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- Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:10 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Can't always eat right - Official junk food thread
- Replies: 257
- Views: 23238
Re: Can't always eat right - Official junk food thread
Me opening a can of Pringles: God these are so good, why don't I eat them more often. Me about 10 minutes later: Fucking shit, how do you get these Pringles out of the goddamn can without making a mess this is why I never eat this shit. Do you try to eat them directly from the can? I always just du...
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2018 MLB Week 1
- Replies: 863
- Views: 30724
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:05 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Can't always eat right - Official junk food thread
- Replies: 257
- Views: 23238
Re: Can't always eat right - Official junk food thread
Me opening a can of Pringles: God these are so good, why don't I eat them more often. Me about 10 minutes later: Fucking shit, how do you get these Pringles out of the goddamn can without making a mess this is why I never eat this shit. Do you try to eat them directly from the can? I always just du...
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:04 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3317
- Views: 215433
Re: Getting the spins
I'm listening to the Rolling Stone Top 500 albums circa 2012 and will probably share my thoughts as a whole once I'm done (I'm currently on 110 counting down from 500 and it's been 18 months), but one thing is clear - The Who are trash and the most overrated band of all-time. Just awful. I think I'...
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
Re: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
I absolutely believe NBA refs did the league's bidding under Stern. Like, I don't even really consider that a conspiracy theory (in my mind.) Absolutely; everyone did Stern's bidding. He was the closest to an absolute dictator that I can recall in a professional sports league. It certainly didn't w...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Can't always eat right - Official junk food thread
- Replies: 257
- Views: 23238
Re: Can't always eat right - Official junk food thread
If I'm sprinkling salt on something in my kitchen, I always shake it out into my hand first, so that I can literally lick the excess off of my palm. I do have a bit of a problem with salt. :)
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Can't always eat right - Official junk food thread
- Replies: 257
- Views: 23238
Re: Can't always eat right - Official junk food thread
My favorite snack consists of: - Sour cream and onion potato chips (I preferred Hostess or Humpty Dumpty, but I haven't seen them in years; Pringles or Lay's are fine) - Part of a block of extra old (three years minimum) cheddar - A kosher dill and/or sour pickled onions - A pepperoni stick and/or a...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The I need to buy a house thread
- Replies: 1347
- Views: 47790
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 10:16 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3317
- Views: 215433
Re: Getting the spins
I have a love/hate relationship with Deafheaven. They're undoubtedly good, but their sound is so derivative of several bands that will never get the same amount of recognition (or RayBan sponsorships and Pitchfork slobbering). I suppose there's cases of that in every genre though. They're a fantast...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:45 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3317
- Views: 215433
Re: Getting the spins
Brilliant! I'm a big fan as well.brian wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:43 am The new Deafheaven is up on NPR First Listen and it's their best album yet IMO and I thought Sunbather was one of the best albums of 2013.
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:40 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The I need to buy a house thread
- Replies: 1347
- Views: 47790
Re: The I need to buy a house thread
Might be the only furniture in our house we haven't decided we don't like after a year or two. That does seem to happen, doesn't it? That's how I ended up with a sofa in my study, that serves no purpose apart from having things piled upon it (I tend frequently to pile things up, which drives my wif...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:34 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 437847
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I just saw the highlights on TSN last night. The winner looked like he was about to chunder. Which he probably was.
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:26 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Changing user name?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12870
Re: Changing user name?
Odd meaning incredibly good, if he likes Thin Lizzy? :) Damn good, especially for a 17 year old! We took a short road trip yesterday and he managed the playlist. We had Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Dire Straits, and a lot of Dave Brubeck. I think I’ll keep him, even if he did throw Despacit...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:19 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3317
- Views: 215433
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:04 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3317
- Views: 215433
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:01 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Changing user name?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12870
Re: Changing user name?
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:01 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Changing user name?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12870
Re: Changing user name?
Elizabeth is sometimes Beth to her family and Lizzy (heaven help her) to her friends. Call it a tribute to Phil Lynott. :) Phil Lynott deserves any and all tributes. Did you know he was slated to play Jimi Hendrix in a movie, but died before it was made? Absolutely. And I'd forgotten it, but now th...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 9:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3317
- Views: 215433
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Changing user name?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12870
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:56 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Changing user name?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12870
Re: Changing user name?
