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Chatty Cathy January 12, 2009

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Work Sucks…

I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert

by JohnnyG on Jan 12, 2009 9:41 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don’t wanna drive to Newmarket

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 9:42 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey that's my turf

Although still slightly north of where I live.

Are you going to the northern end of Newmarket where the mall and the various box stores are?

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 9:46 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, my parents live off of muloch, I’m crashing there for the night as I have work related stuff super early tomarrow morn in Missauga

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:00 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's

Mulock

But that’s not a fun drive either, how early? If you’re leaving around 7am and it’ll take you an hour at least to get to Sauga from there (I do the Aurora to Sauga commute every day for work).

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 10:07 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I plan on leaving round 6ish, gotta be in the sauga by 8

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:31 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You'll be fine

Then… you can leave as late as 6:30 and still have enough of a safety buffer (barring disasters) to getting there on time… I am usually out the door by 7am and I get to work between 8 and 8:15 depending on traffic in time for my 8:30 start time.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 10:52 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

At the office

WHY AM I HERE?!?!

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 9:45 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Contractual obligation, same as the rest of us.

You've had all your word nourishment for one day.

by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:00 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

gots to get paid?

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 10:01 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

boo

money

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 10:07 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sorry for the delay

the bed, she just swallows me up so I can’t move. I’m not really looking forward to tonight though

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 9:53 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Night class?

And I think I left my brain in bed, I am so outta it even with copious amounts of coffee.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 9:59 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

2 classes back to back, an hour of rehearsal then 3 hour night class. And the 2 classes this afternoon are the 2 I am dreading the most (translation and reasoning)

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 10:01 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sounds like fun

My first term of uni had a Wednesday where I had classes scheduled from 8:30am to 5:30pm with no breaks in between… and that was before my declaration on the illegality of 8:30am classes… oh yea those were fun Wednesdays.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 10:09 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

can’t sleep, bed will eat you

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:01 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would rather

have the bed eat me than cats or nightmare moose. Bed eating me sounds comfy

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 10:02 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

mine does that, pillow topper ftw.

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:03 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bed

Sounds good for the end of this week where on Sat it’s expected to drop to -25 degrees in Toronto (not including windchill) and the high is -15.

I love the cold but even that is a bit much for yours truly.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 10:10 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I cant wait for it, stupid building has no individual apartment thermostats.
they crank the heat for the old people and i have to sleep with the windows open

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:32 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Couldn’t you um…..dispose of the oldies?

Putting moral considerations aside for a second, that is.

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:36 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

there is so damned many of em, would raise suspicions too high. I just have to find a more youthful juncture for my next home

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:38 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Perhaps.

I like my idea better though. They’d call it ‘Granny-geddon’.

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:40 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Granny-geddon

I love you mattblack

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 10:41 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I had a feeling you’d be coming with me on that one, ld.

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:43 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have the opposite problem—in most situations, I’m the only person who’s cold, so I just wear lots of layers

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 10:41 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’d rather be too cold than too hot, you can always put on a sweater or something.

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:41 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed.

You've had all your word nourishment for one day.

by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:42 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m not as bad as I was —right after graduating high school I was in all seriousness, a stick, so I was cold all the time. Then I discovered beer and poutine, and gained some weight. I still tend to wear several layers anyway

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 10:45 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m going to regret asking this, I’m sure…what’s poutine?

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:48 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

french fries with gravy and cheese curds, a french canadian delight

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:49 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I despair sometimes

You can’t just have a plate of chips, can you? Noooooooo…..

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:52 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

we do unhealthy right over here in the Canadian wilds

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:53 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looking at a picture of said delicacy, I can see what you mean.

I take it tastes better than it looks?

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:55 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it delights the tastebuds in a way that only something with 300 calories per bite could

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:57 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

after drinking, it’s like a warm hug from the inside out

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 10:57 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It tastes like I’m having a stroke!

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 10:59 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the most delicious stroke you’ll ever have

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:00 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TWSS

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 11:02 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Funny story

When I was in Vancity, my aunt was complaining it was too cold (between -5 to 2 degrees) so they cranked their house thermostat up to like 25… I was so warm at night I ended up sleeping without blankets… and I still ended up waking up in the middle of the night soaked in my own sweat.

