another job i'd love to have (warning to dawgpix: this may have been posted before, as well):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzga6qAaBA
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another job i'd love to have (warning to dawgpix: this may have been posted before, as well):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzga6qAaBA
Wow!Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob
Don't you know those chopper pilots are confident in their skills!
My office manager was pulling into the McDonalds drive through for breakfast this morning and allowed a car to pull in line ahead of her. When she got to the window to pay for her food she was told that the lady in the car in front of her (that she let in) had paid for her meal.
Don't hear stuff like this often.
Tylertechsas has caused me to unsubscribe to three threads in the past two months. :icon_razz:
A sandwich w/o chips just doesn't taste right....
For our Japanophiles, Inudesu & Ktulu, a pretty cool Sapporo beer commercial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Rs6YEZAt8
And just for Ktulu, in case he hasnt seen this fun song from South Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E4grr3B35A&feature=related
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Originally Posted by Champ967
That pretty much looks exactly like my apartment building in Kobe.
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Originally Posted by maddawg
Today (for the first time) a student that I helped out brought me a gift.
Feels kind of nice to get a thank you sometimes. I really appreciated it.
My wife got some clothes from a lady that she works with to give to my nephew the other day. Saturday I learned that there was an lsux windjacket in the pile. That night I went out back and burned the jacket.
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Originally Posted by westdawg
:thumbsup:
We got some hand-me-downs from some friends in Ruston a few years ago (Tech alum, no less) and there was a ton of lsu crap in it. I cut the logos off and discarded them and used what was left for rags.Quote:
Originally Posted by westdawg
atta boy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian96
http://www.wtsp.com/news/state/story...980&catid=19&6?
70 year old dude was hit in the head with a bat and then managed to shoot two of the three invaders.
"I could have shot the third one, but I would have had to shoot him in the back as he ran away."Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
IMO, if someone is stupid enough to break into a man's house and hit him in the head with a bat, it should be perfectly fine to shoot the idiot criminal in the back.
I dunno. I kind of like that he's going to have to tell this story over and over again.Quote:
Originally Posted by TechAlum05
So what happened?
We knocked on his door. When he opened it, we rushed him and hit him in the head with a bat hard enough to open his head up.
And then what happened?
He shot the other two guys and I ran away.
That's a pretty tough guy.
The lady and son who live in the condo unit next to me haven't paid their mortgage or condo association fees in three years. Their bank moved to foreclose on them, but messed up the paperwork. So, the association has decided to send them an ultimatum which describes financial assistance programs to take advantage or face eviction.
And today, they're moving new furniture into the unit which they claim has been in storage this whole time.
I don't see that situation ending any way but badly.
Gotta love Terry Bradshaw. Watching the SB pregame show and he was joking with Jerome Bettis when he was talking about winning a championship close to home, Terry says "on behalf of Louisiana Tech, we were extremely disappointed when you chose Notre Dame over us." To which Bettis responds "That was my second choice." One of the best promoters we have.
After finishing Into Thin Air, I've decided that I don't want to try to climb Mt. Everest.
Actually, I came to that conclusion well before I finished it. Why do I always seem to read books about being cold in the winter? This was as bad as reading The Stand while fighting a cold.
:laugh:I did that too. It was really weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
CNN (normaly flawless according to some :icon_wink:) ran a translation of the Egyptian constitution that applied to Mubarak's wealth and how much he would be able to take with him...
renumeration instead of remuneration
Typo?
A common one. Get over it.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
A common typo? Does CNN have editors?Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
I'm sure they are very busy.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Every tune the trailer to I Am Number Four comes on, I can't but think of Nelly's song #1 with the appropriate substitutions of lyrics.
bump.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUE collar
Are you at one year yet?
Does anyone else see irony in the video of a smart car floating away in the wake of a tsunami caused by an earthquake?
So, I finally made it to the PGA Tour and will be in my first tournament this weekend, the Transitions Championship...
...as a laser distance finder. I'll be an alternate on Thursday and Friday, but I've got the #2 green on Sunday. We've got a pretty good field this year.
Got to skip Q-school heh :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
Something like that. It's actually a pretty sweet gig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
One of the perks is the ability to play the course, but we have to wait at least two weeks after. I was out there today for a bit and followed David Duval.
Day 1: Retief Goosen doesn't yell when he's about to plug you with a golf ball, so heads up.
Day 2: Actual conversation...
"We flew in to watch Martin Kaymer play."
"Really? Where'd you fly in from?"
