Spray ether in one for me. It’s how I got to work when it was 35 below zero singed quite a few eyebrowsQuote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
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Spray ether in one for me. It’s how I got to work when it was 35 below zero singed quite a few eyebrowsQuote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
A little carb cleaner was used, eyebrows intact.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Watching college bowling. It is an NCAA title on the line.
Hot out there? I should be coming back soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
95 today, tomorrow's forecast is for a high of 79.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Let me know!
Not looking good for the Commodores.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
They battle back from being down 2-0 and 3-1 to win the best of 7 and their third national title.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
What sport?Quote:
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:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
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Are you a big bowling fan? Do you bowl? I haven't in years, but used to all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Bowling is on the list of activities that I have done, but engaged in fewer than 10 times in my young life.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Also on the list:
ice skating
tennis
skateboarding (ouch)
golf (actually 0 unless you count putt putt)
Being too drunk to stand or sit, but still playing (winning) Trivial Pursuit.
Pickleball passed the 10 threshold last fall.
you are overdue for some curling. It's entertaining...same for broom ball (on the ice).Quote:
Originally Posted by camion
I-95 is the pits.
And it used to be worse. The section around Fayetteville was not complete, but instead went through Fayetteville, complete with stoplights. Despite the high accident rates and deaths caused by interstate traffic going through a city street, the Fayetteville merchants fought tooth and nail to prevent the completion of I-95 around it. Because their business was way more important than a few lives a week. Still SMDH about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
And as crappy as it is (no shoulder whatsoever in many places in NC) it's a lot better than I-95 in NJ, and in the entire Ballmer/Worshington area...I did it from NJ to central Florida for the first time (avoiding a few spots) in many decades in February and I don't see us doing that again. The billboards in SC Ga and FL are testaments to the tenacity of lawyers and the pervasiveness of strident religion (I shall leave it at that). What a weird weird experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
Nope, but I do recall seeing it back in the day on ABC. I bowl maybe a couple times a year at best. Generally in the 120 range, but lack the skill to get a lot of spin/rotation on the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
So, it's flyover country?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
We spent a month on the NC coast as we often do and drove down, what with a dog and lots of stuff...we thought we'd add on a trip to see friends in FL before our NC stay, but that extra driving was a bit too much, pretty tedious drive from NC to FL (though not as crazy congested as the NYC/DC areas of course). So yeah, we'll continue to drive to NC but FL trips will be by air, which poses its own problems (like being stranded for five days last year).Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I got a sunburn on my neck yesterday, so I am indeed a red neck at the moment.
three flights today, one with a tight connection, best of luck...
Welcome to the clan! Brother Clem will officiate your induction ceremony.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Push-ups, beer, then some cow tipping?Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Rude. Also true.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
“punch it in, Ram”Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
Heathers?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Ding ding ding!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Soooooo many quotes to choose from.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
"Great pate, but I'm gonna have to motor if I wanna be ready for that funeral"
“Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs.”
That brings up a question I've had for a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
What is the proper amount to tip a cow? 20% doesn't seem like enough to me.
Or do I have my units mixed up? :confused:
Hahaha!Quote:
Originally Posted by camion
Gramuity?Quote:
Originally Posted by camion
This is a dangerous question to ask. It is a real stumper as to how to answer this without getting an infraction.Quote:
Originally Posted by camion
I understand. It might be getting close to PPB* territory.Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
*Pretty Ponderous Bovine
The angle of your angus is indeed a touchy subjectQuote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
Cud it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
There’s a “tri-tip” joke there somewhere but I don’t have the four stomachs for it.
I hoof to get out of here. The puns are quite the moo-ving experience.
We should be able to milk this a while longer.
Udderly ridiculous.
Hey all. I haven't been on this thread lately. Doesn't seem like there's too much I need to catch up with.
Should I just skim the last few pages? Or doesn't someone want to give me a recap of the 2% that seems relevant?
One could say the punsters are just milking a joke, but I would say it's all relevant to the title of the thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
After all the thread is longer than it was. And therein lies the tail. :)
We probably should steer this thread back on track and herd it in a better direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by camion
You mean a butter direction? With puns, the margarine of error between good and great is skim.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phredd3
This subject will not make us whole. Maybe a debate about who is the GOAT?
A new Texas BBQ place has opened in Winston-Salem. Headed there with a buddy or two tonight.
