The Random Rankings Thread

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:06 pm

Actresses Who Played the Love Interest in 80's Baseball Movies, ranked

1. Rene Russo
2. Kim Basinger
3. Virginia Madsen
4. Susan Sarandon

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:17 pm

Swampers Who Are Qualified to Rank Actresses Who Played the Love Interest in 80's Baseball Movies, ranked
1. Anyone but Jerloma
2. Jerloma

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:18 pm

Personally -- and this is probably just me -- I'd swap Virginia Madsen and Kim Basinger there, but otherwise that's right on the money.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:23 pm

Frank Sinatra's 10 Long-Term Romantic Interests (According to Wikipedia) Ranked

1. Lana Turner
2. Angie Dickinson
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Ava Garner
5. Lauren Bacall
6. Barbara Marx
7. Juliet Prowse
8. Barbara Sinatra
9. Judy Garland
10. Mia Farrow

That top 5 is beyond belief. The bottom two make no sense. His penis must have been very disappointed.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:24 pm

Jerloma wrote:Actresses Who Played the Love Interest in 80's Baseball Movies, ranked

1. Rene Russo
2. Kim Basinger
3. Virginia Madsen
4. Susan Sarandon

No Amy Madigan (some people like spunky), Rachel Hall/Glenn Close (that is like Mary Ann/Ginger in the Natural), Stacy Carroll (true may not have been a love interest), and you have to put Lonette McKee in some place or it just is way to caucasianly biased.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:31 pm

Pruitt wrote:Frank Sinatra's 10 Long-Term Romantic Interests (According to Wikipedia) Ranked

1. Lana Turner
2. Angie Dickinson
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Ava Garner
5. Lauren Bacall
6. Barbara Marx
7. Juliet Prowse
8. Barbara Sinatra
9. Judy Garland
10. Mia Farrow

That top 5 is beyond belief. The bottom two make no sense. His penis must have been very disappointed.

If Sinatra didn't nail Rita Hayworth, I don't know what to believe anymore.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:43 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Actresses Who Played the Love Interest in 80's Baseball Movies, ranked

1. Rene Russo
2. Kim Basinger
3. Virginia Madsen
4. Susan Sarandon

No Amy Madigan (some people like spunky), Rachel Hall/Glenn Close (that is like Mary Ann/Ginger in the Natural), Stacy Carroll (true may not have been a love interest), and you have to put Lonette McKee in some place or it just is way to caucasianly biased.

Jeez, I'm blanking on Virginia Madsen. What 1980s baseball movie was she in?

I was always a fan of the woman who played the wife in The Rookie (I think that's the name - Dennis Quaid). But that wasn't in the 80s.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:51 pm

Holy crap, Mr Baseball was a 90s movie?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:02 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:Jeez, I'm blanking on Virginia Madsen. What 1980s baseball movie was she in?

Madsen I think was in some made-for-HBO movie where William Petersen was a player.

Steve of phpBB wrote:I was always a fan of the woman who played the wife in The Rookie (I think that's the name - Dennis Quaid). But that wasn't in the 80s.

Rachel Griffiths. But that was like 2004 I think.

Avram · Post by **Avram** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:17 pm

I think the list of Hollywood actresses Warren Beatty banged would break the server. I think the only women he didn't sleep with were either too old, didn't wan't a guy or was his sister (Shirley McClaine)

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:28 pm

Swamp things that annoy Jerloma:
?. People mentioning actresses in non-80's baseball movies in this thread
?. People mentioning actresses other than Hayworth or Garnder in the Hayworth vs. Gardner thread

And BTW, after some googling I found an 80's baseball movie that Rebecca De Mornay starred in which might force an adjustment to your rankings.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:57 pm

rass wrote:Swamp things that annoy Jerloma:
?. People mentioning actresses in non-80's baseball movies in this thread
?. People mentioning actresses other than Hayworth or Garnder in the Hayworth vs. Gardner thread

In my defense, I'm not alone.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:03 pm

Jerloma wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Frank Sinatra's 10 Long-Term Romantic Interests (According to Wikipedia) Ranked

1. Lana Turner
2. Angie Dickinson
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Ava Garner
5. Lauren Bacall
6. Barbara Marx
7. Juliet Prowse
8. Barbara Sinatra
9. Judy Garland
10. Mia Farrow

That top 5 is beyond belief. The bottom two make no sense. His penis must have been very disappointed.

