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Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:14 pm

BSF21 wrote:
rass wrote:Dodgers?

Braves?

Orioles are also a candidate.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:40 am

Pruitt wrote:
Shirley wrote:It turns out I can't get an appointment until Thursday. So, I'll just limp until then. On the plus side, it's actually been improving. It's still very tender on my heel, but it only really hurts now when I step on it wrong.

Maybe this should have all gone in the Things That Make You Feel Old thread. Nobody under the age of 35 even knows what a plantar fascia is.

I've had plantar fasciitis on and off for years. Luckily, mostly off now. But fuck it hurts.

I had a fascia sprain/strain or something and the doctor was pretty clear about "you really want this to be a one time thing and not chronic". Brutally painful, like where before I knew what it was I basically stopped walking because I was convinced my foot was broken and I was breaking it worse with every step.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:18 am

Joe K wrote:
BSF21 wrote:
rass wrote:Dodgers?

Braves?

Orioles are also a candidate.

The Tigers may or may not fit, depending on how you view most of the 1990's and 2003's bottoming out as a factor (no winning seasons from 1994-2005). Their last WS win was 1984, had five postseason trips, including two WS losses in 2006-2014 era, including division titles from 2011-2014.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:43 am

I think Dodgers is the right answer here.

Post by **brian** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:49 am

DSafetyGuy wrote:
Joe K wrote:
BSF21 wrote:
rass wrote:Dodgers?

Braves?

Orioles are also a candidate.

The Tigers may or may not fit, depending on how you view most of the 1990's and 2003's bottoming out as a factor (no winning seasons from 1994-2005). Their last WS win was 1984, had five postseason trips, including two WS losses in 2006-2014 era, including division titles from 2011-2014.

Yeah, Tigers are the AL equivalent (with maybe the Orioles a close second), but no one else fits the comp as well as the Dodgers.

Tigers fit the comp too when you consider history (original member of AL with four world titles and 10 AL pennants), iconic/HoF players who played basically their whole career with one team (Cobb, Greenberg, Kaline) and some other intangibles.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:59 pm

Shirley wrote:It turns out I can't get an appointment until Thursday. So, I'll just limp until then. On the plus side, it's actually been improving. It's still very tender on my heel, but it only really hurts now when I step on it wrong.

Maybe this should have all gone in the Things That Make You Feel Old thread. Nobody under the age of 35 even knows what a plantar fascia is.

Plantar fasciitis ended up soccer career. It started around 6th grade for me. In 9th grade, the doctor told me I needed surgery to continue playing, but he left it 50/50 I wouldn't be able to walk again, as he thought the fraying was beyond repair. He saw me considering the option, and told me he wouldn't perform the surgery due to the risk. Now they can take a tendon from a cadaver, so that's a plus! I very rarely heard of anyone else with plantar fasciitis until recently. Have heard a lot of friends having issues recently. Probably a sign of hanging out with increasingly older people.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:55 pm

I just got reading glasses for the first time in my life. Dudes, I cannot even fucking believe how bad my near-sighted vision is. These things are amazing. When I take them off, everything on the screen is tiny and blurry. I had no idea!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:15 pm

Jerloma wrote:I just got reading glasses for the first time in my life. Dudes, I cannot even fucking believe how bad my near-sighted vision is. These things are amazing. When I take them off, everything on the screen is tiny and blurry. I had no idea!

Hate, hate, HATE having to wear them.

Love how everything is now at the proper font size.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:52 pm

Pruitt wrote:
Jerloma wrote:I just got reading glasses for the first time in my life. Dudes, I cannot even fucking believe how bad my near-sighted vision is. These things are amazing. When I take them off, everything on the screen is tiny and blurry. I had no idea!

Hate, hate, HATE having to wear them.

Love how everything is now at the proper font size.

I don't mind them at all. They kind of give me that hip, college professor vibe. Although, anything more than 10 feet away becomes blurry as fuck, so I can't really wear them in public.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:53 pm

Needing reading glasses is a bane of the aged. I have six pairs or so scattered in different rooms in the house, but never a pair close by when I need them. Eventually, they all end up in the bathroom.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:56 pm

Jerloma wrote:
Pruitt wrote:
Jerloma wrote:I just got reading glasses for the first time in my life. Dudes, I cannot even fucking believe how bad my near-sighted vision is. These things are amazing. When I take them off, everything on the screen is tiny and blurry. I had no idea!

Hate, hate, HATE having to wear them.

Love how everything is now at the proper font size.

I don't mind them at all. They kind of give me that hip, college professor vibe. Although, anything more than 10 feet away becomes blurry as fuck, so I can't really wear them in public.

Like a cross between beaker and Bunsen.

Post by **brian** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:39 pm

I mean the name alone was just tempting fate.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/893238627773411328

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:52 pm

brian wrote:I mean the name alone was just tempting fate.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/893238627773411328

Hope everyone gets out.

But fuck Dubai. That is a city that in a just world wouldn't even exist

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:01 pm

Wonder if the NY Post has their "Du-Bye!" headline ready.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:16 pm

In every iteration of the Fanta girls, the purple one has been the hottest.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:46 pm

I just did a quick image search on the googs, and that even holds true on Halloween. Good call Carwash.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:13 pm

sancarlos wrote:Needing reading glasses is a bane of the aged. I have six pairs or so scattered in different rooms in the house, but never a pair close by when I need them. Eventually, they all end up in the bathroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD9Z6bF09cQ

testuser2 · Post by **testuser2** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:36 am

L-Jam3 wrote:I just did a quick image search on the googs, and that even holds true on Halloween. Good call Carwash.

