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by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
Replies: 902
Views: 42588

Re: Culinary Hot Takes

going all apps here: french onion soup tuna tartare (although that rare ahi tuna sounds killer) roasted cauliflower with a Tokyo Sunset to drink ...goddamn that sounds great, i can be there by 8.... I have a ton of work to do, which is why I'm here posting the menu for where I'm eating tonight . Sel...
by MaxWebster
Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2757
Views: 90135

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

that's awesome - congrats Johnnie :)
Johnnie wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:45 pm All of my paperwork is done and I officially start my job on 18 December.
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampMD
Replies: 330
Views: 9622

Re: SwampMD

fuckin rights - couldn't imagine feeling how i did for even a few days longer but for you to have it for four months is unthinkable, Steve - jeez. question is: have you ever tried it (Epley) yourself? It seems so relatively simple and this past week i've actually felt a tinge of dizzyness coming bac...
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9211
Views: 463191

Re: Random Politics

don't be sorry, be thankful. some of us are just as terrified and we're trapped here. (even if i can see your land from my backyard. ...well, almost.) Sorry - but every once in a while I have to say it: your country scares me. I mean, posting a photo where the implication is that you are going to ki...
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampMD
Replies: 330
Views: 9622

Re: SwampMD

yikes for the concussion but really glad to hear its been fine since. (btw i went to PT for vertigo and the guy was amazing - 3 visits in a week and he fixed me up. Something called the Epley maneuver.) Vertigo bump. Dave how did this turn out (not sure i could find downthread if there was more to i...
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the Led out
Replies: 108
Views: 4617

Re: Getting the Led out

<snort-laughing>
Pruitt IV wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:09 pm I see more than four sticks there.
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9211
Views: 463191

Re: Random Politics

so...Ohio is worse than this? is anything?

by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Home Repairs
Replies: 1559
Views: 108304

Re: Home Repairs

I have rarely identified with a comedian as much as I do here.

TL;DR: owning a home sucks.
sancarlos wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:59 pm
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:59 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2757
Views: 90135

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

internet high-five to my federal co-worker! :) (sincerely - congrats johnnie) Thanks, everyone! I'm very much excited to get back into the workforce again. Mazel Tov! What does the job entail? It's a job that's in the same realm of what I did while I was in, Unit Deployment Manager. I ensure that pe...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA FB 2023
Replies: 1011
Views: 16109

Re: NCAA FB 2023

i know nothing about college football but will be in attendance at Pitt/FSU tomorrow.

i figure getting there for kickoff is smart since that seems like it'll be the only time the game is close
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Cooking Thread
Replies: 982
Views: 49595

Re: Swamp Cooking Thread

Salamida's it was/is. :) I honestly don't think i've ever seen a different one FYI: i've found Spiedie marinade at Aldi stores in the area so if possible you might want to check there as well, if it's easier Thanks! I also saw in the other thread that the marinade is carried by Wegman's. While not c...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Halloween Boo'ing
Replies: 136
Views: 2153

Re: Halloween Boo'ing

ah that's cool - a) i wasn't busting on you (like A_B ... KIDDING!) and obviously i saw your post but i must have thought it was a theoretical :D and b) i hate plans too for real. LOL i just looked up Berkshire Ave - like legitimately 15-20 minute walk from where i live :D yeah just going down to &q...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Cooking Thread
Replies: 982
Views: 49595

Re: Swamp Cooking Thread

FYI: i've found Spiedie marinade at Aldi stores in the area so if possible you might want to check there as well, if it's easier Thanks! I also saw in the other thread that the marinade is carried by Wegman's. While not close, I have access, so I might just pop over there this weekend. We actually a...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:45 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Halloween Boo'ing
Replies: 136
Views: 2153