At my house, we keep the thermostat at a pleasant 16 degrees although we’ll occasionally bump that up to as much as 18 if it’s freezing enough

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 10:58 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

does your aunt live above us????

I cannot count how many times I’ve woken up sweating in the middle of the night since we moved to this place.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 11:40 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Probably not

Plus they are in Coquitlam

How is the weather out in Vancity these days?

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:42 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

back to normal

between 3-7 and rainy.
But on Saturday it fell to 0 and there was more snow.
But then it went back up to about 3 and the snow washed away.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 11:43 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The constant rain

Would make me so emo it would rival LD

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:45 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fallout 3

I use the rifle on distance, but in the onley sewers you dont have the time to do enough damage. So I’m sticking with the shotty

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:33 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ah

Forgot about the sewers…

Are you good or evil alignment? If you’re good, you can recruit a super mutant to be your sidekick later in the game, the dood’s armed with a laser gatling gun with unlimited ammo and he can mow down Deathclaws like no tomorrow.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 10:55 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, i’m pretty much done the story line baring the last mission and am jsut trying to get all the side missions done, I’m too much of a badass for Fawkes to follow me

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:58 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yea, I got bored and went on a murderous rampage in Rivet City with my evil character the other night… I was able to get that girl to seduce that one dood and they get married, so I went to their wedding where most of the city was gathered in the Chapel and tossed a grenade… was so frigging awesome watching a dozen bodies flying everywhere in slow mo

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:10 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one of the first things i did was wipe out Megaton, its pretty hard to get your Karma back up

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:14 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was also enjoyable

You get a much nicer place at Tenpenny Tower

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:25 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I let the Ferals into tenpenny, it was hilarious

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:27 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Did you do that

Before or after you got the apartment at Tenpenny’s? Wonder if you get the apartment if you let in the ferals before you get the reward for taking out Megaton.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:28 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

made the mistake...

of playing this as a good guy first time through, not nearly as fun as it could be being evil…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:30 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i never got the room, i just went and let them in, then i killed all the zombie dudes,
I dont really plan on being good or bad, i just do whatever sounds like the more fun mission

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:32 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed

I am doing whatever I want on my 2nd playthrough, I must say I am having much more fun then my first playthrough as a pure goody goody character.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:35 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well technically i played through once, just trying to beat the game as fast as possible, then once i did, i loaded the save before the final mission and just started wandering around

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:37 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I still hate

Not being able to kill children though, there’s 55% of the fun gone right there

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:48 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, but you can still trade and buy and get people to fix things, then kill them and get your money back

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:51 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Selling them to slavers

is also fun

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:53 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Deathclaws

Not sure if you dudes mentioned this, but the technique for dealing with these fuckers is to build the dart gun and shoot them with it first every time you see one. It cripples their legs so they can’t jump at you and slash your face apart. So you can just leisurely backpedal and shoot them in the face with the combat shotgun or whatever.

Also selling kids to the slavers just flat-out rules.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:02 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I forgot bout the dart gun

I built one too but never bothered to use it for some reason… right now I’m collecting the parts to build the rock-it launcher, I heard that thing is fantastic and lets you shoot anything from coffee cups to books as ammo.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:29 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I tried the rock-it (had to get the “build all weapons” achievement because I am an achievement ho) and I was unimpressed. Perhaps because my big guns skill was lacking.

The dart gun is SOOOOOO deadly though.. it does good amounts of damage and anything you hit has both legs crippled so they can barely hobble over to you. Making them easy to finish off with whatever else you might carrying! I recommend the blackhawk or lincoln’s repeater..

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:31 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I heart

Lincoln’s Repeater, I was one-head-shotting those snobby Enclave SoBs and their power armours with the repeater, hard to find .44 magnum bullets though, ended up buying/stealing most of mine

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:32 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yah .44 is sparse.. Did you ever locate the fat man MIRV? Holy crap on a crutch.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Isn't that

in the bunker under one of the armoury? I never got that one, I didn’t find the key or password or whatever it was that you needed to get in there

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:35 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah you have to hunt around for these voice recordings a family left for each other. It’s worth it if you just use a walkthrough to find em quickly.. shoots out 9 nukes or something like that. Dangerous as hell!

