March 21, 2013
— Maetenloch
When your 95% confidence interval is exceeded within just a few years, maybe your models kinda suck.
Jeff Bezos recovers Apollo F-1 engines from the ocean floor
They still don't know which mission they came from but they've been 14,000 feet deep for over 40 years.
How Old Is Too Old For Liquor?
Are some supervintage spirits just too old?"Yes," Dave Pickerell emphatically says. As a former master distiller for Maker's Mark in Kentucky for 14 years and the current master distiller for Hillrock Estate Distillery in New York's Hudson Valley, Pickerell has aged his fair share of whiskeys. "It is possible for a spirit to get too old. Sometimes older is better-but sometimes it's just older.
...What distinguishes these two approaches is what Pickerell refers to as "the tea-bag effect": The first time a tea bag (or barrel) is used, there's more flavor to draw out. Resting in brand-new barrels, bourbon needs less time to extract what Pickerell calls "wood goodies"-it sucks vanilla and caramel flavors, as well as spice-like notes, out of the wood with ease. Many of those same bourbon barrels, once emptied, make their way to Scotland, where they are used to age Scotch whisky. At this point, most of the "wood goodies" have been depleted, so scotch often needs a longer aging time to suck out the remainders. Evaporation plays a role, too: In the dry climate favored by bourbon distillers, liquid evaporates more quickly, and the product becomes concentrated more quickly.
Pickerell puts the ideal aging range for rye (whiskey made with rye as its primary component, as opposed to corn or other grains) between nine and 11 years, while the "sweet spot" for bourbon (made with corn as its primary ingredient) is anywhere from six to 10 years. And scotch? "While it depends on the type and style," he says, "20 years is a good number."
Five Military Surplus Rifles You Should Own
This is pretty good summary of five of the most significant military surplus rifles out there. I own all of these except a Garand but I'll soon rectify that via the CMP program.
Almost all of these rifles can be had for $180 or less a few hundred dollars so there's little excuse not to get one. [Looks like my price estimate was a bit out of date although you can still find MN 91/30s for under $150]Personally if I had to go into battle with a milsurp bolt-action rifle it'd be the Enfield No. 4 Mk II.
Pretty Girls, Cameras, and Your Give-Away Face
Forty years ago, I read an interesting science fiction story about a novel device worn on the top of the head that lit up when its wearer was in the presence of an individual that he or she found particularly attractive.The device in question removed all of the ambiguity involved in determining whether individuals thought that strangers were particularly desirable, and the story delved into the social implications of doing so.
While it sounded rather far fetched at the time, this week, science fiction became a bit closer to science reality with the news that Fujitsu Laboratories (Kawasaki, Japan) has developed software that is capable of measuring an individual's pulse rate in real time by calculating variations in the brightness of their face.
More here on techniques used to detect very fast color and brightness changes on you face.
Sakamoto Ryoma: The Man Who Made Japan a Modern Country
It's rare that a single man can transform an entire country into a full, modern state but Sakamoto was one of those men. And he did it all before being assassinated at the age of 31.
In 1853 when Commodore Matthew Perry rolled into Japan, Sakamoto actually saw his black ships coming into the harbor. This roused feelings of both curiosity and angst in Sakamoto.
He later became the student of Katsu Kaishu who had studied Western militaries and traveled to the US.
Sakamoto was convinced. Among many other things, Katsu instructed Sakamoto in the ways of naval science, joint stock corporations, American democracy, and the Bill of Rights....Together with Katsu, Sakamoto worked towards creating a modern navy to contend with the naval forces of the Tokugawa. Sakamoto was so influential here that he's even been called the "father of the Imperial Japanese Navy". Sakamoto also established Japan's first modern company, Kaientai. Kaientai was a private naval and shipping firm that Sakamoto and his men used to transport guns for the revolutionaries.
While Sakamoto's revolutionaries prepared to crush the shogunate with military might, Sakamoto drew up an eight-point plan. It was a simple but incredibly forward-thinking piece of work which laid out what he considered to be the necessary conditions for a stable and respectable government after the fall of the shogunate.
Supreme Court Upholds the First Sale Doctrine
Once you buy something, it's yours and you're free to resell it. Even if you bought from overseas.
UK Bloggers Could Face Libel Fines Unless Officially Registered As Press
Thanks to the unprecedented restrictions on the press imposed by Clause 21A which passed Parliament 530 to 13 earlier this week.
Were a lot simpler and more like Five Guys and In-N-Out are today.
Scotland To Allow Jedis To Perform Marriages
Yahoo group. That is all.
And my Twitter spew.
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The How Old is Too Old For Liquor headline scared me there for a bit.....then I figured out it wasn't about the drinker.
Posted by: Molly K. at March 21, 2013 04:47 PM (vn9r/)
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Posted by: The Makers Of Colt 45 at March 21, 2013 04:49 PM (yAhs/)
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Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 63/64ths less Irish at March 21, 2013 04:52 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2013 04:52 PM (8sCoq)
at the Burger Chef in Annandale, NOVA, early 60s
good times
Posted by: John Bunyan at March 21, 2013 04:54 PM (Dll6b)
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Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 04:55 PM (I2LwF)
it sucks vanilla and caramel flavors, as well as spice-like notes, out of the wood with ease.
I'm thinking there's a Moron joke in here somewhere, but I'm struggling to see it.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 63/64ths less Irish at March 21, 2013 04:55 PM (pLvWv)
This old boozer is all for old booze!
Posted by: Old Boozehound Biden at March 21, 2013 04:55 PM (wIgpo)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2013 04:56 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 21, 2013 04:56 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 04:58 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 04:58 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: palerider at March 21, 2013 04:59 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Gushka's got a sick kitteh learning to be a housecat at March 21, 2013 04:59 PM (r7Ddb)
I'm thinking there's a Moron joke in here somewhere, but I'm struggling to see it.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
Um, "Morning wood something something."
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 21, 2013 04:59 PM (UCv7P)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:00 PM (GEICT)
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/f1_sls.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2013 05:00 PM (tkWnt)
Posted by: Edward W. Maunder at March 21, 2013 05:01 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:02 PM (I2LwF)
Sometimes older is better-but sometimes it's just older.
Pretty much sums up my feelings on MILF porn.
Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2013 05:02 PM (ed+ac)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:02 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:02 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:02 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 05:02 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 21, 2013 05:03 PM (1Pwi5)
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 21, 2013 05:03 PM (wIgpo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 21, 2013 05:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Osoloco at March 21, 2013 05:03 PM (NZAME)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/ 2013/03/20/weather-extremes-global-warming- climate-change-louis-uccellini/2003513/
[sorry about the spaces. tinyurl was down. tinyurl gets the barrel; I don't.]
The meme of "new normal" implies that global-warming has already happened, and that the last decade or so is now the baseline ("normal").
But since the climate priests were wrong about permanent increase, and since they are now (probably) moving the goalposts, I just don't trust them much anymore - not that I ever did trust them. I expect temperatures to drop again.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:03 PM (QTHTd)
https://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-e132576032
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2013 05:03 PM (tkWnt)
I saw a family at work today, I swear, between baby, dad and grandma, they had a total of 13 teeth...
...and 27 chromosomes.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 63/64ths less Irish at March 21, 2013 05:03 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 05:04 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: sluggo at March 21, 2013 05:05 PM (vVv3V)
There's a family group in remote Northwest China with 44 chromosomes. But they are still humans.
I wouldn't worry too mych about it.
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:05 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 05:05 PM (wR+pz)
I remember when the Big Mac was introduced. Now there's a culinary landmark.
Sometime in the mid 70's a local McDonald's sold McDonald's hamburgers and cheeseburgers for their original '50's prices. My mom brought a freezerful of them. When I was 15, I could have eaten McD's everyday - until I was eating McD's everyday. After a couple of weeks I couldn't stand the sight of them. Didn't go to McDonalds for another 10 years.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 05:05 PM (R3gO3)
okay so, IF and ONLY IF you've already hit ace's tip jar, AND you are still in a giving mood, please hit mine too. Link in sig.
We have a mailing to send out, and stamps don't buy themselves.
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:06 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 21, 2013 05:06 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 05:07 PM (zPVBH)
Speaking of McD's....here's some instructions on duplicating at home just about everything on the McDonald's menu:
http://tinyurl.com/oztcf
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 21, 2013 05:07 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 63/64ths less Irish at March 21, 2013 05:07 PM (pLvWv)
Maybe good, but I imagine they were about as spicy as ketchup.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:07 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 21, 2013 05:08 PM (Z9EHQ)
Boulder, I have no idea where I read it. It was in a link from Insty to somewhere, talking about a time in the remote past when humanity almost went extinct.
Apparently, before this time, we had 48 chromosomes and afterward we had 46. So there must have been a tiny group whose progenitors had a strange mutation.
And then it went on to say it happened again recently in NW China
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:08 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2013 05:09 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:09 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:09 PM (ZA1As)
Well, Han was frozen for a long time... and see, there was a lot of Colt 45 on the Falcon...
Posted by: Princess Leia at March 21, 2013 05:10 PM (lG3E4)
Does ANYBODY besides me remember around the late 1970s/early 1980s, when Frito-Lay sold Tostitos Picante Sauce in a bean dip-sized can??
I swear they did... and believe it or not, I loved it. It was horrible to look at -- colored a dirty brown, which I believe was most likely why it was in a can rather than glass. But it was taste, and actually spicy to boot (at least for that era).
