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- Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:49 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide: Australia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 290
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Australia
AB, thanks for the book rec. I'm going to have a ton of down time so I will definitely check that out. Dave, unfortunately Melbourne isn't a part of the exercise and I didn't think about it when making my personal travel plans. I think I dropped the ball here. The hotel/brewery is booked full when I...
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide: Australia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 290
Swamp Travel Guide: Australia
Folks, I am flying to Australia for work next week. I'll be in: Brisbane for two days. [Two weeks underway for this: http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/010407" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]. Darwin for a day and a half. Sydney for four days. I will have plenty of free time ...
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Thanks for looking, Rass. I'll go ahead and start a new thread, DTP be damned.rass wrote:An old DiA thread from an old Swamp.
Based on that, I think he was still over there when this place started up, but I can't find a thread about it here (either).
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Stock Market Challenge
- Replies: 86
- Views: 4353
Re: Swamp Stock Market Challenge
Kythera bought out by Allergan for $75/share this morning.Keg wrote:So, I stopped paying attention for a bit. Just checked and my SHAK short is -50%. WTF.
I picked up the following today: American Express, Juno Therapeutics and Kythera Bio.
I was in at $45/share, resulting in a nice 64% gain.
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Is there an existing Australia travel thread?
I could not find one using obvious key words, but I could have swore one existed.
I could not find one using obvious key words, but I could have swore one existed.
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:14 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Stock Market Challenge
- Replies: 86
- Views: 4353
Re: Swamp Stock Market Challenge
Sold half my JUNO position for a 52% gain.Keg wrote:So, I stopped paying attention for a bit. Just checked and my SHAK short is -50%. WTF.
I picked up the following today: American Express, Juno Therapeutics and Kythera Bio.
Looking to get into Whole Foods (WFM) now.
- Wed May 20, 2015 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Unfortunately, my entire account was deleted. My account was originally suspended for posting off-topic messages and "stock manipulation". The moderator emailed me with further threats + demanding apologies - just being an all around prick. That's when I went off on him (with company leade...
- Wed May 20, 2015 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I figured they were relevant in the Pfizer message board...The Sybian wrote:They got sick of the dick pics, huh.Keg wrote:I hit a new personal low - I was banned from a message board.
- Wed May 20, 2015 11:49 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
StockTwits.com. Not many worse things on the internet than asshole message board moderators! I've spent some time on that site. Bunch of self-important day traders that don't add much value anyway, imho. Yup, I don't day trade so most of that site is just repetitive noise. I burnt bridges on my way...
- Wed May 20, 2015 11:18 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
StockTwits.com.
Not many worse things on the internet than asshole message board moderators!
Not many worse things on the internet than asshole message board moderators!
- Wed May 20, 2015 10:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I hit a new personal low - I was banned from a message board.
Re: Twitter
Agree with this 100%.Sabo wrote:
@johnrobinson wrote:When people are nice in real life, but mean & insulting online, it is the real life persona that is fake.
- Tue May 19, 2015 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Game of Thrones....
- Replies: 981
- Views: 44424
Re: Game of Thrones....
That scene is actually worse in the books...Ramsay forces Reek to get involved.
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- Tue May 19, 2015 2:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Game of Thrones....
- Replies: 981
- Views: 44424
Re: Game of Thrones....
I think its because no one was expecting the Sansa rape scene. Whereas the other scenes you listed were expected by many of the people watching.
- Tue May 19, 2015 9:55 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Depends upon the candy bar you want to refrigerate. Snickers? Hell no. Reese's and 3 Musketeers as already mentioned? Absolutely. I will stand up for the frozen Snickers for one reason. It makes a great lunch snack after you've been fishing all morning and I've always had great success with taking ...
- Fri May 15, 2015 1:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 106140
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
I have an ex who I havent seen in about nine years who still drunk dials and texts me scantily clad selfies. She also left me a message singing a mariah carey song not too long ago.
- Thu May 14, 2015 4:44 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 106140
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
Its funny because you can see which guys here are married to normal women and which ones are either single or have a maniac ex. This thread makes me appreciate my wife. Don;t get me wrong, she's far from perfect and her eccentricities are getting more pronounced as she ages, but she is stable... .....
- Thu May 14, 2015 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 106140
- Thu May 14, 2015 11:21 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: AFC Championship - Pats/Colts
- Replies: 1941
- Views: 88139
Re: AFC Championship - Pats/Colts
Nice.mister d wrote:"Right, we called him "The Injector" because he was always injecting comments into conversations. Boy is he talkative, that cousin of mine!"
- Wed May 13, 2015 11:45 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 106140
Re: The Official Swamp Dating Thread
I would tell #2 to get back on the bench and wait for her turn to bat.
- Tue May 12, 2015 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: AFC Championship - Pats/Colts
- Replies: 1941
- Views: 88139
Re: AFC Championship - Pats/Colts
Release the hounds!brian wrote:...which is not a compelling defense of New Englanders.Rush2112 wrote:DaveInSeattle wrote:No Justice! No Peace!
