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[sterlingice]

I have seen 3 straight cartoons this morning with Jeffrey Combs (yes, I will still sometimes watch Saturday morning cartoons, particularly if under the weather as I am today):
Transformers Prime (TV Series 2010–*) - IMDb
Justice League (TV Series 2001–2006) - IMDb
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV Series 2012–*) - IMDb

I still most think of him as being in Star Trek, tho

SI

[Lathum]

30 minutes and counting waiting in the car while my wife is in the mall getting stockings. Does it really take that long?

[Lathum]

Dola - god forbid I text or call her because then I'm rushing her.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Dola - god forbid I text or call her because then I'm rushing her.

And it would actually make it take longer because she was being rushed/being distracted.

#NoWinSituation

[lungs]

Originally Posted by molson

A co-worker of mine's son died from liver failure/cirrhosis of the liver at age 31. I guess I knew it was possible to drink yourself to death that young but, damn, that's young. I was trying to get a sense of what that takes, I mean, I've thrown down quite a few in my days. Is this a level of drinking that I couldn't even comprehend, or is it something that can just sneak up on you with less lifetime alcohol consumption that you'd expect it would take. It was kind of the perfect storm in his case - he had liver problems last year, reached the "you absolutely can't drink anymore" stage, and then binged continuously since then and just dropped completely out of the medical follow-up stuff he needed to do (not that it would have mattered with all the drinking).

So it did make me wonder what kind of consumption we're talking about to get to that point. I'm sure everybody's different but as best as I can tell from my amateur 5-minute research, something like 3-5 drinks a day is the average threshold that will damage most livers over time. I wonder if that translates into 21-35 a week for weekend drunks, or if one or the other is worse. While this can happen in one's 30s (and even younger), this kind of gave me into a window of what it must be like your 50s, when drinking catches up to more and more of your peers and family members. I haven't been around any problem drinking in my own family so these are kind of new thoughts. Which does make even the thought of drinking a lot less enticing.

I've got a few friends that are right there. One definitely has some liver damage and was hospitalized recently and was given that "you can't drink anymore speech". He's 30 years old and was one of those wake up in the morning and open up that bottle of Brandy and swig it on your way to work type of guys.

Another friend spent a year in treatment for his drinking problem and has stayed sober for almost two years now, I believe.

I ran with a pretty rough crowd when it comes to substance abuse but we've all seemed to simmer things down as we cross into our 30s.

[stevew]

[cuervo72]

Now I'm imagining Cash singing Spill the Wine.

[stevew]

Remember rushing to catch Headline Sports at :20 &:50 after the hour?

[Logan]

What the hell happened to Ksyrup? I was reading an old thread, spotted his name, and realized it had been a while since I saw his name. A top 5 poster by count and hasn't been on since 9/26/12.

[stevew]

Got tired of moderation policy.

[molson]

Specifically, he was boxed after one if the image thread incidents, and never came back.

[molson]

Originally Posted by stevew

Remember rushing to catch Headline Sports at :20 &:50 after the hour?

Oh ya. I always hoped it wouldn't be the guy that had the crazy voice shtick.

I also remember our local regional "sportschannel" was like a TV newspaper before 7AM - it would just have elevator music over a page that had text recapping a game, and then after a few seconds it would flip to a new page. This was the most updated information I could get because the newspaper wouldn't have scores from any games that ended after 10 Eastern Time or so. That's some old man shit right there.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by molson

Specifically, he was boxed after one if the image thread incidents, and never came back.

yes, but I'm totally sure that the community is better off for it too.

[molson]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

yes, but I'm totally sure that the community is better off for it too.

Well, it cost us a long-time poster, but it is now safe to view page 283 of the 366 page image thread at work, I do sleep better knowing that.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by molson

Oh ya. I always hoped it wouldn't be the guy that had the crazy voice shtick.