"Germany. You Americans only know the hotspots, Iraq and Afganistan."
"Actually, there was as a bunch of us over there a few years ago. You happen to remember why?"
The guy actually insulted me to my face for being American IN America.
Day 3: Was my day off. It's way more fun to watch as a fan.
Day 4: There were some great shots into the second green. This was the first hole I worked that had a scoreboard in sight. It was cool to see all the stats we were recording get posted nearly instantly.
I wish I had thought of this when I was running around in a gorilla suit, but Champ needs a giant foam RUSTON BRICK to carry around when the other team is shooting free throws.
If ever you are told you have a partially collapsed lung, don't argue with the nurses/docs about the pain and ignore their advice, even if it causes more pain. Just takes a lot longer to fix.:sick2:
Is this condition a carry over from some of the stuff you went through a while back?Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Cause?
I had surgery done on my arm again last monday. They're not entirely sure how, but think it was because of how long I was on the op table and bed ridden, combined with negative side effects of the anesthesia. Was a pretty bad week, and still not "cured".
Sorry to hear this. Get well soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
http://www.fixaflat.com/Images/FAF_family.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Problem solved.
Seriously, get better man.
I still don't want to try to climb Mt. Everest, but I'm about halfway through Kon-tiki and I kinda want to build a raft and try to sail it from Peru to Polynesia.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
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Originally Posted by inudesu
Inspired by that story four senior citizens are currently floating through the ocean.
http://gasballoon.com/antiki/
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Originally Posted by Dawg04
Awesome.
+1. Old folks can be so adorable!Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
Indeed I am, just passed it last week I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
I need some help accurately identifying and getting some info on the red Colonial Flag on the bottom right of this picture. Despite it's name and description, I can't find anything on it and the book it's from isn't in any of the local libraries (not surprising since it was printed in 1880). If anyone can help, it'll be greatly appreciated.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._flags_med.jpg
http://www.midcoast.com/~martucci/flags/NEFlag.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Oops, I meant bottom left. But it says it is the same flag, so I dunno. Goin to make class more interesting. Thank you!
I'm just an old guy. Google.com can be very useful to old people, too, like me.:icon_wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Yeah, Google has nothing on this flag (beyond the site you posted).
Played a form of kickball for the first time in probably 20-something years last night.
20 years was too long, kickball is pretty fun.
Played girls vs. boys (there were more boys, so the girls got the teachers on their team - which didn't necessarily help all that much). The boys were more athletic, the girls played smarter (and won).
http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-i...erences2/7.png
That definitely sums up my experience at Ballys. I started going three days a week before work.
Every gym I've ever been in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
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Originally Posted by Champ967
A Vanderbilt football blog (the Vanderbilt football blog?) apparently has a weekly feature about things that suck worse the Vandy football. Last week it was about failed soft drinks:
http://www.anchorofgold.com/2011/4/2...ed-soft-drinks
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Fun fact: 84 percent of people who own both Firefly and Serenity on DVD have a bottle of Surge delicately placed on a mantle somewhere for posterity's sake.
I am not ashamed. Surge was a transcendent, carbonated nirvana.
(But then I kind of liked the clear Pepsi too.)
Maybe you should hunt down some of that Norwegian energy drink version.Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
I have the Firefly series and Serenity, but no Surge.
No kidding. I won a radio contest that gave me a "year" supply of Surge. It was awful. I ended up donating it to a local charity.
Wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
Surge = waves of indescribable pleasure.
Like Katie Couric?Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
I wish I had known you at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
Nah ... Nothing holds a candle to my tuesday mernin' boo.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
there should be an expiration date on "just in:" thread prefixes.
I got Hideki Matsui's autograph last night. He was pretty cool, even if he did play for the Giants (and the Yankees, and for that matter, the A's).
http://digitalpopcorn.files.wordpres.../godzilla.jpeg
That's pretty sweet. And don't forget, he did get a World Series MVP.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
i did not realize how much dr. who is ingrained in brittish culture.
I got up from my seat and Damon put a HR in my chair. Bad timing.
Shouldn't be suprising, it is an absolutely awesome show. Plus, being around in some form for 40+ years does that. It looks like it is just getting better and better. The new series is 4 episodes in and has been absolutely amazing. The TARDIS "talked"!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob
If your plane catches fire, don't expect Continental to give you a free upgrade. Humorously, I just got a survey invite. You want to know how the flight went? The plane caught fire! That's how the flight went.