Bold of them!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
-jk
This lady moved from Austin a couple of years ago and opened two Tex-Mex places that are stellar. And now she's opened a Texas brisket place called East of texas. It's audacious, but I'm betting on her.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
The only TexMex place in Winston when I was at Wake was Mi Pueblo.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Simone Biles and it's not even close.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I believe he meant it was bold of your buddies. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
ETA: And now it occurs to me that you were intentionally obtuse and I fell into your trap. Argh.
Mi Pueblo is on the better end of Americanized Mexican food. There are a million of these places scattered throughout the country. Tex-Mex is different. The Porch and Alma's in WS are top notch Tex-Mex and would be considered top tier in notoriously Tex-Mex judgmental Texas. Hopefully the BBQ is that caliber.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
As to the point that the danger here is dining with me, I accept this.
What’s the ROI on a lie when you now have the numerator and denominator?
I wanted a full accounting. Everything has a number though.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Which is usually 42Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
although perhaps not in this case
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There are other opportunities in the pipeline, we'll see if there is a full accounting then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tappan Zee Devil
Good morning, 7 AM calls with the EU.
The whole EU? Damn.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Jilted lover syndrome yeah I get that. Been on a few of those calls myself. Ever since this whole Brexit thing, they’ve been looking for a shoulder to cry on.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by CameronBlue
Sure, the French act like they don’t care, but they do.
They do.
Better or worse than 8PM calls with Japan?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
7 am in Texas is 2 pm in Brussels. They’re getting groggy from lunch wine and pastries over there.
That may explain a rather docile crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Just had lunch with MtnDevil. A good time was had by all.
*Tip of the hat*Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I had another protein bar for lunch in the junior high trenches.
You can have your fun back in June.
Do they confiscate your fun, or do you just have to sign an agreement not to have any?Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Oh I had to take it up. It’s locked up in my impound chest.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
What did y’all eat? Obviously the main course was the conversation…Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
That made me laugh. Thai food. It was superb.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
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I've managed to avoid those so far. Mainly India, EU, and Pacific.
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Time for a game night.
Nice! What games do you play?Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Hrmmm "Life Sutra" might rival "Pop Tart Game" for my interest.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
I have FOMO :(Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I had stir fry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Cool! Must look that one up.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Animal Crackers are the best crackers.
I'm also a big fan of animal crackers, but Cheez-Its would like a word.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
While we're at it, I've never quite understood why animal crackers are classified as crackers. Clearly, they would be more appropriately categorized as cookies.
Ageeed. So then they become just ok cookies. And I used to love animal crackers.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I have a sneaking suspicion that they're about to feature more prominently in my life in the coming few years...Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Cheerios will be your new best friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Correct. With my son we could take him to a restaurant for 2-3 hours. As long as we had 2-3 hours worth of food. He would eat crackers and cheerios the entire time.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Similarly, I gotta be able to endure until the next gas stop, because can't stop won't stop that adventure life.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
We're gonna strap them kids inQuote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Give 'em a little bit o' Benadryl
And a Cherry Coke, we're goin' to Oklahoma
Gonna have us a time
Have us a time
An unforeseen consequence of having children is my dog pooping a lot more than he used to.
Do they still make cinnamon Teddy Grahams? I could go for some of those.
Walmart. And, yes, they rock.Quote:
Originally Posted by missfinch
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We share sophisticated tastes, including shopping experiences.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Tomorrow is Field Day. The turning of another year, the chance to have fun with the kids and hang out with my colleagues on a glorious spring day, the harbinger of soon-to-arrive summer.
It never gets old.
Am I the only one who feels somewhat conflicted about the appropriate way to eat Animal Crackers?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Is it best to eat each one whole? If not, do you bite the head off first or do you begin by nibbling away at the extremities?
Also, are there certain animals which should be eaten first and others which should be spared until as late as possible?
Extremities first, the lengthier the better. So like an elephant's trunk is getting straight CHOMPED.Quote:
Originally Posted by House P
The plumper, less gangly ones, like say...a hippo...generally in one fell munch.
Save the animals I like most for last. Looking at you, giraffe. Sorry, bud.
Yes they do. They also still have the honey. We had a rotation of Cheerios, Gold Fish, Animal Crackers, and Veggie Sticks.Quote:
Originally Posted by missfinch
Bite the head off. Why prolong their suffering?Quote:
Originally Posted by House P
If you scoop crunchy peanut butter with them, then we are kindred spirits!Quote:
Originally Posted by missfinch
Nope. Start at the bottom and make them watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kdogg
Haven’t tried it, but that could happen!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I scoop crunchy peanut butter like I scoop my pudding — three fingers.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I scoop smooth peanut butter like I scoop my cat’s litter box — straight into the trash.
