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by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:55 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Commercials
Replies: 919
Views: 54239

Re: Commercials

Weck is the shortened form of Kummelweck roll. There is a Buffalo dish called beef on a weck , which is a roastbeef sandwich with au jus and horseradish on a kemmelweck roll. It's pretty damned good, and not sure why it hasn't spread. The roll has kosher salt and caraway seeds (think rye bread seed...
by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 703

Re: Everyone OK?

why shouldn't Oreo change - they're the one that sucks. (or something like that. reminded me of...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADgS_vMGgzY Then rename it so something that doesn't sound like a cleaning product for fuck's sake. Just, like... what the fuck. If a syrup brand was once branded Syphl...
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 703

Re: Everyone OK?

dammit rass
rass wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:56 pm I meant Hydrox would have been more embarrassing.
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 703

Re: Everyone OK?

hydrox were the original and the infinitely superior sandwich creme cookie dammit. <fistbumps and/or hugs to everyone here who needs them. can relate.> Is there a version more embarrassing than "my teeth are so weak a (fresh) oreo (WF brand knock-off) broke if in half"? Getting punch by AB...
by MaxWebster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the spins
Replies: 3278
Views: 193620

Re: Getting the spins

I enjoyed that far more than I expected.
by MaxWebster
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2005
Views: 43310

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

I knew she'd been mentioned somewhere here in the past - I'm right now in a live SBA chat with Rep. Crockett; she's giving a talk about (obviously) small businesses, and strategies for black entrepreneurs to access capital etc. Putting aside the important takeaways from this presentation (really lay...
by MaxWebster
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9202
Views: 462603

Re: Random Politics

this. fking this all day every day. it's literal misinformation otherwise. ... although that's really not a catchy slogan L-Jam. too long. ;P yes true on the surface, but the problem/danger with framing it like this ignores the fact that the Republican party is solely and always the ones who prevent...
by MaxWebster
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9202
Views: 462603

Re: Random Politics

yes true on the surface, but the problem/danger with framing it like this ignores the fact that the Republican party is solely and always the ones who prevent positive action and help to the citizens of this country. When we read stuff like "Congress doesn't do anything" it is inaccurate &...
by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213724

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

you get an A-. Dizzy gave up just 2 hits. :) "It was an easy win for Dizzy. Even the Brooklyn fans cheered him." [/i] this...i do not believe. lmk if you'd like to re-read about the Dean brothers :) I had that same book! That’s how I knew the 5 home runs in a doubleheader story! Is that th...
by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213724

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

lmk if you'd like to re-read about the Dean brothers :)
L-Jam3 wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:03 pm I had that same book! That’s how I knew the 5 home runs in a doubleheader story!
by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213724

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

found the book :) i think i got it when i was ~7

cover and the chapter on Musial/Colbert

by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:17 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: A New Brushes with thread
Replies: 863
Views: 77412

Re: A New Brushes with thread

this and Rush on the Iditarod championship track at age 7 - feels like we're amping up for a 20th (25th?) Swampiversary Gala or something.

I love it - let's go WHO'S NEXT
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)
Replies: 29
Views: 482

Re: Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)

!!! yeah echoing Sybian here - tell more! what do you mean by "we" - your family? school? club? this is so cool and unique - Rush you've got a story here! We had a dog sled team when I was a kid. Recreational at most (we only had 10 dogs max) though I did the kid and mutt at the Alpo races...
by MaxWebster
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213724

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

wasn't that mike torrez who hit him? Dickie Thon, before being hit in the head by a pitch. In 1983, he was 4th in total bases and 13th in the NL with a .457 slugging mark in part due to a jump to 20 HR (.798 OPS, 34 steals). Not sure if that power jump was sustainable, but would have been nice to fi...
by MaxWebster
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 109
Views: 1534

Re: MLB Spring Training 2024

we draft on Saturday, i have the 6th pick. i kind of have to take him if the first 5 pass on him, but i hope they don't so i don't have to think about it
tennbengal wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:50 am The Acuna knee news was unsettling. Probably nothing. Unless it is something. Glad my draft is late this year.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213724

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

U.L. "Toothpick" Washington staple of my childhood baseball watching. Always played with a toothpick in his mouth; Little League coaches had to yell at us to never copy UL. No-fun jerks. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2...
by MaxWebster
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away
Replies: 105
Views: 2474

Re: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away

man <geek alert> - no lie i've been waiting for this since i was 9 :) - flashback to 1979 elementary school, us watching a west-coast eclipse on tv and them mentioning there'd be a total eclipse in 2024 was just too fking science fiction to believe it'd ever arrive and yet here we are. where we live...
by MaxWebster
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8826
Views: 409607

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Ali??
by MaxWebster
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90013

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

now i'm actually sorry i even brought it up LOL (when i started at this job ~4yrs ago they'd also just hired what turned out to be the worst person i've ever worked with and the only way to cope with her on a daily basis was to put together a list of her bullshit phrases - like this one but the exte...
by MaxWebster
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MAC Football Thread - 2018 and beyond
Replies: 134
Views: 8550

Re: MAC Football Thread - 2018 and beyond

this matchup is gonna put mister d out of a job
Ryan wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:21 pm
by MaxWebster
Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90013

