The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:24 am

That's really well written, and I'm in.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:32 am

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 2:41 pm

Dammit.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:32 pm

Someone, maybe multiple people, made the joke 3 or 4 weeks ago that shows like Diners, Drive-in’s and Dives would become like porn under lock down. I think I’ve just about reached that point this weekend.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:33 pm

I love guy fieri.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:37 pm

Yeah I never crossed the he sucks line so never had to walk it back. Seems real, and the handful of restaurants around here that both he and I have been to I really like. Though I’ve walked past his Times Square-ish location numerous times and never gone in.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:41 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:37 pm Yeah I never crossed the he sucks line so never had to walk it back. Seems real, and the handful of restaurants around here that both he and I have been to I really like. Though I’ve walked past his Times Square-ish location numerous times and never gone in.

Oh no his restaurants are probably not great but the shit he does for small businesses is off the charts. He’s a good dude. And has been doing a lot during the pandemic as well.

He is not an elite chef but he uses his platform amazingly well.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:45 pm

Is this excepting or countering the severe homophobic reports?

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:06 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:33 pmI love guy fieri.

If you haven't seen this....its great.

(oh...and Shane Torres yesterday said he's tested positive for the 'Rona)

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:13 pm

I remember a story about a fight with his friend/stylist that someone overheard. Unless there was more than that “severe” sounds overmuch.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:58 am

mister d wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:45 pm Is this excepting or countering the severe homophobic reports?

He also reportedly would do a lot of leering below the neck of female chefs during tapings.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:11 am

I feel like this is an argument we have here every year or so. I'm pro-Fieri. He does a lot of good with his celebrity.

I'm just pissed we missed the Indian place in Santa Fe last January.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:35 pm

Post by **brian** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:37 pm

I’d like someone to make this for Las Vegas with slot machines.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:06 pm

The Finns are onto something...

Getting Tipsy at Home in Your Underwear

The Finns have a tradition of getting drunk at home in their underwear. It’s so commonplace there is a word for it, “kalsarikännit,” as well as two emojis: a man in gray underwear with pint of beer, and a woman in a polka-dot slip with a glass of red wine.

In English, the rough translation is “pantsdrunk.” And if there was ever a time for pantsdrunk to become a trend in America, it’s probably now, when people are self-isolating at home.

“I don’t always drink in my underwear, but when I do, I tell everyone it’s a Finnish tradition,” said Miles Teller, the 33-year old actor, on Twitter on March 19.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:56 pm

Out of gin.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:40 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:56 pmOut of gin.

Thoughts and prayers.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:33 pm

Next door neighbors had a family gathering today, and it just felt really wrong. I'm not quite sure how many people live in their house, there are always a lot of cars in the driveway, and I've seen several adult children that seem to live there. Today there was the owner, and I'd say 4 or five adult couples and 3 or 4 kids. Grilling in the backyard, playing soccer, then skateboarding in the street. My wife was ready to call the cops, and mentioned it to the police office (in a different town) that lives on the other side of our house. He was annoyed, called them idiots, but didn't stop playing basketball in his driveway.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:08 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:56 pmOut of gin.

I don’t have gin but I’m on my way with bourbon.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:20 pm

Finished a bottle of rye yesterday, but luckily, there's more. Almost out of tequila, which could be a problem, as we have been making a bastardized easy version of margaritas lately (two shots tequila, one shot of grand marnier or whatever orange liqueur is handy, and fill rest of glass with lemonade and ice.)

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:31 pm

I have hung with Westworld through the first two sorta rough seasons but damned if season III isn’t pretty damn good.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:37 pm

Started Sunderland til I Die. Really enjoying it.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:46 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:08 pm
rass wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:56 pmOut of gin.
I don’t have gin but I’m on my way with bourbon.

Drove into Brooklyn yesterday because Other Half is no-contact doing curbside, which would be wonderful if it were all the time given how impossible it is to find parking there.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:59 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:37 pm Started Sunderland til I Die. Really enjoying it.

Season 2?!

Time to binge.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:03 pm

Weird times in Montreal.

duff · Post by **duff** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:23 pm

Enjoying my free month of WWE Network. Wrestlemania is very strange watching with no fans.

Post by **Sabo** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:50 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:06 pm The Finns are onto something...

