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by Sabo
Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2024 Masters
Replies: 49
Views: 632

Re: 2024 Masters

Rex wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:41 pm What is the "plus" on the "Featured Groups Plus" channel? I want to know what extras I'm getting.
I think it’s a live stream of a pimento cheese sandwich sitting in the sun.
by Sabo
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away
Replies: 159
Views: 3083

Re: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away

Wish I could make it, but I have things to do around here. Doesn’t help I get up at 4 am for work. Are you headed home tomorrow? I wish I was. I have a flight at 8:30 am. It’s like every time we’re both in the same city a super-rare occurrence happens. Maybe next time we’re around the seventh seal ...
by Sabo
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away
Replies: 159
Views: 3083

Re: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away

Wish I could make it, but I have things to do around here. Doesn’t help I get up at 4 am for work. Are you headed home tomorrow?
by Sabo
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away
Replies: 159
Views: 3083

Re: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away

That was fucking amazing. Stayed clear enough here in Cleveland to see the whole thing. I’ve always been an astronomy nerd, and I never thought I’d ever see a total eclipse. But to finally see it - the whole solar corona, the diamond ring - was even better than I expected. Kinda feel like I achieved...
by Sabo
Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Weather
Replies: 2500
Views: 107225

Re: The Weather

Holy shit we are having a line of storms. Much worse than I thought from my office's location. https://twitter.com/search?q=Lexington&src=trend_click&vertical=trends We're supposed to get some storms later today to go on top of the 1.5+ inches of rain that have fallen the last two days, whi...
by Sabo
Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: April Fools pranks (successful and otherwise)
Replies: 70
Views: 3138

Re: April Fools pranks (successful and otherwise)

sancarlos wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:03 am But, overall, I’ll go to my grave believing the very worst drivers are in New Mexico. Take your life in your hands every time you get in a car.
Co-sign. In all my years of traveling, I never encountered worse drivers than I did in Albuquerque. Not really sure why that's the case.
by Sabo
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8874
Views: 410649

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

I think I mentioned I’m going to Cleveland for the eclipse, which is in the 100% zone. I’ve been monitoring the weather, and it went from rain in the am to partly cloudy in the am. Hopefully it’ll be clear in the mid-afternoon. If you look at the historical weather records for April 8 in Cleveland,...
by Sabo
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 210
Views: 2826

Re: MLB Spring Training 2024

tennbengal wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:19 pm Can a mod or Steve just change this thread title to MLB 2024 maybe?
As you wish.
by Sabo
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 736

Re: Everyone OK?

Haven’t been able to work the last two days because of snow on the ground, so I cleaned the house yesterday and am out doing fun stuff today. Went to the indoor driving range, having a cheap lunch at a Mexican place and will go antiquing afterwards. So yeah, things are good. Hope things calm down fo...
by Sabo
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Sciatica! Sciatica!
Replies: 27
Views: 392

Re: Sciatica! Sciatica!

Two other stretches might help, Shirley. The 90/90 hip stretch and the pigeon yoga pose. The pigeon might be too much for you at first but once the foam rolling and other stretches start to open things up, you should try doing it. Both of the stretches I mentioned have been a great help for loosing ...
by Sabo
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
Replies: 902
Views: 42623

Re: Culinary Hot Takes

San marzano tomatoes Read a great history of tomatoes that they sing their praises. I have to track down, or grow weak versions, or both. I grew San Marzano tomatoes when I had my community garden plots. They were delicious and very easy to grow, and were almost too productive. I usually planted fo...
by Sabo
Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL Swampcrash 2023 - SWAMPER BOWL LET'S SAY VIII
Replies: 173
Views: 1958

Re: NFL Swampcrash 2023 - SWAMPER BOWL LET'S SAY VIII

Pruitt IV wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:23 pm So I lost on a late official's decision?

Guess I really was representing the Browns.

God damn it!
Browns gonna Browns.
by Sabo
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Sciatica! Sciatica!
Replies: 27
Views: 392

Re: Sciatica! Sciatica!

I'd recommend going to a chiropractor and see if they have a spinal decompression machine. If they do and it helps, then you might consider getting an inversion table and using that at home. The former superintendent at the golf course where I work kept an inversion table in the shop and let us use ...
by Sabo
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL The National Thread
Replies: 759
Views: 34314

Re: The OFFICIAL The National Thread

I live in Independence, which is a very central location in Cuyahoga County. I’m about 10-15 south of downtown Cleveland and about 25 minutes away from Cuyahoga Falls. Bay Village is 20-25 minutes away, and the University Heights is also about 20 minutes away. Sounds like you already have solid plan...
by Sabo
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL The National Thread
Replies: 759
Views: 34314

Re: The OFFICIAL The National Thread

govmentchedda wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:33 pm In for Cuyahoga Falls. Pit, baby.
If you like tiki bars, there’s an excellent one in Cuyahoga Falls called Tiki Underground. I’d be more than happy to meet you there and share a cocktail or two. And the brewery near it (HiHo) is pretty good, too.
by Sabo
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1598
Views: 106162

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

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 to me for some reason. 51 pounds since late August now. You need to move to Buffalo so you can change your Swamp handle to buffb...
by Sabo
Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Super Bowl 2024
Replies: 182
Views: 1737

Re: The Super Bowl 2024

I made some oven fried wings and they turned out great. Better than deep fried.
by Sabo
Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Insomnia
Replies: 19
Views: 240

Re: Insomnia

This article might offer some useful advice.