Then, I also remember Tuna Twist, Spoon Candy, and Slender drinks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:10 PM (7B7jB)
Very appropriate seeing as this is World Down Syndrome Day.
Yeah, no wonder they trotted out Nancy Pelosi. It's nice that the retardeds have one of their own in power.
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:10 PM (I2LwF)
At least the cats still come when they are called and do what they are supposed to be doing.
i noticed something weird taking the freeway from Irvine into the 909 from the 405 to the toll road to the 91. used to be at 3 the traffic going to the inland empire was at full stop for a couple miles going from the toll road to the 91. Clear sailing even after 3:30. Very strange. not just no gridlock. NOBODY on the tollway. i think Irvine must be a ghost town and lots of people let go in all those office buildings. Because NOBODY seems to be on their way home from work out there any more
Posted by: Gushka's got a sick kitteh learning to be a housecat at March 21, 2013 05:10 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 21, 2013 09:08 PM (Z9EHQ)
Funny you mention that. I always thought the Berlin wall was to protect the fine East Berlin shopping district from the westerners clamoring to get in.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 63/64ths less Irish at March 21, 2013 05:10 PM (pLvWv)
Very appropriate seeing as this is World Down Syndrome Day.
Joe 'Boo Boo' Biden is celebrating by smearing applesauce into his belly button.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 21, 2013 05:10 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:10 PM (QTHTd)
***
I've been joking with coworkers that with the constant snow we've had all winter that soon we will be buried under glaciers.
Hardly any goes "...but but global warming!" anymore.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 05:11 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 05:11 PM (wR+pz)
***
Yeah, but they just dropped the edible chicken fingers...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 05:12 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:12 PM (GEICT)
I need to write letters to the town committee chairs and the state committee people, introducing the website and asking them to participate
without sounding presumptuous or anybody getting butthurt and thinking I'm taking over their turf
and the inspiration to walk that fine line... is eluding me
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:12 PM (I2LwF)
Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun.
Can't remember my pin number, but I can remember McDonald's jingles from the mid 1970s.
Posted by: Scanner Dan at March 21, 2013 05:13 PM (kznYf)
All kidding aside, I actually work with a lot of Down syndrome kids. Some of them are cool as a mountain stream.
(and they have 47 chromosomes. The normal 46 plus an extra #21).
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 63/64ths less Irish at March 21, 2013 05:13 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:13 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 05:14 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:14 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:14 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 09:12 PM (GEICT)
Next speech by Obama should be met with straw ribbons in recognition of the murder of so many strawmen.
Posted by: Red Shirt at March 21, 2013 05:15 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:15 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: TexasJew at March 21, 2013 05:16 PM (KmZtw)
Posted by: Ronster at March 21, 2013 05:16 PM (pDjY6)
Posted by: Scanner Dan at March 21, 2013 05:16 PM (kznYf)
I remember watching space launches as a kid, and Armstrong stepping onto the moon. In my opinion, the space program did more than anything short of WWII to advance technology and science. AND they did it with slide rules and pencils. I'm happy to see that someone has spent the time, money and effort to recover a part of that rocket. Hat tip to you sirs!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 21, 2013 05:17 PM (zr7nZ)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:17 PM (ZA1As)
This is a worthy thing since they're aborted 90% of the time.
**
If homosexuality is "genetic"*, it will be interesting to see what happens when parents start aborting 90% of their "gay children".
*The notion is hilarious considering history, prisons, and British boarding schools provides overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 05:17 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2013 05:18 PM (tkWnt)
Well, of course. They're not called "the political class" for nothing.
Last October / November I read some rumblings that there's a pedobear ring around Parliament. What is definitely known is that Jimmy Savile knew some guys who knew some guys.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:18 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: zsasz at March 21, 2013 05:18 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: jwpaine at March 21, 2013 05:18 PM (VcDCJ)
I remember when they started the fish sandwich. We all thought it was a dumb fucking idea, but cheese on a fried breaded piece of cod with thousand island dressing on top was damn good.
Their food sucks since they've stopped using lard to fry things....the filet o' fish used to be the bomb.
Heck....when I was sixteen, I worked at KFC...and we made the gravy, which included the delicious crunchy bits from the pressure fryer, (original recipe...extra crispy is just deep fried). They went the same route, everything's cooked in tasteless vegetable oil, the gravy is just powdered gravy mix, their honey is mostly corn syrup, the butter packets are congealed, and dyed vegetable oil.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 21, 2013 05:19 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: TexasJew at March 21, 2013 05:19 PM (KmZtw)
This is a worthy thing since they're aborted 90% of the time.
Hey Bannion- I'm curious where you get that number. It sounds a little suspect to me.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:19 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 05:20 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:20 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:21 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: jwpaine at March 21, 2013 09:18 PM (VcDCJ)
I remember those in Colorado Springs. Used to order 10, eat 5 and have my next meal in the bag.
Posted by: Ronster at March 21, 2013 05:21 PM (pDjY6)
Instead of the Universe going bang, did it just get puffy?
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:22 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:22 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 05:22 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: zsasz at March 21, 2013 05:22 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:23 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 21, 2013 05:24 PM (51pnp)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 05:24 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:24 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2013 05:25 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2013 05:25 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:25 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:26 PM (ZA1As)
National Down Syndrome Society. For the record, my 2-year old has Down Syndrone.
My friend's son....who's a month or two older than my own son, has Down's Syndrome. The sacrifices those two have made to raise, and care for their child always humbles me.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 21, 2013 05:27 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:27 PM (nH733)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 05:27 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:28 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 09:22 PM (ZA1As)
*******
Yeah, I had seen something you posted in that regard. My experience is undoubtedly skewed, 'cause I tend to see the ones who aren't aborted. But my impression is that most parents react like BCochran indicated above- by carrying the pregnancy to term and accepting the baby.
Perhaps the number is that 90% of those that have amniocentesis confirmation of a chromosome diagnosis early in the pregnancy choose to abort. A lot of families either don't get the chromosomes, or it isn't suspected until after delivery.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:28 PM (pLvWv)
What's that pulsar doing to that black hole?
RAAAAAAAAAAAAPE!
Posted by: Puff the Magic Judd at March 21, 2013 05:28 PM (lG3E4)
Best fast food places IMHO (for everything: food, cleanliness, quick order turnaround, customer service, the works).
- Chick-Fil-A
- Rubio's Fish Taco
- In-n-Out (only drawback: constant long lines)
- Baja Fresh
- Farmer Boys (small chain in SoCal)
Worst:
- Carls Jr/Green Burrito
- Arbys (only thing I've ever liked is the Original Roast Beef)
- El Pollo Loco (tricky for me to find anything really tasty)
Caution: I reserve the right to change this list later... :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:28 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 05:29 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:29 PM (jIaZt)
This one from 1993 is still one of my favorites ...
Nolan Ryan vs Robin Ventura
Every middle aged man in America smiled on that day
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aa1_1280296883
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:29 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 05:30 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2013 05:30 PM (tkWnt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 21, 2013 05:30 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:31 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2013 05:32 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 21, 2013 05:32 PM (QzWNc)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:32 PM (pLvWv)
If homosexuality is "genetic"*, it will be interesting to see what happens when parents start aborting 90% of their "gay children".
*The notion is hilarious considering history, prisons, and British boarding schools provides overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
In another generation homosexuality will be considered a lifestyle choice and how dare you suggest that people are born that way. The left will argue that it is superior to heterosexual marriage.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 21, 2013 05:32 PM (lr3d7)
That's nothing babe. Ever hear my wife? Give my bedroom window a listen at midnight sometime, sweetie.
Posted by: Sean Hannity, Studmuffin at March 21, 2013 05:32 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:32 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Jenny hates her phone at March 21, 2013 05:32 PM (jpF+v)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 05:32 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 05:33 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:33 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2013 05:33 PM (8sCoq)
In another generation homosexuality will be considered a lifestyle choice and how dare you suggest that people are born that way. The left will argue that it is superior to heterosexual marriage.
You mean, this is the way it is now, right
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 05:33 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2013 05:34 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Democrats are the scum of the earth at March 21, 2013 05:34 PM (+GpbP)
If anyone else gets multiple illegal calls each and every day about lowering your credit card rates.... well here is a link to a posting detailing who the a-holes are that benefit.
Posted by: AndrewsDad at March 21, 2013 05:35 PM (C2//T)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:35 PM (jIaZt)
The hardest part about liking either Steely Dan OR Donny and Marie?
Telling your dad you're gay.
Posted by: JQP at March 21, 2013 05:35 PM (GVL0g)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 21, 2013 05:35 PM (QzWNc)
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at March 21, 2013 05:35 PM (celt+)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:36 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 05:36 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 21, 2013 05:37 PM (UdB0O)
Getting a ROKU looks like a better option to me every week. John Nolte loves 'em too.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:37 PM (7B7jB)
his jock partner, the catcher guy- forget his name Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2013 09:34 PM
Yes, he did say that. Just before 66 year old Nolan Ryan went into the booth and beat his ass senseless
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:38 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 09:33 PM (ZA1As)
*******
In 20 years doing what I do, I can only remember 3 or 4 families opting to abort a Down syndrome baby at 18+ weeks gestation that we confirmed a cardiac defect on by ultrasound. But like I say, it may be that the OB's and perinatologists push the abortion option much more in the earlier stages before we start even looking at the heart.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:38 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:38 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:38 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at March 21, 2013 05:38 PM (XvrTA)
his jock partner, the catcher guy- forget his name
Tim McNumbnuts, who clearly took way too many foul balls off the face mask.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 05:39 PM (IDSI7)
After November 6th, I stopped watching TV. I think I watched some of the NFL playoffs, then cold turkey.
