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by govmentchedda
Thu May 16, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
Replies: 177
Views: 6504

Re: Lacrosse The Thread

Shirley wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 3:44 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 1:31 pm Did I read correctly that UF is in the LAX final four? That has to be club, and not D1 level, no?
Women's lacrosse. Still, pretty surprising to me.
The sport is definitely on the rise down here, but I wouldn't have expected that.
by govmentchedda
Thu May 16, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: College Visits
Replies: 610
Views: 24192

Re: College Visits

Thanks for that. Greatly appreciated.
by govmentchedda
Thu May 16, 2024 1:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
Replies: 177
Views: 6504

Re: Lacrosse The Thread

Did I read correctly that UF is in the LAX final four? That has to be club, and not D1 level, no?
by govmentchedda
Thu May 16, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: College Visits
Replies: 610
Views: 24192

Re: College Visits

So, my oldest is done this month as well. He'll have his H.S. diploma and almost enough dual enrollment credits to have an AA. We toured Embry Riddle a year or so ago, as he wants to be a commercial airline pilot. Roughly $75k/yr, and you still need 1000 flight hours after graduation to get your co...
by govmentchedda
Thu May 16, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: College Visits
Replies: 610
Views: 24192

Re: College Visits

So, my oldest is done this month as well. He'll have his H.S. diploma and almost enough dual enrollment credits to have an AA. We toured Embry Riddle a year or so ago, as he wants to be a commercial airline pilot. Roughly $75k/yr, and you still need 1000 flight hours after graduation to get your co...
by govmentchedda
Thu May 16, 2024 12:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: College Visits
Replies: 610
Views: 24192

Re: College Visits

So, because I like to make everything about me... My dad was a pilot and I kind of grew up in airplanes. (I'm not giving you guys ammo to edit.) I "flew" many planes as a youngster and was pretty sure that's what I was going to be when I grew up... Until we had a "falling out" w...
by govmentchedda
Thu May 16, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: College Visits
Replies: 610
Views: 24192

Re: College Visits

The Boy just got notice this morning that he got into Rutgers Business School off the waitlist. So glad he already accepted at Rutgers (School of Arts and Sciences), otherwise he'd have to rescind an acceptance at another school and resubmit his commit announcement on his school's Instagram page. T...
by govmentchedda
Thu May 16, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: College Visits
Replies: 610
Views: 24192

Re: College Visits

So, my oldest is done this month as well. He'll have his H.S. diploma and almost enough dual enrollment credits to have an AA. We toured Embry Riddle a year or so ago, as he wants to be a commercial airline pilot. Roughly $75k/yr, and you still need 1000 flight hours after graduation to get your com...
by govmentchedda
Tue May 14, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9354
Views: 506417

Re: Random Politics

Johnnie wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 12:58 pm
Acquaintance of mine took that photo. Dave Decker aka @watson33569.
by govmentchedda
Mon May 13, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 719
Views: 36831

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

Your red colored glasses never fail to amuse me.
by govmentchedda
Mon May 13, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9354
Views: 506417

Re: Random Politics

Why did people walk out on Seinfeld at that graduation? Has he made any public statements about Gaza? Or is it because he's, you know, ... He's recently become a bit more vocal in his support for Israel, and his wife is reported to have been behind the financial backing of the group of counter prot...
by govmentchedda
Mon May 13, 2024 8:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: A New Brushes with thread
Replies: 871
Views: 80495

Re: A New Brushes with thread

Gunpowder was spotted eating at a restaurant half a mile from my office.
by govmentchedda
Sat May 11, 2024 4:23 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away
Replies: 167
Views: 7047

Re: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away

A friend in Dayton sent similar photos. So fucking cool. My parents are in Des Moines. No word if they got any of it.
by govmentchedda
Fri May 10, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
Replies: 925
Views: 73388

Re: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two

True Lies?

Honor?

A View to a Kill?
by govmentchedda
Thu May 09, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Travel Guide
Replies: 1263
Views: 91373

Re: Swamp Travel Guide

Funny you would ask about cruises. We did one cruise 10 years ago, and I said I’d never do another one. Hell is other people. But it was one of those big ones with multi story ship. Now we’re going to go on another one next year - we just signed up. My wife and I and some old friends from Colorado....
by govmentchedda
Thu May 09, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Travel Guide
Replies: 1263
Views: 91373

Re: Swamp Travel Guide

I'm just happy to be more than a "maybe we'll visit". Take THAT, in laws!
by govmentchedda
Thu May 09, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6288
Views: 379108

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

We've been watching 'Hacks'...the show with Jean Smart (who's amazing) playing a Joan Rivers type of Las Vegas comedian. We like it...its funny, with enough pathos to make it interesting. But what we really like about it? The 30 minutes long episodes. Season 3 just started. First two episodes have ...
by govmentchedda
Thu May 09, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2825
Views: 110290

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

The Sybian wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 7:55 am
rass wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 7:08 am
A_B wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 7:08 am
govmentchedda wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 8:39 pm Nice work, Sub!
Look man, he just needed the work.
He's a real grinder.
I think of myself as more of a hero.
He'll no longer be a po'boy.
by govmentchedda
Wed May 08, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2825
Views: 110290

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Nice work, Sub!
by govmentchedda
Wed May 08, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
Replies: 110
Views: 7512

Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024

rass wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 6:57 pm Oh man as a longtime Dortmund fan who has definitely watched a bunch of full matches since watching a handful of empty house COVID era games this is a big day.
Must've been one hell of a 30 hour bender you've been on.
by govmentchedda
Wed May 08, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
Replies: 110
Views: 7512

Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024

It feels so strange to be pulling for Madrid, but this version of Real is so much more likeable than Bayern. Fuck Rudiger therefore fuck Madrid. My dislike of Rudiger is outweighed by my enjoyment of Modric, Vini, Camavinga, Bellingham, and Ancelotti. No idea how/where they plan to put Mbappe, seei...
by govmentchedda
Wed May 08, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
Replies: 110
Views: 7512

Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024

Such a diving little bitch
by govmentchedda
Wed May 08, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
Replies: 110
Views: 7512

Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024

Alphonso Davies is that dude. What a goal! It feels so strange to be pulling for Madrid, but this version of Real is so much more likeable than Bayern.
by govmentchedda
Wed May 08, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Steve Albini (Posted Before I Knew Some Stuff)
Replies: 20
Views: 286

Re: Steve Albini

A friend just reminded me of another prank on Albini. "In 1995, shortly after Jerry Garcia died, a memorial was held at a Chicago park. Grieving hippies received flyers listing a number they could call to relay their condolences to Garcia's family. The home phone of Steve Albini, the hippie-loa...
by govmentchedda
Wed May 08, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8994
Views: 451567

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

A_B wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 9:15 am I swear Chedda's dopplegangers are at 3:06.


And shit that's a lot of denim.
I'm second from the left in the last photo, wearing my full Canadian tuxedo.
by govmentchedda
Mon May 06, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2023-24
Replies: 430
Views: 17662

Re: EPL 2023-24

Does Ten Hag get fired in the dressing room, the parking lot, or do they wait until the end of the season? The injuries are bad, and Palace have been better of late, but all of that said, EtH should have to find his own way back up the M6. Every team has injuries at this point in the season...and C...
by govmentchedda
Mon May 06, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
Replies: 2619
Views: 160926

Re: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread

Some running related updates: Younger daughter did the Bloomsday race in Spokane yesterday. 12K in 1:06. Older daughter did the Maine Coast half (in Wells, ME) on Saturday in 1:43:07, finishing 28th for women and 12th in her age group. She's already signed up for a marathon in the fall. And then th...
by govmentchedda
Mon May 06, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2023-24
Replies: 430
Views: 17662

Re: EPL 2023-24

DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 3:52 pm Does Ten Hag get fired in the dressing room, the parking lot, or do they wait until the end of the season?
The injuries are bad, and Palace have been better of late, but all of that said, EtH should have to find his own way back up the M6.
by govmentchedda
Mon May 06, 2024 6:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2024 Swamp NHL Playoff Challenge
Replies: 46
Views: 2686

Re: 2024 Swamp NHL Playoff Challenge

sancarlos wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 11:27 pm Can replace two players now, right?
After next round, I believe.
by govmentchedda
Sat May 04, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2023-24
Replies: 430
Views: 17662

Re: EPL 2023-24

sancarlos wrote: Sat May 04, 2024 10:51 am
Baloney wrote: Sat May 04, 2024 9:53 am The Tractor Boys will be a PL team next term
I grew up in a rural agricultural area, and we had a little motel called The Ipswich Inn, so I’m thinking maybe i should be a supporter of The Tractor Boys.
How do you feel about Ed Sheeran?
by govmentchedda
Fri May 03, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2060
Views: 61289

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

It may be that the reason it only came out as much as it has now is because the legal system demanded it (via the Cohen transcript stuff). I can see it being a bit of an open secret if you're around him a lot but maybe decorum does apply still. We've probably all been around someone who had to wear...
by govmentchedda
Thu May 02, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2825
Views: 110290

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Giff wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 10:06 am
P.D.X. wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 10:05 am Now I want to work in an oxford comma.
Yeah, but who gives a fuck about that?
First the window, then it's to the wall.
by govmentchedda
Wed May 01, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Go-to's for sports news?
Replies: 9
Views: 124

Re: Go-to's for sports news?

Pruitt IV wrote: Wed May 01, 2024 6:41 pm Athletic, Guardian and ESPN
x2
by govmentchedda
Wed May 01, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: I love you, Dad
Replies: 25
Views: 209

Re: I love you, Dad

Rest in Peace, L-Jam2
by govmentchedda
Wed May 01, 2024 10:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9354
Views: 506417

Re: Random Politics

I'm not really staking out a position here, but it's not about one individual person complaining on social, it's the overall effect of many people going after Biden and creating a general atmosphere of negativity. That overall effect *could* suppress the youth vote. Biden's inactions, more than the...
by govmentchedda
Wed May 01, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9354
Views: 506417

Re: Random Politics

Arrests at both UF and USF this week. The USF protest took place at MLK plaza on campus.
by govmentchedda
Wed May 01, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Return of Confessions
Replies: 1321
Views: 80538

Re: Return of Confessions

Crystal here, but that's really more Latin and Cajun than Mexican.
by govmentchedda
Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL The National Thread
Replies: 763
Views: 41020

Re: The OFFICIAL The National Thread

I think they were suggested to me by FB, not IG.
by govmentchedda
Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:29 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL The National Thread
Replies: 763
Views: 41020

Re: The OFFICIAL The National Thread

Would it surprise you to hear I have two of those items?