I also remember our local regional "sportschannel" was like a TV newspaper before 7AM - it would just have elevator music over a page that had text recapping a game, and then after a few seconds it would flip to a new page. This was the most updated information I could get because the newspaper wouldn't have scores from any games that ended after 10 Eastern Time or so. That's some old man shit right there.

Sports Channel America, not even sure it was regional at the time. That show with all the old Chicago sports writers was awesome. Random wrestling. I think I watched the Oilers/Bruins Stanley Cup finals on that network.

ESPN2 When it started. Nothing but Kolber and Scott (before he got awful?), bad music (to my ears at least), scores and then on Saturday nights they had some show from a beach that featured fitness contests, which were pretty much nothing more than strip shows.

[Lathum]

Please no facebook notes, not sure if the whole family knows yet. My wifes Grandmother passed away last night. She was 86, led a good life, loving kids, grandkids and great grandkids. She passed in her sleep peacefully while my MIL and one of her daughters held her hand. My FIL was reading from the bible as she passed. She was in pain, it was her time, and this was not unexpected and that is all we can ask for, none of us are promised tomorrow.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by molson

Oh ya. I always hoped it wouldn't be the guy that had the crazy voice shtick.

Van Earl Wright, I'm guessing.

[Matthean]

Justin Timberlake Countdown

[spleen1015]

Nothing like 2 coaches almost coming to blows at the end of a 4th grade girls travel basketball b league game.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Please no facebook notes, not sure if the whole family knows yet. My wifes Grandmother passed away last night. She was 86, led a good life, loving kids, grandkids and great grandkids. She passed in her sleep peacefully while my MIL and one of her daughters held her hand. My FIL was reading from the bible as she passed. She was in pain, it was her time, and this was not unexpected and that is all we can ask for, none of us are promised tomorrow.

Sorry to hear Lathum. Sounds like the way any of us would choose to go if we had the choice. My condolences.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Please no facebook notes, not sure if the whole family knows yet. My wifes Grandmother passed away last night. She was 86, led a good life, loving kids, grandkids and great grandkids. She passed in her sleep peacefully while my MIL and one of her daughters held her hand. My FIL was reading from the bible as she passed. She was in pain, it was her time, and this was not unexpected and that is all we can ask for, none of us are promised tomorrow.

My condolences to you, your wife and her family.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Please no facebook notes, not sure if the whole family knows yet. My wifes Grandmother passed away last night. She was 86, led a good life, loving kids, grandkids and great grandkids. She passed in her sleep peacefully while my MIL and one of her daughters held her hand. My FIL was reading from the bible as she passed. She was in pain, it was her time, and this was not unexpected and that is all we can ask for, none of us are promised tomorrow.

Sorry to see this, B. My thoughts and prayers with you and your family.

[JonInMiddleGA]

My condolences Lathum, to your whole family.

[Honolulu_Blue]

A few months ago, Lady H_B started allowing our dog to sleep with us in our bed. I have no problem with this. I love my dog, and despite the fact that he's about 70 lbs., he does a pretty good job of not taking up too much space. He usually sleeps down by our legs and is good at making himself small.

Just a few days ago, Lady H_B has reversed this policy. Despite the fact that he can jump up on the bed himself, he's quite lazy and usually whines until I pick him up and put in there. So, the last few nights he's whined by the side of the bed every night, until he gives up and goes elsewhere to sleep. Last night he did the same thing.

Then, at around 2:30 in the morning he came back into the bedroom. I almost always wake up when I hear his claws on the wood floor, because I let him out if he has to pee. I dropped my hand off by the side of the bed and he nuzzled it, he wasn't whining and I didn't sense any urgency, so I didn't get out of bed. He then nosed my shoulder, so I got up and walked down the hall, assuming he had to pee or something. Instead of taking a right, and going down stairs, he walked straight into our guest room and led me to the futon. It was clear he wanted to snuggle. So I laid down with him and he curled up pressed his head against my chest, fell asleep and started to snore. I got up after about 15 minutes or so and went back to bed.

