I mow mine every 5-7 daysQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
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I mow mine every 5-7 daysQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Bout right. You old enough to get those weird weeds in your ears and eyebrows yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
We managed ourselves a genuine tornado yesterday, EF-1...transformed an attached garage into a severely detached one, tossed a Subaru across the yard, several people evidently hurt. Tornados are uncommon here, but not rare, we get one or two per year: https://www.wcax.com/2021/03/27/torn...severe-damage/
Indeed, at too low of a setting.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Your Subaru?* Hopefully, the injuries are minor.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
We have a community garage sale going on. Lots of cars/vehicles. I have nothing for sale which is a mistake on my part.
*The national car maker of the state of Vermont.
Home automation is a good thing I think. At least until the robots take over.
No, near here but not here! Indeed Subarus are everywhere here, I once had several myself...anyone remember the off color comment on Veep (among hundreds of others) regarding Vermont and Subarus?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I have some dopey friends who bought Roombas, now the robots have a toe hold they'll never relinquish. Fools!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Ohmygod! I hate that! I had to purchase a trimmer.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
We own 3 Subarus and a Nissan Pathfinder. The Pathfinder I found on a great deal used. The three Subarus we all purchased new and they were fantastic purchases. We are very sensible car owners.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Perfect car for two kids and a dog?
That's what the ads say.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I last ran a 5k in 2003. Feeling like I should start getting back into the swing of things.
Pleasantly surprised to see that it is a mostly masked event.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Two Echo Dots and two smart plugs. It takes a small bit of time to learn the right syntaxes but I do like being able to turn stuff off and on from elsewhere in the house. I can turn on lights in the morning before getting out of bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I'm more in the market for a pickup truck, need to move car parts, household items, and lawn and garden stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I had two of the earliest models sold..my 1978 model was about the narrowest car I've ever seen as it was designed for the Japanese forestry folks...four wheel drive (of course), incredibly reliable, but back then Subarus had ZERO rustproofing, the hood and all four fenders rusted out within two years...fortunately (kind of) I hit three deer with that car, so I kept getting new front fenders and hoods..one time a 100 lb deer managed to kill the radiator as well...my 1982 model was much improved, some semblance of rustproofing, considerably larger. The Outbacks now are about thrice the size of those cars...Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I loved the owner's manual in the first one, they did not have the A Team translators on the task, lots of stuff like "Do Not Do This or Big Noise May Occur!"
The perfect car for two kids and a dog is a minivan. If you feel like you are too cool to purchase a minivan remember that you have two kids and a dog. You aren't cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
We have two Subaru Legacies and one of the midsize SUV, which I assume has a name but I don't know because my wife drives it. My daughter and I both drive a legacy, which is the sedan version. I can't fathom having anything nicer then these cars, which we paod 20,000 each for. Anything nicer would seem opulent and we aren't showy car people. Basically I feel fortunate to have air conditioning and power windows, so everything else seems superfluous.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Consumer Reports loves their reliability, durability...wife's car is likely a Forester or Outback. Only one thing to think about: as you approach 100,000 (if), be prepared for head gasket issues...Subaru mechanics often advise people to offload the cars before then, just a thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Meanwhile: went to the basement to get wood chips, found water everywhere, clogged drain, there's my afternoon!
Yikes, sump pump involved in the situation?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Yikes! Hope nothing got damaged!Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
We've a had a few floods from washing machine and water heater malfunctions, but fans and a dehumidifier took care of them with no long term effects.
-jk
Oh no!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
thanks, i think (uh oh) I have it diagnosed, water softener discharged last night, drain bog clogged...dehumidifier should do the trick, do have some damaged basement carpet which we don't like anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Houses have a way of keeping you on the ball, or kneeing you in the ....
house was originally plumbed with a drain that has an unfortunate right angle in the basement...it plugged up 15 years ago, I thought I'd get warning signs, but nope, it just ran amok last night...looks manageable..Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
we are generally very dry in our basement (sandy soil around the house) so no sump pump ever needed...
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Originally Posted by budwom
A blessing in disguise?