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:38 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sounds like fun

For taking out one of those super mutant behemoths

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:41 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah I fired it at the one in the capitol dome, one shot kill and it took out half the talon mercs who were attacking it too. BEWM!

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whuddup?

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:27 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

playing fallout three, being generally evil

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:28 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sup blurr

I have returned from vacation… sadly…

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:28 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

vacation...

i’m not going on any until the summer…

unless of course the great depression V2.0 actually does occur and i end up unemplyoed and on a bread line somewhere…then vacation comes early.

silver linings, i gots dem

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:31 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

New Year but

Still the same old vomit-inducingly positive Blurr.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:33 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

while you were gone...

i had my moments of negativity, but to balance out the universe, now that you’re back, i should try and stay positive…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:35 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Universal balance

Is critical, you don’t want to be the man who was credited with causing our entire dimension to implode on itself.

You will be happy to knew that I was seriously cranky for most of yesterday, usually happens the day before I have to return to work after extended (or any) time off

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:41 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So...

anyone find the “should they trade Lecavalier” talk interesting? And, don’t you think the Leafs could put together a better package than the habs supposed “Higgins, Plekanec and a prospect”)

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:40 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Depends

How many years does LeOverpaid left on his contract?

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:41 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

about 5 million, I think.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 11:42 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don’t care, I’d give a hell of alot to get Vinny on the Leafs. Dude is a stud, this year is an anomaly

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:43 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah

if only we’d got him that first time…
Thing is, almost every team would give a hell of a lot to get him.

But now that Fredo is, well, Fredo, I’d give more to have someone replace him in my heart.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 11:44 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

someone younger, and French Canadian, I’d love to ram that down Habs fans throats.
Hags Vinny and Poni on a line
/swoon

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:45 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I want him

But pay him a bit less

That’s just me

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:45 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, where it an option

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:46 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm just being

idealistic

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:47 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

seriously...

i’d cough up antro and kabby and tlusty for the guy in a heartbeat.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:45 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but

Tampa doesn’t believe in defensemen…..
But yeah, I would too, and I have a hard time seeing a better deal out there for Tampa.

But that could be me seeing the world through blue & white glasses…

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 11:47 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tampa doesn’t believe in defensemen…..

Didn’t they have Kubina at one point?

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:48 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yup...

the year they won the cup…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:49 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah

but before these owners took over, I mean.

Honestly, I watch a lot of Canucks games, and they robbed Tampa when they got O’Brien for Kraijcek. O’Brien’s got a lot to learn still, which I suppose would never have happened in Tampa, but he’s much, much better than that softie Kraijcek.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 11:50 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kraijcek

How do you pronounce that?

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:51 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

cry-check

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:51 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

O'Brien...

was a steal and then some.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:51 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it's scary

how shrewd some of these moves that Gillis has made are.

Hodgson looks like a steal. O’Brien. Now LeBarbera.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 11:53 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

at least we have Dido
/prays

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:54 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kaberle, Tlusty, Sifers and Devaux

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:41 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the exciting thing is that...

although this is coming from Dreger on TSN, and not hockeybuzz or something, 98% of the time, unless it’s McKenzie reporting it, the media is wrong…

so, who knows. Maybe Burke is kicking the tires on this one. He’s big, young, skilled and fights. Sounds like Burke’s kind of guy…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 11:50 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, he has proven that he can be the most dominant player in the game. I think he still can be, the luster of Tampa is wearing on him

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:52 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Vinny

looks like Rimmer from Red Dwarf. Evidence

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:25 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There is no milk

again!!! Or even cream this time!
How difficult is it to keep milk in stock!!!

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 11:43 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have only

sick comments in my head

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 11:46 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I also

do not like figuring out structure. We have three times as many structural engineers as architects (well, more, as I’m the only one this week and next) and for some reason, I have to figure out what it should look like!

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 12:00 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's a shame

I don’t think my body is used to coffee anymore, I got a serious headache after my less-then-usual-number of cups this morning

I’m also off to lunch

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 12:02 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

unfortunate

this newly found intolerance of coffee.
Enjoy lunch.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 12:05 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

over the winter break, I hardly drank any caffiene at my parent’s place—I went to bed rather early, so I didn’t need it. Now anything more than one can of coke has me up all night

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 12:06 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Might I venture

…that’s what he said?