Is From Russia with Love the best Bond movie? I'm thinking yes, but I haven't seen it in a while (recently read the book - which is a little different from the movie, but still pretty good). Reading Dr. No now - it's not the best Bond movie (or book), but it probably has the most memorable Bond moment.
Didn't we have a "best Bond movie" thread at one time?
Internet maps go into WAAAAY too much detail.
So . . . . . why do they use a photo of Monroe when there's cloud cover?Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
I once complained to Delta in a survey because I had to sit next to an extremely obese woman on a packed flight. Her fat rolls encroached so far onto my seat that, for all practical purposes, she sat in my lap for three hours. Nothing became of the complaint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
Ate at Fogo de Chao (Brazilian steakhouse with continuous all-you-can-eat tableside service) for lunch today. I can feel my blood pressure rising.
Bernice lap dance?Quote:
Originally Posted by Guisslapp
For the last year, I've spent some time trying to learn a little bit of various foreign languages, enough to get just some basic information. By far, the funniest has been Bokmål, which is the major language spoken in Norway. Also been looking at Welsh, German, French, Danish, Dutch, and Swedish.
Been there. Love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guisslapp
I'm flying to Evansville, Indiana in June. For the first time in many years, I'll be flying from Shreveport. It was the lowest fare (by several dollars over Monroe) and by quite a bit over all the other airports.
My normal fare search area is all airports from Alexandria to Little Rock and Jackson, MS to DFW. Historically, Shreveport is never the lowest, and it has usually been so much higher that I drive somewhere else to start and end my trip.
Headed to Arizona this week?Quote:
Originally Posted by HoDo-Tech70
No, I'm not going because of all the travel we have planned for the summer. Will get to a few minor league games and some college games in Alaska this summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
I will consider travel to NCAA tournament games after the DAWGS win the WAC tournament.
Ate lunch at Five Guys today. The burger was good, but I don't see what the fuss is all about.
What I was wondering about. How good can a burger be? Depends on how hungry you are, not how expensive it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guisslapp
For a "fast food" burger it would be tough to beat, but it is not a gourmet burger. Will set you back over 10 bucks for a regular cheeseburger (with all the toppings you want), plus french fries and a coke. You can also eat as many roasted peanuts as you want, but who cares? You can get some really good gourmet burgers in town for the same price (like from Vortex or Flip Burger).Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
While in Scottsdale, I tried In-N-Out Burger for the first time. Best fast-food I've ever eaten, hands-down! Definitely lived up to the hype.
Don't get the fries at 5 Guys unless you are there with another person. Just my opinion, it's a pretty tasty burger.
Exactly. The fries are pretty damn good, but the meal costs way more than it is worth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guisslapp
i've never heard of five guys. best burger i've had recently came from mooyah.
I arrived home today to a small envelope inside my screen door that contained a small baggy of white powder. The Largo Police identified this substance as cocaine. Apparently that stuff is VERY EXPENSIVE per volume because he said it was about $50 worth. No wonder people sell drugs.
Don't hate the player; hate the game.
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Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
Dude, what kind of neighborhood you live in that has free drugs delivered to your door? :laugh:
I hate that bbb goes down from 4-5am CST, because that exactly corresponds to my lunch break while I'm working in Romania.
Today I passed a Mazda Tribute with a Louisiana Tech University Alumni license plate holder, TAU 535, driven by a 20s female. Any of you have a daughter that recently moved to the Clearwater/Largo area?
TV anchor's Dalai Lama joke backfires.
....awkward....
Homemade lye soap from the farmers market + sensitive skin = unpleasantness that lasts all day
Don't forget the Gold Bond.Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
I dont know if I can put that here --Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
It's a pretty tender spot.
(preemptive twss)
Isn't that where gold bond is SUPPOSED to go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
I guess -- this will take a great leap of faith.Quote:
Originally Posted by ITdrummer
Will report tomorrow.
Always worked like a charm for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by ITdrummer
I am pleased to report you can put that stuff absolutely anywhere.
(another preemptive ...)
I came across a Red $ox fan yesterday wearing a ULL hat. He was standing in front of me in the "Season Ticket Holder only" line at Tropicana. I'm not sure if it was the Red $ox part or the ULL part that gave him trouble reading, but I asked him if he went to ULL. I told him I would quote him on this, but he replied "Yes, but I cheer for LSU."
It's like it's an excuse. Don't think less of me for going to ULL, I cheer for LSU.
wow...Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
DonW, boxer, realitycheck, glm, and maybe the newsbot need avatars.
They are all way up there in posts. Surely we can help them find something appropriate.