Sorry to hear this. Insomnia fucking sucks.
by Sabo
Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9241
Views: 463909

Re: Random Politics

"Marzipan Dildo" is a great band name.
by Sabo
Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
Replies: 2147
Views: 81981

Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

Huh. Had no idea.
by Sabo
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
Replies: 2147
Views: 81981

Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

I don't want to be a dick and answer a second time but I'm a gonna because I also just read David McCullough's book about the settlers of the Northwest Territory and it occurs to me that it could also be (and this would be ironic given Sabo's answer) but the University of Ohio? OU isn't a land gran...
by Sabo
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
Replies: 2147
Views: 81981

Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

Rutgers (I'm currently taking a three-week-long seminar from Rutgers, and they've mentioned this fact multiple times.) Sounds like it's more of an opinion from Rutgers, because while it was formed prior to the answer I'm seeking, it did not become a land-grant school until the 1860s. Interesting. W...
by Sabo
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
Replies: 2147
Views: 81981

Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

Rutgers

(I'm currently taking a three-week-long seminar from Rutgers, and they've mentioned this fact multiple times.)
by Sabo
Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Lunch Thread
Replies: 581
Views: 25205

Re: The Lunch Thread

Had a nice hot bowl of pho for lunch today. I could eat this stuff every day.
by Sabo
Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL Conference Championships week
Replies: 239
Views: 5231

Re: NFL Conference Championships week

mister d wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:53 amRolando Roomes.
When I was in college, a friend and I would play a game where we tried to name as many shitty Reds players from the 80s as possible. Rolando Roomes was always one of our favorite answers (as were Alan Knicely and Junior Kennedy).
by Sabo
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: A non-majors Golf Thread for 2023 and beyond
Replies: 137
Views: 2503

Re: A non-majors Golf Thread for 2023 and beyond

Well, the guy won the U.S. Amateur last year, so it’s not like he’s a schmuck who just got super lucky. Both Tiger and Jack have claimed they view their U.S. Amateur titles as being on par with winning a major. So I don’t think you can make any claims that this is due to watering down of the PGA Tou...
by Sabo
Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Science!
Replies: 322
Views: 33789

Re: Science!

There's a bunch of water ice on Mars.

How much? If melted, it would cover the entire planet in 5-9 feet of water.
by Sabo
Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:48 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Home Repairs
Replies: 1559
Views: 108353

Re: Home Repairs

Any ideas why our master bed/bath/closet get so much colder than the rest of the house? We have the heater on and it's comfortable in the rest of the house, but about 20 degrees colder in there. The weird thing (to this idiot who knows nothing about home/car/any kind of repairs) is that I would exp...
by Sabo
Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Podcasts
Replies: 1416
Views: 136831

Re: Podcasts

"Locust Abortion Technicians" has always been one of my favorite album names.
by Sabo
Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Poll: 80's Nostalgia vs 90's Nostalgia
Replies: 159
Views: 4391

Re: Poll: 80's Nostalgia vs 90's Nostalgia

A_B wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:26 pm I fucking love hair metal and yacht rock can die.
Now we know what you believe, fool.
by Sabo
Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Holiday Music Discussion: That concert thing floating around the socials
Replies: 17
Views: 330

Re: Holiday Music Discussion: That concert thing floating around the socials

First: Royal Crescent Mob Last: Depeche Mode Worst: Built to Spill Loudest: Afghan Whigs (they were playing a smallish venue, and good Lord was it loud) Best: The Cure, Starlake Amphitheater, 1992 Most Surprising: Robert Cray (only surprising in that they were so good the performance sounded like i...
by Sabo
Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:30 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Holiday Music Discussion: That concert thing floating around the socials
Replies: 17
Views: 330

Re: Holiday Music Discussion: That concert thing floating around the socials

First: Royal Crescent Mob Last: Depeche Mode Worst: Built to Spill Loudest: Afghan Whigs (they were playing a smallish venue, and good Lord was it loud) Best: The Cure, Starlake Amphitheater, 1992 Most Surprising: Robert Cray (only surprising in that they were so good the performance sounded like it...
by Sabo
Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: What?? Are you drinking?
Replies: 933
Views: 33836

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

I made this for a party on Saturday night and it was a big hit ... but should have made half of what I did in the second batch to replenish the dispenser and now we have a ton left. so i've been slowly working my way through it since. it's really good, but probably ultimately too sweet? I bet you c...
by Sabo
Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Autism Thread
Replies: 302
Views: 19898

Re: The Autism Thread

Awesome news, BFJ. Glad you were able to persevere and get what’s best for Max.
by Sabo
Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: How many of us can definitively say that we've fucked?
Replies: 160
Views: 5392

Re: How many of us can definitively say that we've fucked?

GoodKarma wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:32 am
rass wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:59 pm So bronto the only one who still has his v card or what?
Married 25 years but no physical evidence of it. Conscious decision.
Married 26 years but no physical evidence of it. Conscious decision.
by Sabo
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Major League Soccer (MLS) 2023
Replies: 162
Views: 2735

Re: Major League Soccer (MLS) 2023

tennbengal wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:13 pm Don’t know what the “surprise” is a reference to but here’s a good look at the Bailey (the supporters section) in Cincinnati -

Someone probably threw goetta on the pitch. That’s my theory.
by Sabo
Wed Nov 22, 2023 7:40 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Headlines
Replies: 512
Views: 46950

Re: Random Headlines

Probably the only time real food has been served in that restaurant.
by Sabo
Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
Replies: 902
Views: 42623

Re: Culinary Hot Takes

I’d order either the beef short ribs or the duck breast. But a lot of stuff there sounds really good so you probably can’t go wrong.
by Sabo
Sat Oct 28, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Home Repairs
Replies: 1559
Views: 108353

Re: Home Repairs

That switch is most likely an emergency power off switch. There should be a switch like that on all furnaces/blowers. Based on what you described, the furnace blower motor died. Considering that’s the mechanism that runs the most for HVAC systems, it’s a common failure point. Recommend calling an HV...