If Sinatra didn't nail Rita Hayworth, I don't know what to believe anymore.

That list is all kinds of fucked up. My ranking:
1. Marilyn Monroe
2. Lana Turner
3. Juliet Prowse
4. Ava Gardner
5. Lauren Bacall
6-10. also rans

And if Rita Hayworth didn't bang Sinatra, she did marry both Orson Welles and Prince Aly Khan and supposedly dated shitloads of big shots of her era.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:35 pm

a) Only went with wikipedia's list.

b) Also ran?

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:11 pm

Jerloma wrote:Actresses Who Played the Love Interest in 80's Baseball Movies, ranked

1. Rene Russo
2. Kim Basinger
3. Virginia Madsen
4. Susan Sarandon

it was a kind of love. Plus, Barbara Hershey was also in Hoosiers

oh, and Tatum O'Neal, The Bad News Bears was almost the 80s, and she wasn't of age until the 80s.

and thank you SCK for bumping Juliet Prowse up the Sinatra list.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:17 am

Train Stations I Have Been To, Ranked:

1. Quebec City
2. Nuremberg
3. Denver (Union Station)
4. Vienna
5. Ottawa
6. Edinburgh
7. Salzburg, Austria
8. Boston (North Station)
9. Boston (South Station)
10. Toronto
11. New London, CT
12. Holyhead, Wales
13. Montreal
14. Aberystwyth, Wales
15. Shrewsbury, England

Note: Everything below here is in "dystopian sci-fi movie" territory:

16. Glasgow
17. Prague
18. Budapest
19. Boston (Back Bay)
20. The subterranean factory in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome where they processed pig shit to power the town
21. New York (Penn Station)

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:23 am

1. Anxiety
2. Depression

Dear god depression blows, but full blown anxiety that won't relent? That's something else, man.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:24 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Train Stations I Have Been To, Ranked:

1. Quebec City
2. Nuremberg
3. Denver (Union Station)
4. Vienna
5. Ottawa
6. Edinburgh
7. Salzburg, Austria
8. Boston (North Station)
9. Boston (South Station)
10. Toronto
11. New London, CT
12. Holyhead, Wales
13. Montreal
14. Aberystwyth, Wales
15. Shrewsbury, England

Note: Everything below here is in "dystopian sci-fi movie" territory:

16. Glasgow
17. Prague
18. Budapest
19. Boston (Back Bay)
20. The subterranean factory in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome where they processed pig shit to power the town
21. New York (Penn Station)

Nice list. DC, if you get here at some point, will make the top part of your list - Union Station is pretty awesome.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:25 am

I can vouch for your rankings of 6, 8, 9, 17, 18, and 19. 18 especially. That place is like a third world country.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:25 am

And 21. Penn Station is a cesspool.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:27 am

Penn Station is extra depressing when you look at the pics of what it was before it was torn down and turned into the mess it is today.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:33 am

govmentchedda wrote:I can vouch for your rankings of 6, 8, 9, 17, 18, and 19. 18 especially. That place is like a third world country.

Been to Budapest a number of times. It's a fascinating crossroads of East and West. The better parts are on the level of a Western European city, while others are still relics of the Communist era (or earlier). That train station is like something out of a gothic horror novel. Being in a country where everyone literally talks like a vampire doesn't help.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:56 am

1) Monterrosso in Liguria is a tiny two platform station perched on the side o fa hill with the main drag of a ridiculously gorgeous town and the Mediterranean on the other side.

And the big stations in Japan are otherworldly. The one in Kyoto in particular is a modern architectural marvel.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:59 am

tennbengal wrote:1. Anxiety
2. Depression

Dear god depression blows, but full blown anxiety that won't relent? That's something else, man.

I have had a single anxiety attack in my life (a year ago). It completely changed how I view things like depression and anxiety disorders. It was quite simply the most horrifying experience of my life. My daughter's anxiety issues are usually manifest in OCD, and while I was as understanding and as helpful as a good parent should be, I couldn't really relate to her. After that horrible night, I understand her a lot better.

Post by **brian** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 10:01 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Train Stations I Have Been To, Ranked:
Note: Everything below here is in "dystopian sci-fi movie" territory:

16. Glasgow
17. Prague
18. Budapest
19. Boston (Back Bay)
20. The subterranean factory in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome where they processed pig shit to power the town
21. New York (Penn Station)

I didn't think Keleti (Budapest) and Hlavni Nadrazi (Prague) were that bad. I mean it's Eastern Europe. There's not a lot of amenities, but what's the big deal about there not being a Starbucks? (Not saying that was your complaint, just saying I guess I didn't think they were that bad.) I had a week's worth of laundry done at the train station in Prague for like $4.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 10:52 am

Never been to Grand Central?

