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sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Jul 16, 2022 6:25 pm

Sometimes I end up going down rabbit holes in Wikipedia and end up reading about things that I really have no interest in. But you learn some odd things that way. For instance, 1947 Chicago Cardinals halfback Elmer Angsman was described thusly: “He was a straight ahead north and south runner who would just as soon leave cleat marks on your balls as run around you."

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Sat Jul 16, 2022 6:31 pm

Which current NFL back best epitomizes that statement?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:04 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 6:31 pm Which current NFL back best epitomizes that statement?

I’d say Derrick henry

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Jul 16, 2022 11:28 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:04 pm
HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 6:31 pm Which current NFL back best epitomizes that statement?
I’d say Derrick henry

Agreed

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 8:12 pm

Not sure if we have a thread for the track & field worlds going on in Eugene, but this is the daughter of a woman I graduated from High School with:

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 8:52 pm

Could do without the hand gesture but nice job!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Jul 24, 2022 4:23 pm

Saw this quote today in Facebook, by the legendary Lemmy (of Motörhead). It piqued my interest because it goes against the grain of what most people understand regarding the Beatles and the Stones.

Lemmy Kilmister wrote:“The Beatles were hard men too. Brian Epstein cleaned them up for mass consumption, but they were anything but sissies. They were from Liverpool, which is like Hamburg or Norfolk, Virginia a hard, sea-farin town, all these dockers and sailors around all the time who would beat the piss out of you if you so much as winked at them. Ringo is from the Dingle, which is like the fucking Bronx.
The Rolling Stones were the mummys boys they were all college students from the outskirts of London. They went to starve in London, but it was by choice, to give themselves some sort of aura of disrespectability. I did like the Stones, but they were never anywhere near the Beatles not for humour, not for originality, not for songs, not for presentation. All they had was Mick Jagger dancing about. Fair enough, the Stones made great records, but they were always shit on stage, whereas the Beatles were the gear.”
— Lemmy Kilmister

Post by **brian** » Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:37 pm

I think an underrated aspect of the relative "toughness" of British bands vs. US in general in that era is the difference in growing up in a country that was almost completely destroyed by World War II (and these kids grew up in that harsh environment) vs a country that was experiencing an all-time record economic boom, mostly because it was one of the only countries left undamaged in some way.

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:18 pm

I gotta say, now that the Beach Boys seem to have disappeared, the Stones are the longest surviving oldies band in the world.

They have released nothing in the last 30+ years that anyone wants to hear.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:30 am

Pruitt3 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:18 pm I gotta say, now that the Beach Boys seem to have disappeared, the Stones are the longest surviving oldies band in the world.

They have released nothing in the last 30+ years that anyone wants to hear.

Play the classics, baby!

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:47 am

I don't know when it started, but I'm a huge fan of nerd/geek culture being inhabited by insanely hot women.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:40 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:47 am I don't know when it started, but I'm a huge fan of nerd/geek culture being inhabited by insanely hot women.

Olivia Munn on G4 Tech TV

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:42 am

Marie Curie was hot. Probably from the radiation.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:12 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:40 am
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:47 am I don't know when it started, but I'm a huge fan of nerd/geek culture being inhabited by insanely hot women.
Olivia Munn on G4 Tech TV

I'm more of a Sara Jean Underwood man.

(also big fan of Kari Byron on Mythbusters (which was around before AotS)

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:29 am

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:42 am Marie Curie was hot. Probably from the radiation.

Outstanding!

Trivia - She was one of two people (and the first) to win Nobel Prizes in two different fields, Physics and Chemistry. The other was...

[+] spoiler: America's Linus Pauling (Chemistry and peace)

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:06 am

I just unfollowed Geoffrey Zakarian on twitter because he's playing in the LIV pro am. He's one of the weakest iron chefs anyway. I'll take Bobby Flay, Alex Guarnaschelli and Morimoto every day and twice on sundays.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:56 pm

I thought I’ve tweaked a groin before but either I never have or tonight I tweaked something above the groin.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Aug 02, 2022 7:17 am

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:56 pm I thought I’ve tweaked a groin before but either I never have or tonight I tweaked something above the groin.

Hernia?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:19 am

Oh I'm not even going to look into that. It was softball related so a little pull or strain is more likely, right?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:29 am

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:19 am Oh I'm not even going to look into that. It was softball related so a little pull or strain is more likely, right?

If you want, I can't stop by and have you turn your head and cough.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:35 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:29 am
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:19 am Oh I'm not even going to look into that. It was softball related so a little pull or strain is more likely, right?
If you want, I can't stop by and have you turn your head and cough.