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by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 12:08 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

interesting

my body never really loses its tolerance for caffeine, but I do get highly dependant on it quite easily. I try to limit coffee to max 1 a day if I feel I want it, but I can drink it at night no problem and it doesn’t keep me up.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 12:08 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't think I lost my tolerance

I think my stomach forgot how to handle coffee first thing in the morning

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Karina – have you read Sixteen Acres: Architecture and the Outrageous Struggle for the Future of Ground Zero ?

It’s a great inside look at the so-called battle between the Starchitechts as they compete to redesign the World Trade Centre.

For me, one of the most compelling part was long after the final design had been chosen, competitions won and surrounding monuments finalized and the structural engineers show up. They completely transform the building, design, zoning plans – everything. They even move the building to another part of the site and rotate it something like 30 degrees.

As a complete outsider to this world, I found it really fascinating to get a glimpse of that world…

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by mf37 on Jan 12, 2009 12:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow, that's an ugly last sentence

I meant, as an outsider to the world of architecture, design and structural engineering, it was fascinating to get an inside look at how this one project was completed.

I don’t know if that’s how Skidmore usually works, but it the level of input and hands on work from the engineers and construction teams was not what I expected.

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by mf37 on Jan 12, 2009 12:49 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hah

no, I haven’t read the book, but I’m familiar with the process you’re describing.
It’s pretty much typical of most architecture firms, with a few exceptions, such as Santiago Callatrava, who is a structural engineer along with being an architect.

When a competition is won, typically the architect has just a very rudimentary design done. The aesthetic and “feel” of the building will be shown, but it really has to get down to design development and detail design before you really know what the building looks like. For me, I like to really know a lot about those details so that if I ever do initial design, I can draw upon that to make it realistic. Unfortunately, a lot of the time the architect who does the intitial design doesn’t see the project through to construction and never learns what works, so they keep on creating these images of buildings that can never be built. It’s one of the things that frustrates me the most in my field, and that really got to me in school. I could look at some of these buildings people who design in class and get an A for, knowing full well that it was impossible to build (or completely missed the point of the project where we were told that there would be a very limited budget) and would be incredibly frustrated because I see no point in even doing something like that. To me, it’s an utter waste of time. Architects come from the tradition of the Master Builder, where you would have spent 20+ years learning all the building trades before being allowed to design a building. But now, we put people through a few years of school, and while the process is quite rigorous, the system is still pumping out these people who have no concept of reality. So when the public see these high profile competitions and wonder why the building looks nothing like what they expected… that’s why.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:02 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The frustration you describe reminds me of my reactions to the work of Diller + Scofidio + Renfo. I saw one of their shows at the Whitney in New York and it actually made me inexplicably grumpy.

A few years later I read a profile of them in the New Yorker and I realized that they just operate in a way that’s very far removed from my understanding of what space, buildings and design should, might or even could be. For instance, they desinged the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and they hid the front door. I mean, WTF?

Admittedly their work on the high line in New York is really cool though…

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by mf37 on Jan 12, 2009 1:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmm

not familiar with their work, I’m looking them up now…

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:59 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ugh

their website is really annoying. Wikipedia it is.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 2:08 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so...

near as I can tell, they’ve barely built anything that’s an actual permanent building. Case in point, there is definitely a place for architects such as these, but why spend all that time getting lisenced to just theorize and see so little realized?

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 2:11 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They got their start doing artistic installations and building for modern dance performances. I don’t mean to be a philistine here, but I think that’s a good indication of their asthetic.

I know Diller also teaches at Princeton, not sure about the other two partners…

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by mf37 on Jan 12, 2009 2:16 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

they all seem

to teach at prestigous (wow can’t spell that) institutions.

I like their aesthetic, it’s just that I would never be happy primarily being a paper architect. I like to see things realized, I like to go on site and discuss with the contractor how something that I want to look a certain way has to be built to accomplish that.

I love reading theories and looking at paper architects, it’s just that becoming a lisenced architect is so much work, it seems like a waste when someone does that and then spends their years theorizing on how things should be.