Nathan Chen won his 3rd World title earlier today.
You know that feeling you get when you're in the store and your credit card is declined, and you think Oh, crap! Now I have to fix all my auto pay accounts!? Well, that was me this morning. Luckily, my credit card company knows I would not charge anything to Spotify.
Besides that, the spring blooms are beautiful! The red buds are coming out.
Part of my home automation setup is a pair water detection thingies in my basement. Detection turns off power to my washing machine. I haven't tried to programmatically turn off water to my water heater. It would take replacing the household shutoff valve with something the system could actuate, and I don't want to put that much $$ into it. (Of course, I've now jinxed it...)Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I do have a clogged gutter downspout I have to clear. It's about midway in a 2 story drop, just below a small out and back bend. I'm hoping I can pry a small opening there and worm it with coat hanger wire or similar.
-jk
It says a lot about me that if I were to be able to invite any 10 people to dinner to hang out that Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir are absolutely on that list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Good luck. You seem remarkably sanguine; I'd be cussing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I haven't been in a store other than Costco since April of last year. I went in to Lowe's, Home Depot and the grocery store. Haven't since, but will soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Will the coat hanger push out the clog or will it just punch through the leaves and leave the clog intact? I guess it depends on how clogged the downspout is. I had a fish tape, but it rusted and then the handle broke. I should probably get a new one. Well, not a fish tape but the plumbing version of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
That's pretty impressive. We've been pretty wary (and still are) but popped in for take-out and a few other things here and there. Sounds like you've really been Hunkerin' with a capital 'H' and strong apostrophe.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I have. It will take me a while to unlearn some of the things I've "learned" over the past year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
People may not unlearn them. Posted in another thread but in my new company about a third of the people I've met have asked for and received approval from their managers to move and work remotely on a permanent basis. I have no idea what the corporate campus is going to look like but there won't be very many people in it when things return to normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I wish this Chemistry class had been available during my undergrad days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI5dUBNuY7U
Yeah, we've had a bit of that going on amongst the executive ranks. I know they didn't get compensated for the move so they really must have wanted to move.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
there was plenty of cussing, but I managed to diagnose the problem myself (miraculous, that) and from the discovery of the water to the fixing of the problem, it took only two hours and $360, plus a $20 tip for my man Tony.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
No, it was not an outside drain, it's the main drain that serves the toilets, kitchen sink, etc...it developed a blockage which finally ran amok last night when the water softener discharged, excess water backed out of the bathroom sink onto the floor,but damage is minimal...basically just a carpet we don't much like, and a couple days of running the dehumidifier should dry stuff up... In the panorama of possible home disasters, this proved to be a very minor event...
another reason to have a cocktail hour!
(outside of one or two occasions, my shopping life has been in the local small market and Costco for 57 weeks now, have not set foot in a restaurant or store)...now with two jabs we may venture out a bit, but the numbers here are not good right now, so no adventures are planned whatsoever.
It's worked for me before (when the clog was near the top). Alas, I wasn't able to make it work this time. I'll call in the pros...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
-jk
Pretty productive day. Walk with the family. Draining pool cover, applied new defenses against carpenter bees versus bundabergdevil 4, picked up sticks and cleared a tarp full of overgrowth and hauled it back to the burn pit.
Totes! I want to be besties with Johnny in particular.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Yes. More than anything. Honestly, I feel like we're destined to be bestiesQuote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
World's next year are in the south of France . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Road trip!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
It has already been added to my definitely maybe list.
I have met Paul Wylie and gotten my picture taken with Kurt Browning.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Need a leftover pizza kind of movie to watch.
I'm much more a Johnny fan than skating fan. Although during the Olympics I live and die with every jump.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Understood.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Pork carnitas fajitas w/ranch beans
Alien.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Or LOTR.
These are my go to movies.
I wish I could say the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Dan Bonner is still the best college color man in broadcasting. Fight me.
LOTR movies are our go to movies for Sunday rainy day nap time. You start watching them, maybe snooze a bit, wake up to see some orcs gutted, fall back asleep, wake up and the elf and dwarf are friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Spoilers!Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Man. They had a look, too. Tough floss for Oral Roberts.