It's not really all that much of a feat though, since my wife and kids love TV and have it on all the time.
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 05:39 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 21, 2013 05:40 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2013 05:41 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:41 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 05:41 PM (yh0zB)
The lower IQ coworkers did just fine w/ the beep system.
Maybe that's how the Dems steal elections; make the machine beep when you choose some Red.
It would explain a lot.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 05:41 PM (IDSI7)
They're now known as happy Obama voters.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:41 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 21, 2013 05:42 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:43 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 05:43 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: waldo at March 21, 2013 05:44 PM (PP8La)
He married his high school sweetheart Ruth Holdorf in 1967. I remember seeing her on tv as a kid when the Mets wives were being interviewed. The woman was drop dead gorgeous and damn near sent me to my bunk right then and there
Nolan and Ruth Ryan are still married today and she's still quite pretty for her age
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:44 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:44 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:45 PM (ZA1As)
My uncle passed a couple weeks back; the funeral was last weekend. It was in UK so I couldn't go. I did mail my cousin though.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:45 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:45 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 21, 2013 05:45 PM (TvO05)
Worse yet, they're talking about going back to a 90 minute show
60 minutes of Jimmy Fallon is torture, 90 minutes should be investigated by Amnesty International
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:45 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: buzzion at March 21, 2013 05:46 PM (8n4w5)
Silence.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 09:43 PM (ZA1As)
*****
Yeah, that's bad. I once knew a perinatologist (high-risk OB) who pushed 2nd trimester abortions for chromosomally normal fetuses with abnormal hearts, even if we determined that the heart condition was fixable with surgery. Most parents recoiled from him.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:46 PM (pLvWv)
Maybe not. They may be lower IQ but at least they work for a living at McDs, which Obama's base doesn't
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:46 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:46 PM (nH733)
*climbs to top of step ladder*
*kicks you in knee*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 21, 2013 05:46 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:47 PM (GEICT)
The last one I saw was the one with Zeus. I work second shift so have to see new episodes by other means.
Ah, ok.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 21, 2013 05:47 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 21, 2013 05:47 PM (hdsaA)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 21, 2013 05:47 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (KDFPB)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (nH733)
Posted by: Craig Poe at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (BVkEs)
It wouldn't be wall-to-wall Fallon (erp). Bands could do more than one song, and the Tonight Show might even actually be able to bring on the acts of some new comedians who are, you know, actually funny.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (Vk2pI)
Yeah! I wonder if they were just specific to the Springs? I know there were at least two or three, but the one I always went to was a couple of blocks from Buena Vista Elementary (I think on Colorado Avenue).
BTW: Just googled that school, and it's now a public montessori school. Wow. I recall we had an air raid siren nearby, and every Friday, we had our air-raid drill. I was attending there when the principal came on the intercom one Thursday and told us President Kennedy had been shot.
Christ I'm old.
Posted by: jwpaine at March 21, 2013 05:48 PM (VcDCJ)
170After November 6th, I stopped watching TV. I think I watched some of the NFL playoffs, then cold turkey.
I hear ya sport. I can count on one hand how many hours of TV I watch each week. Even less when there's no hockey. But...baseball season is starting and the Rangers are putting the spank on the A's so I may exceed that this week. :-)
I don't miss it in any way; in fact, I wish I'd have done it years ago.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 21, 2013 05:49 PM (uAcgi)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:49 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:49 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at March 21, 2013 05:49 PM (VI5bG)
Posted by: el guapo at March 21, 2013 05:49 PM (ZqDOh)
With a torn ligament in his elbow and at age 46, the last pitch of Ryan's career was clocked at 98 mph
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:49 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 05:50 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:50 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:50 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 05:50 PM (yh0zB)
More the being a braggy bastard about it.
Also *taps foot* are you implying I need a reason to kneecap anyone?
Bannion, congratulations. You are now off the hook.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 21, 2013 05:50 PM (Gk3SS)
And there's a huge social/environmental component nobody wants to talk about. (E.g. long sea voyages, prisons, boarding schools, etc.)
*******
Gladiator movies
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 05:51 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: buzzion at March 21, 2013 05:51 PM (8n4w5)
... Spaarrr-taaa
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 05:52 PM (QTHTd)
"If he ain't struck you out, you ain't nobody"
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:52 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 05:52 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: palerider at March 21, 2013 05:52 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:53 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:53 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:54 PM (ZA1As)
For the metal arm in "Terminator 2" , James Cameron used x-rays of Nolan Ryan's arm as a blueprint
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 05:54 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 05:54 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:54 PM (nH733)
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 05:54 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at March 21, 2013 05:55 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:55 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:55 PM (nH733)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:55 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:56 PM (nH733)
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 05:56 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 05:56 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 09:54 PM (mKMj1)
---
How do you like your burger? Just curious.
Posted by: Craig Poe at March 21, 2013 05:56 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:57 PM (nH733)
Next time you give your daughter a hug and a kiss, please throw in an extra set from me.
Posted by: mama winger at March 21, 2013 05:57 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:57 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:57 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 21, 2013 05:57 PM (GwyfB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2013 05:57 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:57 PM (ZA1As)
Palerider, I appreciate that. I'm going to get on the horn with my provider first thing in the morning and see if I can sort it out.
On that note, I'm no longer blegging for the new PAC. The hosts spoke up, and I'm nothing if not an attentive guest.
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (nH733)
Posted by: Jenny hates her phone at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (D4tR0)
Am 46 and already feeling irreemably old. OTOH, saw Garbage perform during the tail end of Letterman the other night (I watch Leno but usually switch over a little early to catch every little bit of Craig Ferguson). It helps me a little bit to remember that I was born during the same month and year as Shirley Manson.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (wR+pz)
Remember Sandra Lee's Christmas tree? Let's just say there were accusations it was my doing.
I will admit to wanting one of those silver ligers though.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: teej at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (h1gQR)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (nH733)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 05:58 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: jwpaine at March 21, 2013 09:48 PM (VcDCJ)
I didn't know there was more than one location. The one I went to was on Platte near Circle drive. I was in college when JFK was shot.
Posted by: Ronster at March 21, 2013 05:59 PM (pDjY6)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 05:59 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: Craig Poe
On the very rare occasions I get to have one, I like it medium rare, with cheese, bacon, mayo, ketchup, grilled onions, tomato, pickles, and some bacon.
This was the first one I'd had in over a year.
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 05:59 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 21, 2013 05:59 PM (Q8vxe)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (nH733)
So the woman I've been dating passed her citizenship exam - suggestions for a patriotic type of gift?
Dinner at McDonalds?
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (wR+pz)
My gut feeling: it's partly developmental. Probably something to do with fetal testosterone exposure. There are physical markers like finger length ratios and the subtle things that set off one's "gaydar."
And there's a huge social/environmental component nobody wants to talk about. (E.g. long sea voyages, prisons, boarding schools, etc.) If kids grow up in a society where it's encouraged, you'll see more of it.
I think I've given my theory here that about half the gay male population is born that way. The other half are the product of social/environmental factors. I think a lot of it has to do with mental illness; the gay community has always had a lot of issues with mental illness, drug abuse, etc. Self-destructive behaviors that would be noticed in the straight community get overlooked in the gay community.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (lr3d7)
Youngster.
----------------
Hell, I'm trying to stave off the grave....
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 09:58 PM (zPVBH)
*******
Greet her at the door wearing nothing but an Uncle Sam hat and a smile?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 09:58 PM (zPVBH)
A Captain America costume!
http://www.cotygonzales.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/003-captainamerica.jpg
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (doBIb)
How does it feel to live in a state governed by a more-popular-than-ever Scott Walker?
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 09:58 PM (nH733)
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He's the only politician I donate money to anymore. The rest of them can go hang.
Posted by: mama winger at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 21, 2013 06:00 PM (qo244)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 06:01 PM (6IKyK)
Posted by: Dish of Red at March 21, 2013 06:01 PM (Dmq63)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 21, 2013 06:01 PM (uPCi2)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 09:58 PM (zPVBH)
give her some good ol' American tube steak
Posted by: chemjeff at March 21, 2013 06:01 PM (RhOOg)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:02 PM (nH733)
I pretty much got "let go" because I would do the math for change in my head instead of entering it into the old mechanical cash register.
I did this at KFC....the old ten dollar trick, (since most orders at the time rang up for well under that). Assume your customer is paying with a ten dollar bill, mentally drop a penny from that, (so 9.99), subtract the total from that, add a penny, and that's the change due. If they pay with a twenty, just add ten.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 21, 2013 06:02 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 06:02 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 09:58 PM (zPVBH)
Kentucky bourbon and/or a Smith and Wesson handgun, depending on her tolerance for bourbon.
Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2013 06:03 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 06:03 PM (6IKyK)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:03 PM (nH733)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:03 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 10:00 PM (nH733)
Way too much buggery going on for not being a Memorial Day thread.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:03 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2013 06:04 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:04 PM (nH733)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at March 21, 2013 06:05 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2013 06:06 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: jewells45 at March 21, 2013 06:06 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 06:06 PM (mKMj1)
In his prime, he threw at around 103 to 104. I've read baseball books that players begged out with injuries on the days he was scheduled to pitch.
