The Dusty Thread

Okay . . . let's try this again.

Moderators: Shirley, Sabo, brian, rass, DaveInSeattle

User avatar
DSafetyGuy
The Dude
Posts: 8728
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:29 pm
Location: Behind the high school

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by DSafetyGuy »

Uncle Dirk.

I'm sure there are hundreds of these stories, especially this time of year, but I wanted to throw this one up.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
User avatar
Pruitt
The Dude
Posts: 18105
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:02 am
Location: North Shore of Lake Ontario

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Pruitt »

God damn that's nice. I need kleenex.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
User avatar
Shirley
The Dude
Posts: 7516
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:32 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Shirley »

Wow
Totally Kafkaesque
User avatar
mister d
The Dude
Posts: 29045
Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:15 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by mister d »

elflaco wrote:went to a viewing last night...
This one is still bothering the hell out of me 24 hours later.
Johnnie wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
User avatar
Giff
The Dude
Posts: 10794
Joined: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:26 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Giff »

mister d wrote:
elflaco wrote:went to a viewing last night...
This one is still bothering the hell out of me 24 hours later.
Yeah...the picture on FB made me weep all over again for them.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
elflaco
Brandt
Posts: 485
Joined: Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:46 am
Location: Exit 10

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by elflaco »

yeah... decision was made last night to post the fundraiser link all over last night -- they are leaving for ireland (where he's from) to be with family for a bit.
not like they have some grand life style, or some such big careers, so they need all the help they can get. i believe some of the boys will be closing up their place and all. no clue on long term plans or if they'll come back... important thing is they be surrounded by family (there) and friends here to help them eventually get on.
User avatar
bfj
Walter Sobchak
Posts: 3960
Joined: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:08 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by bfj »

BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
User avatar
mister d
The Dude
Posts: 29045
Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:15 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by mister d »

I think that's really nice. Any other outcome would have been worse.
Johnnie wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
User avatar
bfj
Walter Sobchak
Posts: 3960
Joined: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:08 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by bfj »

mister d wrote:I think that's really nice. Any other outcome would have been worse.

Agreed, sad and sweet.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
User avatar
mister d
The Dude
Posts: 29045
Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:15 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by mister d »

And expensive. You know colorful caskets can't be cheap.
Johnnie wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
Mulligan
Jackie Treehorn
Posts: 63
Joined: Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:40 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Mulligan »

https://gma.yahoo.com/tearful-video-sho ... nting.html

Having adopted my child, this got to me.

No, I don't remember how to post links...
User avatar
mister d
The Dude
Posts: 29045
Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:15 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by mister d »

There should be legislation forbidding 5-6 year olds from singing "We're Going to be Friends" at kindergarten graduation.
Johnnie wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
User avatar
A_B
The Dude
Posts: 23319
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:36 am
Location: Getting them boards like a wolf in the chicken pen.

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by A_B »

You know what you need? A lyrical sucker punch to the face.
User avatar
Ryan
The Dude
Posts: 10438
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:01 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Ryan »

mister d wrote:There should be legislation forbidding 5-6 year olds from singing "We're Going to be Friends" at kindergarten graduation.
One Small Voice here. Just the worstbest.
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
User avatar
mister d
The Dude
Posts: 29045
Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:15 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by mister d »

I don't know that one and I don't want to listen. They also did that "One Call Away" song which is complete garbage except she likes it and she looked over at her little sister and smiled during it too.
Johnnie wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
howard
Karl Hungus
Posts: 9467
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:00 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by howard »

about 26 rows directly above Larry Baer (yellow tie, white shirt in background) is my location when that photo was snapped. And I didn't need this news story to feel old, as I saw Dusty play high school hoops. When the children of guys I saw/knew/played against in my youth start retiring, and managing, I'll feel another level of old I suppose (Will Venable, I'm looking at you.)
Who knows? Maybe, you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom.

Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago
Oh yeah…
User avatar
Shirley
The Dude
Posts: 7516
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:32 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Shirley »

Mulligan wrote:https://gma.yahoo.com/tearful-video-sho ... nting.html

Having adopted my child, this got to me.

No, I don't remember how to post links...
I missed this the first time. I couldn't even click the video. The story was enough.


BTW, as we've been going to the vet a lot for my dog going through chemo ... man, I've seen some things I can barely think about, much less type up. I don't know how folks who work in those places don't become raging alcoholics. Maybe they do.
Totally Kafkaesque
User avatar
Pruitt
The Dude
Posts: 18105
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:02 am
Location: North Shore of Lake Ontario

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Pruitt »

Shirley wrote:
Mulligan wrote:https://gma.yahoo.com/tearful-video-sho ... nting.html

Having adopted my child, this got to me.

No, I don't remember how to post links...
I missed this the first time. I couldn't even click the video. The story was enough.


BTW, as we've been going to the vet a lot for my dog going through chemo ... man, I've seen some things I can barely think about, much less type up. I don't know how folks who work in those places don't become raging alcoholics. Maybe they do.
No kidding. They are dealing with so many heartbroken people...

I firmly believe that there is a special place in heaven for the people who work and volunteer (!) in the palliative wards at hospitals. Sadly, it's a place that we will all visit at some point with the heaviest of hearts. Just imagine getting up every morning to spend a full working day there. Those nurses are saints.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
User avatar
rass
The Dude
Posts: 20209
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:41 am
Location: N effin' J

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by rass »

I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
User avatar
Pruitt
The Dude
Posts: 18105
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:02 am
Location: North Shore of Lake Ontario

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Pruitt »

Oh Jesus. That's not allergies.

Humans can do good things.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
User avatar
bfj
Walter Sobchak
Posts: 3960
Joined: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:08 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by bfj »

Ryan wrote:
mister d wrote:There should be legislation forbidding 5-6 year olds from singing "We're Going to be Friends" at kindergarten graduation.
One Small Voice here. Just the worstbest.
I'll call those two and raise you a class of special needs kids, some impacted by autism pretty heavily singing and dancing to:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wkzRHxd_4ZE

This was at a school where I was presenting, not my son's class. There was one little boy who sat there with his fingers in his ears swaying to the music, but not singing. A minute or so into the song I see him start singing, but he isn't singing what everyone else is singing. I move over to hear what he's singing and I realize he is doing the background vocals, perfectly, in a beautiful voice. He kept going for about a minute and then went back to swaying quietly. Music reaches kids, even when they seem completely tuned out. My son gets music therapy weekly and absolutely loves it. He writes songs and performs them with the therapist and sends them to us via text on Mondays during the school year.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
User avatar
rass
The Dude
Posts: 20209
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:41 am
Location: N effin' J

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by rass »

The Death of a Teenage Quarterback

(North Jersey HS, my nieces went/go there)
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
User avatar
Giff
The Dude
Posts: 10794
Joined: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:26 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Giff »

That's tough.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
User avatar
mister d
The Dude
Posts: 29045
Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:15 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by mister d »

Yeah, I was familiar with that story but that was brutal. I think I almost appreciate how brutal, like it didn't take the standard "he's in a better place", things-are-looking-up approach that just seems impossible every time I read it.
Johnnie wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
User avatar
Pruitt
The Dude
Posts: 18105
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:02 am
Location: North Shore of Lake Ontario

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Pruitt »

Oh man.

I am very sorry I read that.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
User avatar
Shirley
The Dude
Posts: 7516
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:32 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Shirley »

Yeah, I'm a mess now.
Totally Kafkaesque
User avatar
govmentchedda
The Dude
Posts: 12672
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:36 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by govmentchedda »

Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
User avatar
Pruitt
The Dude
Posts: 18105
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:02 am
Location: North Shore of Lake Ontario

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Pruitt »

Cop Finds 8 Month Pregnant Woman Shooting Heroin - Adopts the Baby

A small step towards restoring my faith in human beings.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
User avatar
bfj
Walter Sobchak
Posts: 3960
Joined: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:08 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by bfj »

BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
User avatar
A_B
The Dude
Posts: 23319
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:36 am
Location: Getting them boards like a wolf in the chicken pen.