That is all you can ask for. Great look.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
And no cavities.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Oh, no. Richard Gere killed that poor woman and let the car explode. What are you going to do now rich Richard Gere?
I want to be wealthy enough to need a fixer on retainer.
And terrible enough to need one.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Let me restate: I wish I was wealthy enough to afford one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Bruce Altman plays a certain type very well.
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Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Haven’t heard him in a while. He’s still in the game?
Yes and agree he is wonderful.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Rainy sunday
I'm getting out and walking and doing my push-ups before the rain hits here.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Rain, please!!! The yellowing of Georgia is in full force. We need rain to wash the pine pollen away.
We have been very lucky in Northwest North Carolina this spring. Everything has bloomed and it has been consistently warm plus we have gotten a lot of rain, so very little pollen. And remember, I have a big nose and I am susceptible to pollen issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
Is Clemmons considered NW?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Yes. It is impossible to Define exactly. But yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
You ever been to that part of Winston-Salem where everything is Robin Hood themed?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Wikipedia generally says it is not:Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_North_Carolina
FWIW
I am differentiating this from Western North Carolina. This is not Western North Carolina. That's where Mountain Folk live. This is Northwest North Carolina which roughly goes to Hickory in the West up to Boone, up to the Virginia border just south of Abington and then West to about Greensboro. It goes as far south as to around the High Rock Lake Region. People here would argue that Winston-Salem is the chief city of this region. We would also argue that Greensboro is probably not part of this area even though it is only 30 minutes away.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Gotcha. Out posts crossed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
But my question is — why are your push-ups weather-dependent?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston-Salem_Journal
https://ymcanwnc.org/
This is how it is defined here. The Winston-Salem Journal puts out it's prep all star report in sports and the team is called the all-northwest team. Everyone here defines this area as Northwest North Carolina. I also included the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina as a reference to the counties involved. Surry County does not have a YMCA for some reason but it would be included in this geographic region. Mountain devil would agree with this as differentiated from Western North Carolina where he lives.
I mean, it ain't that big a city. So yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Geography fight!
They are not. But I typically do them when I walk in the mornings so the misery is spread out between two different exercises. So walking outside is weather dependent and I do my push-ups as I walk.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
We lived in that area for a year after moving back from out West. Weird theme. Burke Street Pizza was good though. Nice Y, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
No fight. Northwest North Carolina is something that people here call it but I'm fairly certain it is not considered a geographical region by any entity. I suppose we get to feel about it as we would like, but it is rather loosely defined.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
https://www.wfdd.org/story/carolina-...obin-hood-roadQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
This is a fun little article about this. There was a 10-year stretch where Burke Street Pizza was a top five restaurant in this city. We were late to the foodie Revolution but we are getting it right now. Tons of delicious restaurants here. Thank God.
Sort of like Motley Crue declaring themselves the world's greatest rock band pre-concert.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I’m team artsy fartsy fancy pants.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Fight me.
Cool article about this north central oddity. Thanks.
*This post indeed carries MTNDEV Seal of Approval*Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
And I'm fairly certain that we are supposed to feel that our respective mountain areas (northern Appalachians for me and southern for you) are the REAL mountains and that the other group is a lesser cousin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Meaning you like fancy restaurants? You would not enjoy the hole in the wall place I will be eating crawdads in Lafayette, LA this week then. I am insanely excited about it. But it has dirt floors.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Just with respect to the W/S Robin Hood neighborhood origin story. It's one of the 4 theories advanced.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
In most other aspects of life, I am not team fancy pants. I do like meals from some fancy restaurants but the pomp and circumstance and formality make me uncomfortable when I audibly fart.
Wife and I watched Bombshell (late to game) last night. Kate McKinnon's character, though fictional, cracked me up in her first few scenes. Reminded me on my brief time interning on Capitol Hill. As I shared in the POTUS thread, I accidentally interned for a politician on the absolute opposite end of the political spectrum than me and my intern days felt like I was in constant threat of being "found out" and flayed accordingly. McKinnon plays a secret HRC-supporting lesbian who is also an O'Reilly producer, for reference.
