The Swamp

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 2:24 am**

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 3:57 pm I put a free app called Truecaller on my cell phone and it has reduced the number of spam calls I receive.

same but i use an app called should i answer. it flags numbers that are reported as spam in their system on the caller id and nlocks any number automatically that you flag as a telemarketer.

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 5:43 am**

Pretty sure I saw a Delorean on the road this morning. Drove past me just before I turned into the parking lot here at work.

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 1:27 pm**

rass wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 5:43 am Pretty sure I saw a Delorean on the road this morning. Drove past me just before I turned into the parking lot here at work.

Was it being chased by guys shooting guns?

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 1:28 pm**

The Libyans!

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 6:58 am**

Interesting how "wearing a backpack at all times as a tourist" has morphed from a young person thing to an old person thing.

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 7:00 am**

TT2.0 wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 2:24 am
sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 3:57 pm I put a free app called Truecaller on my cell phone and it has reduced the number of spam calls I receive.
same but i use an app called should i answer. it flags numbers that are reported as spam in their system on the caller id and nlocks any number automatically that you flag as a telemarketer.

Project Fi does this for you.

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 7:19 am**

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 6:58 am Interesting how "wearing a backpack at all times as a tourist" has morphed from a young person thing to an old person thing.

Isn't it just the same people?

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 8:01 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 7:19 am
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 6:58 am Interesting how "wearing a backpack at all times as a tourist" has morphed from a young person thing to an old person thing.
Isn't it just the same people?

When I first travelled internationally ~10 years ago, it was a thing for people in their 20s to just walk around with all their shit in a backpack. Now, that's a standard thing for the 55-60+ crowd too. Plaid shirt tucked into Dockers, baseball cap, backpack--that's the official "late middle age person in Europe" uniform. I think they issue it when you board any international flight out of Phoenix.

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 8:24 am**

Well if you're shunned for wearing cargo shorts, how else are you supposed to carry all your charging rods and epi-pens?

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 10:59 am**

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 7:00 am Project Fi does this for you.

Just moved over on Saturday. So far so good!

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 11:16 am**

Mallet finger is fucked up and is bullshit. I'd rather have just broken the damn thing.

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 11:36 am**

An 11 year old girl won the women's division of the Flying Pig Marathon 10k in Cincinnati on Sunday. Further evidence that I am a complete failure at the age of 43.

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 12:52 pm**

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 11:36 am An 11 year old girl won the women's division of the Flying Pig Marathon 10k in Cincinnati on Sunday. Further evidence that I am a complete failure at the age of 43.

Wait. GoodKarma, are you female?

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 1:18 pm**

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 11:16 am Mallet finger is fucked up and is bullshit. I'd rather have just broken the damn thing.

Went for a barehand?

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2018 2:59 pm**

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 12:52 pm
GoodKarma wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 11:36 am An 11 year old girl won the women's division of the Flying Pig Marathon 10k in Cincinnati on Sunday. Further evidence that I am a complete failure at the age of 43.
Wait. GoodKarma, are you female?

No...just a general statement that kids today are talented.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2018 11:56 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:46 pm There's probably a 75 percent chance Lin Manuel Miranda is an EGOT winner by march. I'm assuming he has the best shot at song from the Moana movie. PEGOT if you count the Pulitzer.

And he will have done it in like two years.

I know he's already got the G, but I would bet everything I own that Donald Glover will one day be an EGOT winner.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2018 12:11 pm**

brian wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 11:56 am
A_B wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:46 pm There's probably a 75 percent chance Lin Manuel Miranda is an EGOT winner by march. I'm assuming he has the best shot at song from the Moana movie. PEGOT if you count the Pulitzer.

And he will have done it in like two years.
I know he's already got the G, but I would bet everything I own that Donald Glover will one day be an EGOT winner.

The unaired SNL Cleveland Cavs thing from this weekend was good.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2018 1:20 pm**

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 12:11 pm
brian wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 11:56 am
A_B wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:46 pm There's probably a 75 percent chance Lin Manuel Miranda is an EGOT winner by march. I'm assuming he has the best shot at song from the Moana movie. PEGOT if you count the Pulitzer.

And he will have done it in like two years.
I know he's already got the G, but I would bet everything I own that Donald Glover will one day be an EGOT winner.
The unaired SNL Cleveland Cavs thing from this weekend was good.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2342 ... e-skit-nba

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2018 1:20 pm**

mister d wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 1:18 pm
Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 11:16 am Mallet finger is fucked up and is bullshit. I'd rather have just broken the damn thing.
Went for a barehand?

One event in Douglympics V was penalty kicks and I made a save I wish I hadn't made. We were kicking way too close. So not a literal case of "baseball finger" this time.

Sidenote, my event was the 40 yard dash......FIVE POINT ONE SECONDS. It hurts to see the ravages of age summed up so bluntly.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2018 2:26 pm**

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 1:20 pmSidenote, my event was the 40 yard dash......FIVE POINT ONE SECONDS. It hurts to see the ravages of age summed up so bluntly.

