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Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:14 pm

In a crime and punishment sense, too. It also seems to stress the importance of at least some level of international standards.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:32 pm

So, a couple weeks ago, my company's Board of Directors approved a tender offer to be acquired. I've dodged a couple bullets over the years, but I've always stayed employed. Now, barring a big surprise, I'm going to be out of a job, for the first time since the year after I graduated college (well over half my life ago). I'm in line for a nice severance package that will tide me over until I find a new gig, so I'm not too concerned about it. But, it sure feels weird.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:01 pm

sancarlos wrote:So, a couple weeks ago, my company's Board of Directors approved a tender offer to be acquired. I've dodged a couple bullets over the years, but I've always stayed employed. Now, barring a big surprise, I'm going to be out of a job, for the first time since the year after I graduated college (well over half my life ago). I'm in line for a nice severance package that will tide me over until I find a new gig, so I'm not too concerned about it. But, it sure feels weird.

You can move to Maui and live in a van (down by the river)!

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:30 pm

With another dude and his girlfriend.

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:51 pm

Gunpowder wrote:Because the Muslims did it.

put a fucking spoiler alert on shit for fucks sake

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:22 pm

I need to stop underestimating how shitty eating a full-size box of Mike and Ikes will make me feel.

Post by **brian** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:25 pm

sancarlos wrote:So, a couple weeks ago, my company's Board of Directors approved a tender offer to be acquired. I've dodged a couple bullets over the years, but I've always stayed employed. Now, barring a big surprise, I'm going to be out of a job, for the first time since the year after I graduated college (well over half my life ago). I'm in line for a nice severance package that will tide me over until I find a new gig, so I'm not too concerned about it. But, it sure feels weird.

At least it means no more trips to Michigan in winter, though.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:27 pm

Ooooh, I haven't had Hot Tamales in years.

My youngest (7) just made a "deez nuts" joke. Says she heard it in soccer camp. Two months ago?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:46 pm

rass wrote:Ooooh, I haven't had Hot Tamales in years.

My youngest (7) just made a "deez nuts" joke. Says she heard it in soccer camp. Two months ago?

My friend's four year old has started making deez nuts jokes. Being the youngest of four has prematurely matured him.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:13 am

rass wrote:Ooooh, I haven't had Hot Tamales in years.

It's my go-to munchie food if I want sweets. But I have to put them really far back in the pantry after a handful because I would eat the entire box easy. Addictive.

Post by **brian** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:48 am

My brain surgery was a year ago today. Not much to say about it really, it's just probably a date that'll be hard to forget going forward. It's also the day before my anniversary so that helps.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:03 am

brian wrote:My brain surgery was a year ago today. Not much to say about it really, it's just probably a date that'll be hard to forget going forward.

Which is a very good thing. Congrats(?).

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:04 am

I have a Kevin Bacon number of 4.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:19 am

brian wrote:My brain surgery was a year ago today. Not much to say about it really, it's just probably a date that'll be hard to forget going forward. It's also the day before my anniversary so that helps.

Glad you quickly returned to good health, congrats. This made me think of you:

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:50 am

brian wrote:My brain surgery was a year ago today. Not much to say about it really, it's just probably a date that'll be hard to forget going forward. It's also the day before my anniversary so that helps.

Glad to hear it, Brian.

And Happy Anniversary tomorrow.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:53 am

It's actually like 3 months from now and you're not married.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:10 pm

howard wrote:
brian wrote:My brain surgery was a year ago today. Not much to say about it really, it's just probably a date that'll be hard to forget going forward. It's also the day before my anniversary so that helps.
Glad you quickly returned to good health, congrats. This made me think of you:

To soak up all the knowledge, right?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:26 pm

Happy Brainiversary

Post by **brian** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:25 pm

One intersection in Las Vegas (Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard) has more hotel rooms than the entire city of San Francisco.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:44 pm

and more In n Out's (liberal definition of intersection)

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:12 pm

We have a sort of playdate/sort of babysitting situation going on this evening, and one of the kids is a five year old boy who is bouncing off the fucking walls. Nice kid at least but holy shit sit still.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:09 am

A couple weekends from now I'll be in the production for Rocky Horror Picture Show on base. I'll be Rocky on Friday and Eddie on Saturday. Everyone of my friends I've told has been ridiculously excited about it -- especially the girls. Who knew women like to go to midnight showings of cult classic films dressed like whores?!?!?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:23 am

Johnnie wrote:A couple weekends from now I'll be in the production for Rocky Horror Picture Show on base. I'll be Rocky on Friday and Eddie on Saturday. Everyone of my friends I've told has been ridiculously excited about it -- especially the girls. Who knew women like to go to midnight showings of cult classic films dressed like whores?!?!?

Learned that one in high school. Watch out for flying toast.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:53 pm

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Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:53 am

For the Canadian Swampers: What is the deal with the above ground-pools? I was up there a week ago and noticed on the trip that like 80% of homes have them, even if they take up the majority of the yard space. Is this a Quebec-specific thing, or nationwide?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:54 am

They're for skating.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:57 am

Ground never thaws enough to allow for in-ground pools?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:02 am

rass wrote:Ground never thaws enough to allow for in-ground pools?

I would think it is something along these lines, but related more to pipe bursting underground.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:29 am

Canadian rednecks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:28 am

"Eh Gordy, I haven't seen Colton in aboot 10 minutes ... OOH NOO THE ABOVE GROUND!!!"

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:46 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:For the Canadian Swampers: What is the deal with the above ground-pools? I was up there a week ago and noticed on the trip that like 80% of homes have them, even if they take up the majority of the yard space. Is this a Quebec-specific thing, or nationwide?

Must be a Quebec thing. Others have noticed... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... le4432113/

Statistics support what the eye reveals. Quebec has well over 300,000 backyard pools, more than Ontario (which has five million more people), and more than almost anywhere else in North America on a per-capita basis....

“A [now-defunct] company named Citadel started advertising on a grand scale in the 1990s, on television, radio and newspapers, in a way you just don’t see in Ontario,” said Yvon Lemire, the owner of the West Island outlet of Club Piscine, one of a handful of companies that have continued the marketing blitz for some 20 years now.

“We’re everywhere, and it’s constant. The advertising we do makes most businessmen scratch their heads in wonder. “The advertising put the dream in people’s heads. They found out they could skip one holiday and have a pool for 20 years.” We built a market that wasn’t there.”

The marketing and pricing campaign has been so successful, the above-ground pool has become a sort of impulse buy for many Quebeckers

Canada's regions are distinct from one another, but Quebec is (obviously and clearly) the most distinct of all. In August as I drove through the eastern part of la belle province, I noticed more of those bus like rvs - this sort of thing - than I ever knew existed:

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:53 am

Pruitt wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:For the Canadian Swampers: What is the deal with the above ground-pools? I was up there a week ago and noticed on the trip that like 80% of homes have them, even if they take up the majority of the yard space. Is this a Quebec-specific thing, or nationwide?
Must be a Quebec thing. Others have noticed... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... le4432113/

Statistics support what the eye reveals. Quebec has well over 300,000 backyard pools, more than Ontario (which has five million more people), and more than almost anywhere else in North America on a per-capita basis....

“A [now-defunct] company named Citadel started advertising on a grand scale in the 1990s, on television, radio and newspapers, in a way you just don’t see in Ontario,” said Yvon Lemire, the owner of the West Island outlet of Club Piscine, one of a handful of companies that have continued the marketing blitz for some 20 years now.

“We’re everywhere, and it’s constant. The advertising we do makes most businessmen scratch their heads in wonder. “The advertising put the dream in people’s heads. They found out they could skip one holiday and have a pool for 20 years.” We built a market that wasn’t there.”

The marketing and pricing campaign has been so successful, the above-ground pool has become a sort of impulse buy for many Quebeckers
Canada's regions are distinct from one another, but Quebec is (obviously and clearly) the most distinct of all. In August as I drove through the eastern part of la belle province, I noticed more of those bus like rvs - this sort of thing - than I ever knew existed:

You've never been to a College Football game in the South, huh?

Post by **brian** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:55 am

A_B wrote:You've never been to a College Football game in the South, huh?

Truth. If I heard a stat that 60 percent of all RVs in the country are in the SEC's footprint I'd totally believe it.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:02 am

I'd only believe it if half the league were playing out of conference that weekend.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:07 am

brian wrote:
A_B wrote:You've never been to a College Football game in the South, huh?
Truth. If I heard a stat that 60 percent of all RVs in the country are in the SEC's footprint I'd totally believe it.

Y'all expect us to pee in porta potties like a bunch of criminals? We're not AAC fans.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:08 am

mister d wrote:I'd only believe it if half the league were playing out of conference that weekend.

I know at least three different people who live in Lexington who go and park their RV at the stadium during game weeks. I bet it's similar in other SEC towns. RVs come out no matter.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:12 am

A_B wrote:
mister d wrote:I'd only believe it if half the league were playing out of conference that weekend.
I know at least three different people who live in Lexington who go and park their RV at the stadium during game weeks. I bet it's similar in other SEC towns. RVs come out no matter.

NASCAR fans definitely do this, even as far North as Delaware.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:21 am

brian wrote:
A_B wrote:You've never been to a College Football game in the South, huh?
Truth. If I heard a stat that 60 percent of all RVs in the country are in the SEC's footprint I'd totally believe it.

The other 40% live in my neighbourhood.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:23 am

rass wrote:NASCAR fans definitely do this, even as far North as Delaware.

My first flight was at age 22 and our family vacation was Cape Cod pretty much every single year growing up. Unless I'm forgetting something, not including a trip to Kentucky as a 2 year old, I'd never been south or west of Richmond, VA until after graduating college, so pretty much anything not inherent to the northeast or mid-Atlantic was completely foreign to me first hand. Driving through Dover, DE on a Nascar Wednesday for the first time was completely mind-blowing. As was my conversation with the John Rocker sympathizer I was forced to speak with upon finally reaching Smyrna, DE. Formative experiences.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:46 pm

I've been in the financial industry for two years, but my first thought whenever people talk about "VC" is "wait, that dude's in the Viet Cong?"