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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 11, 2008 23:59:30 GMT -5
1. I never go by "Use by Date" I've had milk that was 3 weeks past due and it was still good.
On the other side of the spectrum, I like folks who sip milk, imagine it to be rank, check the date, see they are one day inside or outside the expiration date, and spit the milk out in over-dramatic fashion.
Um, why would you even try milk 3 weeks past the date? I would reach for water instead at that point.
Anytime, on the invite. I'm happy to see you around. Please enjoy your stay.
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Post by Chris on Apr 23, 2008 0:34:15 GMT -5
So who was first? Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls or Johnny Thunder of the Justice League Of America?
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Post by MSBNYY on Apr 23, 2008 5:55:13 GMT -5
Johnny Thunder was in the Justice Society, not the Justice League. His first appearance was in January 1940. Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls was born in 1952.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 23, 2008 7:38:40 GMT -5
who was first? Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls or Johnny Thunder of the Justice League Of America?
Maybe its the same person. Secret identities, and all.
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Post by MSBNYY on Apr 23, 2008 8:05:37 GMT -5
Johnny Thunder is much older than Johnny Thunders.
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Post by Chris on Apr 23, 2008 9:59:04 GMT -5
It's started as primarily an Asian thing, but giving the two-fingers peace sign (totally different meaning if you're across the pond) has pretty much become photo-opp protocol. Why?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 23, 2008 17:31:58 GMT -5
How is this for strange timing. I put that up last night, and this afternoon just before I leave work the DJ on 101.9 intros a New York Dolls song by mentioning that Johnny Thunders (a name I had not even heard in my life, until this morning) died on this day in I think 1991, and they were dedicating the song to him.
How bout that.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 24, 2008 19:10:07 GMT -5
Has a cop ever said, "Stop - in the name of the law!" ?
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Post by rlm6370 on Apr 24, 2008 19:23:58 GMT -5
Has a cop ever said, "Stop - in the name of the law!" ? Rosco P. Coltrane |
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 24, 2008 19:54:14 GMT -5
Speaking of lawmen - Robert, you were not here for this first time this anecdote came up, but its worth mentioning again. My wife (Mrs Kennedy) and I were watching some stupid B-movie on Sci-Fi, and this cop guy, played by Lou Diamond Phillips of all people, was hitting on this chick who was being terrorized by giant butterflies or mutant snails or something. So he shows up at her house, uninvited, with food.
She answers the door, and goes, "what are you doing here while off-duty?"
And he goes, - wait for it - "Im here to protect and serve....and tonight I am serving Italian." And he holds out the bag of food.
WORST. MOVIE. LINE. EVER.
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Post by 9 on Apr 24, 2008 21:18:15 GMT -5
That's right up there with Roddy Piper, forgot the name of the putrid movie: "I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum." Gag me.
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Post by Chris on Apr 28, 2008 18:27:11 GMT -5
What the hell is a ""knuckle-curve?"
I'm tired of hearing about Mike Mussina's "knuckle-curve." I know what a curve-ball grip is and know what a knuckle ball grip is. What I can't fathom is how you can get a knuckle-curve when the two pitches rely on diametrically opposed physics - knuckle relies on no spin and gets it's unpredictable motion from allowing the ball to be affected as much as possible by the turbulence in the air and the seems of the ball - curve ball relies on maximum backspin causing the ball to drastically dip down. So what gives.
I see Tim Wakefield's curveball break all the time...is that not similar to curveball action? And if Mussina is holding the ball in knuckleball grip and using curveball wrist action to generate backspin, that would just lead me to believe that he's throwing a slower curveball simply because he's not gripping it as firmly.
I don't get it.
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Post by Chris on May 6, 2008 10:28:50 GMT -5
Tom - here's my query.
What's with the gimmick of having second-rate female singers as your sig-pic?
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 6, 2008 10:40:28 GMT -5
You hush! You take that back! Avril Lavigne, despite a few clunkers, has some joyful tunes. While my tastes delve towards the metal-tinged, I can enjoy me a little bit of pop here and there. Plus she has spunk.
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Post by Chris on May 6, 2008 11:07:37 GMT -5
Avril Lavigne is about the most notable one you've had up there...so her aside, what's the deal?
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 6, 2008 11:21:37 GMT -5
Well, its a matter of courtesy. Would you rather me put up sigs of attractive gothic metal singers and female wrestlers, or sigs of barechested male thrash metal singers and male professional wrestlers?
