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- Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:44 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Netflix Suggestions?
- Replies: 1398
- Views: 92449
Re: Netflix Suggestions?
I decided what the hell and started Tiger King last night...cut myself off after three episodes or else I was going to be up all night. Holy cow you all are right. I was watching something else earlier this week (I can't remember but it was another documentary) and now Tiger King has further cemente...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:40 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
- Replies: 5293
- Views: 149492
Re: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
Line outside one of my local dispensaries...strong social distance game going on: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/F2WzrnkPtqy0ojM6ge_N0vxKBSmQ811ktQG6AGenRO1yVzGT5LLwFa2wHAMoswAITRi7myuBxR7dYmPAqd2vRuhWFyXxjwK1dWtyfx-FBFdG1TK35ryGZDZCVBAY3Iac-baGhITUJaEYpZnP9YrpB8YgVKxUXOoQ-hatzfBhwBqdhwfzgfio7AhR...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:54 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
- Replies: 5293
- Views: 149492
Re: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
Denver issuing stay at home order at 5:00 pm tomorrow. Closings include liquor stores and recreational pot dispensaries, deemed non-essential. liquor, hookers and blow should be essential What's funny is this lasted exactly three hours due to the run on liquor & pot shops. Now they can stay ope...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:42 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Sorry if this was posted and I missed it. Very interesting take on Biden's gaffes. This guy said Biden's gaffe's are actually the tricks of a stutter to avoid words he feels he is going to trip over. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-19/joe-biden-stutter-speech I am a stutterer whose st...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:19 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
You must not have seen the part where Peter Alexander of NBC asked (paraphrasing) what would he like to say to Americans that are scared? Trumps response: "You are a terrible reporter" He seems to bounce between good coherent answers and going off the rails, depending on the question. What...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:55 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: How is your WFH setup?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1339
Re: How is your WFH setup?
My picture within your picture...total Inception moment. Mind blown!
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Captain Trips Anxiety thread
- Replies: 1521
- Views: 43440
Re: The Captain Trips Anxiety thread
I agree nice to hear. Castle Rock is bit too far for me on regular basis but the next time in the southern 'burbs I'll make a run down there.
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: How is your WFH setup?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1339
Re: How is your WFH setup?
Been doing it going on seven years now so I was already setup. That's the corner of a TV in the upper left https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I6Xyj4_GJ5D1sZ-IQwCoDvCMicULELq-7_tdlyMlLSQHJb_l_PFXf6PTbZveB2KFtHytwMlCla3tsG-1F8Y9QL1DCQp1UGlFg2B-mhyTmkIOviXVlIxP55J26K2TjOhzoK7_oV0N0K3QHP3BQPD1D6GuhuuC6Mz...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Patriot-era Tom Brady
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1695
Re: Patriot-era Tom Brady
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vDqh6ydwXWcoO1dvULpXVZRg0dXiO-d8IeYuq_OpvqssxIZrskSZ9O0DeNhV5-BqtBJmN5Da799t_wtkNMuwIm3oN2V7ymVUYWN5wujBOA4cG_EDWwt2eoAtJtwAnJ-LgbqB4QpfFNdSEdiNci2-JXq2mm-vQOa-t3U0uMJvqIEy6l2qbRjCq1lfqr4cssNrfwl8MBwJ2KF7jo62fMgMGTPe1itGSiCCGHvJsS3zBHUQWUtGZfiFdZbzi5TS4hPFFLe7MKW64...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Captain Trips Anxiety thread
- Replies: 1521
- Views: 43440
Re: The Captain Trips Anxiety thread
You guys still have open brew pubs? They shut down all of ours. Our local ones are filling crowlers and filling take out food orders. Stopped by to pick up a couple from my favorite yesterday, the owner was so relieved someone came in. He said they are just dying right now. Ended up buying double w...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:39 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Before and After
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1123
Re: Before and After
I'm not sure what to call it but I'm wondering if or how much this experience will increase the number of "nationalists"...people that believe in closed borders/closed societies. Watching Trump right now and he's still playing the Chinese-virus game...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:45 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Before and After
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1123
Re: Before and After
From EdRomero suggestion. Obviously focus is on getting through this, but it is interesting to think about how this is a true before/after moment. Probably THE before/after moment of our lives. So what changes in the after? - Does the way people travel alter? (Less cruising, less global travel al...
