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- Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
- Replies: 657
- Views: 33552
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...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
- Replies: 657
- Views: 33552
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Cord cutting?
- Replies: 477
- Views: 35359
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 ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Cord cutting?
- Replies: 477
- Views: 35359
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...
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 ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:28 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
- Replies: 902
- Views: 49410
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
i don't know if it's a local/WNY Wegmans thing but in their delis here they sell a spicy cheese that's not a silly monterey jack (congrats to that lobby for successfully pushing a completely lame cheese) but it's a cheddar base with jalapeno and cayenne. Wegmans markets it as their own but i'm 99% s...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:25 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
- Replies: 902
- Views: 49410
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
fk form - i think you just stare down the server and own it. and although the mayo doesn't sound great to me, your horseradish cut with mayo sounds interesting - i know you don't like the premade sauce but there's this one from (the recently absurdly overly priced) Stonewall Kitchen that is i think ...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6259
- Views: 374308
Re: Farts
the middle finger is blurred ("my word...what COULD be happening there??") but not the word shit.
this world is weird.
this world is weird.
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
- Replies: 902
- Views: 49410
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
you know what kind of roll this belongs on tho.... I really like it, too. There are certain sandwich situations where its absence is unacceptable. So I'm thinking this might have been a bad take? I agree. It’s a must in roast beef sandwiches. Have you tried mayonnaise though? Not a big fan. Mustard,...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2800
- Views: 107150
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
...Chapter 4? (sorry sorry) Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a reorganization bankruptcy usually filed by businesses. In contrast to chapter 7, the debtor remains in control of business operations and doesn’t sell off all of its assets. Instead, the businesses will attempt to change the terms on debts, such...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:22 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
- Replies: 1595
- Views: 177412
Re: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
it wasn't until i discovered the late-60s Kinks that I got it - their mid/late 70s stuff just seemed a bit lame but the trio of Something Else...Village Green...Arthur - those are fantastic. I was always a huge Who fan but looking objectively, their peak (~1968-73) was so painfully short (the Dwight...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
- Replies: 1595
- Views: 177412
Re: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
absolutely - Neil Peart actually gave their song that title as a very specific tribute to CFNY
TankFarm2023 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:55 pm Perhaps our Canadian friends have already pointed this out, but CFNY was using the tag, 'The Spirit of Radio' long before the Rush song.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Apollo Creed
- Replies: 27
- Views: 701
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:09 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Apollo Creed
- Replies: 27
- Views: 701
Re: Apollo Creed
RIP
(I honestly had thought he was already dead at least 2x in the last decade)
(I honestly had thought he was already dead at least 2x in the last decade)
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The 2023 WGA / SAG-AFTRA strike and other Labor Discussion
- Replies: 199
- Views: 4746
Re: The 2023 WGA / SAG-AFTRA strike and other Labor Discussion
i am strongly pro-duff.
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- Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The 2023 WGA / SAG-AFTRA strike and other Labor Discussion
- Replies: 199
- Views: 4746
Re: The 2023 WGA / SAG-AFTRA strike and other Labor Discussion
long post/quote alert I've been getting this labor-related newsletter from Hamilton Nolan for a while - of late I more than often don't read it because directlinetodepression but he leads with a picture of the Newton strike and as one who grew up in almost an entire extended family of teachers it ha...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:33 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3889
- Views: 239885
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
enough time has passed that i don't remember my opinions on Jimy either :D but another thing I'd forgotten - this is from Craig Calcaterra's newsletter today: Most people would probably say that Williams’ top achievement as a manager was winning the 1999 Manager of the Year Award. Personally, I thin...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:37 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide: Boston
- Replies: 91
- Views: 2633
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Boston
yeah - a just question. there's a lot of nostalgia (from me, mostly) for the "grimy" era and it certainly was a lot cheaper to get around. hard to not look through a lens of " back in the day " - good question on whether it's better or not - probably/objectively is. it's just dif...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:35 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide: Boston
- Replies: 91
- Views: 2633
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Boston
this is/was absolutely crazy to watch. i lived in boston from 1987-2013 and exponentially the change downtown was crazy in that last decade especially - but even since then that Seaport district is mind-blowing. my last 4 years i worked in Seaport just over the channel (great old club The Channel in...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:28 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6259
- Views: 374308
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
i second the book! my late father-in-law got it for me a few years before he died and it took me a while to crack the spine but it's much more interesting than i'd initially given it credit for. good tribute to him on the shelf too
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Videos
- Replies: 1993
- Views: 207246
Re: Random Videos
damn - are you not allowed to have blue cheese in this show? (that's impressive - you can see her pain at #8 lol)
i haven't been in the mood for wings in ages but now i'm ready to crush some
