Off Topic 2012

[BunnyHardaway]

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I just played the most ridiculously insane game I've ever played in any sports game. In my CH2k8 Legacy...2nd round of the tournament, my #8 seed Hartford (30-3) vs. #1 seed West Virginia (31-2). I'm trailing by 9 points with 35 seconds remaining and proceed to go on the most ridiculous run ever. I got it down to 67-65 with 11 seconds left, then foul. The guy sinks both free throws, making it 69-65. I rush up the court, pass it to my SG (best shooter on my team), and he hits a three pointer and is fouled with 7 seconds left. 4 point play completed, 69-69. After a back and forth OT period, I come out with an 89-88 victory. I would give anything to be able to record that game.

[SPTO]

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Maybe you could, like, have your girlfriend come over and, like, clean my deck too.

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Even when i'm being innocent it turns to something lewd LOL

I don't know what we're doing today but hopefully we go out somewhere. Maybe i'll talk her into taking me into town or something.

[The GIGGAS]

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I'm just gonna leave this here. It deserves to be seen. External link because of language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nITLob098W8

Reminds me of Powerthirst.

[Nathan_OS]

This creatine is effing with my stomach lol

[Watson]

A) I'm not even gonna lie. I match well.
B) It feels weird buttoning the top button on a dress shirt/oxford without wearing a tie.

[Chef Matt]

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Hey Bighoff, I lost $160 in Vegas. I hope your happy now.

[Blitz1942]

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http://www****online.com/news/wiscon...143300926.html

Clintonville - There's one thing everyone here agrees: It was really noisy.

Exactly what it sounded like is where Clintonville residents differ.

Jordan Pfeiler thought it sounded like fireworks exploding underwater.

Fay Mavis' 27-year-old grandson thought it sounded like a 90-ton wrecking ball slamming into something, while Mavis said it sounded like huge chunks of ice falling from her roof. But then she realized in this heat, ice chunks are long gone.

Marge Bickford thought somebody drove a car into the front of her home.

Beverly Demitriou thought a critter had sneaked into her basement and was causing bedlam.

City Administrator Lisa Kuss said it sounded like a jackhammer.

Cats and dogs didn't know exactly what it was, of course, but they howled and meowed anyway.

A series of loud bangs and booms woke up folks on the northeast side of this Waupaca County community shortly before 2 a.m. Monday and continued off and on until at least 8 p.m. The rattling, shaking, vibrations and noises induced people to pick up their phones and dial 911 as Clintonville's police dispatch center lighted up with more than 150 calls.

The source of the racket? No one knows. Though they're pretty sure what it wasn't.

Earthquake? No. Methane gas? No. Wastewater? Nada. Change in water pressure? Nope. Mining, military missions or dynamiting in the area? Zip.

"All of that came up negative," Kuss said Monday afternoon at City Hall as a Pizza Hut delivery person dropped off pizzas.

It had been a long night and day for city officials as they tried to figure out the source of the loud mystery.

"And it may remain a mystery," said Andrew Carlin, Waupaca County emergency management director. "We're not giving up. We're to the point we're ruling out the easy stuff. So now we're checking with scientists."

University of Wisconsin-Madison geologists said the noises and vibrations were not typical of earthquake activity. However, a seismic station in Shiocton, about 15 miles southeast of Clintonville, recorded unusual ground shaking in the area.
In search of explanation

David Hill, a seismologist and scientist emeritus for the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., has done research on mysterious booms and authored a paper on the subject. Reached by phone Monday afternoon, Hill wondered if it was ice breaking up on nearby lakes. But when told winter had left Wisconsin weeks ago, he admitted he was at a loss for an explanation.

"In North Carolina there are sand dunes and there's such a thing as booming sands," Hill said of recent reports of similar-sounding noises in that state. "Of course, booming sounds travel a long ways. Sometimes thunderstorms can be beyond the horizon, but it's not likely that's the source of the noises in Wisconsin at this time of year."

Shari Pfeiler had heard the loud noises for several weeks, but the bangs were only occasional, and since she and her family live close to the Seagrave Fire Apparatus plant, where fire engines and pumping equipment are manufactured, she didn't think much of it.