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

no question this nouning-of-verbs is something that really grinds my compete level
by MaxWebster
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore
Replies: 1008
Views: 52400

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

a) i didn't know Whataburger was/is an actual real restaurant until sometime in the last year, maybe due to the Swamp. Thought it only existed in the mind of David Foster Wallace (Infinite Jest's "Whataburger tournament" or something) b) I accompanied a friend and his son to Shake Shack in...
by MaxWebster
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90013

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

it's altogether too easy to pivot into that lane isn't it
DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:41 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:03 pm Or "What is the ask?" grrr
In my new role as dealing with Customer Support tickets, I have found myself saying that...and hating myself as the words leave my mouth.
by MaxWebster
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9202
Views: 462603

Re: Random Politics

you've already got another on the side? jeez man...
DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:48 pm Was talking about this with the GF last night ..
by MaxWebster
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90013

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

it really doesn't matter obviously but then again...i think it does.

that kind of bullshit corp-speak drives me nuts. it's like in sports when they talk about "growing the game"
by MaxWebster
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90013

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

"can I do an ask?"

- uttered by someone just now in a Teams meeting
by MaxWebster
Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:28 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore
Replies: 1008
Views: 52400

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

they did! but i'm not a squeak-purist :P - just can't use anything like <shudder> shredded cheese. how gauche.
mister d wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:02 pm Did the curds squeak? I've thought about making them since my wife was so into them in Wisconsin but just never have.
by MaxWebster
Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore
Replies: 1008
Views: 52400

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

true

a) i did make poutine at home last week - good cheese curds.
b) also can buy Coffee Crisps at Wegmans.
mister d wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:26 pm Like how Buffalo has the best Canadian food.
by MaxWebster
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1590
Views: 105986

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

holy shit dude - 51lbs since August??? I cannot fathom that kind of discipline - tb that is worthy of some big congratulations. Boom mofos - 187.2 - goal of getting into the 180s achieved. Gotta say, reaching that goal felt pretty goddamn great. Not sure why, but something about that was important t...
by MaxWebster
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Racism
Replies: 1519
Views: 80194

Re: Racism

no, that's a fair point in general - it's very literally impossible to cover everything significant. I just think something as deeply impactful and directly related to so much uniquely American history as the Tulsa (and Wilmington!) massacre should have been on *someone's* radar - and I don't think ...
by MaxWebster
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Racism
Replies: 1519
Views: 80194

Re: Racism

i'm the exact same (history major etc etc). I think it was Watchmen that fking taught me about it and then i went down that terrifying rabbit hole. I do think it was overlooked, but what does that really mean, right? I mean at some point mid-20th century if it's not in any books you can't blame some...
by MaxWebster
Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:01 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Home Repairs
Replies: 1559
Views: 108213

Re: Home Repairs

yeah i don't know anything but please don't fk with your own garage door / springs. my dad almost lost his hand when i was in college because he thought he could be a hero (narrator: he couldn't). it's a shitty and unfun thing to pay for but absolutely a 100% outsource situation.
by MaxWebster
Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Replies: 2496
Views: 208008

Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook

jfc, NextDoor is full of off the rails lunacy. I forget that we got an account when moving into our house 5yrs ago and once every few months i happen over there and over 50% of it is "someone drove slowly by my house at 2:34am i have them on my Ring camera..." we are so fucked.
by MaxWebster
Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
Replies: 2060
Views: 105471

Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread

wow congrats Dave that's awesome :)


(also kinda wild that i remember when you started dating - man we are old here on this board :P)
by MaxWebster
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90013

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

:( shit Syb, I'm real sorry.
by MaxWebster
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9258

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

i've always hated "the code" and so-called "unwritten rules" which...you know....aren't rules. somebody dig up the 2004 Bertuzzi thread (....no don't, actually...hoooooboy) I agree with sc in that the culture is broken in so so many ways and maybe it's just that the culture has a...
by MaxWebster
Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9258

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

A+++

couldn't agree more - Reilly will get a bunch of 'atta boys behind his back.

I hope more guys slapshot empty netters in - who gives a fuck. play better.
sancarlos wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:15 pm Hockey has a culture problem.
by MaxWebster
Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Cord cutting?
Replies: 476
Views: 29709

Re: Cord cutting?

:D honestly the best part was me pulling into my parents' driveway (i live ~7 minute drive away) and taking the tv out of the passenger side while watching my dad's reaction. classic 78-year old "what in the hell..." slackjaw. but it WORKED dammit - who's laughing now OLD MAN!?! I respect ...
by MaxWebster
Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Cord cutting?
Replies: 476
Views: 29709

Re: Cord cutting?

1. Article in the Athletic speculated this morning that future ESPN+ or whatever will likely be around $50/month. Like....how is this any better than cable used to be? 2. I miss the old NHL.tv. (2b. I miss the old NHL while i'm at it...) 3. as for sharing access/connecting to "home" networ...
by MaxWebster
Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Insomnia
Replies: 19
Views: 238

Re: Insomnia

this is me almost all the time. :/ I used to wake up in the middle of the night and then my brain would take off at 100 mph. Two or three times a week I'd end up on the couch so I could read and listen to ambient music to get me back to sleep. Usually took at least an hour. A_B i'm sorry man - it's ...