I was even more surprised to discover there were more like me. More than a few folks on Capitol Hill who didn't just disagree with their politicians at the margins but found some of their policies wholesale abhorrent. A very specific support group needed for those folks though I guess it's not much different than working for a company that's done bad things and goes to the mattresses fighting the lawsuits and PR.
Windy, very very windy.
The worst thing I have done for my career is become emotionally attached to the device that I educate people about. This is a terrible idea and I wish it weren't so. It's probably good that you could work for someone with an opposing viewpoint. I would be steaming towards retirement right now if I weren't a True Believer in what I'm doing. I have been lucky to I have worked for the only two companies that I feel this way about. But it has inarguably stunted my professional growth.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I don't care for SNL these days, but when Kate McKinnon appears on any screen I start laughing.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Whoa there... Now we have a disagreement. "Northern Appalachian mountains" is anything north of Virginia, not Wilkesboro.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I was trying to draw you out. It worked!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
You mean . . . . Fished in!
As long as you pronounce it properly. "Appalachian" rhymes with, um... uh... "Tinder Matchin'," not "Rump Shakin'."Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Absolutely. And I say this as someone who has dropped the video for "Rump Shaker" on this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
An event of seismic proportions.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Thanks. It took me a really long time to come up with those examples.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
After all these years, he still cannot properly pronounce Krzyzewski.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
I had a friend from Wake who lived in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood. She was rather pretentious and decided it was not prestigious enough, so they moved. I believe, ironically enough, that they moved to Clemmons.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
As Bill Rafferty has pointed out, when K was first hired even he couldn't pronounce Krzyzewski...Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
There is some pretentiousness here and I live on what is arguably the prettiest street in the town of Clemmons (which we pretentiously call the Village of Clemmons, but I digress). My neighbors are doctors, scientists, researchers, CEOs. I live here too and I eat a steady diet of pork fat, swear both appropriately and inappropriately (not the same thing) and wear no shirt to walk around when I exercise outside if it's sunny. And they can all suck it.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I hope you are their neighbor.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I am everyone's worst neighbor.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
You and budwom need to compare notes!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
-jk
I'm idiot neighbor number 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Waiting for the sweet tea to chill.
It is possible to simply chill while waiting for tea to brew. Or even coffee.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
-jk
no no, we already have idiot neighbor 3, you'd theoretically have to be #4 except you don't qualify because you do things like read and exercise and tell funny (non kielbasa based) jokes.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Hahaha! This is the best compliment.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I apologize if I have not sufficiently articulated the antics of idiot neighbor 3...he's the one whose horse fell in the swimming pool (alcohol related incident)
Wait. I may actually be idiot neighbor #3.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
The horse was drinking?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
What did it get angry about?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I had a deer fall in my pool a few years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
The deer was not drunk AFAIK.
Just don't call them crawdads in Lafayette, or you're going to get some funny looks!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Funny enough, my mom grew up in Jennings, LA - not far away. We would always go down and visit family 2-3 times a year.
My Dad's family is spread across New Orleans/Hammond/Amite area.
Have some boudin while you're in SW LA!
Husband and wife had a routine of swilling hard liquor on the way home every night from the business they own. As a result, a door barn was left open, gate door to pool was left open, plunk goes the horse. Toxicology results on the horse were inconclusive. There have numerous other "miscues" including lots of falls off horses, tractors, vehicles marooned in ditches, it's almost like a circus act...but no clowns, at least not of the painted face/scary variety...Quote:
Originally Posted by MartyClark
something we share with LA given our large French Canadian population, a great deal of boudin!Quote:
Originally Posted by grad_devil
How do you know they drink on the way home, out of curiosity? Wouldn't think that was info they willingly share. It is pretty amazing how quickly social (and legal, obvi) standards change. My wife remembers her dad drinking beer during long road trips in 80s. My grandfather used to own a newspaper business in a small town and all my aunts/uncles remember him driving out in the country to deliver the papers and regularly taking a roadie with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
In some parts of the country, I don't think that would be all that out of the ordinary still.
