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by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Joe Lieberman
Replies: 8
Views: 84

Joe Lieberman

Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82 Joseph I. Lieberman, the doggedly independent four-term U.S. senator from Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died Marc...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Replies: 257
Views: 12265

Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread

Update on van Aert: Update on Wout van Aert from Team Visma | Lease a Bike: "Unfortunately, Wout van Aert suffered several fractures in the crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen today. A broken collarbone and several broken ribs were diagnosed in hospital. It is unclear how long his recovery will take...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6196
Views: 340807

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

Finally finished "Masters of the Air". I thought it was really good, and it was great to see what happened to those guys post-war. Did Croz ever mention to his wife about his thing with the Subaltern? Or did he wait to write his memoir until she died? And Rosie's story was wild...ending u...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Meet Me in St. Louis?
Replies: 31
Views: 307

Re: Meet Me in St. Louis?

The Art Museum was cool...and free.

And the Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour made me damn proud to be a beer drinking American.

That's all I got...its been a long time since I was in St Louis.
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Replies: 257
Views: 12265

Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread

https://twitter.com/nbcscycling/status/1766849300758204729?s=61&t=gZTZDOBjToLF3SU951QdDg Everything’s coming up USA these days. Two guys on the podium in a major race? I don’t remember that ever happening. And he just won again... "Matteo Jorgenson alleviated Visma-Lease a Bike's despair o...
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6196
Views: 340807

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

Finally finished "Masters of the Air". I thought it was really good, and it was great to see what happened to those guys post-war. Did Croz ever mention to his wife about his thing with the Subaltern? Or did he wait to write his memoir until she died? And Rosie's story was wild...ending up...
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

3 million pounds of force. The boat is like a 1000 foot skyscraper turned on its side. There is one thing that can probably stop that with certainty and with minimal yielding. It's called land. Yes...this. Seeing the people trying to say that the bridge was poorly constructed, or should have had &q...
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90005

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.) I've had times where I save something up and ask my father for advice for his birthda...
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90005

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

I sent a teams message to my manager, and my senior level manager this message, saying that after long consideration (*didn't mention I'd asked for advice here) over the weekend, I thought this needed to be escalated to HR. Both of them were totally on my side, and my senior level manager said he'd ...
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

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. I was 12. Thurl Bailey! And Phi-Slamma-Jamma was fun to watch. ...
by DaveInSeattle
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

So uh…Why is there a half hour layover between the first and second games today? I hate the way they always schedule games on the first Saturday and Sunday. I really don't understand the way they stagger them such that it's a slow start, a gap, and then a bunch of games all overlapping. Or why was ...
by DaveInSeattle
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:20 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90005

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Thanks for all the good feedback on my situation. I've decided I'm going to tell my boss on Monday that we need to escalate the situation to HR and get them involved. This has gotta stop.
by DaveInSeattle
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Commercials
Replies: 919
Views: 54235

Re: Commercials

I know it shouldn't, but the "Lets go SportsBar" from the currently running BW3 makes me chuckle every time.
by DaveInSeattle
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good. Curious if Spokane (1843’) being an extra several hundred feet above sea level compared to Lawrence (991’) mattered, cuz Kansas looked like they were tired in the 2nd half. Driving home just now I heard Self saying his p...
by DaveInSeattle
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

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.
by DaveInSeattle
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.
by DaveInSeattle
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

That was 20 minutes of really high level basketball, by both teams. Fun to watch.
by DaveInSeattle
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1590
Views: 105984

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

I think I need this one explained to me … 100 miles in 60 hours is (not accounting for sleep) well below walking pace. It isn't a regular road or trail run. From Wikipedia: The course itself, which has changed distance, route, and elevation many times since its inaugural run, currently consists of ...
by DaveInSeattle
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90005

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Serious question: At what point does it become appropriate to report someone to HR about creating a toxic workplace? I'm asking because of that one co-worker that I've been dealing with for months. He's gotten so bad that absolutely no one wants to work with him. He's pissed off all of the CX people...
by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90005

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

I finally snapped with the problem developer. He was yelling at me for asking for something to be put at the top of his priority list in the ADO ticket, not changed in the stack rank list (no one uses that). I finally said "I don't work for you. You aren't my boss. You don't get to tell me what...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Coach Cal....Hot Seat?

