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- Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:58 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread
- Replies: 3119
- Views: 183082
Re: The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread
we doing that again this year? good times. I'd love to, but my idiot friend chose that day to get married. So pissed. Not only that it's the same day as the beer festival, but it's also Mother's Day weekend, and he is getting married in out of town, no kids invited. 37 years old, all of our friends...
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:34 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL Free Agency
- Replies: 351
- Views: 28346
Re: NFL Free Agency
He's 32. He's had six years to rewrite his defining moment. But yeah, Romo could definitely be worse, and their GM sucks, so they probably had to pay him. Right. The issue is who do you replace him with. If you assume that Romo is at worst league average (and I'd argue he's closer to about 8th-12th...
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:45 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread
- Replies: 3119
- Views: 183082
Re: The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread
I went back to Hoptron Brewtique tonight to pick up some growlers. Place was hopping again. I grabbed another 32 oz jug of Canard Noir , a dark Saison from Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. . It's really good. Different tasting. Not hoppy, but almost spicy. I like it. I also grabbed a 64 oz growler of J...
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
- Replies: 3481
- Views: 231624
Re: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
Cameron, coloring Easter eggs... "Can we make it rainbow?" Proud Parent thread with this! My daughter was playing with my ipod the other day and got hung up on Life After Graduation. I tried to get her on another album without making a big deal of it, but she was just laughing hystericall...
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread
- Replies: 3119
- Views: 183082
Re: The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread
For when you're not just drinking...you're drinking . My dad is friends with the guy who runs this place . I guess the top two are their newest brews, and (biases aside) my dad had very good things to say about both of them, but only has the stout to bring up to share with me this weekend. Damn. Po...
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:11 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Job Questions
- Replies: 290
- Views: 17853
Re: Swamp Job Questions
I am currently in a spot where I am looking for a position. In my career, I have never had to look for something. The two companies I worked for after my first job was through headhunters contacting me. Getting laid off in January with a bunch of other folks at our Corp HQ, mostly Sr Mgmt. In any e...
- Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Poles and Polls
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1958
Re: Poles and Polls
Turn the W crest sideways, and that would have been the greatest Swamp picture pun ever. so close, Max.MaxWebster wrote:Poles between poles.
- Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Fantastic Cover Letter
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2168
Re: Fantastic Cover Letter
P.D.X. wrote:mister d wrote:You call that kid in just to see him in person, right?
I was thinking internet meme sensation Alexander Vayner
- Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Images (now possibly NSFW)
- Replies: 2145
- Views: 266343
Re: Images (now possibly NSFW)
Way to step all over my joke, Howard.howard wrote:That one in the middle doesn't look very stealth
- Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:19 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Vote early and vote often
- Replies: 16
- Views: 987
Re: Vote early and vote often
Guess I saw this too late, but glad you didn't need my help to win. She is a really cute kid.
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:54 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 109089
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
My crazy bitch of an ex-gf had the gall to call me the other day completely out of the blue (we hadn't previously talked for five years) in order to request some free medical advice from my wife. Dave, if you're taking requests, please feel free to also take her out in your yacht the next time you ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
- Replies: 388
- Views: 23477
Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
He was awarded best defender in MLS last year, so I'd say not surprised. I know the circumstances aren't the same, though, so it was pretty awesome to see him play so well. And 80 minute with a yellow card as well against those diving cheats. He and Omar were fantastic. Looked possibly like a cente...
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 109089
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
This is great. Maybe one day I'll work up the nerve to try it. This is a much better technique. Some of these girls seem like they kind of like the idea. I don't know. The panhandling/manipulating/lying part seems like it would be a dealbreaker for most chicks. What those videos fail to call much a...
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:47 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 109089
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
I just need to have not gone to college in fucking Buffalo.Steve of phpBB wrote:A special kind of something, anyway. Holy shit, I have to go back to college.howard wrote:Most, if not all, of the locations in that little film were on the campus of UCSB. Gaucho gals are a special kind of intuitive, i guess.
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:40 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 109089
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
This is a much better technique. Some of these girls seem like they kind of like the idea.Johnnie wrote:This is great. Maybe one day I'll work up the nerve to try it.
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:03 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Job Questions
- Replies: 290
- Views: 17853
Re: Swamp Job Questions
I always have a leather bound notebook with me at interviews with extra copies of resumes in case there are extra people interviewing. Always have a list of questions for them, if you don't it makes it seem like you don't care about the job. Just make sure they are intelligent questions and specific...
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:32 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
- Replies: 388
- Views: 23477
Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
Absolutely. A point tonight is a stolen point. A loss is a shrugged shoulder "meh".Rex wrote:Unlikely but it would be the best stolen point or points ever, especially because of where it would leave Mexico.
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:21 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Bathroom Etiquette
- Replies: 266
- Views: 15203
Re: Bathroom Etiquette
I think we can all agree....toilet paper hangs OVER the roll. Yea, but do you know why that's the correct answer? Because the toilet paper is embossed in such a fashion that going under-roll takes away from the aesthetics of the tissue. I read that in, appropriately enough, in an Uncle John's Bathr...
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:10 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
- Replies: 388
- Views: 23477
Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
If that stoppage went the way the announcers guessed it did (the players telling the red thy wanted to play on), then that was pretty sporting of CR . Nevermind. Just coming here to post that. Guess they were protesting, not asking to continue play. I was going to say they should have walked off, b...
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 220988
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Some idiot was bitching about Sportscenter leading with the US Soccer World Cup Qualifier in the blizzard. The biggest sports story in the history of mankind, and he was bitching that it lead. Can you guys believe that shit? I thought we told you to stop listening to Screamin' A. Smith! No, not tha...
