked it up when I put his jersey on for the game. He refused to play the whole first half. Early in the second, he asked to sub in to great applause. After about three minutes of play, he was done for the day and ran off the field to his mom. About three minutes later, the other team scored another goal and PRToddler ran off the field crying because he thought we were losing. We finished the game with both of the coaches' kids sitting in their moms' laps crying and eating apple slices.

On the positive side, Yuke and Steven Gerrard share a jersey number. I was pretty pumped about that.

CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK!!!!!

Cal was like this with soccer too,it was just torture for him. GL to you and Yuke my brother.

Thanks! He was like this with swimming lessons too but they get a little better every week. Hoping for a similar experience. Because he's the baby of the family, he's never been required to do anything he doesn't want to do. We are breaking new ground here.

####img

 

[bentley]

I can even begin to figure out what word you were going with here.

 

[shuke]

Oh yeah, twice this weekend I had strangers recognize me as CSB. It was kind of awkward.

Rules. Details?

 

[T Bell]

Oh yeah, twice this weekend I had strangers recognize me as CSB. It was kind of awkward.

Rules. Details?

"Hey, aren't you that ####### who always wears cat shirts?"

 

[krista4]

Circling the car at Fred Meyer while Mr krista buys cookies and dishwashing liquid. Feels creepy.

Go on...

Well, he got the dishwasher stuff plus some cookies, and he was looking for me and I was right in front of him so I had to honk, and then we came home and the neighbors' outdoor cat was hanging around (I call him/her "Fluffy" because he/she is), so I spent some time petting him/her and then came inside and am watching the end of the Bears game while Mr. krista bakes some plop-and-bake cookies.

I guess that's not what you were looking for.

ETA: Livin' the life.

 

[Limp Ditka]

BEARS!

 

[krista4]

Professional family photos at a park this morning. So much drama. Glad we don't do these more often.

Yuke makes his soccer debut this afternoon. I'm coaching. At this point, he crumples into a screaming heap in the floor every time I put his shin guards on. Should be big fun.

Soccer was awesome. Yuke cried all the way through practice trying getting his shinguards off then really cranked it up when I put his jersey on for the game. He refused to play the whole first half. Early in the second, he asked to sub in to great applause. After about three minutes of play, he was done for the day and ran off the field to his mom. About three minutes later, the other team scored another goal and PRToddler ran off the field crying because he thought we were losing. We finished the game with both of the coaches' kids sitting in their moms' laps crying and eating apple slices.

On the positive side, Yuke and Steven Gerrard share a jersey number. I was pretty pumped about that.

CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK!!!!!

Cal was like this with soccer too,it was just torture for him. GL to you and Yuke my brother.

Thanks! He was like this with swimming lessons too but they get a little better every week. Hoping for a similar experience. Because he's the baby of the family, he's never been required to do anything he doesn't want to do. We are breaking new ground here.

####img

Even though I don't know what you're talking about most of the time, I'm so glad you're in the GMTAN. I've been trying to get you in here for years.

 

[krista4]

Oh, and now I'm drinking port and it's ####### delicious.

 

[Frostillicus]

Oh, and now I'm drinking port and it's ####### delicious.

I like port. I very rarely have the chance to drink it since I don't buy it, but when I'm at a company dinner I love finishing off the night with some fancy port.

 

[El Floppo]

I'm not drinking grappa. Again.

 

[El Floppo]

Ipad down. Typing with the phone and doing great!

 

[bentley]

I don't get port at all. Usually that makes the other people that are drinking port around me happy because there's more for them.

 

[El Floppo]

Look at me Charlie... watch my speed

 

[krista4]

Oh, and now I'm drinking port and it's ####### delicious.

I like port. I very rarely have the chance to drink it since I don't buy it, but when I'm at a company dinner I love finishing off the night with some fancy port.

It doesn't necessarily need to be fancy. There are some drinkable ports for <$25 bottle, like the Graham's Six Grapes Reserve.

 

[Frostillicus]

I don't get port at all. Usually that makes the other people that are drinking port around me happy because there's more for them.

Port is great for finishing a fancy meal if you are with people who will think you're an alcoholic if you order a bourbon or scotch. And are in position to affect your career. Which I assume doesn't apply to you since I feel like you make your own rules.

 

[-fish-]

you know that plan not to contact the 24-year old?

I had a text meltdown like Mike in Swingers instead.

Do you ever get the feeling that snatch is made of kryptonite, Clark?

just maybe time to reset. still got dr. nympho. gonna take that through austin and see what happens.

When is Austin again?

october 23-26

 

[T Bell]

Circling the car at Fred Meyer while Mr krista buys cookies and dishwashing liquid. Feels creepy.

Go on...

Well, he got the dishwasher stuff plus some cookies, and he was looking for me and I was right in front of him so I had to honk, and then we came home and the neighbors' outdoor cat was hanging around (I call him/her "Fluffy" because he/she is), so I spent some time petting him/her and then came inside and am watching the end of the Bears game while Mr. krista bakes some plop-and-bake cookies.

I guess that's not what you were looking for.

ETA: Livin' the life.

I finished. Thanks.

Can't wait for the detergent part of the story.

 

[bentley]

I don't get port at all. Usually that makes the other people that are drinking port around me happy because there's more for them.

Port is great for finishing a fancy meal if you are with people who will think you're an alcoholic if you order a bourbon or scotch. And are in position to affect your career. Which I assume doesn't apply to you since I feel like you make your own rules.

I usually drink gin martinis at fancy dinners. Why leave any doubt about whether you're an alcoholic?

 

[Frostillicus]

I don't get port at all. Usually that makes the other people that are drinking port around me happy because there's more for them.

Port is great for finishing a fancy meal if you are with people who will think you're an alcoholic if you order a bourbon or scotch. And are in position to affect your career. Which I assume doesn't apply to you since I feel like you make your own rules.

I usually drink gin martinis at fancy dinners. Why leave any doubt about whether you're an alcoholic?

I generally go pretty hard from pre-meal to main course, then try to gauge the mood of the room on how to finish, either bourbon or port for dessert. Port probably doesn't exactly scream "not an alcoholic" but I figure if the group I'm with necessitates me ordering port for desert they're not really going to understand what it is and will probably think I'm fancy.

 

[bentley]

I don't get port at all. Usually that makes the other people that are drinking port around me happy because there's more for them.

Port is great for finishing a fancy meal if you are with people who will think you're an alcoholic if you order a bourbon or scotch. And are in position to affect your career. Which I assume doesn't apply to you since I feel like you make your own rules.

I usually drink gin martinis at fancy dinners. Why leave any doubt about whether you're an alcoholic?

I generally go pretty hard from pre-meal to main course, then try to gauge the mood of the room on how to finish, either bourbon or port for dessert. Port probably doesn't exactly scream "not an alcoholic" but I figure if the group I'm with necessitates me ordering port for desert they're not really going to understand what it is and will probably think I'm fancy.

I love that you have a strategy.

 

[-fish-]

lol. my text meltdown was never seen, since she ruined her phone. instead she got a fairly reasonable fb messenger exchange.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Krista's making me sad. I thought people who didn't have kids just hung out in the house naked every Monday night. I mean, WTF? I can pet a homeless cat and make cookies on a random weekday. I never would, but I COULD.

 

[T Bell]

lol. my text meltdown was never seen, since she ruined her phone. instead she got a fairly reasonable fb messenger exchange.

Admit it - you did a Walter White and put a powerful magnet up against the wall of her house.