1 tourney win in the last 4 years is not a good look for Kentucky.
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Someone check on AB!
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Rocket Watts is a pretty bad-ass name.
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Replies: 1521
Views: 63412

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

I was among that large viewing audience. (Of course, there were a lot fewer viewing options back then!) Yup. That’s the Final Four that got me into college hoops. Because DePaul was one of the other semi-finalists. And the 4th team in that final four? UPenn! An Ivy League school in the Final Four!
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Replies: 1521
Views: 63412

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

While discussing brackets, I mentioned “that Bird-Magic Final Four” at my partner meeting yesterday. No one knew what I was talking about. Only one of my partners had even been born yet. Still the most watched Championship game: image.png And one of the last final fours to be played on an actual co...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 105
Views: 1502

Re: MLB Spring Training 2024

Reading the comments (I know, always a mistake) on the WaPost story this morning, the two main takeaways were:
This isn't a crime!
and
Why doesn't he learn English?
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2024 Bracket Challenge
Replies: 11
Views: 208

Re: 2024 Bracket Challenge

I think I'm in....it grabbed the bracket that I did for the Defector pool.
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213690

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

M. Emmet Walsh Inspired this great bit from Roger Ebert: Critic Roger Ebert so admired him that he created the "Stanton-Walsh Rule," which states that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Ebert later admitte...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 105
Views: 1502

Re: MLB Spring Training 2024

This story stinks, and we are barely scratching the surface yet.

Yuck...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 703

Re: Everyone OK?

L-Jam3 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:40 am Nickelback get a lot more than they deserve.
Shane Torres, in his bit about Guy Fieri, agrees with you...

by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Shirley wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:24 am Maybe this could have gone in the other thread. I’m not OK.
I turned on the game and saw the 14 points scored at halftime, and thought "Oh...poor Shirley"....
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The post your radio presets thread
Replies: 43
Views: 1671

Re: The post your radio presets thread

Steve of phpBB wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:32 pm I'm still a fan of WXRT but it gets difficult listening to commercials.
I always enjoyed WXRT when I lived in Chicago. The movie reviews "Going to the Show with the Regular Guy" were always great, delivered with the perfect thick Chicago accent.
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The post your radio presets thread
Replies: 43
Views: 1671

Re: The post your radio presets thread

For those in the Bay Area...put 92.7 FM on your presets. KEXP bought the station and is now broadcasting live.
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177623

Re: The Live Music thread...

Adrian Belew to play King Crimson shows centered around Discipline , Beat , & Three of a Perfect Pair LPs with Tony Levin, Danny Carey & Steve Vai. Apparently the first date is Sept 17 in San Diego. Rumors it will be a substantial tour. GIMME Adrien Belew is FANTASTIC to see live. Saw him p...
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 703

Re: Everyone OK?

I've been busy dealing with the fallout of one of our customers having trouble with their instrument last week, and deciding the best way to handle things was to start calling/emailing our CEO over the weekend.

So that's been fun...
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2005
Views: 43302

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

About the only way I can imagine intentionally watching Trump on television is if the Saudis threw a massive soccer contract at him as a humiliating bailout. I remember four years ago watching him give his "Covid is no big deal" speech just as the world was shutting down (NBA being cancel...
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:04 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, FARGO, 3/18, 9:30 pm ET

The dinner scene with her high school classmate is so well done. So creepy...

by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Giff wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:10 am Super stoked to be in Lake Charles for the McNeese St. first-round game.
Gonzaga is definitely beatable....they got their shit together, starting with the Kentucky game, but they are still lousy shooting from the outside.
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2005
Views: 43302

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

brian wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:05 am Trump says he can’t secure a bond for $454M in his NY civil suit. You hate to see it.
He can always sell one of his shitty golf-motels.