Also, premade sigs featuring the ladies are much easier to find.
I am also fans of everyone you see in those pics. Before you deride the female vocalists I feature in such snarky manner, perhaps you should give some of them a spin. You dont know enough of them to warrent an immediate discounting of their vocal abilities!
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Post by 9 on May 8, 2008 15:08:45 GMT -5
Tom has a point. I love Motorhead, but I don't need to look at Lemmy's ugly ass.
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Post by Chris on May 8, 2008 16:00:31 GMT -5
I once sat at a table-top Mrs. Pac-Man machine at the Rainbow Bar and Grill on Sunset Blvd. and conversed with Lemmy while he played the game. My drunken friend kept disrupting Lemmy, making smart-ass comments about "Ace Of Spades." Lemmy became perturbed, got up and left. I think this actually occurred on the night that Social Distortion's double live LP "Live At The Roxy" was recorded next door at the venue of the same name.
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Post by Chris on May 27, 2008 10:34:50 GMT -5
Puff's Fantasy Baseball memory in the Fallen Ballplayer Thread begs this question:
I've never played fantasy baseball. I understand it conceptually. But as a die-hard Yankee fan, hell as a die-hard fan of any team, how do you reconcile rooting for players who may just be playing against the Yankees on a given day....or rooting for players who are playing on teams that compose a direct obstacle in the path of the Yankees post-season hopes? I just never understood that, and probably the reason I've purposely stayed away from fantasy baseball. Am I totally missing the boat here, or are there others who feel this way?
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Post by 9 on May 27, 2008 11:44:44 GMT -5
For me personally, the Yankees take precedence over my fantasy players. I will never root for one of my players against the Yankees. That being said, if the Yankees are up six runs (not happening too often this season) and my player happens to belt a solo HR, it's a little easier to take. But they have 144 other games to do their damage if they're in the A.L. East, and more games if not.
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Post by Chris on May 27, 2008 11:49:34 GMT -5
I understand your example Nettles, but WHAT IF....
- you have a Red Sock on your fantasy team
- you have an AL East player on a team that is a reasonable threat to the Yankees success in the division
Even if they're not playing the Yanks that day, the pose a threat...just sayin. That would be the difficult part for me.
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Post by 9 on May 27, 2008 12:50:36 GMT -5
I guess my rationale is that the Red Sox are going to win their share of games, regardless of whether I drafted one of their players or not. And the player is going to have his successes and failures, regardless. I obviously still root against Boston, but if a Red Sox player is the best available one to draft or best available free agent to fill a hole, I'll take them. I had Pedroia for a few weeks earlier this season. I just try to separate the two. You will never see me at a Yankees-Red Sox game cheering an Ortiz HR if he happens to be on my team.
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Post by Chris on May 31, 2008 20:20:30 GMT -5
Larry - are you any relation to founding member of the late 50s New York doo wop group The Earls?
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Post by Chris on Jul 7, 2008 16:34:32 GMT -5
Coffee that sits in the pot "cooking" all day until it becomes a dark, almost black, color:
Does this change any of it caffeine-properties? More caffeinated, less caffeinated?
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Post by elliejay21 on Jul 8, 2008 18:55:05 GMT -5
Well, it definitely loses volume, therefore I'd guess that it has a higher percentage of caffeine in the new volume... and it gets rather nasty...
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Post by Chris on Jul 8, 2008 23:04:59 GMT -5
So when it loses volume, is it only the water that "boils" off, thus leaving much more coffe-dense liquid behind?
OK, I'll buy into that.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jul 9, 2008 7:14:12 GMT -5
Hey, break it up, you two!
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Post by Chris on Jul 11, 2008 12:06:15 GMT -5
With all of this revisiting of the topic of sponsoring players (i.e. Claudell Washington).
I am seriously considering sponsoring Greg Luzinski. How do I go about this?
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Post by Chris on Jul 14, 2008 14:58:05 GMT -5
MassYanks post about someone named "Negro" made me think of this...
Have any of you ever met someone with the last name "Hitler?" I haven't.
I'm wondering if the majority of people in the WORLD with that last name have changed it...thus the reason it is so rare.
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Post by 9 on Jul 14, 2008 15:05:20 GMT -5
Wouldn't YOU change it? I know I would!
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