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 10:58 am

Where would a train station that looks like a broken down picnic shelter with a couple small stone buildings with boarded up windows and a pay phone rank? I ask because, even though I have not been to the train station in Sandusky, Ohio in over 20 years, I doubt they have sunk a cent into it in that time.

Checks google maps...

Holy shit, lots of money sunk in. New buildings with windows!

Like they're trying to live up to their code (SKY).

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:10 am

mister d wrote:Never been to Grand Central?

I was also expecting a London Train station in the mix.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:18 am

mister d wrote:Never been to Grand Central?

No. Where would you put it relative to the others?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:48 am

Its like a cooler, much more historic version of Boston South Station (which I'd have at the top of the Boston list). But I also find transit stuff in general doesn't annoy me nearly as much as most normal people. Like Penn Station isn't fun, but I don't have the hatred for it that most people do unless I have to shit or something. 30th St. in Philadelphia bothers me more because (as of a decade ago) there was just so much less to eat/drink there.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:58 am

So I guess of the ones I've frequented (5+ lifetime rides) ...

1. Grand Central
2. Boston South Station
3. 30th St. Philadelphia (reconsidering a bit, the lack of crowds might outweigh the annoying location and lack of options)
4. Penn Station (certainly gross, but its kinda cool to think the Rangers play on the 5th floor and you can get Singlecut there sometimes)
5. Boston North Station (truly hate this one)
6. Wilmington, DE ... "train?" station
7. Poughkeepsie Station
8. Metropark (Iselin, NJ)
Hell. Trenton Transit Station

I can't ever recall being in Back Bay station aside from the subway and I'm assuming this is a "real trains" list so its off for now.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:08 pm

mister d wrote:Its like a cooler, much more historic version of Boston South Station (which I'd have at the top of the Boston list). But I also find transit stuff in general doesn't annoy me nearly as much as most normal people. Like Penn Station isn't fun, but I don't have the hatred for it that most people do unless I have to shit or something. 30th St. in Philadelphia bothers me more because (as of a decade ago) there was just so much less to eat/drink there.

The meatball slice from the pizza place in Penn Station is a nice treat when waiting for a train on a terrible day trip to New York.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:13 pm

Sbarro's.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:22 pm

mister d wrote:Sbarro's.

No that is your option in DC Union Station.....In NY it is Don Pepi Pizza

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:23 pm

I know this is weird since I'm relatively less horrified by Penn than normal people, but I can't eat there. That's my line. And go to Haymaker a few blocks down next time if you have more time than just grabbing a slice.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 2:35 pm

The station in York in England is - if memory serves - really nice. Edinburgh Waverly as well.

\Toronto's Union station is beautiful in the main concourse, but the bulk of the station - which is a subway hub, which adjoins the air canada Centre, which is also the central Toronto stop for commuter trains as well as train service to Montreal and Ottawa - has been in the process of being upgraded for at least 5 years now. It is a giant maze of hoardings and detours which are enough to kill someone with claustrophobia.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:20 pm

Pruitt wrote:1) Monterrosso in Liguria is a tiny two platform station perched on the side o fa hill with the main drag of a ridiculously gorgeous town and the Mediterranean on the other side.

And the big stations in Japan are otherworldly. The one in Kyoto in particular is a modern architectural marvel.

Every station in the entirety of Cinque Terre is amazing.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:24 pm

Can't remember the exact names of the two in London but one was nice and the other was meh. Seems like the meh one is the one you take into town from Gatwick Airport. The nice one is Kings Cross I believe.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 1:55 pm

just seeing this - TB i truly feel for you having been experienced in/with both, yay. and i agree - i was often able to sleep away #2...

tennbengal wrote:1. Anxiety
2. Depression

Dear god depression blows, but full blown anxiety that won't relent? That's something else, man.

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 2:05 pm

MaxWebster wrote:just seeing this - TB i truly feel for you having been experienced in/with both, yay. and i agree - i was often able to sleep away #2...

tennbengal wrote:1. Anxiety
2. Depression

Dear god depression blows, but full blown anxiety that won't relent? That's something else, man.

i disagree. depression leads to suicide. anxiwty sucks but you live through it