The Swamp

elflaco

hmm...
we came out in the positive this year... paid NJ.. fed and NY more than made up for it... not sure how that happened..

elflaco

so. keeping the Jetta. and keeping the Envoy for now. Its parked - i'm travelling for next 10 days out of the country, so she doesn't need a second car. did visit one dealer last weekend .. he chuckled when i asked if there was any trade in value for an 07envoy... there does seem to be a market if i...

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It's that time! the missus has been making noise for the better part of the year.. and i dragged my feet... took the 07Envoy (113K) to the shop this morning for oil change and alignment .. only to be called two hours later and told... need tires (1200) water pump (800) cv boot/contol arm (800)... di...

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A_B wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:54 am WE also enjoyed Espana, where I had paella for the first time ever.

i second that..
spent four nights in august in amelia at an airbnb.. by far this was our favorite dinner spot

elflaco

giff
hit me up on skype if you're on the ledge. not heading back to Houston this year (in Austin today, Dallas next week) but happy to be a sounding board

elflaco

went on full on tilt.
out.

elflaco

NY Red Bulls -- last three seasons. renewed for fourth. across 17 games, comes to $19 a seat - my buddies and I will have 9 seats in the corner, front row next season - theres 8 of us.. so we'll make $ on the 9th those are lower mid price seats -- two levels up in the pricing i think. cheaper in se...

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did the usual drive down the NJ turnpike to MD - parents and in-laws are 2 miles apart in the dc burbs. wanted to leave at 2, was ready since noon so naturally we left at 3 and hit traffic. not too bad, only 3:30 down. usually we get all the groceries on wed night. this time my mom and my sis were c...

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seems i'm doing my best to be the first swamper out.
Bet big on 55599...
lost vs 99955

now fully on tilt. chasing.
down to 17k

elflaco

NY Red Bulls -- last three seasons. renewed for fourth. across 17 games, comes to $19 a seat - my buddies and I will have 9 seats in the corner, front row next season - theres 8 of us.. so we'll make $ on the 9th those are lower mid price seats -- two levels up in the pricing i think. cheaper in sec...

elflaco

nah. Mexicue

bourbon drinks and tex-mex sliders. some beer too.

closest bar to the google building.

elflaco

left office in city at 430
went to bar two blocks over
left there at 7, went to Penn Station
immediately got on the delayed 647
sat on tracks until 745
waked in to my house at 905

usual commute is 1:15.. this one took 2;05. not bad

transit and roads definitely not prepared.

elflaco

whereas i forgot...
and still have the filter on my email so never saw them coming in..
opening hand... AK..second hand.. AJ..

but now i'm BACK.

elflaco

27 year old furnace/ac unit... the last few years, every season i worry when it comes on... so the blower circuit board shorted out... so if there's power to the blower, the thing just stays on regardless of what the thermostat tells it to do.. guy looked at it this morning (tried to go the handyman...

elflaco

alright, alright -- posted on fb over the weekend... the boy came in 20th in the middle school varsity(7th and 8th) race in the county (out of 82)-- pacing 5:45 mile -- improved his time from last season by a couple of minutes and a full minute from first home meet.. no club for him (no time, as he...

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alright, alright -- posted on fb over the weekend... the boy came in 20th in the middle school varsity(7th and 8th) race in the county (out of 82)-- pacing 5:45 mile -- improved his time from last season by a couple of minutes and a full minute from first home meet.. no club for him (no time, as he ...

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So we don't wonder why no poor kids play, right? its the Jersey suburbs.. that said.. although we don't have a published policy on finaid -- we do provide a lot of it - i'd guess this season at least 10% of our kids are receiving some sort of aid, from a payment plan (which we plan to introduce to ...

elflaco

a couple of questions for those of you dealing with rec, town, travel or other such clubs..as you may know, for nearly the past year i've been the president of our local club - it was founded in 1974.. but some 20yrs ago split into town(rec) and travel... we are in the middle of a merger (due to com...

elflaco

Lengua en su salsa.. deliciious.. never gotten any of my friends to have it a second time once they know what it is though.
gringos=pussy i supose.

elflaco

found them earlier this year in a visit to NO -- can't get up in NJ.. so amazon!

