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by sancarlos
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Joe Lieberman
Replies: 8
Views: 83

Re: Joe Lieberman

Also, and more importantly, he's part of the reason that Obamacare didn't have a Single Payer option. Fucking asshole. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/56803-lieberman-and-nelson-public-option-compromise-still-not-good-enough/ The classic example of being moderate for the sake of being moderate....
by sancarlos
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Pot Thread
Replies: 1116
Views: 45592

Re: The Pot Thread

Syb - I agree with you on all that! Unrelated… It seems a bit weird (at least to me) to smoke with your kid. I went through much of my life hiding it from my own parents. My daughter is here for a short visit, and presented me with a gift of a beautiful, small, glass water pipe. It’s detailed and fr...
by sancarlos
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Meet Me in St. Louis?
Replies: 31
Views: 306

Re: Meet Me in St. Louis?

My wife just mentioned that the son of her childhood/high school best friend is executive chef of this French restaurant. His (biased) mother says it is a great place.
Https://brasseriebyniche.com
by sancarlos
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2005
Views: 43300

Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years

I found out that I am not yet authorized for options on my new Schwab account. (I had a TD Ameritrade account, but since they were required by Schwab, I have to start over on my authorizations.) So now I have to wait for that to go through before I get to buy some puts on DJT. (Thanks for the idea, ...
by sancarlos
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Meet Me in St. Louis?
Replies: 31
Views: 306

Re: Meet Me in St. Louis?

bfj wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:02 am
A_B wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:13 am Salt and Smoke would be a rec, but I don't know how kosher you are. But shit, the sides alone were worth it. And of course they have beef and chicken and whatnot.
You are probably more kosher than I am.
Kentucky kosher. I think maybe that means one ice cube in the bourbon.
by sancarlos
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8826
Views: 409555

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

My wife will be pleased at the support she’s received from the swamp. (Romero not so much).
by sancarlos
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Meet Me in St. Louis?
Replies: 31
Views: 306

Re: Meet Me in St. Louis?

The Sybian wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:15 pm Girlfriend before I met my wife was from St Louis. She believed Domino’s was the best pizza in the world, so I’d say avoid the pizza.
She’s from St. Louis, so if St. Louis-style is her reference point, Dominos doesn’t look bad.
by sancarlos
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8826
Views: 409555

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

One way you can tell you’ve been married a long time is that you can get into a pretty good disagreement over silly shit that certainly doesn’t matter. Example: We are decades past days of proms or homecoming dances, and we’ve got no kids at home, anyway, so why do we disagree over protocol, anyway?...
by sancarlos
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Meet Me in St. Louis?
Replies: 31
Views: 306

Re: Meet Me in St. Louis?

Remember The Zaz? He was entertaining. Take it the Minnesota thread. You’re right. I don’t know why I thought he was from STL. Always get those 1987 World Series participants mixed up. Even though he's a Minnesota guy, he was a St. Louis Cardinal fan (iirc). That might be why you thought he was fro...
by sancarlos
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 759

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

FWIW, Virginia governor saying they can take the Baltimore bound cargo down in Norfolk. Still significant supply chain issues, but not like a catastrophic* level thing. And I don't know what Wilmington DE's capacity is. * - I'm sure many of you guys know, catastrophic in engineering terms means tot...
by sancarlos
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2005
Views: 43300

Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years

DJT* isn’t trading yet is it? I think that’s why it’s not optionable yet.

* make sure you’re not trading the Dow Jones, transportation average!
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Uniforms, Logos, and Such
Replies: 1280
Views: 83987

Re: Uniforms, Logos, and Such

wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:12 pm Nike wins German kit deal
Good. Let Nike and Fanatics screw them over, too.
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
Replies: 2525
Views: 127080

Re: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread

Good luck, Steve.
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Peter Angelos
Replies: 16
Views: 234

Re: Peter Angelos

Good genes, man.
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Man's Best Friend
Replies: 2243
Views: 103257

Re: Man's Best Friend

I’d suggest taking your dog on lots of fun short car trips that include treats, walks, and favorite destinations.
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, 3/25, 9:30 pm ET
Replies: 89
Views: 1291

Re: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, 3/25, 9:30 pm ET

So, we didn’t really discuss Fargo. Absolute classic. As is Lebowski.

Calmer than you are, Dude.