Nolie was old school, meaning a batter who got a little too close to the plate was reminded by one of his inside heaters to stand away a little. Like the on deck circle.
Ryan also loved to pause before going into a windup to let the batter think about how hard he threw. He wasn't blessed with pinpoint control which made him even scarier
He was known to throw knockdown pitches to batters who'd gloated a little too much about getting a hit or homer off him previously. The batter knew it was going to come too, because Ryan had this icy cold stare that he'd fix on the hitter when he'd gotten the hit. "When he stares at you like that, you damn near piss yourself saying 'what's he going to do to me' "
God help you if your pitcher drilled one of his teammates.
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:06 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 21, 2013 10:02 PM (0IhFx)
How about just start with the total and count out to the amount of the payment.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:07 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:07 PM (jIaZt)
Joanie Loves Chachi >> Big Bang Theory
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 06:07 PM (pLvWv)
A new American car: http://rallyfighter.com/
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 21, 2013 06:08 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:08 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: chemjeff at March 21, 2013 06:08 PM (RhOOg)
Posted by: Dish of Red at March 21, 2013 06:08 PM (Dmq63)
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2013 06:08 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 06:09 PM (I2LwF)
I would like the people that responded to this to google buggered.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 21, 2013 06:09 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 06:09 PM (R3gO3)
You want the simple possessive "your", not the contraction for "you are".
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 06:09 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:09 PM (nH733)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2013 09:58 PM (zPVBH)
This works for any gift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 06:10 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 06:10 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:10 PM (nH733)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:11 PM (nH733)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 06:11 PM (6IKyK)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:11 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dish of Red at March 21, 2013 06:11 PM (Dmq63)
How about just start with the total and count out to the amount of the payment.
Because the second you saw the denomination of the bill(s) they pulled from their wallet or purse, you could announce their change, without having to count it out. It was a fun trick. It's still fun, even in this day and age of computerized cash registers. I can pay, and announce the change due me before the clerk can mash his or her buttons.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 21, 2013 06:11 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: jewells45 at March 21, 2013 06:11 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 09:56 PM
Actually it was because he'd miss a start in his early days with the Mets due to finger blisters. A trainer recommended the pickle brine, but he later used an ointment probably to Ruth Ryan's relief
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:11 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:12 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:12 PM (nH733)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 06:12 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 10:09 PM (nH733)
Actually by now they probably ARE bone...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:13 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at March 21, 2013 06:13 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 06:13 PM (ZA1As)
Zounds--Somebody older than me! I was in fifth grade in '63. I guess there were at least two of those restaurants, then, because the Michaelis I went to was (almost certainly) on Colorado Ave. I don't actually remember the name of the street, but I do recall it was in the same direction (walking from school) as my grandmother's bakery.
Posted by: jwpaine at March 21, 2013 06:14 PM (VcDCJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:15 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at March 21, 2013 10:13 PM (hO8IJ)
********
Never saw one play a banjo.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 06:15 PM (pLvWv)
He's been a conservative Republican for most of his life, and any reporter joking about his friend George W Bush in his presence gets the icy stare and possibly the Robin Ventura noogie punch
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:16 PM (mCvL4)
Ahem.
"Experienced"
I was running armed patrols on the East German border when you were suckin on yo momma's tit, sonny. And don't you forget it.
Now get off my lawn!!!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 09:38 PM (ZA1As)
I prefer "seasoned".
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2013 06:16 PM (kaalw)
Lost my mom in November. It doesn't get any easier, but it does get better.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 21, 2013 06:16 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Craig Poe at March 21, 2013 06:16 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Dish of Red at March 21, 2013 06:17 PM (Dmq63)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 06:17 PM (ZA1As)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:17 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:17 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at March 21, 2013 06:17 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: otho at March 21, 2013 06:18 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 06:18 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 10:17 PM (ZA1As)
********
Are you pulling my leg, or are you being kosher?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 06:19 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke, Pickle Aficionado at March 21, 2013 06:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 06:19 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 10:17 PM (GEICT)
That was the best fact about Neal Armstrong, when he punched out the "Apollo landings were fake" dude. That was some funny shit right there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:19 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:19 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 06:20 PM (ZA1As)
I thought that was Buzz Aldrin?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 21, 2013 06:20 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2013 06:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 100 percent Irish free at March 21, 2013 06:20 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:20 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: EROWMER at March 21, 2013 06:21 PM (kxlCQ)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 06:21 PM (6IKyK)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 06:21 PM (Y8t25)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 06:21 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:21 PM (nH733)
Wear an Uncle Sam hat with a chicken leg in each hand and a doughnut stuck on your.........
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 21, 2013 06:22 PM (yfeAd)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 06:22 PM (ZA1As)
About the same as the difference between a sandwich and blowjob.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 21, 2013 06:22 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:22 PM (nH733)
Norman Mailer's description of Aldrin was that he seemed like he would arm wrestle a gorrilla for a dollar. Punching douche bags for free.
Posted by: fluffy at March 21, 2013 06:22 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 06:22 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 06:23 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:23 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 06:23 PM (Y8t25)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:23 PM (GEICT)
Although the Mets pitching coach did have pitch counts for them back then, it wasn't cast in stone and it was far higher than 100 pitches. Seaver's was nominally 135, Koosman's 145, and Ryan's 150.
They also said that today's pitchers need to man up and not look to the dugout to be relieved when they run into a little trouble.
I remember watching those guys as a kid. Pitching a complete game was common, not a rarity like now.
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:24 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:24 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2013 06:24 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: a mindful webworker at March 21, 2013 06:24 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 21, 2013 06:24 PM (ZA1As)
Does anybody know the difference between a phlebotomist and a urologist?
Stay away from the phlebotomist if you have urology problems!
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 21, 2013 06:25 PM (yfeAd)
Well... I know one of 'em has no business sticking his finger up my ass. On second thought, that goes for the other one, too.
Posted by: jwpaine at March 21, 2013 06:25 PM (VcDCJ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 1/4 full of blarney at March 21, 2013 06:25 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 21, 2013 06:25 PM (PBm/l)
Posted by: Chris M at March 21, 2013 06:25 PM (4lyMJ)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 06:25 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 06:25 PM (1V6Pv)
Didn't the Weiner flap also hit around Memorial Day? I believe it did. It's a special weekend around here
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 06:26 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:27 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: CAC at March 21, 2013 06:27 PM (nH733)
No reason for the umps to eject Ryan, since he Ventura violated the rules by charging the mound. I think the umps also gave Nolie a break because the umps were about his age
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:27 PM (mCvL4)
Forget it, he's rolling . . .
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 21, 2013 06:28 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 06:29 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Lauren at March 21, 2013 06:29 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 21, 2013 06:29 PM (qo244)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 06:30 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: jewells45 at March 21, 2013 06:30 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 10:19 PM
Yeah, you might find one that's being used as a fence post on a farm, at that price. A good one, not so much. They're all fucking expensive now. I was shocked by how much people are shelling out for k98's now. Used to be able to get 303's for a packet of smokes.
Posted by: otho at March 21, 2013 06:31 PM (yBF/9)
Gibby was fearsome, I remember watching him as a kid too. Old school as they come, he'd take your head off if you didn't show him respect, or if he was just in the mood to stick a high heater in your ear.
Gibson's 1.12 ERA in '68 has never been bested
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:31 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 09:56 PM (mKMj1)
Why stave off 50???? Embrace it!!!
[Did I happen to mention how old I am as of my last birthday?]
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2013 06:31 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 06:32 PM (7tVNd)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 06:32 PM (6IKyK)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:32 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 06:33 PM (QupBk)
[Did I happen to mention how old I am as of my last birthday?]
Posted by: cthulhu
I'll embrace it when it gets here, I guess. Of course, congratulations on having made it thus far, cthulhu!
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 06:33 PM (mKMj1)
Mrs. Muldoon proudly wants me to announce to the Horde that she got her CCW permit (CO). Then she went down to the local gun shop and asked to look at some handguns. Looking at a Bersa Thunder .38 she asked one of the old guys working the counter, "How does this thing work." Then she asked, "Does it come in any other colors?" I like to think she was messing with them a little.
(She is a relative newbie, as you might guess, but eager to learn the right way.)
Now if we could just find some ammo we could go on a range date.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now 1/4 full of blarney at March 21, 2013 06:33 PM (pLvWv)
****
That's terrible! Our son was diagnosed with several (5) heart defects at 20 weeks. Even when they initially told us they saw an underdeveloped left ventricle (very bad), no one mentioned abortion. Fortunately, he has dextrocardia, so it is the right ventricle that's underdeveloped instead. I won't say the path to his super-duper custom heart has been fun, but the surgeries are so well-established, and so commonly performed, it would be a crime to abort because of heart defects. Today, at 10, you'd never know he had any issues - he's just a little bit shorter than his classmates.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 21, 2013 06:34 PM (OlKkB)
Posted by: rickl at March 21, 2013 06:34 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: fluffy at March 21, 2013 10:28 PM (z9HTb)
When those things come loose at high speed...look the fuck out....
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:35 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Lauren at March 21, 2013 06:35 PM (wsGWu)
I laughed pretty hard about that.
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 06:35 PM (mKMj1)
"They also said that today's pitchers need to man up and not look to the dugout to be relieved when they run into a little trouble."
I see a lot of pitchers get pulled when they clearly want to stay in the game. I would imagine the massive salaries star pitchers get these days is behind it. When you're paying Zack Greinke a quarter of a billion, you really don't want to risk losing that arm.
