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Thread: Random Things
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A locked car door won't stop a black bear (let...
A locked car door won't stop a black bear (let alone a polar bear) (let alone a meth addict).
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04-23-2024, 07:58 AM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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Great line! And for the record, I flew my flag...
Great line!
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04-23-2024, 07:48 AM
Thread: You guys playing wordle?
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Try rubbing one out. Those are mine. ...
Try rubbing one out.
Those are mine.
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04-23-2024, 07:39 AM
Thread: NHL 2023 Season
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With Stone and Petrangelo back maybe VGK has a...
With Stone and Petrangelo back maybe VGK has a chance. Although they did get badly outshot.
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04-23-2024, 07:36 AM
Thread: Random Things
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That makes no sense. There aren't any polar bears...
That makes no sense. There aren't any polar bears in SF but people don't lock their cars.
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04-22-2024, 07:57 AM
Thread: Fuck Cancer
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Xrays still are. (Sorry) I was in health care...
Xrays still are. (Sorry)
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04-22-2024, 07:45 AM
Thread: NHL 2023 Season
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Even less defense. Only a few of the goals were...
Even less defense. Only a few of the goals were bad goaltending. Who needs forwards to center the puck when the other team's D will do it for you?
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04-22-2024, 07:37 AM
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You would think folks would be less grumpy with...
You would think folks would be less grumpy with the lovely spring weather. Lots of people out at Donner enjoying the "beach". You have to be pretty hammered to play cornhole for hours. And the...
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04-22-2024, 07:24 AM
Thread: Would you eat it?
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George Washington's cherries? I think not....
George Washington's cherries? I think not.
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04-21-2024, 07:10 PM
Thread: Fuck Cancer
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"The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task...
"The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task
Force) has issued a final recommendation on
Screening for Prostate Cancer. "
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04-21-2024, 01:24 PM
Thread: Your TAXES
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I've tried fixing my underwithholding. The...
I've tried fixing my underwithholding. The company doesn't respond. Most of us that don't have our own businesses would prefer to not to have the hassle and perhaps expense of calculating taxes...
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04-21-2024, 01:15 PM
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My understanding is that in Europe avalanche...
My understanding is that in Europe avalanche deaths are considered acts of man rather than acts of god. I've read about skiers being prosecuted for setting off avys that hit other people. If such...
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04-21-2024, 09:54 AM
Thread: NHL 2023 Season
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Anyone who thinks a team that gets trounced one...
Anyone who thinks a team that gets trounced one day can't come back and trounce the next hasn't watched much hockey. That doesn't mean they will of course. They are the Leafs after all.
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04-21-2024, 09:51 AM
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WAPO article about a slide death in Switzerland
https://wapo.st/3U5WHIB
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04-20-2024, 04:18 PM
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I wasn't familiar with G-1000. sounds like...
I wasn't familiar with G-1000. sounds like 60--40 cloth we used to wear. What goes around comes around I guess. We got rid of it when Goretex came along.
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04-20-2024, 04:10 PM
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Wife almost took a copy of Squallywood to the...
Wife almost took a copy of Squallywood to the thrift. I caught it in time.
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04-20-2024, 04:07 PM
Thread: Your TAXES
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Seems like a lot of people having trouble with...
Seems like a lot of people having trouble with enough withholding in recent years. Lot's of changes to the tax code is part of it, but I bet companies like people to get big paychecks--makes people...
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04-20-2024, 02:53 PM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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When my wife loses stuff and I start looking...
When my wife loses stuff and I start looking she's like "I would never put it there." I'm like "did you look everywhere you might have put it?" She's like "Yes." I'm like "then it must be someplace...
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04-20-2024, 02:34 PM
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First time at OV on a Saturday this season. The...
First time at OV on a Saturday this season. The only crowd was at the top of Sibo face.
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04-19-2024, 04:54 PM
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I dislocated my shoulder in a tough spot. I...
I dislocated my shoulder in a tough spot. I apologized to the patroler who got to me. He said, " Hey, you're not bleeding and you're not screaming, so no problem."
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04-19-2024, 04:30 PM
Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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If you think you can collect the cost of repair...
If you think you can collect the cost of repair than hiring a pro is the obvious answer.
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04-19-2024, 01:14 PM
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That's why I always climb from the Tibet side.
That's why I always climb from the Tibet side.
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04-19-2024, 11:12 AM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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Ha! I looked it up. I can discourage them from...
Ha! I looked it up. I can discourage them from nesting as long as I don't disturb an actual nest. Not that I would EVER do such a thing. Anyway, the jays don't migrate (although I don't suppose...
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04-19-2024, 10:58 AM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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There are no children here. And no lawns. But I...
There are no children here. And no lawns. But I do yell at the jays that try to nest over my front door. And they yell back. A hose won't reach them but my special squirt gun will.
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04-19-2024, 10:56 AM
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Yep. FIS has been running GS and slalom races...
Yep.
FIS has been running GS and slalom races this week at AM. Fun to watch. I tried to keep up with the slalom racers on the next run over but couldn't, even though I didn't make turns. I'm sure... -
04-19-2024, 09:50 AM
Thread: Things That Amuse You
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The Best Sentences of 2023. From an ongoing...