I guess I just feel that you can be pushed to be innovative moreso when you’re faced with real world circumstances than just your own cognitive abilities. Architecture is so sophisticated now, the idea of the master architect who can figure it all out is completely out-dated. “Starchitects” are a false portrayal of what the job entails nowadays, and while I do admire the work of many of them, I wish it was more apparent to the public that it is an entire team required to create those buildings, and without them all those buildings would ever be are sketches on paper (or napkins, if you’re Libeskind).

I’m just far more practical than a lot of my peers…

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 2:29 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’ve always been really interested in architecture, but I’ve had no real exposure to the actual design or build process. Until I read that 16 acres book, I had no idea how hands on the engineers and construction guys are.

It makes a lot of sense, but it certainly doesn’t jibe with the lone genius perspective the media and cultural critics like to throw around.

I was fortunate enough to go behind the scenes at Gehry’s AGO here in Toronto (one of my clients was a part of the design-build team) and as much as I love the building and the design, I could feel the tension between the various teams of people, all of whom wanted/needed things done a certain way that sometimes could be in conflict with the needs/wants of other teams.

It’s something that had never occurred to me prior to that visit.

I was also really disappoitned in Rem Koolhaus’ library in Seattle that I had read so many good things about. It seems to work as a library but it struck me as not working in or being representative of its environment/locale. Perhaps I have the wrong approach, but I don’t think of the pacific northwest as being about poured concrete, low slung day-glo plastic chairs and bad flourescent lighting…

On the flip side, this context of place and functionality is something that Renzo Piano seemed to just nail with his work on the Pierpoint Morgan in New York.

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by mf37 on Jan 12, 2009 2:44 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Renzo Piano

would have to qualify as one of my favourite architects right now. He’s done some really amazing things, and yet doesn’t get the exposure of Gehry and Liebskind. What blew me away the most was I saw his design for some science labs which are built into the side of a hill, and make use of natural lighting because that helps the study of whatever’s going on there. I wish I could remember what it was… I should pick up a book about him.

But yes. Part of the architect’s job is to be on site, to coordinate when things get done, and mediate disputes. A LOT. The general contractor does this as well, but the architect’s word is supposed to be the final say on the situation, and to do that you really have to understand the complexities of what’s going on. It’s that area that really interests me, my last job I was doing that a lot, despite my young age, and I loved it. This one I’ll get into that as soon as we have projects being built. It’s an amazing process.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 2:49 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ahha

It’s the California Academy of Sciences.

I am dying to go see it. My last office, we had a guy who had worked on it at the beginning of the project, he had some awesome stories to tell about it.

That’s the kind of architecture that I get excited about.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 2:54 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rabbits rabbits rabbits rabbits rabbits

Spaced is amazing

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 11:45 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

badger badger badger badger badger badger

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:54 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

british tv show

with Simon Pegg. It’s…greatness

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 11:57 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

simon pegg

is all sorts of great

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 11:59 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So he’s a tranny?
More than that
…..a big, fat tranny?

You've had all your word nourishment for one day.

by Mattblack on Jan 12, 2009 11:59 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It suddenly

got very quiet in here….

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 12:29 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

cases of the mondays?

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 12:37 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

indeed

that could be the case.
Only I come here to cure my Mondays :(.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 12:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

case of the busies...

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 12:54 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

chilling until 3, when it’s getting annoying

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 12:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I R BACK

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

reading cracked plus sending bacon to people on fb

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:07 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

mmm bacon…
I am craving baked goods.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:09 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wake n baked goods?

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:11 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

a Tim Horton’s apple fritter.
Which is apparently 300 calories. Yikes!

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:12 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i always loved the chocolate chip muffins

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:14 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I do enjoy

their new coffee & muffin deal.

Although McDonald’s is better.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:15 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Love the cranberry orange mcdonald’s muffins.

tim horton’s can suck it

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:16 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

mmm

Cranberry orange are super good.
As are their carrot muffins.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:18 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hash browns

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:30 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i loves dem

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:32 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate

The Timmy Ho hashbrowns though

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I haven’t had timmy’s hashbrowns so i dunno

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

me either

they just don’t look very good.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I tried them once

It was awful

It felt like eating straws of hay

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I live.

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yar. I have to send the laptop off today to be fixed.

Not amused.

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:25 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

why?

what’s wrong with it??? Does that mean you won’t be around?

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:26 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It has like multiple probs. But Apple is in denial. Like my OS is sucking around 20 gigs of my hard drive. They admit it’s a problem but don’t know/won’t fix it. There is other stuff too. I don’t have an Apple store in Spokane. Nearest is 6 hours away. So I have to send it off. I will be around some. Just not at much

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:30 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Crap

Must. Hold. Back. Apple. Trashing.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:31 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I find bashing OS irrelevant because they are all shit.

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yay!

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:25 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hey...

i suck.

that youtube clip was awesome tho…

that’s a goal celebration!

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:25 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ahw thanks. We aren’t irritating are we? Hahaha.

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by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:26 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well...

it was a little long, with the team skating around the rink.

still, i enjoyed it. if i was on the losing end, i’d probably need to unbunch my panties…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:27 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Probably. And then we bang a gong and count goals. It’s a production.

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:30 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

zOMG!!!!!

i gots baconx2, on da facebooks!

i ♥ bacon

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:27 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

did you

send me bacon on FB?

Someone keeps sending me bacon on FB, I can’t remember who, but I had like 6 of them sitting in my inbox waiting for me the other night when I logged on

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by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:31 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ya...

that’d be me prolly

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

gah i fail!!!!

i bought some orange cream soda, not orange & cream soda….

it is decidedly not as tasty as it could have been. I love orange & cream…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:30 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have

never heard of such a thing!

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:32 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

of which thing...

orange cream soda, or orange & cream?

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

orange & cream

from the description, I can guess what it is, but I am not familiar with it…

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Boylan’s or Jones soda both do good orange & cream.. yum

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:35 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nay! Henry Weinhards Orange and Cream soda.

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by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

stewarts...

is da bomb diggity, but i like weinhards as well.

i’ll take either to be honest

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh ya stewart’s is good too, heck they’re all good! Any of the real cane sugar sodas is usually good.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:39 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Say it aint so Wrap?

I thought Weinharts went out of business…

I took a tour of their Portland facility about a decade ago and their root beer in draft kegs at the end of the tour was out of this world good. My wife still raves about their vanilla cream soda.

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by mf37 on Jan 12, 2009 2:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It still exists yo. I have a 6er of it on my floor. I can buy it all over Spokane.

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by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 2:43 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ditto in CA…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks for the update.

I couldn’t find any when I was in Seattle last June. I may have to look at importing some of that fine stuff into the wilds of Canada…

Do they still make beer too?

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by mf37 on Jan 12, 2009 2:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes

i just looked them up online and they only have a site for beer…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Clearly, you have to trek to the Pacific Northwest, and but a fuckton (whatever that configures to) of Henry’s.

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 2:49 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

would that be...

metric or imperial?

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

is Thomas Kemper still around? Their stuff is also good.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 2:51 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yup.

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 2:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Woo it is: http://www.tksoda.com

I got a variety pack from costco once and it was awesome. It sucks they don’t seem to have it anymore there.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 2:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It must be your market or something. Because we have it here in those nifty packs.

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by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 2:53 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just doesn’t seem to be brought in to canada as much or something, I guess. Haven’t seen it carried anywhere else, either.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 2:54 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Neither. I am thinking it’s like a galactic measure. Ask an ewok or something.

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by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 2:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it’s like a half and half bar i used to get from the ice cream trucks…look at the third one down on the link below..

http://www.drinkstewarts.com/flavors.aspx

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:35 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's it!

I’m sick of all the negative stuff on the media these days.. Economic crisis, environmental collapse, olympic condo building.. I’m on a complete major media blackout starting now. I figure it’ll make me happier if I don’t have to read/listen/see all this crap that doesnt really matter to me for the most part anyway.

Sports, tech and gaming news will remain unaffected!

Suck it, MSM!

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:33 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

amen, yo

I will be graduating and looking for a job in one of the worst economies ever. Therefore anything that can distract me from how totally screwed I am is welcome.

oh and if I had a phone, i’d so use the Dethtone

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have yet to get a call in mixed company with it, but I’m looking forward to picking up and just talking like Murderface does.. “oh ya? what she say? NO! Oh yeah?” etc hehehe

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:37 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well

colour me confused. We laid off 10% of the company last week, and had a new hire this week…

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:37 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My guess is the new person will make less and bring down the average wages.

When I got a raise at my old job they quit scheduling me and hired a new girl. Because she made less.

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by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:39 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah

the problem is that a lot of the people who they let go were highly skilled and had a lot of specialized knowledge.

My guess is it’s someone in a different dept. all together.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:40 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stantec

Buys out Jacque Whitford, an environmental consultant of 40 offices and 1700 employees and the next week they start laying off people within Stantec’s own environmental group who have been here for lord-knows how many years

I wasn’t confused, but it reminded me that I work for a heartless and faceless corporation whose only goal and concerns is to appease shareholders

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:40 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hahaha

ahhh I miss Stantec’s retardedness.
Did I tell you I had lunch with my old boss & a few other women from Stantec?

They gave the retard PM who screwed up my last project the biggest project in the office – something huge.

I’m so glad I got out of there.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:42 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Its not stupid

Its just heartless

I know why they did it, they promised Jacque Whitford that if they were bought out, Stantec would not lay off anyone as part of the deal, the thing is, environmental is a relatively small niche in the market, and there’s no room in Stantec to have that many people in the environmental group, so only solution is to lay off our own guys one week before Christmas.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I blame the media

On the worsening of the economy, notice how the economy only gets worst when they say it will get worst? Why do people bail out on their stocks and investments? Because some snooty reporter said they will go down, so people freak out and start selling etc etc etc.

Anyhoo I’m not concerned either way.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:38 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah it’s a big cycle of idiocy. I had a lot of RSS feeds for major news places (cbc, thestar, globe, etc) and it was just irritating.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:40 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that's why...

i stick to FARK.

anything from MSM usually comes with a healthy dose of ridicule.

sample:

“Today on MSNBC… BABY-EATING DEATH CABINETS”

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:38 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hot damn!
BABY-EATING DEATH CABINETS"

i’ll take 2

/just kidding
’//maybe

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by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:39 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fark is hilarious, and the comments are the best part of all.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:40 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i rarely read the comments...

the tags for the articles are funny enough, but ya, there are some good comments.

I like the recurring “EVERYBODY PANIC” and “Oil is down due to (insert utterly absurd non-sensical, unrelated topic here)”

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:42 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OMG!

Not buying any death cabinets any time soon.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jan 12, 2009 2:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

saw that...

blue footed sleaze…

seriously, highlight of my mornings.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:37 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

haha

that was a long time in coming.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 1:43 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well

I know dudes who have the cup size to work there. My ex, for example

Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing

by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow...

now that’s a cake…

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/wow_just_wow_puff_the_magic_dr.php

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:43 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was on Cake Wrecks.

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What the hell

That’s a cake?!?!

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 1:46 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i cna't believe...

they ate it.

i’d feel really awful about cutting that thing up…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 1:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

holy crap

that’s gorgeous!

Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing

by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 1:46 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would be crying as I ate that.. I destroyed something beautiful! nom nom nom

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Recommendation

If you’re hunting for interesting gifts, check out http://www.magic-pony.com

They have some really neat stuff, everything from lapel pins up to that rocking chair “thing” in a clockwork orange (really!)

I say this because I did an order from them and they bumped me up to UPS expedited shipping because they couldn’t ship the two items in a single canadapost box.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:44 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh they have their store in T.O. too so no shipping required, in that case.

No, I have no connection with them. I just liked the service and thought I’d pass it on!

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 1:48 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For my ladies who love Daniel Craig, read item one; http://jezebel.com/5129166/a-peek-inside-daniel-craigs-pants

Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.

by wrap around curl on Jan 12, 2009 1:57 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does Daniel Craig have a tattoo on his magic stick?

OWWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWW! OW! ON THE JUNK?!

Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing

by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 2:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i still don’t understand the palm tree tattoo above his ankle…or what looks like a palm tree.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:04 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm so

not clicking on that link, at or not at work

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 2:05 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it's another case of...

iPhone malfunction me thinks…i ain’t clicking to find out though.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:05 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Meh

if it isn’t on bone, it doesn’t hurt as much. Nerve endings, schmerve endings.

I'm not jaded, I'm just realistic.

by Mabel on Jan 12, 2009 2:11 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have awesome timing

I show up just in time for Daniel Craig yumminess. Yay me!

I'm not jaded, I'm just realistic.

by Mabel on Jan 12, 2009 2:00 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

there you are!

i was just wondering where you’d been…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You missed me?