My uncle was a left-handed pitcher in the minors in the late '40's. I've looked up his stats online - he didn't suck. Pitched a 15 inning game and blew out his arm permanently. He was always kind of gruff and grumpy. My mother said his left arm and shoulder still hurt badly from time to time, even when he was in his 50's. It's too bad there was no Tommy Johns surgery in those days.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 06:35 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2013 06:36 PM (29+x5)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 06:37 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now completely full of BS at March 21, 2013 10:33 PM (pLvWv)
Congrats to Missus Muldoon!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:37 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 06:38 PM (6IKyK)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:38 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 10:37 PM
Yes. Tis the shiznit.
Posted by: otho at March 21, 2013 06:39 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: USS Diversity at March 21, 2013 06:40 PM (+bZOu)
TFG's visit to Israel will not end well for them. He declined to speak at
their Knesset and instead spoke at a university with a bunch of radical
leftists. Even the far left members of the Knesset asked him not to.
The last time TFG spoke in the Middle East, he invited the Muslim
Brotherhood to attend his speech in Cairo. Supposedly Mubarak damn near
begged him not to. Tried to explain what the MB were really like. TFG ignored
him. Not long after, the wonderful arab spring started which has resulted in so
much peace and harmony since.
TFG is earning his Nobel peace prize every day.
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 21, 2013 10:25 PM (PBm/l)
Feature, not a bug.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 06:40 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 10:37 PM (yh0zB)
******
She's a frequent lurker, never poster here. She does feed me some of my better lines though. She just chuckled to read your comment.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now humbly returning to his Irish roots at March 21, 2013 06:40 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: Kermit Gosnell at March 21, 2013 06:40 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:40 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:40 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 06:41 PM (6IKyK)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:41 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 06:43 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 21, 2013 10:25 PM (PBm/l)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:43 PM (yh0zB)
Ryan and Seaver both said it had a lot to do with development in the minors. Seaver called them "the foxhole guys", pitchers who would almost fistfight a manager for pulling him from the game. Some pitchers can, some can't, that should be found out on their way up. They wondered about the babying of pitchers saving an arm, since they said there's a lot more sore arms nowadays than in their time
It's debatable. Seaver, Koosman, and Ryan pitched into their 40's. Another of their fireballing pitchers Gary Gentry blew out his arm before he was 30. However, Gentry had a violent delivery similar to David Cone's, while Seaver, Koosman, and Gentry were physically bigger and had fantastic mechanics
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:44 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 10:43 PM (I2LwF)
*******
Not yet. I had to special order a longer tape measure.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now humbly returning to his Irish roots at March 21, 2013 06:44 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 06:44 PM (6IKyK)
The last time TFG spoke in the Middle East, he invited the Muslim
Brotherhood to attend his speech in Cairo. Supposedly Mubarak damn near
begged him not to. Tried to explain what the MB were really like. TFG ignored
him. Not long after, the wonderful arab spring started which has resulted in so
much peace and harmony since.
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 21, 2013 10:25 PM (PBm/l)
I'm quite certain that TFG knows all about the Muslim Brotherhood and what they're like.
Posted by: rickl at March 21, 2013 10:34 PM (sdi6R)
I think he knows what they're like to the favored "bacha bazi" behind closed doors.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2013 06:44 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 06:44 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 21, 2013 06:45 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 10:43 PM (I2LwF)
Hell, I was done before we got started...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:45 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now humbly returning to his Irish roots at March 21, 2013 10:44 PM (pLvWv)
*******
(I posted that especially for Missus Muldoon! Hi sweetie!)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now humbly returning to his Irish roots at March 21, 2013 06:45 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:45 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 06:45 PM (7tVNd)
Posted by: Lauren at March 21, 2013 06:45 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Martin Owe'Malley at March 21, 2013 06:46 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 06:46 PM (I2LwF)
I've never before, or since, seen a pitcher involved in a brawl not be thrown.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 10:40 PM (GEICT)
Rob Dibble and Lou Pinella, but that was in the clubhouse.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 06:46 PM (Zd/NW)
Oh Alton.. if life were any better I would have to sit on my hands to keep from clapping.
/sarc
Back problems.. long story. Just took my meds so I think I will be drifting off here in a bit. Glad things are good for you 
Posted by: jewells45 at March 21, 2013 06:46 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 21, 2013 06:47 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 06:47 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon now humbly returning to his Irish roots at March 21, 2013 06:47 PM (pLvWv)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 21, 2013 10:45 PM (DoZD+)
OMG, katya, that really *is* awesome! Hopefully you are on the mend and missed the worst of it (it was horrible). I fully adhere to the concept of, not feeling well, keep knocking yourself out until you wake up hungry.
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 06:47 PM (AJM+z)
I've never before, or since, seen a pitcher involved in a brawl not be thrown. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 10:40 PM
Ryan had gotten his ass kicked by Dave Winfield a few years before, and Ryan had taken a few steps back when Winfield charged. He swore that wouldn't happen again
In Ryan's defense, Winfield was HUGE. He'd been a tight end in college football and would have been a high NFL draft pick
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:47 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: troyriser at March 21, 2013 06:48 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:48 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 06:49 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 06:49 PM (7tVNd)
Posted by: Al at March 21, 2013 10:42 PM
Randy Jones had pinpoint control but his fastball didn't get out of the 70s. Lots of ground balls and very few strikeouts lead to low pitch counts
It's the guys like Tim Lincecum who run up 100 pitch counts by the 6th inning
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:50 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 21, 2013 06:50 PM (jucos)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:50 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 06:50 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: troyriser at March 21, 2013 06:51 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 06:51 PM (7tVNd)
I fully adhere to the concept of, not feeling well, keep knocking yourself out until you wake up hungry.
I'm not usually plagued by the flu. It's either a nasty strain or because I turned 50. I'm still getting over it. Next year I plan to get a flu shot and maybe learn how to make whiskey toddies.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 21, 2013 06:51 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 10:46 PM
Dibble, Brett Myers and John Rocker had to be the biggest jerks in the game, and that's saying something
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 06:52 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:52 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 06:54 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: sTevo at March 21, 2013 06:54 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 10:53 PM (6IKyK)
They tell you from which direction death comes.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:54 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 21, 2013 06:55 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Jade Sea at March 21, 2013 06:55 PM (hoj8d)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 06:56 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2013 06:56 PM (29+x5)
You're no less ill, but boy, does it help your mood!
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 06:56 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 21, 2013 06:58 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: edmund at March 21, 2013 06:58 PM (rCS6C)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at March 21, 2013 06:58 PM (VZyOx)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 10:53 PM
Yeah, but totally outweighed by the "I'm here to fuck your shit up" factor.
Posted by: otho at March 21, 2013 06:59 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 06:59 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: M256A1 at March 21, 2013 06:59 PM (7tVNd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2013 10:56 PM (29+x5)
Yep, milsurp ammo in short barreled carbines. Using modern ammo in these rifles gets rid of the fireballs, but it's not nearly as cool.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2013 06:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 07:00 PM (QupBk)
You're no less ill, but boy, does it help your mood!
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 10:56 PM (mKMj1)
It is frequently true that traditional remedies are best.
My gramps once told me that there are really only two kinds of medicines: the first makes the illness more tolerable so that you can continue doing what you must while your body gets better by itself; the second sits your ass down on a couch and makes you rest while your body gets better by itself. Whiskey toddies are a high-tech blend of both.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2013 07:00 PM (kaalw)
You can buy pretty much anything if you want to pay the price.
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 07:00 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 07:01 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 21, 2013 07:01 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at March 21, 2013 10:58 PM (VZyOx)
Preach it sister!
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 21, 2013 07:01 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 07:01 PM (7tVNd)
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 07:01 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2013 07:02 PM (6IKyK)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 07:02 PM (QupBk)
New name: the New England Community Organizers
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 10:59 PM (I2LwF)
New rowdy fan taunt: "We're here to [cluster]fuck you up!"
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2013 07:02 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: troyriser at March 21, 2013 07:04 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 07:04 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: troyriser at March 21, 2013 07:05 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 10:59 PM (I2LwF)
This whole thing is just killing me, I'm not lyin'. I imagine Fitzy has already had a fuckin' stroke. I guess I should go check his website. Fuck.
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 07:05 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 21, 2013 07:06 PM (GEICT)
Lauren: I was 2 lbs. 8 ozs when I was born. My twin sister was smaller and died shortly after birth. A neonatologist I know says it's a miracle I survived considering there were no neonatal ICU's then. We weren't nearly as big as many of the babies that vile POS Kermit the Asshole butchered in Philly.
I was going to say I'm proof that even a little preemie born 2 months early can grow up to be a normal functioning adult, but since I hang out at this joint, I'm not exactly a poster child for "normal functioning adult."
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 07:06 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 07:06 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at March 21, 2013 07:06 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 07:06 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 07:07 PM (QupBk)
Dibble, Brett Myers and John Rocker had to be the biggest jerks in the game, and that's saying something
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 10:52 PM (mCvL4)
Pikers compared to Pete Rose who is still a huge fucking prick, but still can't hold a candle to Ty Cobb.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 07:07 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 07:09 PM (mKMj1)
"Dibble, Brett Myers and John Rocker had to be the biggest jerks in the game, and that's saying something"
Yeah. Albert Belle always came across as a complete asshole too.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 07:09 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 21, 2013 07:10 PM (KqmXZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2013 07:10 PM (29+x5)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 07:10 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 07:10 PM (I2LwF)
katya, I cannot recommend the whiskey toddy highly enough.