I think I saw a commercial about you recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Self-quoting just to emphasize that this is what happens when you don't click the picture and don't have your glasses on when you post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phredd3
Hah hah. Eeewwwwwww.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
It's all fun and games until you see part of your roof in your yard again.
Twitter: people losing blue check marks acting like they don’t care about blue check marks yet bitching about losing blue check marks.
Check.
Something tells me I should ask what the blue checkmarks are. Something also tells me I should be glad that I don’t know. On occasion, rare as it may be ignorance can be bliss.
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Originally Posted by CameronBlue
Pancake Bunny for the win!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tappan Zee Devil
Day trip to H-Town.
They both look delicious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tappan Zee Devil
Any particular restaurant you plan to hit?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
That’s one big pile of mulch.
Just got a quote of almost $9000 to seal and encapsulate and de-mold my crawl space. Also add a system to keep it drier. Annual service for 5 years included. Going to get a second estimate next week. Any advice on what is actually needed and what is just a ploy to get more of my $$$? The insulation IS nasty and needing to be replaced, but no standing water. Some visible mold throughout but not really bad. Not enough for them to say it needs to be cleaned, just dried out. My house does smell a bit musty when heat/AC is not running. My closet upstairs can get musty smelling. Have thought about looking into a whole house dehumidifier but guy today says this system could eliminate that need. Totally new territory for me as my last house was on a slab.
I went through that exercise when I moved to Tennessee in 2019. We bought a house midway down a slope, and while the previous owners did a fair bit of drainage work to try to route water around the house, we still water in the crawl space and basement during the high spring rains (yes, we have both, a crawl space for most of the footprint but a smallish basement with a wood stove; nice place to go during a tornado warning). I went whole-hog, got the encapsulation, a dehumidifier for the crawl space, de-molding, some sort of padded plastic sheeting on the ground, all to try to keep moisture from building in the crawl space. My whole bill was maybe a couple thou higher than your quote, but I deemed it money well spent. Since that work, we have not seen any evidence of water getting inside the foundation. I just don't like taking chances with foundations, and I don't begrudge the expense at all (although it definitely helped that we moved from Colorado to Tennessee and made out real well with the difference in housing prices between the two; we paid for the foundation work out of the gain we realized from the move).Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
No time, goal is to be home for dinner,Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I haven't had Pop Tarts in a while.
Not a talkative bunch(not this thread).
Mulch ado about nothing.
The BardQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
The wheelbarrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
The Red Headed Stranger.
Headed to the Alabama Red/White football scrimmage in a few.
I’m jealous. Say hi to Nick for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
End of an era: Dame Edna dies at age 89.
May be making my last trip to T-town in a few weeks. Time flies.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Will do!Quote:
Originally Posted by missfinch
The mulch is halved.
What do you plan to do with half-size pieces of mulch that you couldn't do with full size pieces? :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
What a time consuming process.Quote:
Originally Posted by House P
Cover a much smaller garden bed, duhQuote:
Originally Posted by House P
12th Night rehearsals start tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Thread seems worried you might talk about practice...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
https://youtu.be/eGDBR2L5kzI
SA weather right now...
https://youtu.be/hXn9ZKPx6CY
Lost power for a few seconds there.
I remember asking my dad if he would miss coaching when he retired after 31 years. I replied: "I'll miss practice." I thought that was really interesting.
But what did he say?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Ha! He replied. Sorry!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Hmm.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
"Ha!" He replied. Sorry!
or
Ha! He replied. "Sorry!"
Once again, no one expects me to jump in from an entirely different thread.
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Note to self: One of these guys would be a good avatar.
Someone forgot to grease the muffin pan.
Just like my honeymoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
I would suggest Biggles.Quote:
Originally Posted by camion
I'll take "Woody from Toy Story Recorded Sayings Which Didn't Make the Cut" for $600.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I am absolutely absconding with that euphemism. I don’t when I’d deploy it, but I will.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Apologies.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Tater tots. The perfect food?
I stand corrected.
I want to take a food trip to the hatch valley.