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
- Replies: 2496
- Views: 220988
Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Some idiot was bitching about Sportscenter leading with the US Soccer World Cup Qualifier in the blizzard. The biggest sports story in the history of mankind, and he was bitching that it lead. Can you guys believe that shit?
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
- Replies: 388
- Views: 23477
Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
I think it's a pretty huge advantage for us. Other countries get to exploit altitude or tropical rain or really shitty facilities, so I think it's totally understandable that we exploit our natural advantage. But guys like Deuce never played in snow in Nagadoches, TX, or Landycakes in Southern CA, ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:42 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7751
Re: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
Groupon with an amazing deal! Toshiba Smart/3D/LED 120Hz. 47" for $750 or 55" for $1000.
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:36 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
- Replies: 388
- Views: 23477
Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
If Canada ever made the HEX, this is what would happen. Games in Whitehorse Yukon! Exalt! Keg & I were talking about that and if/when the US plays Costa Rica in the 2017 hex if the game is scheduled for May we should play that shit in Barrow, AK. Because fuck Costa Rica. Considering the number ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
- Replies: 388
- Views: 23477
Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
Exalt!normalasian wrote:If Canada ever made the HEX, this is what would happen.
Games in Whitehorse Yukon!
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: What?? Are you drinking?
- Replies: 935
- Views: 41028
Re: What?? Are you drinking?
After having more Newcastle tonight, it is more different that originally thought. While still crisp and clean, it has more of a caramel feel and taste to it as compared to Stella. I don't understand this talk of skunky you speak of, I have been buying 12's of Canadian recently, and never a bad one...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:22 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 109089
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
You know, most of the German soccer players on the American team (fathers were US Servicemen) seem to have black fathers. You may be on to something there.SlimChristian wrote:Johnnie will do well in Germany. They dig black guys.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:19 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7751
Re: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
You know, I thought I would never buy anything at Best Buy, but this seems like a great deal: (thanks for the slick deals link, Johnnie, that's exactly what I needed). http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+55%26%2334%3B+Class+(54-5/8%26%2334%3B+Diag.)+-+LED+-+1080p+-+120Hz+-+HDTV/6735568.p?id=12187897927...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Spring Thaw Reading Thread
- Replies: 228
- Views: 15876
Re: Spring Thaw Reading Thread
If Russia ends up owning the Cypriot banks and putting a military base on the island, I will be reading that one. Well, Bush looked into his eyes, saw his soul and saw that he was a good man, so probably no need to read the book. Plus, they both named their daughters after their Mother's, and calls...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: What?? Are you drinking?
- Replies: 935
- Views: 41028
Re: What?? Are you drinking?
So basically, aside from seeing pictures of flowers or fruit on the label, there's no way to tell if a beer is going to have that shitty taste until I sip it? Great. And, yes, Mr. Boxcar, the Newcastle Ale, despite being brown, had a very crisp and clean taste. Very similar to the lighter colored a...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:20 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Spring Thaw Reading Thread
- Replies: 228
- Views: 15876
Re: Spring Thaw Reading Thread
Currently reading The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. Been excited to read this for a long time. Interesting so far, but a lot of speculation, as Putin apparently came out of nowhere, and most of his biographical info was self-selected. His only official biography was limite...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7751
Re: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
I know we just did this, but I can't find the thread. http://www.sportsfrog.net/swamp/forum/the-sports-frog/the-swamp/4520-television-recs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; To get to page two, you have to manually enter a "2" in the little page number box and then h...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7751
Re: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
1080P 120HZ, that's all you need to know. Here's a great deal Damn, that is a nice price. A Roku is like $75-$100, but is there a monthly fee? If not, why pay so much more for a smart tv if I can get a Roku for $75 that does he same think for so much less? Golf on a 60Hz Samsung looked no worse tha...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:44 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7751
Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
I know we just did this, but I can't find the thread. I didn't pay it much attention, as I thought I owned a TV. Now I don't. A couple of months after successfully fixing my DLP TV, another component went. It's 5 years old, which is about the expected life span, and I've replaced the inexpensive par...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Bathroom Etiquette
- Replies: 266
- Views: 15203
Re: Bathroom Etiquette
A co-worker just stopped himself mid-piss to pull out his wallet to try and pay me for the office bracket pool. I didn't have any change on me. Hope he washes his hands before he makes it down to my office later. How do you stop yourself mid-piss? Once I start, I can't stop, although I guess I have...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:42 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Jurgen Klinsman Experience
- Replies: 301
- Views: 22509
Re: The Jurgen Klinsman Experience
Like Bora Milutinović!normalasian wrote:I would be so strange (yet fitting) if the US made 6 consecutive world cups with basically no name managers and fighting spirit and then fail to qualify when they have a superdiva international manager.
Go back to American coaches!
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:40 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL Free Agency
- Replies: 351
- Views: 28346
Re: NFL Free Agency
Jets picked up Mike Goodson.mister d wrote:Unless Garrard had a team at his house, I think the Jets are on the list too.
- Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Images (now possibly NSFW)
- Replies: 2145
- Views: 266343
- Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 109089
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
Yeah, crossing the Pusan perimeter is a famous event in all of our former lives.testy boxcar wrote:The Pusan Perimeter is a rather famous event in my former life, but it just seemed too easy.
- Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:25 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Videos
- Replies: 1993
- Views: 205157
Re: Random Videos
Kid that killed three kids in a high school shooting rips off his shirt to reveal "KILLER" painted on his t-shirt, then flips off the parents telling that the hand that killed their kids now masturbates to the memory of it. Doesn't come off nearly as bad-ass as it sounds... http://www.you...