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by Square Rob
Wed May 10, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9211
Views: 463135

Re: Random Politics

As CNN is preparing a town hall for him and he's leading 2024 Republican polling by a massive margin? If they're not peppering him on January 6th, losing the popular vote twice, COVID, Charlottesville, Hurricane Maria, blackmailing Zelensky, ponying up to the Saudis, self-enrichment, ponying up to ...
by Square Rob
Wed May 10, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8832
Views: 409945

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

I’m not saying I justify the spread of communism in Eastern Europe after World War II. But considering they were on the winning side and had the largest losses on either side during it (22 million is the generally agreed number), I can see why they felt entitled to the spoils. Especially when it co...
by Square Rob
Wed May 10, 2023 8:15 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL 2022 NFL Offseason Thread
Replies: 678
Views: 12513

Re: The OFFICIAL 2022 NFL Offseason Thread

It’s good Buffalo cut him and no one should let any next team off the hook when they don’t at a skill position. Maybe Cleveland will grab him to take the heat off Watson? Seriously. Bills obviously fucked up pre-draft, but they did the right thing... Now, if this kid was a can't miss linebacker, wh...
by Square Rob
Tue May 09, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28191

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

Go back and read and read. It’s definitely satire.
by Square Rob
Tue May 09, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28191

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

Y’all, @nickadamsusa doesn’t get enough credit for being unbelievably good satire. No one has faked right wing machismo that well since Colbert.
by Square Rob
Sat Apr 15, 2023 12:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Old Skool Swamp
Replies: 137
Views: 7282

Re: Old Skool Swamp

EnochRoot wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:54 am Also, where's BillCross these days? I liked him back in the day.
Bill is still professing. I touch base with him extremely periodically.
by Square Rob
Mon Apr 10, 2023 12:11 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Women's World Cup 2023
Replies: 12
Views: 265

Re: Women's World Cup 2023

Tearing a patella tendon is extremely odd. Is she vaccinated?
by Square Rob
Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

My word that Keane goal was something else.
by Square Rob
Sun Apr 02, 2023 2:31 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2005
Views: 43373

Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years

First, Tiabbi is so far off the rails anymore it’s not even funny. Obviously no one is above the law and Trump should be held accountable for the multiple times he’s broken the law. But, what he’s talking about is what a lot of scholarship thinks led to the downfall of the Roman republic. Caesar was...
by Square Rob
Fri Mar 24, 2023 4:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1590
Views: 106007

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

So, the move to France has done wonders for my health. I’m officially down 20lbs, and all the bike riding has me back in decent shape again. Still not where I would like to be fitness wise, but I only have five more pounds to get to my goal of 195. Fwiw, I haven’t changed the quantity of what I eat....
by Square Rob
Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214033

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Topol, who will always be the scientist from Flash Gordon to me.
by Square Rob
Mon Mar 06, 2023 8:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

One of the most painful 45 minutes of my sports watching life. Amazed I didn’t smash my laptop.
by Square Rob
Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bourbon
Replies: 358
Views: 54145

Re: Bourbon

One of a few things I don’t love about my new home is the difficulty in finding good bourbon. When I came last summer I found a site that had weller, eh Taylor, Blantons all available for order but when we moved they were all sold out and no more around. They do have four roses and makers at most gr...
by Square Rob
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4662
Views: 290000

Re: Movies

tennbengal wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 4:06 pm Our French comrade tweeted this trailer - and - whatever the eff this is - I am all in

For those that don’t know, Sisu is a Finnish term that translates loosely to ‘tenacity of spirit’. I cannot wait to see this.
by Square Rob
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Lunch Thread
Replies: 580
Views: 25140

Re: The Lunch Thread

A_B wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:46 pmFucking one-upper.
You been watching me fuck again…
by Square Rob
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2757
Views: 90125

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Sorry to hear it Brian.
by Square Rob
Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Lunch Thread
Replies: 580
Views: 25140

Re: The Lunch Thread

We ate at our favorite Lyonnaise bistro for dinner on Saturday, Bistro B . Just superb. Place seats roughly 20 people, and he’s received a Michelin star and Gault & Millau certification. In my opinion his greatest skill is his wine pairings, and he does an excellent job explaining the what’s and...
by Square Rob
Sat Feb 18, 2023 7:54 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Earthquake Thread
Replies: 22
Views: 512

Re: The Earthquake Thread

They found Atsu’s body in the rubble. Very sad for all around.
by Square Rob
Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2757
Views: 90125

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

35 is the standard work week, but we don’t count in that. And almost no one works that little. What they do is banknthe extra hours, and can get up to two weeks extra vacation each year. Standard vacation is five weeks, so most people end up with 7. Those two weeks can be rolled forward each year an...
by Square Rob
Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9211
Views: 463135

Re: Random Politics

My favorite is Rupert texting the CEO and instructing her to help the GA senate candidates anyway possible.
by Square Rob
Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:44 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