I have a good friend who will sometimes indulge in a "road beer," though it sounds like insanity to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
They talked openly about it, and from our deck we can see them pop out of the car with their travel mugs...they'd invite us to their pool, and they were well lubricated upon arrival.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I will admit to this: until the late 1970s or so, it was perfectly legal to drink and drive in Vermont, as long as you didn't exceed the blood alcohol limit. For a period of time, I worked in Stowe and had an incredibly nice commute thru Smuggler's Notch each evening, and I'd stop at the Edelweiss store (what else do you think they'd call it?) and nab two dark Heinekens for the journey (never more than that). It was nice.
Tell that tea to chill! Tell that tea be cool!Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Nice! Yeah I get to Hammond and New Orleans 3 or 4 times a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by grad_devil
Not enough sugar.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
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Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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Originally Posted by budwom
Hah. Like I said, it's probably more common than we might think. Step-brother used to do it with his buddy on the way to band practice. They were in an adult rock band with all dentists. Called themselves The Analgesics or something like that. So, yeah, they knew how to party.
Understandable thing for sweet tea to get angry about.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Did they at least have good teeth?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Bitter, even.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
-jk
There’s a Sherwood Forest neighborhood in Atlanta too.
Ironically, you meant Bill Raftery.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
perhaps I find a mystery solved: always wondered about the sugar level of NC sweet tea, could dentists be behind this?
Yes. My step-brother sleeps with all the things in his mouth, has all the pastes and washes and whiteners, etc. His teeth sparkle like in the movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
They are well-compensated people. Wouldn't surprise me.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
him!Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Onions!Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
And one in Shawnee, KS.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Seems there are many Robin Hood hoods.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
My dog hates getting his nails clipped.
I don't live in a Robin Hood neighborhood.
No further comment.
man, if you EVER slip up and draw blood, you'll never clip that dog's nail ever again...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
About 30 years when there was much less focus on DWI, DUI, I attended an alumni event (not Duke) in which I felt I'd had my limit of gin and tonics, I definitely didn't want any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
My wife and I thanked our gracious host who happened to be State's Attorney (prosecutor) for the county...he told us to wait a second at our car, ran inside and brought us two gin and tonics for the road. (I edged down the street and poured them out).
More of a Sheriff of Nottingham kind of guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Too late to be known as Ymo the First
He's sure to be known as Ymo the Worst
A pox on that phony king of Texas!
I thought this was going to end with the Star Wars “it’s a trap!” Meme.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I'm fairly certain I the Ymo the Only. But I lost count.
Should I have gone with "It was the best of Ymo, it was the worst of Ymo"?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
The most panned opening phrase to a work of major literature? It would have definitely been one of those two.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Or was that "It's a dark and stormy night."?
Ha! That makes me think of Snoopy!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Snoopy: single best comic strip character in history. Discuss.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Calvin and Hobbes for me. And it’s not close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Snoopy was a great character though.
I thought Calvin and Hobbes was the greatest cartoon (honorable mention: The Far Side), but I agree Snoopy was the greatest single character.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Oh, Ymo, Ymo. Wherefore art though Ymo?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Bloom County followed by Calvin and Hobbes. I had a lot of Charlie Brown books, it was my gateway comic strip to the two I listed.
Trying to figure out what stuff to throw away. B-school loans that were paid off years ago? Do I need to keep the origination papers from 2001?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Alas poor paperwork, I knew it well.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
C&H is great, but my Hot Take was best comic strip character.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
So — no votes for Garfield, Henry, Bazooka Joe or Nancy?
(Me neither. Give me Uncle Duke in Doonesbury).