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the boy finished up golf camp for the week.. called before 2 asking if he could stay to play 9 on his own -- the coach/pro said he could... we said sure.. just came back from getting him -- he walked the course himself -- had easily the best round so far of the summer.. becoming very independent. St...

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2018: The Summer of the Plumber Master bath leaking water onto dining room -- open up ceiling.. spend $300 on a valve replacement.. nope not it.. (well not the only leak) coming back tomorrow to open up wall to track leak from faucet... so that means new tile in the bathroom.. and of course my wife ...

elflaco

coolio. tks.
now to wait for the phone...

elflaco

anyone on here using Google FI?
i'm done with Sprint --
have a referral code you want to share?

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watched the game in the basement. no way i see that game out in public. too much nerves. Quintero needed to step up. didn't. Pekerman was too long in bringing on the subs. a fit James would've been a difference maker. it wasn't a penalty. Geiger sucks in MLS and doesn't belong anywhere near a game o...

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or spanish.

MARRUECOS..

the Spanish and Portuguese were there first.

elflaco

not a thought.. but i do feel old now.. 2 weeks ago, playing goalie in an over 40s league, stopped a breakaway goal opportunity, got run over by the Polish striker and tore my rotator cuff in the process (with a likely mild concussion to go on top of it). i did tell their sideline afterwards that Co...

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Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 5:53 am
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 10:22 pm IG handle?
davecanh

following.

elflaco

brian wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 2:39 pm She's well-known for three to 10 martini lunches

TEN martinis?

jeebus..

elflaco

so now the board member and her husband reached out last night to the 04 team their son is currently on.. and asked back on the team. how do i know? because the coach emailed me this morning (following multiple eamils from other parents and board members... but not the ones in question) so i called ...

elflaco

[....and breathe...] man... last official night of tryouts (except we expanded for two age groups on friday...the aforementioned 'mayor's exception'... so one of our board members emails me asking why did we cancel the 3rd session for the 10G tryouts... i tell her we only had 7 show up... none are v...

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they dropped down to flight 4 are are competitive -- think they've won't a couple of games. still don't have a standout player -- but they are playing vs kids somewhat near their level so no longer getting blown out. of course the coach came up to me two weeks ago and said he is taking his kid to VS...

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yes.. yes they do. at least one of them plays EDP as well. now for a mini rant... in other news.. just got a call from the mayor.. this after he called me yesterday to advise we should move today's 2011 tryouts to friday due to baseball (no comment).. i agreed as it worked out better for scheduling ...

elflaco

just because you start the best 7 that day doesn't mean you play the bottom 7 together at once. that's just silly. as for tryouts, playing up and all that... i'm spending easily 15hrs a week on that stuff...tryouts end this week.. oh, the drama... even with professional trainers.. the ratings are ne...

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if you don't get the parents in line... the kids won't either. your partner should get together w the head coach on my son's team -- he'd scrip everything he could.. as long as it resulted in a 5-0 win including a punt assist from the keeper. scripting... it ain't the nfl.. you start your best team ...

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Tryouts started last week... lots of changes coming .. new teams will have game day trainers, parent managers and roster to be based SOLELY on tryout rankings (not who the coach is, etc... although the 2011 team to be formed... the mayor's kid may get on it.. and he's called me multiple times this y...

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thought of putting this in the Tammany Soccer thread but i'll leave the rant part out for that post later.. our second session of tryouts is tonight -- even though there is a third for all teams over the next two weeks, we expect to start sending out invites out on monday... currently researching if...

elflaco

yeah i'm still trying to figure that one out!

elflaco

cool.

elflaco

what are you missing?

i posted the offside rules from fifa..with no commentary.

and posted an opinion about a non-call in the first goal.

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