Same here, love me some chiles.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Oh. Assumed he was talking about Orrin Hatch.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
@CD - which year did you give this speech?
https://youtu.be/zFaEUnrsjL4?t=68
Ps It's supposed to open at 1:08
I played Jimmy Chitwood in the play in 8th grade!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Did you make all your shots?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
We have conquered Les Halles Paul Bocuse
I did not realize we were in an aggressive posture with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Sometimes, there's just nothing else to say.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Definitely not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I’d be talking with my mouth full. The place is amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I've got a heck of a next week or so, and then I'm pretty close to home free for the remainder of the school year.
Testing season?Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
-jk
My school does very little in the way of standardized testing, but yes, this season presents quite a few tests of a less traditional sort.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Ew. I am not taking a trip to see Orrin or his dusty old valley!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Dude! I just realized you made the crack on the 1 year anniversary of his death. Was that coincidence or did you really dislike the guy?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Wow. Just when you thought you couldn’t be surprised anymore. (Slow claps)Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Also, someone is driving a Honda CR-V with a Wu-Tang is Forever bumper sticker in my grocery store parking lot.
Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin to scoff at.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
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And neither is a CR-V, I would just like to add. With a little bit of attitude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Agree. My wife drives one like Andretti.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
They have great steering.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I'm not the world's biggest Bruno Mars fan or anything (I don't hate him either, just...ambivalent), but Today I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything.
This is not the thread you're looking for.
-jk
Gee, pop tarts are great!
Which one should I be looking for?Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
It doesn’t exist yet. We’ll open it later. Maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tappan Zee Devil
But if folks keep trying to start the election thread early we may not do it this go ‘round.
-jk
You cannot blame me! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Oh, boo! That was some harmless back and forth and case making!Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
I guess that was not the Obi Wan you were looking for. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
This cracked me up.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
I got back from Tuscaloosa yesterday about 2:00 in the afternoon. Jumping in the car to head to Washington DC for one of our bigger conferences. I elected to leave earlier that I had to.
The Smithsonian is a great place to kill a lot of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
World class crop dusting opportunities too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kdogg
With the speed I move these days I'm afraid I might be mistaken for an exhibit. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kdogg
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At first, I thought you were responding to the above comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by camion
I had a pretty epic cropdusting moment on my honeymoon at the Cape Disappointment Lewis & Clark Museum. My wife and I still giggle about it almost a decade later.
DC is the city I have probably spent the most time in as a tourist. What are your favorite museums? My hot take is that the air and space museum in DC proper is kind of cute, but the Udvar-Hazy Annex near Dulles is outlandishly good. I love the American history, science, African american, Indian American and the zoo. But my favorite is the national museum of art.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kdogg
Totally agreed. Udvar-Hazy makes Air & Space on the Mall look like some kid's collection of model kits.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Bonus points if you make a day of it and go to the Manassas National Battlefield Park, which is right down the road from Udvar-Hazy.
Oh I've been. And I'm more a second Bull Run than a first Bull Run guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Sorry, this is the only take away from your post. You know that, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Yes. Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phredd3
Heh, that's fair.Quote:
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But as I recall, there was no disappointment in the cliffside hot tub overlooking the ocean that night.
Krzyzwewski! Krzyzwewski!Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Heh heh. Callback!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
My HS girlfriend and I used to take one of those remote control fart machines to Barnes and Noble. One person would have the machine, the other the remote. Person in front never knew when person behind would press the button for a fart.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
She’s a PhD research scientist now studying dementia. And I think about this.
Same here. National Museum of Natural History is my personal favorite. The Renwick Gallery is also really cool. The US Botanic Garden is great for a leisurely stroll. I also love just walked around the Jefferson Memorial in the early morning hours. I like the Mall with the Washington Monument (open yet?), Reflecting Pond and the Lincoln memorial but it gets crowded especially the last few years with people taking the “perfect” selfie. I want to try the Spy Museum one day. Air and Space was the first real museum I visited as a kid so it holds a special place in my heart but agree it’s not special.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Yes to every bit of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kdogg
Agreed, adding:Quote:
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Although closed for renovation, the Folger Shakespeare library (behind the Supreme Court) is worth a visit, especially when they are putting on a play. Top notch. Cool Elizabethan theatre.
Phillies game tonight. Been years since I’ve seen baseball live. Do they still sell bat-sized corn dogs.
Woohoo, finally!
They opened it?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I looked too.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Ymo. Known tease.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
IIRC, Ymo will not cheer it.
Then he finally grew enough grass to roll around in?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap