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- Fri May 24, 2024 7:27 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Dead College Thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 159
Re: Dead College Thread
Probably better than even odds my school eventually ends up in this thread unless they can figure something out in the next decade or so. Open up your wallet, D! Judging from my kids’ school, it seems like everyone is applying to the same schools, mostly the giant state schools, especially in the S...
- Thu May 23, 2024 10:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Netflix Suggestions?
- Replies: 1398
- Views: 91884
Re: Netflix Suggestions?
Thanks for the reminder. Loved the book.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 11:42 am We just finished watching A Gentleman in Moscow on Paramount+.
I thought it was fantastic.
- Thu May 23, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Dead College Thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 159
Re: Dead College Thread
Probably better than even odds my school eventually ends up in this thread unless they can figure something out in the next decade or so. Open up your wallet, D! Judging from my kids’ school, it seems like everyone is applying to the same schools, mostly the giant state schools, especially in the S...
- Wed May 22, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Fontly Speaking
- Replies: 31
- Views: 478
Re: Fontly Speaking
Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"? The 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that. My first boss out of law school beat that into me. She insisted every document was consisten...
- Wed May 22, 2024 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Fontly Speaking
- Replies: 31
- Views: 478
Re: Fontly Speaking
Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"? Do you also wear ankle socks, boomer? Fuck, are ankle socks an old man thing? Now that you mention it, my kids wear longer socks. Fuck it, I ain't changing, I'll wait until they come back in ...
- Wed May 22, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2100
- Views: 63255
- Wed May 22, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9400
- Views: 511294
Re: Random Politics
I think my issue is that I'm a geography person so I have a really difficult time with people that just have no interest in understanding, like... where the fuck they are at any given moment. Not being able to identify the country you are in is just incredible to me. I've always loved geography and...
- Wed May 22, 2024 7:28 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2100
- Views: 63255
Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
All true. But, notable because he was loudly braying that he wanted to testify. He also brayed that he wanted to release his taxes, and would after the election/inauguration/first year as President/first term ... He never intends to do what he says, and his cult followers will end up believing what...
- Tue May 21, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3922
- Views: 247685
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Ivan Boesky I was going to post a fake name hoping you'd google the same way I had to, but then I read his wiki and it was kind of interesting so fuck me. You didn’t know who Ivan Boesky was? I guess he’s not a household name like he was in the 80s but he was an OG Wall Street swindler. He was only...
- Tue May 21, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
- Replies: 755
- Views: 19446
Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Dest acl sucks. Him and a Robinson bring a lot of class and stability getting forward. No choice but to play more defensively at least on one side. Might suit them with the better competition. M Robinson back though. Wonder how he looks Nah. You can put Weah over there.. He has played that position...
- Tue May 21, 2024 6:09 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
- Replies: 755
- Views: 19446
Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
I assumed Timmy Tillman was Malik’s younger brother because I heard of him after Malik. Malik is 21, Timmy is 25.
- Tue May 21, 2024 6:03 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9400
- Views: 511294
Re: Random Politics
I thought Tom at first, but see Greg in that performance, too.
- Mon May 20, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 9037
- Views: 457410
- Mon May 20, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 9037
- Views: 457410
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
It will never not piss me off that some stores that offer gift cards will only apply them to the full price price plus sales tax instead of to the item(s) before tax is calculated. And then these same stores have the nerve to add on an additional charge because you pay with a credit card. Pretty su...
- Sun May 19, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 92883
- Sun May 19, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random personalized license plate thread
- Replies: 379
- Views: 15714
Re: Random personalized license plate thread
Saw a bunch today and already forgot all but one. LGOMETS with a Mets frame.
- Sun May 19, 2024 3:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 92883
Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
Chris and Larry are the two that come to mind
- Sun May 19, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random personalized license plate thread
- Replies: 379
- Views: 15714
Re: Random personalized license plate thread
Took me awhile to realize what they were going for.
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 446
- Views: 18787
Re: EPL 2023-24
Fucking Phil Foden…
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 446
- Views: 18787
Re: EPL 2023-24
Back in the days when I could still wear my Claudio Reyna City jersey.
- Sat May 18, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: FMuD: Stay (I Missed You)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 420
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:56 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1353
- Views: 81657
Re: Return of Confessions
Maybe I should start a “Food Crimes” thread but this works. I actually enjoy a lot of leftovers cold. (Never pizza if I can help it). I’m fine with cold pasta, wings, etc… Tonight I had some leftover Deep Indian Kitchen vegetable samosas. Really tasty on its own, but I dipped one in some blue chees...