To bring this full circle, Linus taught me that Juliet wasn't asking for his location, she was asking why the man she had met was a Montague.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Loved Bloom County. Now that I think about it, other than my intimate dork friends network, I didn't really have all that many people to talk to about my super nerdy interests growing up. Shocker.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I would accept the nomination of Bill The Cat for best character as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
This made me chortle.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I’d put em both over snoopy but snoopy obviously inspired guys like Watterson.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
I should introduce you to my SciFi Fantasy book collection.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Remember the stuff I said about the minivan? You should probably drop everything and just go get one now.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
We’re talking new something in prep for baby 2. I’m very tall and can’t push my seat back now if one of the baby seats is in. So minivan could be in works.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
We’re also thinking a pop up camper could be fun.
BraggartQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
It’s been great sometimes but not always. The greatest invention of the last 20 years was economy plus seating in planes as far as I’m concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Great. Both you and Aimo can get things off the top shelf for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I get asked every third time I’m at the grocery store. If it’s a little old lady, I tell her my tax is a romp in the sack with the big dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Haha! I used to love when I had a guard my size or smaller guarding me so I could go post up. Made me feel like such a man.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Garfield was good but perhaps a bit too predictable.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Why do you hate lasagna?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
A good test is whether I still think a strip is brilliant and funny as an adult. Garfield doesn’t pass that test.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
That’s Clemmons. His anti carb screed is well known.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
But I recognize lasagna is absolutely delicious. I am known to pick it apart when my fam is unable to finish it.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Like, verbally for its life choices?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Orally. Similar...but different.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I'm just shy of six feet, which isn't tall. But, I was this height in sixth grade. Which was fun for basketball.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Then I had a coach put me at guard, which was fun. I had a decent shot, and smaller kids (8th grade? 9th grade?) would get nervous when I guarded them because I was tall. I could frequently get anxiety turnovers even though my handles weren't very good. Let to lots of run out layups. Er, I mean sick dunks.
Little thunderstorms popped up and really blowing. Drained my pool cover just to have it fill back up again...metaphor for some aspects of life.
I could stand to catch reggaemylitis bout now.
Tom Hanks has a peach of a son.
I'm here for Raftery giving Grant a hard time.
I'm more of a spaghetti and meatballs kind of guy. With that said, my second favorite dish at the work cafeterias was vegetable lasagna. They didn't serve it often but I was known to get 2-3 servings. One for that lunch, one for dinner and depending upon the day of the week another for lunch the next day. My favorite meal was the brisket tacos that were available every Friday. I often skipped lunch because I ate so many.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
And, FWIW, I do have the two pack Kirkland Signature Italian Sausage and Beef lasagnas in my freezer. This time next week I will be down to one.
Too much sugar in the sweet tea. Now I know why I gave it up and went to unsweetened with an artificial sweetener.
My go to meal when I go eat Italian with friends and family is an order of meatballs and a salad. It never disappoints.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I moved to unsweetened tea years ago, in an effort to eat - not drink - my calories.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I had to turn in my Official Southerner card, but that was the only negative.
No carbs, so same.Quote:
Originally Posted by grad_devil
Mine was always a rental. It should be noted, the place of my birth is more southern than the continental US, so all these Southerners are Northerners to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by grad_devil
Florida?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Season One of Fargo?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Slowly removing one of my smaller trees. Chopped down much of the canopy and then saw a sprout of leavers near the base of the trunk. Whoops.
LOVE chopping wood.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
A little warmer...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Ouch. The other son actually seems quite charming.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I think all of the Hanks children have done a little acting but, agree, Colin seems to be the best actor of the lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Just to catch up . . .
I made a pitcher of Tazo Iced Blushberry Black tea this weekend. Lightly sweetened. Very refreshing.
Love Peanuts - I have a LOT of old Peanuts books, toys, etc. even my old bookbag from elementary school. But, Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County were amazing.
Yes, I often help little old ladies with top-shelf items. I do not believe I have ever been asked by a squatty, middle-aged, bald guy with a big nose.
Stocky!!!!! Squatty was rude. Not inaccurate. But rude.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
My apologies! I couldn't accurately remember the word you used to describe yourself. It's been a long day and I am tired. Please forgive me.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I do not believe I have ever been asked by a STOCKY, middle-aged, bald guy with a big nose.
You're not sorry!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Some punches aren’t landed with gloves.