Re: Halloween Boo'ing

...did i miss this??? if you need a fix i can send you some CC's :) Feels like this is something I should have known about before going to Buffalo : Coffee Crisp is a chocolate bar made in Canada. It consists of alternating layers of vanilla wafer and a foamed coffee-flavoured soft candy, covered wi...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:43 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Halloween Boo'ing
Replies: 136
Views: 2153

Re: Halloween Boo'ing

i think sponge candy is another WNY invention. which is worse than orange chocolate. Ok, we're good again. :) (orange chocolate is gross - i always thought that was a Buffalo/WNY thing and if it is I'm sorry it escaped) now this is moving close to fighting territory goddammit - Johnnie what in the e...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:42 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Halloween Boo'ing
Replies: 136
Views: 2153

Re: Halloween Boo'ing

Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop! :D ha - yup last month we happened upon it while exploring the Strip District - fun store; I bought some Reggie! bars (cannot believe they made them - the orange glow from the box drew me in) we're actually heading there tonight for parents' weekend, real quick turnaround -...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:16 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Halloween Boo'ing
Replies: 136
Views: 2153

Re: Halloween Boo'ing

Ok, we're good again. :) (orange chocolate is gross - i always thought that was a Buffalo/WNY thing and if it is I'm sorry it escaped) now this is moving close to fighting territory goddammit - Johnnie what in the everliving heck is wrong with you not liking chocolate and mint i swear .... #*^&Y...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:14 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL War on Christmas thread
Replies: 227
Views: 10603

Re: OFFICIAL War on Christmas thread

when we moved to Buf and got our house ~5 years ago my aunt gave me their old artificial tree, but last year it sorta (did) fell apart. It was all easy and good last January to say fuck it, drag the carcass out to the garage, and say "yeah next year we'll get a real tree, that's fine" but ...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:10 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
Replies: 2525
Views: 127401

Re: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread

also a great excuse to eat Spiedies on a weekly basis great school - congrats Syb! Early Action closed yesterday for most of the schools my son is applying, and he just got his first acceptance from Binghamton University. Shocked it came this early, they said to expect early action decisions by Chri...
by MaxWebster
Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Halloween Boo'ing
Replies: 136
Views: 2153

Re: Halloween Boo'ing

now this is moving close to fighting territory goddammit - Johnnie what in the everliving heck is wrong with you not liking chocolate and mint i swear .... #*^&Y#$^% - there is no "too large" peppermint patty. - also my alltime favourite candy bar was called a Pep Bar - Canadian so Pru...
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 01, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2023-24
Replies: 350
Views: 8488

Re: EPL 2023-24

how dare you, good sir Arsenal losing to West Ham at halftime in the League Cup. Arsenal outshooting them 8-0. goal came off an own goal. Is it wrong to half want Arsenal to lose to ease up the fixture congestion? I was almost on my knees towards the end of last season praying that Spurs finished 8t...
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

man i get that it can't be easy broadcasting a national game when it's 10-0 early, so you gotta talk about something - I like Joe Davis (we watch an inordinate amount of Dodgers games in this house...) and definitely felt for him last night. The worst and yet most predictable moment: being Halloween...
by MaxWebster
Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Replies: 1521
Views: 63608

Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread

holy hell :(
I'm really sorry - fkng hell SIX surgeries. Echoing everyone else in here, you're nowhere near complaining enough.
by MaxWebster
Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:05 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

absolutely fair. host of arguments to be made tho... makeup calls are possibly worse than just letting it go, etc... approaches for pitchers and hitters dramatically change based on counts, etc. I'm 100% sure there will be unintended consequences of an automated strike zone but also we have the tech...
by MaxWebster
Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:31 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

the "strike" call to Moreno in the 9th is still fking bothering me - instead of a guy on 1st with nobody out and tying run at the plate you get 1 out, nobody on. it's absolutely massive.
by MaxWebster
Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:16 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

i for one am even more ready for the automated strike zone.
by MaxWebster
Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
Replies: 1593
Views: 162897

Re: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC

hey man i mean that as a compliment

:)