[Lathum]

Dogs are awesome

[sterlingice]

I don't know much about golf but I saw some news article about Rory McIlroy signing a big deal with Nike and I had never really seen a picture of him before. I think he looks like a young Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore

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[britrock88]

Figured I might be the first person to read/post FOFC from an in-session legislature meeting, so figured I'd mention it here.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by britrock88

Figured I might be the first person to read/post FOFC from an in-session legislature meeting, so figured I'd mention it here.

Is this supposed to make us feel BETTER about our elected representatives?

[britrock88]

_I'm_ not an elected representative, silly. (I work for a state agency.)

[Scoobz0202]

Possible printer help/rant question:

Why the fuck won't my printer let me print with an empty cyan cartridge? I want to print in black and white anyways, it's just powerpoint notes for lecture. I don't need nor fucking want cyan.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Possible printer help/rant question:

Why the fuck won't my printer let me print with an empty cyan cartridge? I want to print in black and white anyways, it's just powerpoint notes for lecture. I don't need nor fucking want cyan.

Known issue. I'm tempted to get a black and white laser printer and just use that. I can go somewhere to print out color in rare instances I need to do so.

[stevew]

Its going to be that dumb.

[Izulde]

So I finally broke down and got a Keurig brewer, the red mini one because I don't have a ton of counter space and because it's well, red.

Damn, this thing is amazing. Makes quality coffee quickly and is idiot proof. I always had a hard time with other coffee makers in the past and the coffee never came out right so they'd collect dust after a few tries.

This mini Keurig? It's going to get a *ton* of use. So far I've had, out of the little variety pack, the French Roast (quite good) and the Doughnut Shop (not really a fan TBH). My mom, who's visiting, had the French Vanilla and she said it was really good.

[stevew]

I was thinking about getting one, might do so if I get any money back from the gubment on taxes.

[Logan]

Check out Double Black Diamond from Green Mountain if you like the bolder types.

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by Izulde

So I finally broke down and got a Keurig brewer, the red mini one because I don't have a ton of counter space and because it's well, red.

Damn, this thing is amazing. Makes quality coffee quickly and is idiot proof. I always had a hard time with other coffee makers in the past and the coffee never came out right so they'd collect dust after a few tries.

This mini Keurig? It's going to get a *ton* of use. So far I've had, out of the little variety pack, the French Roast (quite good) and the Doughnut Shop (not really a fan TBH). My mom, who's visiting, had the French Vanilla and she said it was really good.

Customer service is really great for the company as well. We've had one for about 3.5 years and when our original one went bad last year, we called and they just sent us a new one. No questions asked...

Enjoy...

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by Breeze

Customer service is really great for the company as well. We've had one for about 3.5 years and when our original one went bad last year, we called and they just sent us a new one. No questions asked...

Enjoy...

Well stick with the Keurig brand then...
Bought my wife the Cuisinart deluxe model from Christmas in 2011. The real benefit was it can brew regular coffee grounds or K cups and has a hot water dispenser which is great because FIL loves hot tea and visits fairly frequently...plus it had a 3 year warranty.

Fast forward to Septmeber and the pump on the thing quit working. Call in and they literally talked me through disassembling the damn thing and checking it. Then they asked me how we filed it with water. (One of the features is a removable water tank for easier filling) We explained that we carried the tank to out bar and filled it with filtered water...they said not to do that anymore only to dump water into the tank while still attached and hung up....Errr it wont matter the pump is burned up.

Another call, another hour on the phone now we are getting a replacement. Then Sandy hit and all stock was depleted. They estimated a replacement in 10-12 weeks. Somewhere in this time I got the NA director of Customer Relations phone number and gave him a call. He promptly called me back (like seriously in less than 10 minutes) Apologized profusely and promised to over night one to me at no charge. A week passed no coffer maker...

Now an aside here...a warranty on a product you use (or NEED!!!!!! in my wife's case) every day that takes 6+weeks to replace isnt really a warranty as I am left only with an option of going out and buying a new coffee pot.