Too much business, not enough horse.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2018 9:16 pm**

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 1:20 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 1:18 pm
Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 11:16 am Mallet finger is fucked up and is bullshit. I'd rather have just broken the damn thing.
Went for a barehand?
One event in Douglympics V was penalty kicks and I made a save I wish I hadn't made. We were kicking way too close. So not a literal case of "baseball finger" this time.

Should have worn your receiver gloves.

Posted: **Wed May 09, 2018 12:28 am**

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 8:01 am
A_B wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 7:19 am
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 6:58 am Interesting how "wearing a backpack at all times as a tourist" has morphed from a young person thing to an old person thing.
Isn't it just the same people?
When I first travelled internationally ~10 years ago, it was a thing for people in their 20s to just walk around with all their shit in a backpack. Now, that's a standard thing for the 55-60+ crowd too. Plaid shirt tucked into Dockers, baseball cap, backpack--that's the official "late middle age person in Europe" uniform. I think they issue it when you board any international flight out of Phoenix.

Don't forget the White Sneakers!

Posted: **Fri May 11, 2018 9:06 am**

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2015 9:35 am I was driving and could not take a picture, but I was behind a guy with the vanity plate "MMMBEER" last week. It was an older minivan, not this car:

This license plate is now on a newer-model white Nissan sedan.

Posted: **Fri May 11, 2018 9:06 pm**

Twister Helen hunt is my dream girl

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2018 1:27 pm**

MacDill airfest is going on in my backyard, and holy moly, the F-22 can do some crazy shit.

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2018 3:30 pm**

Did it do the thing where it just stalls vertically in mid air? That's always been a mindfuck for me.

Posted: **Mon May 14, 2018 7:10 pm**

Posted: **Mon May 14, 2018 8:51 pm**

Johnnie wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 3:30 pm Did it do the thing where it just stalls vertically in mid air? That's always been a mindfuck for me.

Yes. It moved around like a harrier and a helicopter at times. Part of it's show was in tandem with an A-10 warthog, which was also badass. Then, the Blue Angels put on a hell of a show. Same show on both Saturday and Sunday, and we got another day of practice on Thursday from the Blue Angels. We live so damn close to the base, it was hard to avoid.

Posted: **Tue May 15, 2018 11:08 am**

Going to air shows are awesome.

Working air shows is a senseless fucking terror.

Pretty awesome that you got to see the air show without actually having to deal with the tens of thousands of people. Double win.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2018 6:16 pm**

Team Yanny over here.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2018 11:07 pm**

Been playing in a 40+ league for about 6 seasons. There's one very strong team, then 5-6 evenly matched teams. The strong team has been undefeated every year. We've played them close but always lost. Tonight we beat them. By 15...and moved up in the seedings so miss them until the championship.

#feelsgoodman

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 7:35 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Fri May 11, 2018 9:06 pm Twister Helen hunt is my dream girl

I think that movie has been on TV every night that I've scrolled through my guide recently ... so like four times.

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 7:48 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Fri May 11, 2018 9:06 pm Twister Helen hunt is my dream girl

This is correct. I will also accept Laura Dern as Elliot Saddler.

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 7:57 am**

Bronto, your response?

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2018 4:31 pm**

I was fully expecting Cersei to blow up the Sept, but I guess not.

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2018 6:52 pm**

We were out hiking today, and when we got to the top, there was a group of loud obnoxious people, drinking champagne, and acting like drunken yahoos. As we were hiking out, that group broke into two smaller groups, and were yelling 'Marco.....Polo' back and forth to each other.

So much for a walk in the nice quiet outdoors. Fucking idiots...

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2018 10:17 pm**

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 6:52 pm We were out hiking today, and when we got to the top, there was a group of loud obnoxious people, drinking champagne, and acting like drunken yahoos. As we were hiking out, that group broke into two smaller groups, and were yelling 'Marco.....Polo' back and forth to each other.

So much for a walk in the nice quiet outdoors. Fucking idiots...

Yeah fuck people having fun.

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2018 10:58 pm**

I see both your sides.

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2018 11:03 pm**

My opinion is that it matters where you are hiking. If you're on a popular trail or summit then you basically have to expect that type of stuff. As long as they bring all those champagne bottles back out with them I don't have a problem with it. If you're super backwoods and people are being assholes, that's another thing.

Posted: **Sun May 20, 2018 12:16 pm**

A_B wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 10:17 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 6:52 pm We were out hiking today, and when we got to the top, there was a group of loud obnoxious people, drinking champagne, and acting like drunken yahoos. As we were hiking out, that group broke into two smaller groups, and were yelling 'Marco.....Polo' back and forth to each other.

So much for a walk in the nice quiet outdoors. Fucking idiots...
Yeah fuck people having fun.

Exactly.

The behavior at the top (the champagne, etc)...while annoying, was more of a 'well...its a popular spot, what can you do' moment. We went and found a different spot, away from them, to enjoy the view.

The yelling 'Marco...Polo' on the trail though? That's way over the line.

The Swamp

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