I’m just gonna go find a cash machine.
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
Replies: 2525
Views: 127080

Re: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread

More congrats, TB, Jr.!
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 89999

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Good luck, DiS!

Yeah, my dad also loves it when somebody, especially a younger relative, asks him for advice. Nothing he likes better than that. (And, I think he would have responded exactly like your father did.)
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Peter Angelos
Replies: 16
Views: 234

Re: Peter Angelos

I guess those are good reminders that most humans are complex people, good and bad, full of contradictions.
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Man's Best Friend
Replies: 2243
Views: 103257

Re: Man's Best Friend

Sorry, Duff!
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Mutherfucking free throws. Extra annoying to lose that way. Go Coogs or Aggies. Whatever. Back when most of you were in diapers I saw NC State win a national championship over Univ of Houston, because Houston couldn’t make free throws. My first sports memory. Good times. I remind BJ Barham of that ...
by sancarlos
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:01 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8826
Views: 409555

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Because I am cheap, I generally buy and use the least expensive brand of toothpaste I can find at Target. Usually, that means some brand that hasn’t been sold mass market since the civil war, like Aim, Aquafresh, or Pepsodent. This time, the wife brought home Arm & Hammer for me. Quite a strong ...
by sancarlos
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:59 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9202
Views: 462511

Re: Random Politics

by sancarlos
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Giff wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:36 pm Mutherfucking free throws. Extra annoying to lose that way. Go Coogs or Aggies. Whatever.
Back when most of you were in diapers I saw NC State win a national championship over Univ of Houston, because Houston couldn’t make free throws.
by sancarlos
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
Replies: 2525
Views: 127080

Re: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread

Congrats!
by sancarlos
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Commercials
Replies: 919
Views: 54230

Re: Commercials

Shirley wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:55 pm I think I like the commercial, but I've already seen it so many times I now hate it too.
This.
by sancarlos
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: College Visits
Replies: 578
Views: 16373

Re: College Visits

Call it New Jesey because I think my wife and kid just bought every R in the state during a trip to the RU bookstore (and the gear shop across the street) this morning. Then, I hope she likes it there. A few years ago, my neighbor’s kid went to Washington State. They bought a TON of WSU swag. Then,...
by sancarlos
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:20 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

EdRomero wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:14 pm In the Oakland game, I thought the ball did hit the NC State guys pinkie, but I thought it happened before the ball left the Oakland guy's hand. Not one announcer mentioned that though.
Yeah, I agree. And, why didn’t they call that over-and-back?
by sancarlos
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:47 pm You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.
Omaha is like a home game for Illinois (as it also was for Iowa State).
by sancarlos
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

DaveInSeattle wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:54 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:12 pm I had the sound off - was the crowd supporting one team over another?
Seemed pretty even to me.
Not surprisingly, it sounds like 98% of this crowd in Omaha is loudly cheering for Iowa State.
by sancarlos
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Replies: 1521
Views: 63403

Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread

rass wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:08 pm Heard When I’m Sixty Four today. The DJ played that at our wedding when we cut the cake. We were 25. I’ll be 64 in 15 years.
Well, thanks for making me feel extra-old, now!
by sancarlos
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

The word “they” is doing a lot of work in that tweet. He realizes it’s the universities themselves that did most of the “killing”. There’s blame to be had at the commissioners office to be sure but this was more about the greed (and yes, insecurity) of the member schools who decided to bolt. There ...
by sancarlos
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Its actually 5-0, but the point stands…
by sancarlos
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

by sancarlos
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Pot Thread
Replies: 1116
Views: 45592

Re: The Pot Thread

by sancarlos
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Longwood looks a bit flaccid.
by sancarlos
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Lyft/Uber Scam??
Replies: 20
Views: 293

Re: Lyft/Uber Scam??

rass wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:31 pm I don’t think I have Uber/lyft all that often but when I do it seems check engine lights are pretty common which I guess makes me feel like an ass for being too drunk to drive myself home.
Hey, kudos to you for not driving after you’ve had a few!
by sancarlos
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Based on the five minutes I’ve watched (and, perhaps the wine I’ve drunk), I’d say James Madison is going to beat Wisconsin.
by sancarlos
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Weather
Replies: 2497
Views: 106630

Re: The Weather

Good luck!
by sancarlos
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

rass wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:51 pm The dick tweet have anyone else rooting against Houston?
Ok, here’s the part where we have to inquire wtf you’re talking about.