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by A_B »

You know what you need? A lyrical sucker punch to the face.
User avatar
Ryan
The Dude
Posts: 10438
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:01 am

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Ryan »

Yeah, double-crying on this one because I'll also never run that fast
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
User avatar
Pruitt
The Dude
Posts: 18105
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:02 am
Location: North Shore of Lake Ontario

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Pruitt »

Medical staff stopped what they were doing to line the walls of a hospital in Idaho, joining family and friends in a powerful show of respect for an organ donor.

Video of the moment shows dozens of people paying silent tribute to the 53-year-old man in what is called the "Walk of Respect" as he was moved from the ICU to the operating room, where he was then taken off life support and died.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
User avatar
rass
The Dude
Posts: 20209
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:41 am
Location: N effin' J

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by rass »

I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
User avatar
brian
The Dude
Posts: 27740
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:52 am
Location: Downtown Las Vegas

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by brian »

That’s a great story. Barkley is one of those frequent visitors to Las Vegas that I’ve heard only good things about in terms of how they treat people. You might (or might not) be surprised to learn casino workers in Las Vegas often get treated worse than workers doing similar jobs in other cities. I guess many people (not just celebrities) figure they can do whatever they want here and treat the locals like dogshit.

(The other guy who is universally loved by every casino employee I’ve ever met is — also maybe somewhat surprisingly — Ben Affleck. You will not find a single employee at my wife’s casino with a bad thing to say about him.)
Bandwagon fan of the 2023 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Joe K
Walter Sobchak
Posts: 4754
Joined: Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:37 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Joe K »

A former work colleague of mine got to hang out at a hotel bar in Boston with Barkley and the other TNT guys (plus Bill Russell!) after a Celtics game about 5 years ago. He said that Barkley was very friendly to everyone and very much acted like a regular guy.
TT2.0
The Big Lebowski
Posts: 1339
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:06 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by TT2.0 »

i put this on fb, and its a long story so im just gonna cut and paste, but i cried real tears yesterday

I'm not the best at expressing feelings, but let me tell you guys a story. This is gonna take a minute, so indulge me. Im 33. For the past 32 Christmases, every year my godfather would pick me up and we would go look at christmas lights...to the point that he flew out to florida when i lived there just to do it. it was tradition, and it really fucking mattered to me. He passed away last christmas eve, and I had mentioned this tradition to ashley last year in passing. i never said a fucking word about it after he died. i did realize our tradition died with him and this year was gonna be really fucking hard. So Ashley Anderson, my fiance', the woman who will one day be my wife went out and got us tickets to the light festival. Just to keep a stupid tradition alive for me. Just to make a very brutal time of year for me better and easier. How do you thank someone for having that much heart? THIS is why i'm marrying her. Every single day its a million little things like this.
Gunpowder wrote:you transcend douchedom.
MOTHERFUCKING 2017 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!
User avatar
govmentchedda
The Dude
Posts: 12672
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:36 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by govmentchedda »

So great
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
User avatar
sancarlos
The Dude
Posts: 18060
Joined: Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:46 pm
Location: NorCal via Colorado

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by sancarlos »

Like!
"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
User avatar
brian
The Dude
Posts: 27740
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:52 am
Location: Downtown Las Vegas

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by brian »

Bandwagon fan of the 2023 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
User avatar
Giff
The Dude
Posts: 10794
Joined: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:26 pm

Re: The Dusty Thread

Post by Giff »

It's like a tree sneezed pollen in my face.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
Post Reply