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:39 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The I need to buy a house thread
- Replies: 1350
- Views: 51035
Re: The I need to buy a house thread
Swampers - I rarely do this, but I'm coming to the group for some advice. Though, in reality, not sure how much you can help, because... shit is bonkers right now. =-=-=-= So, we're in a fucking hot mess situation. Jamming like crazy to declutter the house because our realtor is teamed up with one ...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:43 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
- Replies: 639
- Views: 20295
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Both the wife and I already worked at home and I’ve been slow so my travel has been limited so nothing really will change for us. My gym and local breweries are still open. Was supposed to go to Phoenix for spring training next week is the only real change. Only thing I’m really annoyed with is the ...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Two
- Replies: 98
- Views: 2917
Re: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Two
Incredible stroke of luck this week for me...I only got #1 because my wife was just there a few months ago and I only got #2 because I caught Oceans 12 on TV over the weekend.
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:41 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Coronavirus - All Sports
- Replies: 891
- Views: 28747
Re: Coronavirus - All Sports
I can't believe they haven't axed the NCAA Tournament already...they have to at this point, right?
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week One, Dipshit
- Replies: 106
- Views: 6494
Re: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week One
Q4 - Name the author of any of the following Newbery Medal winners for children's literature (10) CORRECT Lois Lowry, The Giver (1) - Duff Beverly Cleary, Dear Mr Henshaw (2) - GoodKarma, Mister D EL Konigsburg, Mixed-Up Files (2) - Bengal, Cerrano Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins (2) - BF...
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Uniforms, Logos, and Such
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 102250
Re: Uniforms, Logos, and Such
For some reason people really like their beer cheese around here. I mean, I like a good one, but most are just bleh to me. Friend makes his own and it's the best I've had. But it really is a cottage industry. It's hard to do well...I've been trying off and on for years to make one that I like and s...
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Long Reads
- Replies: 287
- Views: 23597
Re: Long Reads
From the New Yorker...was the oldest person ever to have lived a fraud?
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
WTF has Bernie been doing?!?! EW is and always has been much more of a true capitalist.degenerasian wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:25 pm I think Warren went too far against the rich. If you're a billionaire, you're automatically evil.
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:05 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2825
- Views: 112956
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
When I was doing HR outsourcing work I used to work for a guy who would start a company; build it; sell it; stay on for ~6 months; quit then start up a new company and take all of his old customers back. He did it 3 or 4 times. I always found it hilarious that no one either secured or enforced non-c...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Probably my main beef with the Sanders candidacy is that he has made the fight against corporate power such a priority among his supporters that many are forgetting about all the other important issues. Whoever is elected will really not be able to rein in corporations, because all the big steps to...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:49 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Now whose going to be White Obama's anger translator now? Joe Biden. It should be Joe Biden. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1230138036815527939?s=19 Wait - I don't see how this story is possible considering how much the national media hates Bernie and is favoring whoever-isn't-my-preferred-candidat...
- Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Valentine's Day
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3418
Re: Valentine's Day
Ditto wishes to you all as well. Our 22nd as a married couple. The local Kroger/King Soopers has all the flowers out today. During the other 364 days of the year (or I guess 365 in the case of 2020) you can usually pick up a mixed bouquet for $10-15. Today the cheapest they had signs up for was $25....
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
For fun, says the whiny Bernie supporter, lets see how hard the mainstream goes after Buttigieg for his press release touting support from black leaders in South Carolina that was fabricated using the "I have your support unless you explicitly opt out" strategy, which included Bernie's st...