i haven't been in the mood for wings in ages but now i'm ready to crush some
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
- Replies: 657
- Views: 33552
Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season
see what happens when your team goes 13 years without a playoff appearance (oh that's right it has literally never happened before) Yeah I have to find my way back in - i think it's time to get back to college hockey. Arguably the biggest BC vs BU matches in their regular-season history are tonight ...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:45 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: College Visits
- Replies: 588
- Views: 22795
Re: College Visits
seeing my girls go through the application process was a definite shock with the Common App process - it's crazy isn't it? And yeah as a result it seems that applications are dramatically/exponentially up absolutely everywhere. We were way too laissez-faire about "sure apply any/everywhere you ...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
- Replies: 657
- Views: 33552
Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season
:) don't want to drag this down on all the reasons although the ones you hit upon are obviously on the list - yours is a completely understandable reaction; e.g. i'd be hypocritical/lying if i thought i wouldn't be deep in it if the Sabres were in a playoff spot. honestly trav keeping an eye on the ...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
- Replies: 902
- Views: 71751
Re: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
you guys leaving out the OG Otis...sheesh...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
- Replies: 902
- Views: 71751
Re: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
this is some seriously cool "brushes with..." material I think I have posted about this before. The dad of my best friend growing up played guitar in Otis Redding's road band. The Upsetters...based out of Baltimore. He never spoke about that. In fact growing up I never saw him touch a guit...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide
- Replies: 1228
- Views: 89557
Re: Swamp Travel Guide
just know that i'm preliminarily extremely envious. i've given instructions that hopefully in about 50yrs my ashes are scattered at one specific turnoff up there - nothing like making it easy on the kids :lol: (always feel free to shoot me a note, i've been there a few times and might remember some ...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide
- Replies: 1228
- Views: 89557
Re: Swamp Travel Guide
Banff is top 5 spots anywhere for me but if you can make it north to Jasper that's #1.
Just that drive alone (Icefields Pkwy) is 3-4 hours of nonstop holyshit.
Just that drive alone (Icefields Pkwy) is 3-4 hours of nonstop holyshit.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
- Replies: 657
- Views: 33552
Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season
meanwhile i'm getting 3 different NHL alerts from various apps .... about how Utah is ready to make a bid for an expansion team.
"Nothing to see here!"
man i've really developed a hatred for this league
"Nothing to see here!"
man i've really developed a hatred for this league
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
- Replies: 657
- Views: 33552
Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season
that is so delightfully cheesy - i love it. Chico.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 (or is it 2023 because that's what most of the season was?) NFL Divisional Round
- Replies: 142
- Views: 3864
Re: 2024 (or is it 2023 because that's what most of the season was?) NFL Divisional Round
Also i'm totally simplifying it i realize as one who really isn't a *football fan* but if there's even an average quarterback behind center for the Bills this year do they go....what, 5-11? Maybe??
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 (or is it 2023 because that's what most of the season was?) NFL Divisional Round
- Replies: 142
- Views: 3864
Re: 2024 (or is it 2023 because that's what most of the season was?) NFL Divisional Round
at least 98% chance that was happening. At LEAST. i actually LOLd when that went wide right because *OF COURSE* - the most Losertown™ ending possible - but it only would have delayed the inevitable. Sadness. In my younger days that game would have kept me up all night. Just...going with a wounded pu...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:54 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 223229
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
a. this is my dad [same age-ish] on every video call, only mostly the opposite. we see his forehead and the ceiling.
b. i don't think i understand the shirt. ...? is it a fraction i.e. is that a division line? a table?
b. i don't think i understand the shirt. ...? is it a fraction i.e. is that a division line? a table?
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:47 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 444097
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
ok - this was amazing
Gunpowder - that's completely awesome. Looking good up there.
We should have a thread of/about Swampers on national (or any) tv.
seeing as I'm completely out of touch, what's the concept here? is every person on the floor a contestant or are there teams?
Gunpowder - that's completely awesome. Looking good up there.
We should have a thread of/about Swampers on national (or any) tv.
seeing as I'm completely out of touch, what's the concept here? is every person on the floor a contestant or are there teams?
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide: Boston
- Replies: 91
- Views: 2633
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Boston
actually my kids have known for ages about "that message board" (even may have met 1 or 2...) but only over xmas break for some reason finding out my "handle" wasn't my real name but instead *MaxWebster* sent them into hysterics.
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide: Boston
- Replies: 91
- Views: 2633
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Home Repairs
- Replies: 1559
- Views: 117526
Re: Home Repairs
thanks bronto and syb - i'll start looking at shit seriously tonight :/
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Home Repairs
- Replies: 1559
- Views: 117526
Re: Home Repairs
well...fuck. can i ... just glue it? (is there any chance this is a sump pump issue? we have one on the other side of the basement - the "ugly" side - although i've never seen any water there so i assume it's working...) could the basement floor have cracked underneath? Most likely. And th...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Home Repairs
- Replies: 1559
- Views: 117526
Re: Home Repairs
at the risk of this being a completely idiotic question (i just don't know) ... what could/would be a reason that suddenly this winter in the finished part of our basement i'm getting water coming up from the ground? it's not on the walls but right in the middle of the floor i.e. through the shag (y...