Baloney wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:41 am D-day for United bids today, 5pm if you're interested in putting a bid in.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... aches.html
I’m just scrounging up that last five billion. Gotta go check the couch.
by Square Rob
Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:09 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2757
Views: 90125

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

New job has lots of perks, but also some differences. Share an office for the first time in 20yrs, which is different, but not horrible. Love the French group coffee breaks, one mid morning, one after lunch. They also all eat together, and we go en masse to the canteen (our R&D facility is on it...
by Square Rob
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:23 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
Replies: 2138
Views: 81817

Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

Wyo and Idaho? This should be wrong, because I’ve been on a paved road across that border, but there’s no major road.
by Square Rob
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:12 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28191

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

I’m also hampered a bit because most of my Twitter reading is in the morning, and most of my following is US based, so my normal feed is a graveyard.
by Square Rob
Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28191

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

mister d wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:59 pm I don't get why anyone would look at the "For You" tab. What am I missing?
I only ever scroll on my phone, and for me last night my following wasn’t updating for a bit but my for you did.
by Square Rob
Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28191

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

Ok, so Twitter is getting worse and worse. Literally all the accounts i don’t already follow in my ‘For You’ are far right. I just keep blocking and it’s just more of the same. My following thread doesn’t show everything, and has more trouble loading than the other. If I didn’t use it so much for ne...
by Square Rob
Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The East Palestine, Ohio thing
Replies: 53
Views: 939

Re: The East Palestine, Ohio thing

East Palesteen?? Why do small American towns do that? So weird. All the Ohio small towns that have the same name as a city/country elsewhere on the planet all pronounce them in a different fashion, except for Peru. For example, Lima is "LIE-mah". Yeah, a lot of Ohio towns aren't pronounce...
by Square Rob
Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:01 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214033

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Trugoy from De La Soul. I’m of the age now I guess where lots of people from music I listened to as a kid are going to be dying regularly.
by Square Rob
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The East Palestine, Ohio thing
Replies: 53
Views: 939

Re: The East Palestine, Ohio thing

One other point, phosgene was legit used in some of the gas weapons in ww1. So the fact they were burning the original stuff to make phosgene should be all you need to know. Now phosgene is not like the mustard gas or chlorine they were using to kill in ww1, nowhere near as lethal. But still.
by Square Rob
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The East Palestine, Ohio thing
Replies: 53
Views: 939

Re: The East Palestine, Ohio thing

Ok, so vinyl chloride gas is heavier than air. Which means it will mostly stay along the ground and could settle in pockets if undisturbed. Like in basements or cellars where there’s no wind. And if it was coming out and not getting combusted from the fire could have settled anywhere downwind. Descr...
by Square Rob
Sun Feb 12, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The East Palestine, Ohio thing
Replies: 53
Views: 939

Re: The East Palestine, Ohio thing

Giff wrote: Sat Feb 11, 2023 2:17 pm Did that dog just get the booster?
A+
by Square Rob
Sun Feb 12, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The East Palestine, Ohio thing
Replies: 53
Views: 939

Re: The East Palestine, Ohio thing

Sorry guys. Was living my best life in the alps the past few days.

God knows what was on the rail cars, and im not sure we’ve heard what they were moving. Just note that most of the nastiest shit that gets moved around the country does so by rail. Liability on the highway is significantly higher.
by Square Rob
Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

I’m sure it’s just a misunderstanding. Once they look at their net spend all will be clear.
by Square Rob
Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:13 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Weather
Replies: 2497
Views: 107020

Re: The Weather

I’ve been outside working in -100 windchill. It was unpleasant. Basically can only work for fifteen or so minutes before you have to go in to warm up. Even covered your face gets so numb you lose the ability to form words. Good lord, where were you working? Back home in wyoming, at about 7k ft of e...
by Square Rob
Fri Feb 03, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Weather
Replies: 2497
Views: 107020

Re: The Weather

I’ve been outside working in -100 windchill. It was unpleasant. Basically can only work for fifteen or so minutes before you have to go in to warm up. Even covered your face gets so numb you lose the ability to form words.
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214033

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Tom Verlaine from Television. Stupid good nyc band from the seventies.
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 28, 2023 3:20 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Tyre Nichols
Replies: 7
Views: 165

Re: Tyre Nichols

And a separate uncomfortable question, how different will the response be since the officers are also black? On all sides, I see that changing the way people view it, unfortunately.
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:19 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Tyre Nichols
Replies: 7
Views: 165

Tyre Nichols

I won’t watch the video, but from all indications this is going to be a seismic event across the US. Memphis Police Chief quoted as saying it’s worse than the Rodney King video.
by Square Rob
Fri Jan 27, 2023 12:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The I need to buy a house thread
Replies: 1347
Views: 43445

Re: The I need to buy a house thread

Congrats BFJ!
by Square Rob
Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9211
Views: 463135

Re: Random Politics

Put me in the camp that if the Biden classified docs story hurts his chances of running again it’s a good thing.