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:49 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Victim complex. 🤣🤣🤣 You crack me the fuck up. All these private citizens and their opinions are nothing more than petty grievances. Hilarious. It's so hilarious Trump rode it all the way to the White House. Some of you are just as obsessed with Hillary as Trump is. Why pay her so much attention? Is...
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:38 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Right, so don't passively point out the disparity because that's playing the victim but also don't fight back because that makes you uniquely aggressive. Its almost like this is all intentional. The “Hillary Clinton is a private citizen” line always cracks me up. Former First Lady, US Senator, Secr...
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
So, it's cool when Hillary Clinton, Chris Matthews, Chuck Todd, and James Carville go on national news shows and say that Bernie is a do-nothing, unlikeable, Nazi, Castro who can't possibly win a national election. But if Bernie supporters fight back, they are portrayed as an angry mob. I guess it ...
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Lots of moderate Democrats nonetheless find it annoying that Sanders and some of his followers are so committed to painting mainstream Democrats in such dark hues. And it is annoying! But annoying people won’t stop being annoying if he loses the nomination. If anything, they will be more annoying t...
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Lots of moderate Democrats nonetheless find it annoying that Sanders and some of his followers are so committed to painting mainstream Democrats in such dark hues. And it is annoying! But annoying people won’t stop being annoying if he loses the nomination. If anything, they will be more annoying t...
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:51 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Why do I feel like we're trending towards a brokered convention and a Trump reelection in November? This has been my fear since Iowa. Since this primary is essentially boiling down to "how far left should we go" (everything else is just noise) I don't see how anyone backs down. Some back ...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:54 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Teach AB to Cook A Steak
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1666
Re: Teach AB to Cook A Steak
I almost exclusively use a gas grill. For a medium 1"-thick steak I grill on one side for about 4 minutes then flip and grill on the other side for around 3 minutes. IMO the key is 1) get the steaks out of the fridge for 15-30 minutes before you cook them and 2) let them rest after cooking (cov...
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:26 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NCAA Hoops 2019/2020
- Replies: 179
- Views: 6880
Re: NCAA Hoops 2019/2020
Went to the Nevada - Colorado State game last night. Ended up being a fantastic game...final score in the 90's with no OT and a home-team buzzer beater. What was interesting to me was the students storming the court...I'm not sure a conference matchup between unranked teams warrants the rush: https:...
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:22 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
- Replies: 4616
- Views: 290132
Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
IMO one of the biggest issues with respect to funding single-payer is that we're going to have a right-wing Supreme Court for the next generation thanks to Mitch McConnell and the Merrick Garland fiasco. The wealth taxes that Warren and Sanders have proposed would raise a ton of revenue without imp...
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:19 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: New Comedy Thread
- Replies: 16
- Views: 714
Re: New Comedy Thread
I agree it was an excellent set...you definitely look more comfortable like a long-time pro. Keep doing what you're doing...
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:47 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6295
- Views: 385158
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide
- Replies: 1268
- Views: 92719
Re: Swamp Travel Guide
Heading to Summit County, CO for the long weekend. Staying at Keystone, and won't have a car (but I do have a new Lyft Pink membership, so I've got that going for me). I also hear the bus system isn't bad. Any recommendations about off resort things to see/do/eat/drink/smoke/ingest in that part of ...
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Neil Peart
- Replies: 16
- Views: 472
Re: Neil Peart
XM Deep Tracks ch. 27 has turned into a Rush only station temporarily.
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Neil Peart
- Replies: 16
- Views: 472
Re: Neil Peart
Was not expecting to see this today. I knew he retired for health reasons but had no idea it was that serious...impressive that they were able to keep it under wraps for three and a half years.
My favorite band...glad I got to see them on their last tour in 2015.
My favorite band...glad I got to see them on their last tour in 2015.
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Royal Family
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2433