The Best Sentences of 2023. From an ongoing section of Frank Bruni opeds in the NYT. Warning: liberal bias, although not entirely so....
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04-19-2024, 12:13 AM
Thread: Fucked up shoulder
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At 73 I ski as hard as I ever did. By which I...
At 73 I ski as hard as I ever did. By which I mean I work as hard as ever to go a lot slower , quit a lot sooner, and hurt a lot more.
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04-19-2024, 12:09 AM
Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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The 90 year old casements in our house are still...
The 90 year old casements in our house are still going strong. No cranks and gears. The window and the screen are on separate mounts. You push the window and screen out, release the window by...
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Wow
Wow
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04-18-2024, 11:58 PM
Thread: NHL 2023 Season
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The Utah Gulls. Or, if you prefer, the Crickets.
The Utah Gulls. Or, if you prefer, the Crickets.
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04-18-2024, 11:52 PM
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Got a run on High T this morning. I've been...
Got a run on High T this morning. I've been hiking over there for decades but this is the first time there doesn't seem to have been any attempt to create a track. Just 50+ separate lines up and...
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04-18-2024, 03:14 PM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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I had a GF who watched Dr. Strangelove on my...
I had a GF who watched Dr. Strangelove on my advice. She thought it was depressing--didn't realize it was a comedy. We didn't last. (Not because of that; she was out of my league.)
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04-18-2024, 09:17 AM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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Buttah--you do realize that you're the only one...
Buttah--you do realize that you're the only one who actually takes this thread seriously, don't you? I can't imagine what it must be like to go through life with no sense of humor.
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04-17-2024, 11:54 PM
Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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Our no freeze hose bibs have long pieces of pipe...
Our no freeze hose bibs have long pieces of pipe that are soldered to the copper pipe in the crawl space. YMMV.
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04-17-2024, 11:46 PM
Thread: Composting household food
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I would think that it beats sending organic waste...
I would think that it beats sending organic waste to a landfill where it produces methane. But I'm too lazy to look up numbers.
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04-17-2024, 11:34 PM
Thread: Fuck Cancer
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I'm really impressed that you and your lawyer...
I'm really impressed that you and your lawyer made an issue of fixing the procedure and not just taking the money. Thank you for doing that.
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04-17-2024, 11:19 PM
Thread: Shit That Impresses You
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I'm watching Kucherov's 100 as I read your post....
I'm watching Kucherov's 100 as I read your post. At 17 minutes into the 2nd. Lightning have been trying to set it up all game.
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04-17-2024, 05:48 PM
Thread: Police Behaving Badly
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He has as much chance of getting that money as...
He has as much chance of getting that money as Fred Goldman or E. Jean Carroll
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04-17-2024, 02:32 PM
Thread: Fuck Cancer
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What a nightmare. As I understand your original...
What a nightmare. As I understand your original post, someone in the clinic put the wrong label on your specimen, or maybe specimen jars were prelabeled and the doctor put your specimen in the wrong...
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Bot reported to mods. I mean look at the avatar....
Bot reported to mods. I mean look at the avatar. Clearly not a person.
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04-16-2024, 11:25 PM
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DST used to start at the end of April, it's been...
DST used to start at the end of April, it's been moved earlier twice. That probably has something to do with why resorts that used to open early in the spring don't any more.
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04-16-2024, 04:31 PM
Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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A lot of land use rules were invented to keep...
A lot of land use rules were invented to keep black people out.
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04-16-2024, 04:23 PM
Thread: Things That Amuse You
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I had a 6m old Cocker that unzipped a gym bag...
I had a 6m old Cocker that unzipped a gym bag that our son's HS friend brought over, pulled out a bag of weed and brought it down to us in the living room. That dog would do anything for a treat. ...
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04-16-2024, 04:17 PM
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I don't think drones will work as cheap at...
I don't think drones will work as cheap at patrollers will.
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04-16-2024, 04:09 PM
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Some of the best corn I've skied around here has...
Some of the best corn I've skied around here has been in January. And the nice thing about it is that the window is a lot longer. The not so nice thing is I'd rather be skiing powder.
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04-16-2024, 10:20 AM
Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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I'd rather live in the middle of a bunch of...
I'd rather live in the middle of a bunch of dirtbag methheads than in an HOA.
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04-16-2024, 10:12 AM
Thread: NHL 2023 Season
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Go flyers go--(take out the caps) Assuming the...
Go flyers go--(take out the caps) Assuming the wings can take the Habs one more time.
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04-16-2024, 10:08 AM
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And we can always count on someone complaining...
And we can always count on someone complaining about the thread to keep it going.
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04-16-2024, 07:45 AM
Thread: Fast Food Drive Thru's...
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I ate at the Truckee McDonalds a day before I...
I ate at the Truckee McDonalds a day before I flew to Boston where I came down with raging GIs and we had to give away our tickets for the Wings Bruins game my son got me as a Xmas present. I've...
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04-15-2024, 08:49 PM
Thread: Shit that annoys you
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The annoyance is not with the packaging. It is...
The annoyance is not with the packaging. It is with our incompetence in opening it. BTW--the best seafood is mostly frozen onboard ship, vacuum sealed frozen, and sold in (ziploc-style) plastic...
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