I imagine he's parked closeby anyways, lying in wait.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:37 am

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:16 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:29 am
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:19 am Oh I'm not even going to look into that. It was softball related so a little pull or strain is more likely, right?
If you want, I can't stop by and have you turn your head and cough.

Syb, you can’t expect him to keep on falling for that one!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:16 am

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:16 pm
The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:29 am
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:19 am Oh I'm not even going to look into that. It was softball related so a little pull or strain is more likely, right?
If you want, I can't stop by and have you turn your head and cough.
Syb, you can’t expect him to keep on falling for that one!

I’ll keep using it as long as it works.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:22 am

When the panic attacks come in waves so frequently that your chest hurts, that's probably a good thing, right?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:34 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:22 am When the panic attacks come in waves so frequently that your chest hurts, that's probably a good thing, right?

Unless "Panic Attaxx" is a name of a sex worker, then probably not.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:49 am

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:56 pm I thought I’ve tweaked a groin before but either I never have or tonight I tweaked something above the groin.

When I had a hernia (30+ years ago), I initially thought I had pulled a groin muscle.

And no talk of a groin injury is complete without this classic:

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:52 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:34 am
tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:22 am When the panic attacks come in waves so frequently that your chest hurts, that's probably a good thing, right?
Unless "Panic Attaxx" is a name of a sex worker, then probably not.

dammit

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:03 am

That sounds like something for a doctor rather than a message board?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:07 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:03 am That sounds like something for a doctor rather than a message board?

In this economy?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:10 am

If he can pay for sex, he can pay for a doctor.

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:24 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:22 am When the panic attacks come in waves so frequently that your chest hurts, that's probably a good thing, right?

breathe deeply repeatedly.

then take an ativan and breathe some more.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:37 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:03 am That sounds like something for a doctor rather than a message board?

no one has time for that. death at the desk. it's my 1950s shout-out.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:08 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:10 am If he can pay for sex, he can pay for a doctor.

Especially since our resident doctor disappeared years ago.

ETA: Replied to the wrong quote, but this is worth reading again.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:20 am

Sorry you're going through that, TB. I haven't had too many lately, but there was a time in March where I was having them all the time, especially while driving. I was having one on the drive into work and felt a weird sharp pain in the side of my head that sent it into overdrive. I was at a stoplight and realized it was where the hospital I was born in used to be before they tore it down. That sent me spiraling thinking I was about to die from an aneurism yards away from where I was born.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 2:17 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:37 am
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:03 am That sounds like something for a doctor rather than a message board?
no one has time for that. death at the desk. it's my 1950s shout-out.

Stop thinking about the ducks. They'll come back next year.

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 2:26 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:20 am Sorry you're going through that, TB. I haven't had too many lately, but there was a time in March where I was having them all the time, especially while driving. I was having one on the drive into work and felt a weird sharp pain in the side of my head that sent it into overdrive. I was at a stoplight and realized it was where the hospital I was born in used to be before they tore it down. That sent me spiraling thinking I was about to die from an aneurism yards away from where I was born.

You just never know what's going to trigger one. I had one after waking from a dream about my own death.

The underlying anxieties can often be figured out (but definitely not while having an attack)

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 2:33 pm

Random thought: was this too sarcastic?

(Background - fighting again w/ accounting folks re: checks for experts - this check is needed so I can get an expert to trial next month - it's his literal travel and trial appearance fee)

Email from accounting after I submitted the invoice (and I heard/read this as having a rather aggressive tone):

Can someone please explain Goldbergs invoice 209 compared to the “reason” on the check request?

Are we paying for a balance from retainer 3 in the amount of 1.55 hours and retainer #4 (which covers travel to and from Baltimore) at 18.45 hours? If so is this basically travel time? Total is 20 hours at $425.00 = $8500.00

Or for what is in the “reason” section of the front of the check request?

My response earlier (while still feeling like a bldg is sitting on my chest):

He’s coming to trial. That is his cost to come to trial. If we don’t pay it, we don’t have an expert and we lose. All experts charge to come to trial. Trial is set to begin on Sept. 12. He testifies Sept. 14. If we don’t pay it, he won’t be there and that will make for a shorter trial I suppose.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 2:58 pm

Sounds like a poorly worded question about coding.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:14 pm

Yeah, no. No coding. Every chance accounting gets they question check requests for experts. Which, in my area of practice is literally the lifeblood of cases. Plaintiffs med mal is expert intensive by definition. She was mad about the bill being for travel. Which..it has to be - if I want him at trial. It's like getting mad at the sun rising.