You're no less ill, but boy, does it help your mood!
My dad used to get pneumonia every year. Never went to the doctor, just nursed himself through with hot toddies. About the only time he ever drank anything harder than beer.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 21, 2013 07:11 PM (DoZD+)
The world has gone mad. MAD!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:11 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: gp at March 21, 2013 07:11 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 21, 2013 07:12 PM (JMmQ9)
God bless ya, Buzz.
I... really need to visit my 92yo mother more often.Posted by: a mindful webworker at March 21, 2013 07:13 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 07:13 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 21, 2013 07:14 PM (DoZD+)
After the South African War (2nd Boer War) British regiments began to really concentrate on their marksmanship with even privates starting subscriptions with their own money to buy their own ammo for practice. In the opening days of WW1 with the original BEF in the field before trench digging began in earnest, German units sometimes thought they were up against machine-guns when it was 'just' a company of riflemen.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 07:14 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 07:15 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: The Meal Hat at March 21, 2013 07:16 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 07:17 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 07:18 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Dianna at March 21, 2013 11:09 PM
If I'm on the russian front and those bastards are coming at me... I'm running away. Those commie fucks are shooting fireballs for fucks sake.
Posted by: otho at March 21, 2013 07:19 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 07:19 PM (I2LwF)
Senior non-coms from the British army with Lee Enfields could fire about as fast as draftees with M1s.
Of course we had 8,000,000 draftees, so.......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:20 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 07:20 PM (jIaZt)
Pick up the rifle, place the dot where you want the bullet to go, squeeze.
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 07:21 PM (zaoSm)
Masshole.
Red Sox suck, but the Patriots swallow.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:22 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 07:22 PM (ORGYc)
Of course we had 8,000,000 draftees, so.......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 11:20 PM
The 303 has an extremely fast action. It works well with the 10 rounds. Not as good as an M1, but pretty damn close.
Posted by: otho at March 21, 2013 07:22 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 07:22 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: toby928© presents at March 21, 2013 07:24 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 21, 2013 11:14 PM (DoZD+)
They are silly, but not irrelevant. They are silly yet they Rule the World.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 21, 2013 07:26 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 11:10 PM (I2LwF)
A story like that brings a tear to my eye.
And some wetness in my pants.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at March 21, 2013 07:26 PM (Zd/NW)
It turned out to be something like 5,000 surplus Garands that were going to be cannibalized for the best parts to make 1,000 or so good, working models.
Dicks.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 07:28 PM (ORGYc)
I have never allowed my guns...pistols or rifles....the freedom to run amok and cause trouble. I keep them locked up, or firmly in my grip with my finger off the trigger until I decide to fire. Well, there is one in my bed-stand, but I have made it abundantly clear that he is to behave at all times. no carousing...no sowing his wild oats. Sit quietly in his holster until I need him.
Yes, I have taken their free will away, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
Please join me in this endeavor.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:29 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 07:29 PM (7tVNd)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 07:31 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 21, 2013 07:31 PM (jIaZt)
I have one, although I have only fired it a few times. Nice clean bolt movement. And the front sight is big and tall and easy to find.
Nice rifle.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:31 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 07:32 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: rickl at March 21, 2013 07:32 PM (sdi6R)
NAh. Let's tame the wild. Harvest the forests, mine the minerals, pump the oil and herd those free-range assault weapons into my safe, because damn it! I want a .308!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:33 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 07:34 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 21, 2013 07:34 PM (7qc9v)
Boats are shes, but guns are its or hes.
Interesting question though......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:35 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: The Dude at March 21, 2013 07:35 PM (vJdyz)
Been there, done that, and this isn't an "Apollo engine", it's a "Saturn V engine", or a "Saturn B1B engine" (used for the first unmanned Apollo payload). Those were the only two launch vehicles that ever took the Apollo payload into lunar orbit.
Ya know, if you're going to gush over this stuff, you could at least get it right. Just between us nerds, the project name does not equal the hardware nomenclature, k?
Posted by: Born Free at March 21, 2013 07:36 PM (htomV)
5000 ampersands says that the Yankees have a better record than the Red Sox this year.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:37 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 07:37 PM (ORGYc)
http://tinyurl.com/d2gaps9
They will give credit toward their excellent reloads, or new ammo, for brass you send them.
So...no need to make the injuns cry, except for pleasure.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:40 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 07:40 PM (7tVNd)
Posted by: CSI Gil Grissom at March 21, 2013 07:40 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Arbalest at March 21, 2013 07:41 PM (kRqyp)
Posted by: Jean at March 21, 2013 11:40 PM (7tVNd)
They'll hire the Foreign Legion to take control of Cyprus.
They're tyrants; what else would you expect?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:41 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 11:37 PM (3Mkrp)
Ya goof, I love the Yankees, too. I didn't know it was verboten and grew up with teh Sox and the Yanks as my fave teams. Never saw a reason to change that. Meh, it's only baseball, and I almost always have a reason to watch. In October.
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 07:42 PM (AJM+z)
Um....because the narrower band of predictions is less likely than the wider band.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:43 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 11:31 PM (ORGYc)
Doesn't work. Mine fell into a lake and drowned. Poor things.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 07:43 PM (Zd/NW)
Remember, CharlieBrown'sDildo, when you drop a brass casing and don't pick it up, you make a Native American an Italian-American actor cry.
How about when you drop a Native American an Italian-American actor, but pick up your brass casing? Or drop a Beatle, but forget to drop his screeching harridan wife?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 07:43 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 07:43 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Bill H at March 21, 2013 07:44 PM (3sZO1)
I knew you were a Yankees fan!
You are far too intelligent (and smokin' hot) to be a Red Sox knuckle-dragger.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:45 PM (3Mkrp)
Learned that the hard way.
Posted by: raylan givens at March 21, 2013 07:45 PM (ORGYc)
For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the pitcher from the Ty Cobb/Babe Ruth era (Rube Waldell, I think?) who used to do cartwheels on the mound when he struck someone out. Great pitcher - and completely nuts. He loved fire trucks and when he heard one on the street, he'd run off the field to chase after it. He also loved puppies and so fans of the opposing team would bring puppies to the ballpark and hold them up, hoping to distract him.
Now, wouldn't it be great to see Yu Darvish doing a cartwheel on the mound? Or RA Dickey running after a fire truck?
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 07:45 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 11:43 PM (I2LwF)
Yeah....you clearly haven't been paying attention to the Yankees.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:46 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 07:47 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2013 07:48 PM (sqp6o)
Mmm. Good chowda. What? Chowda break's over already.
Shit. Again.
Posted by: zombie ted kennedy at March 21, 2013 07:48 PM (ORGYc)
If only Chapman had been a better shot, or more aware.
30 years of John Lennon music, without the castrating bitch Ono by his side.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:48 PM (3Mkrp)
Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson, Ferguson Jenkins, Don Sutton, Vida Blue, Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, Larry Dierker, Catfish Hunter, Ron Guidry, Ken Holtzman, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack, Gaylord Perry, Bert Blyleven, Tommy John, J.R. Richard, and Jim Kaat
All better than the greatness known as ... Zack Greinke
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 07:49 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 21, 2013 11:43 PM
Never fear, we're done with our ideas how to fix the Republican brand and are free to lead the Red Sox back to the top
Posted by: The RNC at March 21, 2013 07:51 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 11:48 PM (3Mkrp)
You gotta wonder what Chapman was thinking. She was RIGHT THERE. Setting up an insanity defense, maybe?
For my part, the best chance that duo would've had would have been that I couldn't decide which one to smoke first.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 07:51 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2013 07:51 PM (sqp6o)
It's just not fair.
What did you pay for that hash?
Did Ace give you a reach-around?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:52 PM (3Mkrp)
Tug McGraw could be pretty freaky
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 07:52 PM (mCvL4)
He was my second favorite Beatle. Harrison was grand...and a loon, but that's okay.
Every time I read something about that talentless hack Ono, I get pissed off.
And let's be honest, she's butt-ugly too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:54 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: The RNC at March 21, 2013 11:51 PM (mCvL4)
roflmao. that right there is my threadwinner for tonight.
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 07:54 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 07:55 PM (zaoSm)
Real people with real personalities are a thing of the past in baseball. Too much money at stake. They all have image consultants and managers and agents and fluffers and......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 07:55 PM (3Mkrp)
Thought I'd seen it all. Ex-Floridian bo used to sunshine and rain at the same time. On my way home today I got a blast of snow while the sun was out. Kinda freaky, special snowflakes and all. Truly spectacular.
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at March 21, 2013 07:57 PM (QEqvj)
In the 80s the Astros had a nutty reliever named Charlie Kerfeld. Think of Michael Moore in a bright orange baseball uniform and without the politics
A fan favorite, Kerfeld was known for his quirky sense of humor and bullpen antics. He is remembered for his lucky Jetsons tee shirt (which he wore under his uniform when he pitched because the Jetsons' dog was named Astro) and for occasionally donning a rubber Coneheads mask in the bullpen along with fellow relievers Larry Andersen and Dave Smith.
When Kerfeld, whose uniform number was 37, learned that Jim Deshaies had signed for $110,000 in 1987. He asked for and received $110,037.37 plus 37 boxes of orange Jell-O
Coming to the ballpark, he often wore such things as pink high-tops and a Rambo cammies outfit
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 07:57 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 07:58 PM (AJM+z)
Goodnight morons.