These are the guys from Barstool Sports, btw.
- Mon May 04, 2015 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Stock Market Challenge
- Replies: 86
- Views: 4353
Re: Swamp Stock Market Challenge
So, I stopped paying attention for a bit. Just checked and my SHAK short is -50%. WTF.
I picked up the following today: American Express, Juno Therapeutics and Kythera Bio.
I picked up the following today: American Express, Juno Therapeutics and Kythera Bio.
- Mon May 04, 2015 12:22 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Game of Thrones....
- Replies: 981
- Views: 44424
Re: Game of Thrones....
Has it been confirmed Ser Barristan is dead? Apparently there's an interview with a magazine (Entertainment Weekly?) where he talks about his character being killed, so yes. In the teaser for the next episode there was also a shot of his body lying in state. Thanks. I officially hate what the TV sh...
- Mon May 04, 2015 11:58 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Game of Thrones....
- Replies: 981
- Views: 44424
Re: Game of Thrones....
Has it been confirmed Ser Barristan is dead?
- Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Sweet Science
- Replies: 419
- Views: 36220
Re: The Sweet Science
I disagree that Mexican folks like JCC Jr. The dislike for spoiled, lazy cocksuckers is universal.
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: (The End of) Journalism Thread
- Replies: 783
- Views: 60602
Re: (The End of) Journalism Thread
I am pretty sure that tweet was from a parody account.
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 2:14 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
So excited to have Westboro Baptist picketing in my 'hood next week:
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 3:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Why Do Local Cops Need Camoflauge?
- Replies: 862
- Views: 56912
Re: Why Do Local Cops Need Camoflauge?
OK this is officially getting out of hand.
Man beaten by deputies after fleeing on horseback:
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Man beaten by deputies after fleeing on horseback:
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:51 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Pick 7 MLB Style
- Replies: 18
- Views: 478
Re: Pick 7 MLB Style
Run diff = (My teams runs scored) - (my teams runs allowed)
Whoever has a higher result wins the tie breaker.
I'm just throwing ideas out there...I'm perfectly fine with SNBB total. It's definitely easier to keep track.
Whoever has a higher result wins the tie breaker.
I'm just throwing ideas out there...I'm perfectly fine with SNBB total. It's definitely easier to keep track.
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:49 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Pick 7 MLB Style
- Replies: 18
- Views: 478
Re: Pick 7 MLB Style
What if it's a 4 game series?
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:48 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Pick 7 MLB Style
- Replies: 18
- Views: 478
Re: Pick 7 MLB Style
What if we use run differential instead of the SNBB total as a tie-breaker?
- Fri Apr 03, 2015 5:48 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
It is the same way where I live. The city comes and trims those trees once a year, but does not touch any others.sancarlos wrote:At least where I live, the ground between the sidewalk and the road is not your property. It legally belongs to the city.
- Fri Apr 03, 2015 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I have a neighbor who set up a surveillance camera to catch people letting their dogs relieve themselves on her yard. She confronted us about letting Deebo urinate on her tree. WTF!! I can understand that if you didn't pick up some poop but to bitch about peeing on a tree is ridiculous. Tell the na...
- Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:03 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 414198
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I have a neighbor who set up a surveillance camera to catch people letting their dogs relieve themselves on her yard.
She confronted us about letting Deebo urinate on her tree. WTF!!
She confronted us about letting Deebo urinate on her tree. WTF!!
- Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:53 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: ESPN.com Redesign
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2003
Re: ESPN.com Redesign
I was greeted by a full page ad, followed by an autoplay video (which may have been an ad as well). I'll pass.
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Pick 7 MLB Style
- Replies: 18
- Views: 478
Re: Pick 7 MLB Style
Count me in
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL business travel whining thread
- Replies: 249
- Views: 9538
Re: The OFFICIAL business travel whining thread
Hopefully they werent tucked in between the pillow sheets...I fell asleep so comfy hugging the extra pillow. (I refused to touch anything after I saw the socks.)
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL business travel whining thread
- Replies: 249
- Views: 9538
Re: The OFFICIAL business travel whining thread
Something similar had happened to me a few years ago at a Marriott in San Diego. Checked into the room and got ready for bed, luckily I had the lights on and saw a ton of curly black hairs on the bed before I crawled in. So disgusting. I called the front desk and got a new room. I let my guard down ...
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL business travel whining thread
- Replies: 249
- Views: 9538
Re: The OFFICIAL business travel whining thread
I worked the late shift last night, clocked out at midnight and started my two hour trek from Wallops Island to Norfolk. Checked in to the Hampton Inn a bit past 2am, went straight to the bathroom to freshen up, and crawled into bed for a few hours of sleep before my flight in the morning. I never t...
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Hey all (Daily Fantasy Leagues)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 596
Re: Hey all (Daily Fantasy Leagues)
I was not very good at this (for baseball, never tried anything else). I lost a hundred bucks, then withdrew the rest of my funds before I went nuts trying to recoup my losses. I got burned a bunch of times with rainouts...it was hard to stay on top of this since my work blocks the websites and phon...