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BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:34 am

DC47 wrote:
howard wrote:Of all the threads on the first page of the swamp, there's one bourbon. One scotch. And one beer.
Well, what do you want down there?

So watchu need?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:06 pm

howard wrote:Of all the threads on the first page of the swamp, there's one bourbon. One scotch. And one beer.

That is my typical indecisive Saturday night. Though it is usually one beer, one scotch, then one bourbon.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 8:05 pm

Uh, why is gas so cheap in America right now? That can't be good, right?

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:14 pm

Johnnie wrote:Uh, why is gas so cheap in America right now? That can't be good, right?

It's also why Russia's economy is tanking.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:31 pm

Spoke to a oil industry analyst who notes that Saudi Arabia no longer wants its traditional opec role of being the country to cut production to prop up prices. "Let somebody else cut their own revenue for the greater good this time", they say. Plus they figure if prices get low enough with good supply, the U.S. companies will back off its own production capacity and hurt its own energy/fracking programs (as occurred in the 1980s with oil shale.). So the Saudis are willing to play a game of chicken.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:32 pm

Johnnie wrote:Uh, why is gas so cheap in America right now? That can't be good, right?

The Saudis dumped a ton of oil on the market in an effort to fuck the Russians, Americans and Canadians. The idea is to drive the prices so low that it isn't economically feasible to sell tar sand and shale oil. Price out the competition so they can jack up the prices when Russia, the US and Canada shut down production.

So no, it can't be good.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:36 pm

The Sybian wrote:
Johnnie wrote:Uh, why is gas so cheap in America right now? That can't be good, right?
The Saudis dumped a ton of oil on the market in an effort to fuck the Russians, Americans and Canadians. The idea is to drive the prices so low that it isn't economically feasible to sell tar sand and shale oil. Price out the competition so they can jack up the prices when Russia, the US and Canada shut down production.

So no, it can't be good.

I'll forward this post to my step-father, who sent an email that gas is $2.05 a gallon where he lives earlier today, followed by the phrase, "Merry Christmas to me."

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 8:25 am

Ah. The Rockefeller strategy. Gotcha.

We're so fucked.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:29 pm

soooooo bored

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:57 pm

rass wrote:soooooo bored

Start cooking. I saw that list of stuff you're making.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:23 pm

Done.

My half Italian in-laws must have inherited their tiny stomachs from their poor, famine surviving Irish halves.

Who wants some reheated seafood tomorrow?

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:15 pm

why didn't this chick get more roles in the mid-90's? (random on many levels, i know.)

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:07 pm

I actually had that exact same thought recently and the best answer I could come up with was, "looked too much like Alyssa Milano."

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:07 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:I actually had that exact same thought recently and the best answer I could come up with was, "looked too much like Alyssa Milano."

i have trouble entertaining the notion that the nation could suffer from too much alyssa milano in 1994.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:32 am

cerrano wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:I actually had that exact same thought recently and the best answer I could come up with was, "looked too much like Alyssa Milano."
i have trouble entertaining the notion that the nation could suffer from too much alyssa milano in 1994.

Or ever, really. I just found out that Ariel from the Little Mermaid was modeled after Alyssa Milano. I didn't believe it, until I saw a side-by-side profile shot.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:39 am

Dyson (the vacuum guy) owns more land than the Queen of England.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:44 am

I call bullshit on the Dyson thing, unless he's a Russian Czar. The Queen has figurative ownership over Canada.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:18 pm

Unsolicited advice: Do NOT sneeze while bent over at a 90 degree angle.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:17 pm

When i see Wlu's new avatar, I like to think he harvests the eggs from local nests.

I will revise my thinking if informed that his neighborhood is overrun with chickens.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:15 pm

Was just at the hospital donating blood, and the TV was stuck on Sex and the City. Whatever year that was Sarah Jessica Parker was not unattractive. Gosh darn cute in some of the scenes.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:25 pm

Charlotte 4ever, man.

(Missus D has started her maternity leave so it was on in the other room. I don't like listening to that show.)

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:31 pm

mister d wrote:Charlotte 4ever, man.

(Missus D has started her maternity leave so it was on in the other room. I don't like listening to that show.)

Yeah. Watching that with some of the nurses was as uncomfortable as watching something like that with my mom.

Hot waiter - You'll start out with an amuse-bouche.
<I can guess the joke and wince>
Kim Cattrall - I'd like him to amuse my bush.

And everyone thinks Kristin Davis is adorable. SJP is slagged on pretty well, even on this board, and I was surprised by how cute she was.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:38 pm

rass wrote:
mister d wrote:And everyone thinks Kristin Davis is adorable.

Yeah, come on. "Well I happen to think Kelly Taylor was the most attractive!"

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:39 pm

L-Jam3 wrote:I call bullshit on the Dyson thing, unless he's a Russian Czar. The Queen has figurative ownership over Canada.