Awwwwww……

I went to a class this am, then was trying to pick my courses (still in progress, don’t ask) and then did yoga. Which is so much fun, I can’t even tell you!

How’s tricks?

I'm not jaded, I'm just realistic.

by Mabel on Jan 12, 2009 2:03 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

same ol same ol...

can’t complain…

well, i could, but Winkle’s back, so i’m staying on the sunny side, for the sake of the universe…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:05 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, let’s not upset the balance of things too much. :)

I'm not jaded, I'm just realistic.

by Mabel on Jan 12, 2009 2:07 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My rage

had a nice vacation

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 2:19 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Glad to hear it

but it is back now, right?

I'm not jaded, I'm just realistic.

by Mabel on Jan 12, 2009 2:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It may have gone on vacation

But it never leaves

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 2:44 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Happy Bday!

To HAL, everyone’s favorite mildly psychopathic AI.

Sigh.. He’d be less psychopathic than the crappy winXp box I gotta put up with at work..

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 2:32 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

got this in my work email...

felt compelled to share..

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:32 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why?

Did I do something to make you hate me? I didn’t need to see that.

I'm not jaded, I'm just realistic.

by Mabel on Jan 12, 2009 2:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what is that an image for?!?

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 2:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

tickets for...

LA CHUPITOS with JAVIER MIRANDA

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

can you tell...

i live in the entertainment mecca of california?

if my wife didn’t own here own business, we’d have moved years ago.

actually, if i never met my wife, i’d have moved long before then…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:37 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ditto

for me living in Vancity.
But yes… that is sad if that’s what passes for entertainement there.

by Karina on Jan 12, 2009 2:38 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

this is going to come out sounding wrong...

so i apologize pre-emptively.

I live in a laregely hispanic area, so most everything around here is geared towards that. Nothing wrong with that, just, being born and raised in Canada, I have zero frame of reference for things. not saying it’s uncomfortable or that i hate it, it’s just not for me.

i love big cities, and cultural diversity. where i’m at, it’s a different culture than i was raised in, but it’s not diverse.

We’ve looked a few times at moving to the bay area to be closer to her family, but we could never afford it…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:43 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL VANCITY

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 2:46 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They hate Toronto so much

But try harder then anyone else in this country to be like Toronto

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 2:46 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah it makes me sad when people crap on toronto or bob cole, but then I hear people from toronto crapping on vancouver and hughson. Just mirror images, really :)

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 2:48 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i hate hughson

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:48 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it’s just funny how the arguments about how cole/hughson sucks are almost exactly the same.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 2:49 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

except...

i hate hughson.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I only crap Vancity

About their narrow-ass roads, and inability to plow snow when it snows, and Richmond, good lord I hate Richmond.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 2:49 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah richmond has zero redeeming features. So damn ugly.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 2:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

here’s where i live

and here’s the closest “city”

all kinds of suck…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 12, 2009 2:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You were

spot on about the sky tram being a stain on Richmond, the tracks are just above the ground, but not high enough that they’re outta sight but low enough to block 80% of the view with giant plain slabs of concrete

that and the inability of 99% of the population in Richmond not knowing how to bloody drive… and I thought Montreal was bad

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 2:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah if they went below grade there they’d be underwater because the whole place is just a sandy river delta. It’ll all dissolve in the next big shaker, probably.

The crappy driving is also a cultural thing, with so much of the population direct transplants from hong kong. It’s not a racial thing, they just never learned to drive properly. It scares the hell out of me to see the chinese run driving schools too..

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 12, 2009 2:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My condolences

However I am from Hong Kong and am chinese and therefore I am permitted to be all racial and say things like “my people drive like shit” and get away with it. I’m the Asian version of Chris Rock.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 3:00 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually, I’m a Torontonian and I hate Hughson and Vancouver.

I also hate Millen, Dreger, Toth, Cox, Simmons, Berger, Don Cherry, Brophy and at least a dozen others.

I’d make a list, but other than Toronto, Montreal and Halifax are the only other Canadian cities I enjoy.

Bitter Leaf Fan: a life-long Toronto Maple Leafs fan comments on the team, the media and the exasperation...

by mf37 on Jan 12, 2009 2:54 PM EST to parent up reply reply