"Then around 3:30 a.m. all hell broke loose. The booms were coming one right after another," said Shari Pfeiler as she sat on her front stoop next to her daughter Jordan. "The cats were freaking out."

The Pfeiler family ventured outside and saw lights blinking on at their neighbors' houses down the street. Pulling robes tight against the night chill, many came outside and asked each other the same question: What is that?

Mavis looked out her windows and couldn't see anything. Then when the commotion seemed to dial up to Volume 11, Mavis' two grandchildren ran downstairs. When she realized there was no ice to fall from her roof, Mavis wondered if someone's furnace had blown up. It wasn't just her grandchildren who were unnerved.

"She was under the covers," Mavis said as she walked Missy, her black Shih Tzu-Yorkie pup.

Across the street, Bickford's dogs Riley and Rufus barked incessantly as Bickford wondered if some drunk had plowed a car into her house. Then the noises got louder and closer together.

"It was louder at times than a tornado," said Bickford, who admitted she's never been in a twister but heard they sound like freight trains. "When you don't know what it is, it gets kind of scary. If it was thundering and lightning, I could understand."

Demitriou was jolted out of bed like the rest of her neighbors. As her cat, Jingle, clung to her side, Demitriou wondered what kind of wild animal - raccoons? squirrels? - could make such a hubbub in her basement.

"It kept me awake, and I began to wonder what it was," said Demitriou, who by 1 p.m. Monday had been awake for about 11 hours. "People said we had such a warm spring that maybe something was happening underground."

In a lull in the booming and rumblings Monday afternoon, Demitriou said she planned to take a nap to make up for some of her lost shut-eye.

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EDIT: Why the hell does the forums censor JSonline?

[Bighoff]

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Hey Bighoff, I lost $160 in Vegas. I hope your happy now.

Actually this news saddens me but I'm sure you had a great time.

[Chef Matt]

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Actually this news saddens me but I'm sure you had a great time.

Haha had a blast. I actually only lost $100.00 to gambling and that was split with the wife, the other $60 went to a new hat and some souvineirs.

Booze was basically free.

[BurghFan]

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http://www****online.com/news/wiscon...143300926.html



So it's either...

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or

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EDIT: Why the hell does the forums censor JSonline?

Yeah, saw that yesterday. Weird stuff. The version of the article I read listed a couple suggestions by other people including one that made me think of a certain poster on these boards.

"My bet is on gremlins," one Facebook user jokingly posted to WLUK's Facebook page. Alien machinery buried for millennia, countered another.

No, said one one tongue-in-cheek Twitter user. It's clearly mole men launching their attack on the surface dwellers.

Read more: http://www.wtae.com/news/30710178/de...#ixzz1pfpNmTZp

So how far is Clintonville from New London?

[cjonesfan921]

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That time of the month! Payday!

As quickly as it comes in, it goes right back out. It is disbursed properly. Usually end up with about $900 of spending money for the month, after bills and savings are taken care of.

[Bighoff]

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That time of the month! Payday!

As quickly as it comes in, it goes right back out. It is disbursed properly. Usually end up with about $900 of spending money for the month, after bills and savings are taken care of.

$900 a month of spending cash is nice. I got a eye on this new 55" TV, would you mind peeling me off about $550?

Haha had a blast. I actually only lost $100.00 to gambling and that was split with the wife, the other $60 went to a new hat and some souvineirs.

Booze was basically free.

See I knew you had a good time and reading that I know you came out ahead bout $500-$600 if drinks were free.

[ImTellinTim]

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B) It feels weird buttoning the top button on a dress shirt/oxford without wearing a tie.

If I'm not wearing a tie, I do not button that button. To me it looks worse that way without a tie..

[cjonesfan921]

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$900 a month of spending cash is nice. I got a eye on this new 55" TV, would you mind peeling me off about $550?

LOL! $250, give or take, is reserved for gas.

I should be saving much more, but usually end up spending on food, drinks, other activities. We shall see how I do this month.

[Blitz1942]

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Yeah, saw that yesterday. Weird stuff. The version of the article I read listed a couple suggestions by other people including one that made me think of a certain poster on these boards.

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So how far is Clintonville from New London?[/LEFT]

Clintonville is about 20 minutes north of New London.