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mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:42 pm

Ryan wrote:Yeah, come on. "Well I happen to think Kelly Taylor was the most attractive!"

"I used to like Bridget Moynahan the best but then her and Tom Brady broke up so now I don't like her the best anymore because I realized I was wrong before when I liked her."

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:17 pm

Today was a first. A former student of mine died in a car crash. She was just 22. I worked with the family for about three years -- big troublemaker but friendly about it. This year can't end soon enough.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:20 pm

Damn. Sorry.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:23 pm

Yeah, that's rough. Sorry to hear. Condolences

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:42 pm

It's just a fucked up feeling. I work with some kids every day for up to 6 years, actually there was one I worked with for nine years and I see their parents almost every day, and then when they're done with the program (or when I switched jobs) I usually never see them again. Occasionally I'll run into someone at a restaurant and I had a good streak of seeing families as I walked into or out of a liquor store (followed by the joke, "so this is how you do it.") I'm not friends with these people, well maybe I am, it's blurry with my profession. You want families to be comfortable with you and you genuinely like most of the families you work with, but you're still trying to be a professional, charging lots of money, trying to help kids develop, trying to bring respect to the out of school world. But much of the job is just kids who want positive attention; I give it to them and there's a genuine bond, and then I never see them again unless it's by accident or I hear shitty news. Christ, this paragraph is begging for a Mr. D edit.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:16 pm

Yikes. Sorry man.

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:27 pm

sorry, ed.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:33 pm

EdRomero wrote:It's just a fucked up feeling. I work with some kids every day for up to 6 years, actually there was one I worked with for nine years and I see their parents almost every day, and then when they're done with the program (or when I switched jobs) I usually never see them again. Occasionally I'll run into someone at a restaurant and I had a good streak of seeing families as I walked into or out of a liquor store (followed by the joke, "so this is how you do it.") I'm not friends with these people, well maybe I am, it's blurry with my profession. You want families to be comfortable with you and you genuinely like most of the families you work with, but you're still trying to be a professional, charging lots of money, trying to help kids develop, trying to bring respect to the out of school world. But much of the job is just kids who want positive attention; I give it to them and there's a genuine bond, and then I never see them again unless it's by accident or I hear shitty news. Christ, this paragraph is begging for a...edit.

Post by **brian** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 10:50 pm

I'll heartily agree this year sucked. Here's to a great 2015 for us all.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 10:59 pm

rass wrote:Was just at the hospital donating blood, and the TV was stuck on Sex and the City. Whatever year that was Sarah Jessica Parker was not unattractive. Gosh darn cute in some of the scenes.

I must have missed that year. Or you were loopy from a loss of blood.

Congrats, Mr. D! I thought you may have alluded to an impending child, but wasn't positive.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:27 pm

Sorry to hear your news. Glad people like you are still fighting the good fight. I'll bet you've greatly improved the lives of a lot of people. Not many of us can say that. I wonder if there's a better thing to accomplish professionally?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:53 am

brian wrote:I'll heartily agree this year sucked. Here's to a great 2015 for us all.

You know that Facebook "year in review" thing? Well mine popped up on my feed with the caption "It's been a great year! Thanks for being part of it." Underneath the caption was a picture of me and my buddy, Dan...who died tragically and suddenly from a ruptured aneurysm in April. Not that I would ever share those things anyway but needless to say, that was a no-brainer.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:05 pm

Jerloma wrote:
brian wrote:I'll heartily agree this year sucked. Here's to a great 2015 for us all.
You know that Facebook "year in review" thing? Well mine popped up on my feed with the caption "It's been a great year! Thanks for being part of it." Underneath the caption was a picture of me and my buddy, Dan...who died tragically and suddenly from a ruptured aneurysm in April. Not that I would ever share those things anyway but needless to say, that was a no-brainer.

yeah, facebook is getting in tremendous shit for that. Not very well thought out.

Ed: That's so shitty. Sorry to hear about that. Much respect for the work you do.

for me I thought this year was decent. It went really fast and I was really busy at work and accomplished a lot. 2013 for me seemed to drag on and on so in comparison it was better.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:21 pm

My 2014 was full of some really incredibly stressful events that all turned out positively, so ultimately, a good year, albeit it one that took more than one year off my life.

2015 starts with the realization that do to a couple of serious setbacks, my father as I knew him no longer exists. A sad, inevitable stage, and one that we all must go through.

But knowing him, he'll hang in there until his beloved Bills let him down once more in the playoffs.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:22 pm

2014 for me sucked. Huge suck. Despite my team winning the world series, and my being able to attend. Takes a lot of suck to counter that; 2014 managed that feat with ease. Good riddance, glad to have the year in the rear view.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:31 pm

I'm going to go eat an ice cream sandwich and then beg my wife for sex.

Fuck you all, and good night.