(this bass riff is now seared into my brain)
Rush2112 wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:28 am a fringe Canterbury Scene band. Man I dig that UK jazzy rock, but as Max told me, it's me and about 5000 middle-aged British men that know about this stuff.
by MaxWebster
Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Guns: Infinity
Replies: 1441
Views: 66948

Re: Guns: Infinity

cool and the hits keep comin! - we got at least 1 dead and a few more injured downtown (Buffalo) literally on the I-190 - shots directly into a city sewer truck

this fuckin' country jfc

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/bu ... -i-190-sb/
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:47 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

i mean, yes, ideally. i feel like i read somewhere recently that made the claim where if baseball were invented right now from scratch the season would probably match the other leagues and be only 80-90 games. But absolutely 0% chance they'd ever do anything less than 154 games (and i'd be shocked i...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

fair and legit point about winning the division/s. of course the divisions were shit, which is the easy counter-argument, and arbitrarily selected/sorted anyways. eh i was thinking about it over lunch and in no way meant for my stupid rambling post to come off as dismissive in any way! i probably ha...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

good example - IIRC the Stars rolled over 3 good teams to get to the finals where they almost pulled that off too
Steve of phpBB wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:48 am (I'm well aware of the capriciousness of hockey too. The 1991 Blackhawks won the President's trophy with 106 points then lost in the first round to the 68-point North Stars.)
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

sometimes it feels like it's too easy to complain about everything in sports, and I absolutely started down that road a week or 2 ago wrt the Diamondbacks when they blew away the Dodgers (me: "this team shouldn't have been in the playoffs" - but they are, Max...) but i think maybe I take /...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2757
Views: 90135

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

these are not smart people. ladder-climbers to be sure and if you want to count that as a skill go ahead but ppl/managers like that serve little-to-no purpose. i feel like i've worked long enough and at enough places to realize who the frauds are and 10/10 times its the ones using the acronyms/agile...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: First Player's Jersey That You Owned
Replies: 54
Views: 566

Re: First Player's Jersey That You Owned

shit - ha i just remembered i was Carlton Fisk #27 for halloween c1978. amazing that somehow my dad scored little me a jersey, they were definitely not widely seen back then. that's not the interesting part tho :D my friend dressed as Jim Rice. let's just say his makeup made it much more...authentic...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2757
Views: 90135

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

ha - that's absolute lunacy. my previous job had "short walls" which were pointless - entire giant room was an open office with ppl on the phones loudly all day in the same room as developers. real great for concentration. (worst company i've worked for out of a long list...) My IT departm...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

ya he poses for a weird pic :P honestly i think he's just a sincerely shy nice guy - apparently when the DBacks traded him they had to sit the team down to tell them as he was widely beloved and also everyone had nothing but great things to say about him in TO. he's awkward - which I personally enjo...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

i can't pretend to know one way or the other but something definitely happened team-wide this year for them to be such a non-dangerous offensive club power-wise. It's not like everyone turned 37 overnight so I have to believe it can be corrected, which probably aligns with what you're saying. i.e. b...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

LOL he's like a big cuddly teddy bear. i assume you're referring to Moreno (wrt "think can be a star")? yeah that was a tough one i admit - and i was definitely clamouring even last summer when it was obvious there would be a catcher logjam to trade Kirk at his clear high hitting point. Ob...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

OT: there's a predictable and very annoying vocal presence from Jays forums on how the trade was tHe wOrSt eVeR!?!?! but it's not like the Jays could capably have kept 3 catchers, and Moreno was probably the only marketable one at the time. (Moreno and Gurriel Jr* for Varsho) *my daughter's fave pla...
by MaxWebster
Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4920

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

yeah i still can't wrap my head around it - it makes no sense that they won the pennant but here they are. wtf. i can't remember why i didn't like that Royals team and feels bad to admit that now, seems like punching down :) but maybe it was their rude dismissal of the Jays in that ALCS. Shit the mo...