I enjoyed the baseball talk.
Opening day is almost here! (And I might be sitting in the stands in my winter coat.)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 07:58 PM (R3gO3)
Well, Mags Bennett and some guy (?) in a furry costume.
Posted by: raylan givens at March 21, 2013 07:59 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 08:00 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 ~です at March 21, 2013 08:00 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 11:58 PM (AJM+z)
He will go as many innings as you need him.
By the end of the 2009 post-season, he was throwing about 88mph. And I think he put in two innings in the last game of the WS.
The man is a credit to his family, to baseball, to God and to mankind.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:00 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 08:01 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 11:58 PM
I always liked Big Unit because he looked like the bad guy in a Western movie or the psycho member of a biker gang
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 08:01 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 08:01 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 08:02 PM (zaoSm)
Those of you so blessed with a set of wheels with 300 or more hp under the hood; it is your duty to do donuts and power brake burnouts in the middle of a hipster neighborhood
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 08:03 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: zombie mags bennett at March 21, 2013 08:04 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 08:05 PM (ORGYc)
All the Italian players were Americans with Italian surnames. Posted by: Truman North at March 22, 2013 12:01 AM
The Albanian team was players with female first names
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 08:05 PM (mCvL4)
Every time I read something about that talentless hack Ono, I get pissed off.
And let's be honest, she's butt-ugly too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 11:54 PM (3Mkrp)
Well, she couldn't get by on her "singing" ability forever.
Check out Youtube of Ono caterwauling at MOMA in 2010. My ears are still bleeding. Fuckin' Chapman.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:06 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 22, 2013 12:00 AM (R3gO3)
I have never seen anything to indicate otherwise. And he also happens to be the best ever at what he does.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 21, 2013 08:06 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 08:07 PM (I2LwF)
All the Italian players were Americans with Italian surnames.
The Oxford v. Cambridge rowing races were like that.
"Oh, look, Oxford's Americans beat Cambridge's Americans!"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:07 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:09 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Mindy at March 21, 2013 08:09 PM (wk9P4)
Everybody in NY loves Derek Jeter, but Mariano Rivera is perfection.
We are going to be crushed when he retires this year.
I have had the privilege of seeing him pitch, and I will never forget it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:10 PM (3Mkrp)
Actually, I was thinking of putting my scrotum in a vice and crushing my testicles...it will be less painful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:11 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2013 08:11 PM (sqp6o)
And let's be honest, she's butt-ugly too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 11:54 PM (3Mkrp)
You always were of a charitable bent.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:11 PM (IDSI7)
OK, one last one - kbdabear, didn't the Sox have a Commie pitcher during the '70's? Bill Lee? I remember reading someplace that he was a Maoist. Would have definitely hurt him with the fan base if he played for the Rangers, but in Boston...no big deal, I guess.
And I can remember a crazy guy who pitched for Detriot in the '70's - he talked to the baseball before he pitched. He told the ball it had better not give up any runs. If he thought it had a run in it, he'd signal for another ball. I remember they called him Big Bird. Goodnight - again!
Posted by: Donna V. at March 21, 2013 08:11 PM (R3gO3)
Please ban Jay Guevara.
Exhibit 1, and the only thing necessary to have him tossed out of here.
http://tinyurl.com/a9wsla5
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:13 PM (3Mkrp)
Raylans boss in real life is apparently not that nice as he swings the other way ...
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 08:14 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 08:14 PM (ORGYc)
Re: the whole brightness-of-the-face thing, when some folks...especially pale cherubic Irish folk... are suddenly flustered, embarrassed or surprised with good news or bad, it shows on their face immediately for better or worse and cannot be disguised. Its more curse than blessing, but can be useful.
Posted by: md at March 21, 2013 08:15 PM (XHi19)
OK, one last one - kbdabear, didn't the Sox have a Commie pitcher during the '70's? Bill Lee? I remember reading someplace that he was a Maoist.
Bill Lee is a great guy. Nuts, but funny, and a friendly guy. I batted against him in a baseball tournament last November in FL, and he was cracking everybody up. He wore a jersey that said "Ellis, D." on the back, and spouting Leeisms, such as "Socrates says good luck is when an arrow hits the guy next to you, not you."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:15 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 21, 2013 08:15 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 ~です at March 22, 2013 12:00 AM (Vk2pI)
sorry
Posted by: The Dude at March 21, 2013 08:16 PM (vJdyz)
Chemical enhancement maybe?
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 08:16 PM (zaoSm)
And I can remember a crazy guy who pitched for Detriot in the '70's - he talked to the baseball before he pitched. He told the ball it had better not give up any runs. If he thought it had a run in it, he'd signal for another ball. I remember they called him Big Bird. Goodnight - again! Posted by: Donna V. at March 22, 2013 12:11 AM
The Red Sox's Bill Lee was nicknamed "The Spaceman". I think his use of controlled illegal substances was responsible for that nic
Mark "The Bird" Fidrych was the looney who talked to the ball before he threw it. He had good stuff, think Tim Lincecum with the mind of a child. Blew out his arm after a few years
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 08:16 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2013 12:13 AM (3Mkrp)
Ban me? Ban fuckin' Mark Chapman. He had a primo opportunity to deal with this back when, but whiffed. This shit is on him!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:16 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2013 08:18 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 22, 2013 12:16 AM (zaoSm)
Rivera? I really don't think so. Mostly because his delivery is perfect. It's not overpowering pitching, it is intellectually perfect pitching.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:18 PM (3Mkrp)
Okay, you have a point. But my God, that woman is a horror show!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:19 PM (3Mkrp)
Yeah, I know. But somehow you'll survive.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 21, 2013 08:19 PM (ORGYc)
I hope you know Mags is a deep cover Soviet agent now.
Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2013 12:11 AM (sqp6o)
I'm so in deep cover this season that you can't see me!
Posted by: Dewey Crowe at March 21, 2013 08:19 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 21, 2013 08:19 PM (7qc9v)
Go the Albert Fish route. Jam needles and nails in your scrote, pelvis, and abdomen. Wait until they rust to pull them out.
(he'd also soak wool fabric Soaked in lighter fluid in his ass and light it on fire.)
Pretty much mainstream Dem.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:19 PM (IDSI7)
Those of you so blessed with a set of wheels with 300 or more hp under the hood; it is your duty to do donuts and power brake burnouts in the middle of a hipster neighborhood
Posted by: kbdabear at March 22, 2013 12:03 AM (mCvL4)
OK....
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 21, 2013 08:20 PM (lZBBB)
He is, he's perfect. I can't believe I'm doin' the vulcan mind meld with CBD.
Unfortunately for us, it's March and that means a lot of old, fat black dudes hoggin my tee vee saying things like "copacetic." I see my ex future husband Chuck Barkley has put some pounds back on. I'm over him now anyway . . .
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 08:20 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: Arbalest at March 21, 2013 08:21 PM (kRqyp)
But my God, that woman is a horror show!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2013 12:19 AM (3Mkrp)
No argument there. You've got to wonder what Lennon was thinking. Did he have an opthamologist? An otiologist? What?
Thousands of hot chicks throwing themselves at him, and he wades through them all and comes up with ... this. It's just so ... wrong.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:22 PM (IDSI7)
Rivera belongs in the 1950s. When baseball was perfect.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:22 PM (3Mkrp)
"...and it's root, root, root for the Astros
if we don't win it's Deshaies..."
...which I always thought was unfair. Dude always pitched his ass off. Posted by: AltonJackson at March 22, 2013 12:15 AM
Reminds me of Doug Sisk with the Mets in the 80s. Had a mean hard sinker that got him off to a great start in his career, but hitters figured him out and after a few years they didn't dare put him in unless the game was a blowout.
Fans ragged on him so badly that when the Mets wives held a fashion show, Sisk's wife was booed.
Sad thing was, he was always one of the nicest people you'd want to meet
I love interviews with retired players who were never very good, career utility men and long relievers. A lot of them are like Bob Uecker, funny guys with great stories
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 08:22 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:23 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 08:24 PM (Zd/NW)
"The Sessions", those were some pretty perky samples for an older lady.
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 08:24 PM (zaoSm)
I have seen her in NYC, and shockingly, she looks better on TV than in person.
I can't imagine why Lennon, who seemed genuinely put off by the adulation of his fans, would marry a woman who thrived on it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:24 PM (3Mkrp)
OH, and...GO BEARS!
They beat UNLV tonight.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:25 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2013 12:22 AM (3Mkrp)
So true. It's always special when he comes out. Riveting. Nourishing to the soul. And he is the most humble, generous, full of real sweetness guy you could ever want to hear about. I adore him!
Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 08:25 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 21, 2013 08:27 PM (UCv7P)
Please ban Jay Guevara.
Exhibit 1, and the only thing necessary to have him tossed out of here.
http://tinyurl.com/a9wsla5
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2013 12:13 AM (3Mkrp)
Heh. That's gonna get added to my punishment ONT series #3- Yoko Ono retrospective week.
Uh you did know I have punishment ONTs locked and loaded right?
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 21, 2013 08:27 PM (XkotV)
I have seen her in NYC, and shockingly, she looks better on TV than in person.