Getting Tipsy at Home in Your Underwear

The Finns have a tradition of getting drunk at home in their underwear. It’s so commonplace there is a word for it, “kalsarikännit,” as well as two emojis: a man in gray underwear with pint of beer, and a woman in a polka-dot slip with a glass of red wine.

In English, the rough translation is “pantsdrunk.” And if there was ever a time for pantsdrunk to become a trend in America, it’s probably now, when people are self-isolating at home.

“I don’t always drink in my underwear, but when I do, I tell everyone it’s a Finnish tradition,” said Miles Teller, the 33-year old actor, on Twitter on March 19.

Little Fish Brewery in Athens, Ohio has a baltic porter called Kalsarikannit, and it is a fantastic brew. Never knew the name's meaning until I read this. Thanks!

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 10:20 am

As I'm sure some of you saw on Fb, my neighbor friends rolled by my yard to celebrate my 50th on Saturday. Was very touched by that. Afterwards, the family across the street, and two other couples got into a couple of wide circles and we had a happy hour. It was great to see everyone, but it also felt right up to the line of responsibility. We had sanitizing wipes out and people were good about stuff, but I couldn't shake a slightly uneasy feeling.

=-=-=-=

Yesterday, out for our evening walk, we're headed down toward the park and we see 10 guys playing basketball. Like, full on setting picks, boxing out, etc etc. We say "hope none of those dudes is from our circle of friends" is out there. Just at that moment, one of the couples from our happy hour comes around the corner, and boom: "Liam, what are you doing!?" Shouts our friend.

Fucking Yikes.

Our college-aged kids have been REALLY good about not hanging with friends. I said to my wife, after the Happy Hour, I love all of them, but I just don't trust their kids to be doing the right thing. To get that validation on our walk was pretty unsettling.

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DC had to take all the rims down last week. At our little park, they had taken down one, left up the other. I guess the thinking was stop full court games. They had locked up the tennis courts. They need to take down the other rim, apparently.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 10:45 am

I'm on a zoom conference... i'm going to kill this girl...

"Yeah. I guess LIKE we definitely LIKE look to try LIKE something LIKE new LIKE every quarter."

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:03 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 10:45 am I'm on a zoom conference... i'm going to kill this girl...

"Yeah. I guess LIKE we definitely LIKE look to try LIKE something LIKE new LIKE every quarter."

Sounds like a drinking game to me...

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:05 pm

The thing about vocal crutches... If you can ignore or block it out, you are golden... But once it gets into your head, I find it almost impossible to hear anything else.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:56 pm

BUT, UM!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:58 pm

"Yeah, no" is another one.

Why do some people start every sentence with "yeah, no" ?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:59 pm

So has anyone taken the plunge yet and tried cutting their own hair (besides those who already shave/buzz it regularly)? Considering it, but not sure how it would turn out.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:03 pm

I'm trying to figure that out. The top I can let grow forever but the sides I either have to commit to the annoyance or try to clean it up.

Post by **brian** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:08 pm

Fortunately I got a haircut right before we went on lockdown (so about four weeks ago), so I'm about a week away from "normally" needing one. I'm just going to let it grow though. Fuck it.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:10 pm

brian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:08 pm Fortunately I got a haircut right before we went on lockdown (so about four weeks ago), so I'm about a week away from "normally" needing one. I'm just going to let it grow though. Fuck it.

This is where I am as well. Pretty sure I'm still on the books for Thursday, but obviously not going. My hair gets very unruly when long, especially in Florida humidity. Back in college, my roommate and I would cut each other's hair. Debating whether to do that again, or see how long I can get it.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:14 pm

I didn't touch the top for 2 years of college and just had a friend shave underneath, which might be the direction I'm heading now. I assume it'll look sort of like Donovan McNabb's dreads or something.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:20 pm

Yeah, that sounds like the boat I'm in. Once my hair gets past a certain length it just looks ratty and there's no way to really make it look good, especially on the sides.

I have a beard trimmer--would that work for a basic clean-up, or would it be a safer bet to spring for a pair of proper hair clippers?

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:22 pm

I had an appointment on 3/13 that I canceled. I pretty much didn't trim the very top of my head from March of last year through the beginning of this year. Kept the sides and back really short. My kids loved it, my wife not so much as the year went on. First time since college my hair had been long enough to really comb it.

Anyway, the main point of all of that is that I knew I had some grey from that experience (and my beard), but the greys on top are nothing compared to what I'm seeing on the sides as it's grown out the last couple of months.