- Fri May 17, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1353
- Views: 81657
Re: Return of Confessions
Maybe I should start a “Food Crimes” thread but this works. I actually enjoy a lot of leftovers cold. (Never pizza if I can help it). I’m fine with cold pasta, wings, etc… Tonight I had some leftover Deep Indian Kitchen vegetable samosas. Really tasty on its own, but I dipped one in some blue chees...
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1353
- Views: 81657
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Headlines
- Replies: 515
- Views: 52775
Re: Random Headlines
Saw an article saying Kanye is having a mental breakdown due to the resignation of Milo Yiannoupolis, according to George Santos.
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1353
- Views: 81657
Re: Return of Confessions
I'm not sure I've heard of taco sauce but I'm also pretty sure its what I've been looking for as something spicy w/ tomato for stuff like eggs where I don't always want straight hot sauce. Going to have to "check it out". This is the current workhorse in the family (Crystal aside) ... htt...
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 166
- Views: 4788
Re: Electric Vehicles
Followup on the tesla truck: There was one in my town last weekend and I nearly got hit in a crosswalk because a driver was looking at it parked on the street. He put up the "sorry / forgive me" hands, then pointed back at the truck and we both laughed. You can't be mad at a guy for almos...
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: College Visits
- Replies: 611
- Views: 25013
Re: College Visits
First off, great news! But, yeah, that's total bullshit on the deposit. I hate shit like that. My son just switched school enrollments and it showed up as paid without having to pay again, so maybe the Admissions person I spoke to was wrong. If the business school just accepted him initially, we wo...
- Thu May 16, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: College Visits
- Replies: 611
- Views: 25013
Re: College Visits
The Boy just got notice this morning that he got into Rutgers Business School off the waitlist. So glad he already accepted at Rutgers (School of Arts and Sciences), otherwise he'd have to rescind an acceptance at another school and resubmit his commit announcement on his school's Instagram page. Th...
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random personalized license plate thread
- Replies: 379
- Views: 15714
Re: Random personalized license plate thread
- Wed May 15, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Checkmate, Bitches! The Chess and other Board Games Thread
- Replies: 494
- Views: 63383
Re: Checkmate, Bitches! The Chess and other Board Games Thread
Motherbitch Talking to the Mrs. who’s down in Turks for friends’ 50th birthday trip. Me: Today’s is something I want to do to your ass. Her: Eat. Me: Nooooo. It’s got to be five letters. Her: …. Okay. Munch. Mr: …well, you got two letters in the right spot. I don't know who Mr. X is, but that looks...
- Wed May 15, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Checkmate, Bitches! The Chess and other Board Games Thread
- Replies: 494
- Views: 63383
- Wed May 15, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
- Replies: 348
- Views: 24295
Re: NFL 2024 Offseason
Man, giving a commencement speech telling all the female graduates they won't have a career even if they want one, and should give up everything to focus on being a wife and mother... I'm sure the women and their parents are thrilled with their $150,000 investment and work over the past 4 years.
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 569
- Views: 17377
Re: Presidential Election 2024
Are we underestimating Biden just a little bit? He's a lot emotionally tougher than we've been giving him credit, and this guy has decades of experience in front of the mike. He's also going up against a guy who is clearly in mental decline. I can very easily see Biden chuckling at him, needling hi...
- Wed May 15, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 569
- Views: 17377
- Wed May 15, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 569
- Views: 17377
Re: Presidential Election 2024
I like that Biden is challenging him to debate(s), but it’d be even more fun if he professional called him a pussy, and point out that he never showed his tax returns like he said he would, so he doesn’t expect him to show up because, again, he’s a pussy. When I got the notification popup about the...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Commercials
- Replies: 938
- Views: 70095
Re: Commercials
Those people who come over their friends' houses and give them shit that they put their dog food in the fridge? They need to mind their own damn business. First time I read this, I missed the word "food," and I was wondering why the fuck you are putting your dog in the fridge. That warran...
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:22 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 9037
- Views: 457410
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I get that, I meant having to submit that statement.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 10:21 amI'd wager that she didn't write it...or at the very least was heavily guided by school district attorneys.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 6:29 am Fuck, I can imagine how horrible it’d be to have to write that letter, especially as a principal.
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:29 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 9037
- Views: 457410
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Fuck, I can imagine how horrible it’d be to have to write that letter, especially as a principal.
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:23 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3101
- Views: 281289
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
There are differences in DNA in identical twins. There are mutations in genes after they split. They also have different finger prints and teeth prints.