Was there lousy reception? It obviously wasn't high-def. /shudders
So let's run it down by the numbers. Homely - God knows, she looks like ET on a bad day. Check. Ugly, screechy voice, like a cat getting porked Check. Shitty personality that puts off everybody on planet Earth, except, apparently John Lennon?Check. Talentless publicity hound much taken with herself? Check.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:28 PM (IDSI7)
Fans ragged on him so badly that when the Mets wives held a fashion show, Sisk's wife was booed.
Sad thing was, he was always one of the nicest people you'd want to meet
I love interviews with retired players who were never very good, career utility men and long relievers. A lot of them are like Bob Uecker, funny guys with great stories
Posted by: kbdabear at March 22, 2013 12:22 AM (mCvL4)
Beats a hockey fashion show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWM-fNJ1dO8
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 08:28 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2013 12:10 AM (3Mkrp)
I've had the same privilege at, as Obama called it, Cominsky Field.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 21, 2013 08:29 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Peaches at March 22, 2013 12:25 AM (AJM+z)
Marry me!
You love Mariano, so my wife would approve.
{um...maybe not, but you get the idea]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:30 PM (3Mkrp)
Overwhelming majority said.... YES. Totally OK.
Wonder what they would have said if the question was "can your workplace fire you if you are obese, have high blood pressure or diabetes?"
/why is the DHS buying bullets? The sheeple will happily get in line to get onto the train to the FEMA death camps. As long as they get a free fast food meal and wifi for their iphone.
Posted by: shibumi at March 21, 2013 08:30 PM (z63Tr)
Heh. That's gonna get added to my punishment ONT series #3- Yoko Ono retrospective week.
You know, if we really want to take off the gloves with those assholes in Gitmo, treating them to a Yoko Ono retrospective would certainly qualify. Even if we got rung up in The Hague for war crimes for doing it.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:30 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 08:32 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2013 08:32 PM (sqp6o)
Please be careful with that video.
I listened to 12 seconds of it, and I am bleeding from all orifices.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:32 PM (3Mkrp)
So...she's a Democrat?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2013 12:31 AM (3Mkrp)
Gotta be. She's like a slimmed down, epicanthal version of Roseanne Barr.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:33 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 21, 2013 08:34 PM (7qc9v)
Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2013 12:29 AM (vfB2N)
Did you see him shagging fly balls during warm-ups?
The dude could probably be a 4th outfielder.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:34 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 21, 2013 08:35 PM (UCv7P)
Posted by: md at March 21, 2013 08:35 PM (XHi19)
Tug McGraw gave a hint of his flakiness when he came up to the majors in 1965.
When asked if he preferred the new Astroturf to real grass, he answered .. "I don't know, I've never smoked Astroturf"
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 08:36 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: seamrog at March 21, 2013 08:36 PM (BBe8+)
Debunked.
Most GIs say that if you were that close to hear the en-bloc leave the breech, you were dead already.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 21, 2013 08:37 PM (3Mkrp)
God bless us, every one.Posted by: Peaches at March 21, 2013 08:37 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: md
cartridge hung around the neck, "ping" ...
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 21, 2013 08:37 PM (UCv7P)
Tug McGraw gave a hint of his flakiness when he came up to the majors in 1965.
When asked if he preferred the new Astroturf to real grass, he answered .. "I don't know, I've never smoked Astroturf"
I think it was Tug who came up with the great quote, "Back in the 60s I threw in the 90s. Now in the 90s I throw in the 60s."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 21, 2013 08:38 PM (IDSI7)
Uh you did know I have punishment ONTs locked and loaded right?
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 22, 2013 12:27 AM
Put up half the Yoko retrospective, with the threat;
"If you don't hit the blog tip jar, the other half goes up"
Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2013 08:40 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: zeera at March 21, 2013 08:42 PM (3dXwx)
Uh you did know I have punishment ONTs locked and loaded right?
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 22, 2013 12:27 AM (XkotV)
That's when you let Damned Dirty RINO post the ONT right?
Posted by: buzzion at March 21, 2013 08:42 PM (GULKT)
Yeah, I know. But somehow you'll survive.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 22, 2013 12:19 AM (ORGYc)
How will we survive without ORGYc? Where will we go when Orgy A and B end?
Posted by: buzzion at March 21, 2013 08:45 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Truman North at March 21, 2013 08:45 PM (I2LwF)
I can't imagine why Lennon, who seemed genuinely put off by the adulation of his fans, would marry a woman who thrived on it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2013 12:24 AM
Drugs. Lennon didn't handle them well. Ringo apparently wasn't phased by them and remained (relatively) sane, despite the copious quantities he took. Harrison quit most of it before the Beatles finished. McCartney? Well, I don't know what his story is. I suspect Paul didn't need drugs to be a nutter.
Posted by: otho at March 21, 2013 08:49 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Sorrow at March 21, 2013 08:50 PM (Pr/HJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2013 08:54 PM (kaalw)
CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2013 12:13 AM
I lasted 25sec.s. Was she being electocuted by the mike?
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 21, 2013 08:54 PM (+9AX9)
@DanLamothe
BREAKING NOW: Marine Corps Base Quantico is on lockdown following a shooting. Families told to stay inside. Will have more soon.
@DanLamothe
Capt. Eric Flanagan, spokesman for @USMC, says one casualty in shooting at Quantico. Unclear whether deceased or not at this point.
Posted by: Sorrow at March 22, 2013 12:50 AM (Pr/HJ)
Oh, crud. Here's hoping for the best.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2013 08:55 PM (kaalw)
Yes the M-1 is a fine rifle, but as more than one GI found out too late to fix it the magazine/clip thingie gives off a deadly-loud ringing sound vulnerable to counterfire, yeah?
Also worked good for getting the counter fire shooter by your buddy.
Bang bang ping. Bang. Gotcha you SOB.
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 21, 2013 09:00 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 21, 2013 09:02 PM (+9AX9)
I always wondered where it came from, and how old.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at March 21, 2013 09:08 PM (WGOcs)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 09:11 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: ChingChing at March 21, 2013 09:13 PM (zaoSm)
Posted by: The Hoboskin Hat at March 21, 2013 09:13 PM (Vk2pI)
And it brags of McD's having sold over 500 million burgers...
http://www.highwayhost.org/Mcdonalds/mcdonalds2.html
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 21, 2013 09:14 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 21, 2013 09:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2013 09:42 PM (29+x5)
Paper was cheap/flimsy of course, but they were about 1/3 the cost of the same title at the university bookstore even when shipping was factored in. They'd get the book list for the next semester and make a call home, and we'd be styling a week or two later.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 21, 2013 09:44 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 22, 2013 01:38 AM (Vk2pI)
watch the Psycho-Pass finale damnit
Posted by: The Dude at March 21, 2013 09:59 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Dude at March 21, 2013 10:09 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 21, 2013 10:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 22, 2013 02:14 AM (Vk2pI)
I'm just pissed that there was no payoff. Hopefully we get a second season but I don't know where they would go with it
Posted by: The Dude at March 21, 2013 10:15 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 21, 2013 10:18 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 21, 2013 10:21 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: The Dude at March 21, 2013 10:21 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ at March 21, 2013 10:22 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ at March 22, 2013 02:22 AM (Vk2pI)
with the way it ended after the credits, I doubt it
Posted by: The Dude at March 21, 2013 10:23 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 21, 2013 10:48 PM (Vk2pI)
TPH and Dude, glad I missed 'Psycho Pass' if they failed to do a proper ending. Besides if I want to really doubt reality there is always 'Paranoia Agent' or wondering if Pazu is really Pazu in Section 9.
This kit is still tempting me - https://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-e132576032
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2013 11:12 PM (MNz0g)
Posted by: otho at March 21, 2013 11:51 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 21, 2013 11:54 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 12:05 AM (MNz0g)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 22, 2013 12:07 AM (TvO05)
Slightly cheaper and missing handling fees is the Human Mage
http://www.e2046.com/product/8871
Also from Lineage II, a female Elf and safe bet a magic user
http://www.e2046.com/product/10533
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 12:08 AM (MNz0g)
So we got to savor him playing Dr. Yua in Dune. Now he is like 77.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 12:10 AM (MNz0g)
Posted by: otho at March 22, 2013 12:11 AM (yBF/9)
This is not a Plug-Suit, its a Perv-Suit!
http://www.e2046.com/product/11328
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 12:13 AM (MNz0g)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 22, 2013 12:19 AM (TvO05)
I found the movie 'Kim' as pretty good. Kim is a very keen witted boy but he has to be to survive in India. Dean Stockwell alternating between street urchin and rebellious student in a British school, he had to have fun in the role. And Errol was Errol, I would have loved to have seen him play Odysseus.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 12:20 AM (MNz0g)
http://www.e2046.com/product/17675
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 12:24 AM (MNz0g)
Some anime related stuff for ms. Puma. Tatsuo Yoshida's "Phantom Agents". I know you've likely seen it, but I loved this show and any excuse to post it...
Posted by: otho at March 22, 2013 12:25 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 22, 2013 12:25 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 12:28 AM (MNz0g)
Posted by: otho at March 22, 2013 12:38 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: otho at March 22, 2013 12:40 AM (yBF/9)
Otho, in other words every ninja anime or show I have seen were ripping this off? Quick! Someone tell Tarantino!
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 12:46 AM (MNz0g)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 22, 2013 01:10 AM (MNz0g)
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Posted by: Adriane ... at March 22, 2013 01:12 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: fastfreefall at March 22, 2013 01:13 AM (eOTLQ)
Yeah, free commenting for the rest of the month.
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Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 21, 2013 04:46 PM (Zd/NW)