Seems like all kids nowadays go by the formal versions of their names. When I was a kid, there were Billys, Pats, Andys and Dannys. Now they would be called William, Patrick, Andrew and Daniel. Or by different short forms, like Drew for Andrew. That's what my brother-in-law (who is literally half m...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:49 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
- Replies: 1595
- Views: 174213
Re: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
Some all-time favorites I've been listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4mym0EFKM8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Prpk5KKfBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSaNXpD49Qw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd5MDLDanGo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2qQmj0_h4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:41 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
Re: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
That's the problem with basketball, I suppose. There's *so* much judgement involved in each call, that if the officials have a mind to, they can pretty seriously slant the outcome without it being blatantly obvious to an average fan.
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 11:53 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Pots and Pans and such
- Replies: 55
- Views: 2145
Re: Pots and Pans and such
Mmm. I love anything involving onions.
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 11:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2800
- Views: 103849
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
So, in the style of English Tabloids regarding Soccer Mangers... Dave...Sacked! Well...not exactly. But I got told a couple of days ago that my position is going away and I need to find a new gig by the middle of September. All this after working my ass off for basically the last 9 months or so. My...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:28 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
Re: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
While Glavine had a handful of bad outings he certainly wasn’t terrible in the playoffs. Although he had a losing career record in the postseason, his playoff ERA was slightly better than his regular season ERA. Maddox also had bad postseason luck from a W-L perspective, as compared to his ERA. He ...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:13 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Man's Best Friend
- Replies: 2257
- Views: 116601
Re: Man's Best Friend
Good bunny. Were you around for the Swamp version that auto-replaced “friend” with “mate”? He really was. He used to run around me in a circle until I picked him up, every day when I got home from school. He lived 10 years, which is quite long for a Holland lop, but somehow I thought I'd always hav...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:10 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The I need to buy a house thread
- Replies: 1347
- Views: 47790
Re: The I need to buy a house thread
Settled on GE (the Adora line which is a step up from their base line which they apparently only sell at HD). The reviews were really solid, the stuff looks nice, and I think we got a good set of deals. Not sure if it was good timing or bad timing but we had just gotten the bill from our contractor...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 9:38 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
Re: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
I recall that all of Atlanta's Big Three routinely got very generous calls on (or a couple inches off) the outside corner... They all did, but Smoltz had elite stuff and Maddux was the best command pitcher of like the last half century. They would have been great regardless. Glavine was David Wells...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 9:23 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Man's Best Friend
- Replies: 2257
- Views: 116601
Re: Man's Best Friend
I know this thread refers to dogs, but I am a man (so far as I'm aware ;-)), and this was my best friend:
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:12 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
Re: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
Another great one: the theory that the 1995 rugby World Cup was rigged in favor of the Springboks. This one particularly annoys me, as one of my best childhood memories was attending the second test between the Lions and Springboks in Bloemfontein with my Dad and uncle in 1980. Good Lord, I should a...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
Re: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Michael Jordan's first retirement from 1993-95 was actually a secret suspension for gambling. I don't know if I believe this, but I'd at least call it "highly plausible." ETA: A great one I *don't* believe: the phantom punch. That is, I believe that the punch landed, and Liston was not ...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2289
Re: Sports (or other) legends you don't believe/sports conspiracy theories
I don't think we have a thread about this. What is the generally accepted sports legend/story that you don't believe? For me, I don't think people were hitting 500 foot home runs back in the day. The longest Statcast measured home run is Giancarlo Stanton at 504 feet in Colorado in 2016: https://ww...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
- Replies: 2147
- Views: 89479
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 6:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
- Replies: 2147
- Views: 89479
Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
I try not to be too hard on what might be someone's taste in music. Bad memories of Hood* jumping on me and calling me a racist for some benign offhanded slagging of Jay-Z. ;-)
Then again, if you're still a Christopher Cross fan, you're really kind of asking for it. :)
Then again, if you're still a Christopher Cross fan, you're really kind of asking for it. :)
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 6:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
- Replies: 2147
- Views: 89479
Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
I'm stunned. I mean, he's not absolutely horrid, but...come on. Dude. I would hate to hear what you consider to be horrid. One of the many, many reasons why the Grammys should be as respected as the political opinions expressed on "The View." Well, I was trying to be somewhat diplomatic, ...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
- Replies: 2147
- Views: 89479
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
- Replies: 2147
- Views: 89479
Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
I'm stunned. I mean, he's not absolutely horrid, but...come on.