Another call another overnight promise. (But kudos the guy answered the phone...impressive for a NA director level) Another week. Finally I called Macy's where we bought it and talked with the store manager who said it was an all too common complaint. He even agreed to replace it for me with a new one in store, thanks. Customer for Life now.

So fast forward to last week and the November/December coffee maker finally showed up. I called Mr. NA Director back and he again answered the phone, I explained what had happened and he urged me to keep the new one as a token of apology, blah blah blah wasn't sure how it took so long etc.

Soooo we decided to give the replacement to my mom who is always raving about my wife's...you guesssed it. DOA. Bad out of the box.

Never Never again cuisinart will you get my business.

[stevew]

Cuisinart is an example of a formerly awesome brand name that they fucked all to pieces and now they make overpriced shit and people still buy it.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I hate that ball thing in a shop vac that makes it stop working when it tips over, which surely happens when you pull the hose.

[Izulde]

Three good cups is all the damn thing made. Then it turned watery, watery, watery. Clean out the needles, still no good. Cycle through without a K-cup, still no good. Then the second time I tried pulling the funnel off so I could *again* try to clean the needle and it wouldn't budge.

It's going back tomorrow. Damned disappointing.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by Izulde

Three good cups is all the damn thing made. Then it turned watery, watery, watery. Clean out the needles, still no good. Cycle through without a K-cup, still no good. Then the second time I tried pulling the funnel off so I could *again* try to clean the needle and it wouldn't budge.

It's going back tomorrow. Damned disappointing.

There are four little holes underneath where the cup goes. Make sure they're not clogged. If so, just use a toothpick from underneath to open them up.

[RainMaker]

I hate how Ebay doesn't care about shill bidding. Ruins the fun.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by rowech

There are four little holes underneath where the cup goes. Make sure they're not clogged. If so, just use a toothpick from underneath to open them up.

Yeah I did that, both those holes and the two needles (used a paperclip) and it unfortunately didn't work. I guess I'll call the company tomorrow and see what all they have to say.

[DaddyTorgo]

Being paranoid - but I woke up with a little bit of blood on my pillow. So I either scratched something before going to sleep and opened a little cut, or else I somehow picked up a hitchiker in NYC (in my suit would have been the only way - it was hanging in the hotel closet. Of course I checked the hotel room and didn't see any signs of anything, nor was I fed on while sleeping there). Of course, now that I'm being paranoid all of a sudden I feel every single little itch on my body magnified like...1000x, and I'm spending time here at work googling to figure out where the bedbugs could be hiding, and learning that they can live for hundreds of days without feeding.

Already stripped my sheets and washed them this morning (and inspected my matress and bedframe), but I guess that wouldn't really be any help, since if I did pick up only a couple they could have fed last night and just be chilling laying eggs and infecting my whole apartment.

[gstelmack]

Or you had a bloody nose, I get that occasionally when I've had sinus issues.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

Or you had a bloody nose, I get that occasionally when I've had sinus issues.

Yeah - could be that too. Although it seemed like too little blood for that.

I mean I'm sure it's probably nothing. I checked my room in NYC with a flashlight and stripped all the bedding...I checked the closet before I even hung my suit up...I didn't wake up there having been fed on at all...so it would have had to have been one random bug that was in the closet and laid eggs in my suit THAT NIGHT which didn't get disturbed or knocked off the next day as I ran around NYC and later Boston, and then somehow hatched in my suit and made their way up onto my bed for their first feeding yesterday?

Seems pretty far-fetched.

But I'm a paranoid SOB.

[Suicane75]

I can't be the only straight man who's getting a little bit excited at Alec Baldwins transformation back into skinny and sexy.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

I can't be the only straight man who's getting a little bit excited at Alec Baldwins transformation back into skinny and sexy.

Yes, yes, you are.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

I can't be the only straight man who's getting a little bit excited at Alec Baldwins transformation back into skinny and sexy.

You and Izulde.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by Lathum

You and Izulde.

Nuh, I'm not one for celebrity gossip or any of that junk, or to care what dudes look like.