True...

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 1:10 pm

Follow up to my thrilling plantar fascia story - it's not torn! Or at least not torn enough to do anything about. I wasn't able to get an appointment at the ortho until Friday, but it actually improved a lot on its own throughout the week. The doc said I probably just popped a strand or something, which could actually be good (?), as it will boost healing. I don't know. It's sore, especially when I step on it wrong, but it's a hell of a lot better than it was a week ago. I just need to keep stretching it regularly and try not to play soccer or basketball again too soon.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:47 pm

If you see an unthinkably hot women in public, what's the level of creepy on taking a picture of her so you can show your friends?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:49 pm

On a scale from 1 to 10 about nine million.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 2:55 pm

and you guys thought I was creepy.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:16 pm

"No, no guys. Don't worry. I was really discrete about it. There's no way anyone knew what I was doing."

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:17 pm

I'm about to get paid to eat Cheez-Its.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:30 pm

My son had his first day of high school yesterday. He transferred schools, so he's one of the new kids (22 new kids out of 116 total). He tried out for the soccer team a couple of weeks ago and made JV, so those are the relatively few kids he knows so far.

Yesterday, they had their first after-school practice. Late in the practice, a kid on the varsity - a junior - collapsed after a water break. They called 911 and the trainer, who came down and began giving the kid CPR. Apparently when the medics arrived, they had to shock him to get a pulse. He's now in a medically-induced coma for a couple of days.

Fuck. I can't even imagine - for his parents, his coaches, his teammates and classmates. My son was obviously pretty shook as well. He thought there was a good chance the boy was dead.

I really hope he didn't suffer any brain damage and that he can fully recover.

Yesterday was a truly shitty day.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:33 pm

Holy shit, Dave. I hope your kid (and the boy who collapsed) is okay. Any idea what caused it?

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:48 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:Holy shit, Dave. I hope your kid (and the boy who collapsed) is okay. Any idea what caused it?

My son mentioned a heart defect, but I don't know if that's speculation or an actual diagnosis. It certainly sounds like some sort of heart issue. It was hot yesterday, but not terribly so. And they've been practicing for 2+ weeks already.

Still, the whole thing is scary as hell. I think of all the times I've played sports or been to a gym in my life and I've never seen that happen.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:13 pm

Shirley wrote:
Steve of phpBB wrote:Holy shit, Dave. I hope your kid (and the boy who collapsed) is okay. Any idea what caused it?

My son mentioned a heart defect, but I don't know if that's speculation or an actual diagnosis. It certainly sounds like some sort of heart issue. It was hot yesterday, but not terribly so. And they've been practicing for 2+ weeks already.

Still, the whole thing is scary as hell. I think of all the times I've played sports or been to a gym in my life and I've never seen that happen.

Yeah, just last weekend there was a Boy Scout who dropped dead on a backpacking trip in the mountains here. He was 17. My son is 17. They think it was altitude sickness, which scares me because I assumed that since we live at altitude already, we were more or less immune from that kind of thing. (I think it may come back that the kid had been taking drugs or something.)

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:13 pm

Can't imagine seeing something like that. My wife and I saw a guy have an epileptic, or another kind of seizure when we were in the TSA last week that was shocking enough.

Hope everything turns out ok.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:15 pm

As long as the death penalty is legal, can we instate it for people who leave checkout lines to go get something else?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:38 pm

If you get back while your order is still being rung at normal speed, its fair play. If you're even a second late, agree on the death penalty.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:40 pm

Still behind counting out exact change, writing a check, or going through a coupon collection at check-out.

Post by **brian** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:42 pm

P.D.X. wrote:Still behind counting out exact change, writing a check, or going through a coupon collection at check-out.

99 percent of the people who do any of those three things in my experience are women.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:44 pm

mister d wrote:If you get back while your order is still being rung at normal speed, its fair play.

I'd argue that this is still a dick move based on the temporary anxiety inflicted on others. Maybe not execution-worthy, but at least a caning.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:17 pm

Seems like a dumb thing to anxious about. Wait, see if there's a reason to be mad, then get mad.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:28 pm

So while I'm on a roll with things that might annoy only me: I cringe whenever I see/hear someone use "water cooler" as a metaphor for popular topics of conversation.

"What's the Game of Thrones water cooler like today?"
"Shithead TV exec says this is sure to be the next 'water cooler' show."
"How did Trump's latest antics play at the water cooler?"

Maybe it's because I haven't regularly worked in an office in years, but do people still literally do this?

Post by **brian** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:30 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:So while I'm on a roll with things that might annoy only me: I cringe whenever I see/hear someone use "water cooler" as a metaphor for popular topics of conversation.

"What's the Game of Thrones water cooler like today?"
"Shithead TV exec says this is sure to be the next 'water cooler' show."
"How did Trump's latest antics play at the water cooler?"

Maybe it's because I haven't regularly worked in an office in years, but do people still literally do this?

People still will shoot the shit at work about any number of pop culture ephemera, yes. The term "water cooler" is dumb though, agree there.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:50 pm

That term must've been invented somewhere that didn't have a coffee pot.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:53 pm

My gosh, Carwash, you are letting some pretty minor shit get in your way, today!

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:58 pm

sancarlos wrote:My gosh, Carwash, you are letting some pretty minor shit get in your way, today!

You're welcome.