The Swamp

Who knows German here? Gotta ship a package and the address has a "ß" in it and I know that's gonna trip up the rubes at the post office. Can i use "ss" instead? (Straße is the word of course) According to the following, Strasse or Road would be fine: https://dictionary.cambridg...

I was in Minneapolis for work one winter about 15 years ago. Mrs. Sabo even tagged along for the weekend. We had a great time, even though the high temperature for the entire weekend was something like 5 degrees. The national pond hockey championships were going on that weekend, and we had a blast w...

I was in Bennington, Vermont for work during the 2005 fall foliage season. Unfortunately for them, they had the worst foliage season in 50 years that year. But Bennington is a decent little town with some things to do. There's Bennington Battle Memorial, which is a monument to the Battle of Benningt...

Sabo, how likely are there to be new settlement cracks in a 95-year-old house? We've had a couple cracks in our walls develop in the last year. The cracks are generally vertical, but they are new and appear to be expanding. (FWIW, we had an earthquake two years ago that wasn't strong enough to knoc...

I'll second Sabo that it's crazy to skip an inspection. I've heard a lot of sales in town were going through without inspections, and it's just madness. That's mostly because the housing market is so nuts right now. Houses are in such high demand that sellers will almost instantly take any offer th...

The inspection process is necessary, but shitty for so many reasons. I feel for inspectors because they can't see warning signs of so many potential problems. Wiring and plumbing are behind the walls, issues that cause flooding are usually buried underground, yet people try to blame inspectors for ...

Sabo...fascinating. I have not had bad experience with home inspectors, but found the process very strange. In both cases on my purchase the inspector scared the snot out of me. Had to step back and then realize that this individual was being thorough but it is not the conversation you want to have...

Next is scheduling inspection and locking in our rate. Congrats on getting the new house! But I’d like to make a recommendation for your home inspection. I am currently working on getting my home inspector license in Ohio, and one thing I’ve learned is the industry is wildly inconsistent with its s...

This has to be the best weekend of playoff football ever.

Wow, she’s a hard ass. She didn’t give me that impression when we met.

Driving home on a stretch of I-78 this evening here in NJ and there was an electronic billboard that flashed to a picture of a young Meat Loaf with a RIP beneath it. Weird? I’ve seen similar RIP messages for celebrities on electronic billboards in Cleveland. Naturally, I can’t remember an example, ...

In a town of 1200, I'd say everyone should know who the cops are at this point. Majority of arrests are non-residents passing through on their 1.5 mile stretch of interstate. And they get pulled over for total bullshit....like driving in the left lane of the interstate. There's one story about a wo...

Never even heard of sauerkraut balls. 45 years as a Hoosier and nothing. Sounds delicious. They’re quite popular in the Cleveland area, too. But I don’t remember them at all while growing up in Cincinnati, which is odd since Cincinnati is historically a German town. One of the golf courses around h...

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:05 pm Orrr ... be disgusting and do a cooking version of how breweries do single hop beers. Go 100% onion powder or something.

Interesting thought.

Sabo wrote:Honey, we're having garlic powder roasted chicken tonight.

Mrs. Sabo wrote:I want a divorce. And a breath mint.

Could go away from poultry seasoning altogether and swap out the herbs (except thyme) for some nutmeg/clove/cinnamon and go a little jamaican-y? Although that tends to have brown sugar ... Yeah, this is more of what I'm looking for. Want to avoid the standard poultry seasoning flavors and try somet...

I'm roasting a spatchcock chicken tonight and need to make a seasoning rub. I want to avoid any poultry seasoning or seasoned salt-based rubs but am struggling to come up with an interesting flavor combination. Anyone have any suggestions? I have most common spices available for making my own rub. I...

"Its actually very easy and not at all frustrating to edit your PDFed version of an excel file!" It was more like "we're not going to increase the cost of your licensing more than 3 percent" but they didn't mention they required us to add Adobe stock art to our contract. That in...

"Its actually very easy and not at all frustrating to edit your PDFed version of an excel file!" It was more like "we're not going to increase the cost of your licensing more than 3 percent" but they didn't mention they required us to add Adobe stock art to our contract. That in...

Man I just had one of those instances of a 3rd-party vendor saying something so stupid that, without any previous marks against, I gotta just shake my head and walk away. Any response I give will either be condescending or just further spiral the stupidity. Pretty impressive feat, actually. Was it ...

Giff wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:52 pm I just joined a meeting and waited about five minutes for the host UNTIL I REALIZED THE HOST WAS IN MY OFFICE.

Gonna guess you uttered your signature when you realized that.

rass wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 6:59 pm

Along the same lines as this story, but here's a video about the technology improvements with bowling balls.

The good news, our expected 8-12 inches of snow was mostly rain. Bad news, it flooded my back room, after my contractor dug down and resealed the entire foundation, trenched the backyard into an outdoor sump pump well. This never fucking ends. I’m only renting from now on. If only there was a lawye...

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:59 am Haven't seen snow like this in many, many years.

10 inches with 6 more on the way.

Any of you guys have a snow blower I could borrow?

After I use mine, sure. Need to clear off the 10-12 inches we got last night and this morning. But you have to pick it up.

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 2:04 pm WHAT YOUR FAVORITE SAD DAD BAND SAYS ABOUT YOU

I have a bloody nose now because some of these are, well, on the nose.

Quite the blow for Canada. Alphonso Davies to miss weeks of training due to heart inflammation.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus- ... 58d7e924e0

Tonight, I’ve had a banana daiquiri, a pour of El Dorado 8-year, a pour of Pinhook Bohemian, and two bourbon and ginger beers (with Few Bottled in Bond bourbon).

I am … not sober.

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:25 pm He cried, it was awkward, I did great on my first firing.

Did he admit he was slacking off?

Have they mentioned how Ben was once suspended for 1/4 of a season for multiple credible accusations of sexual assault? Ha ha. I’m sure they’ll get to it as soon as their fellating of him reaches a climax. Well, yet another mini-montage ends with him throwing a putrid pick. 33 passes for 90 yards? ...

I'll search through here later, but if anyone has any tips for Kauai and the big island, let me know. 11 of us heading there for my parents' anniversary. I'm not much help for Kauai, but I can help with Hawai'i. Where are you staying? Not sure yet, and would definitely take recommendations. I did j...

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:24 pm I'll search through here later, but if anyone has any tips for Kauai and the big island, let me know. 11 of us heading there for my parents' anniversary.

I'm not much help for Kauai, but I can help with Hawai'i. Where are you staying?

tennbengal wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 7:23 pmNever mind.

Convenient time for the refs to miss an obvious defensive hold.

Merry Christmas, everyone. Go out there and live it up.

I’m fucking working on it.

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:12 pm Ht:louthegiantrat
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_coconut?s=09

Can't believe Superfly Snuka didn't get a mention in that article.

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:09 am The poor fucking Browns.

It’s the hope that kills you.

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A commentator on The Athletic wrote:When does Barstool hire him?

Bengals just got screwed on a fumble recovery with less than a minute remaining. I don’t give a fuck what Gene Steratore says.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:33 pm
elflaco2 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:53 pm no love for central jersey?
We're not talking about fictional places.

Why do you hate the pine barrens

It would have seriously fucked her over, but I'm almost regretting not just telling her right before I leave to go back to Vegas in January because these are not fun times around La Casa Seymour these days, you guys. I mean I wasn't expecting a parade or anything, but...well, anyway don't feel sorr...

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