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JonInMiddleGA · 06-23-2012, 10:54 AM

Bucket list moment just a few hours away now: I'm actually going to see Iron Maiden with my son.

Now I just gotta live long enough for him to turn 21 so we can go to Vegas together and I'll have pretty much ticked off all the critical items.

Wonder what the over/under on me making it another 7 years would be?

spleen1015 · 06-23-2012, 11:19 AM

Quit smoking and your chances increase dramatically. Just sayin....

stevew · 06-23-2012, 11:23 AM

Sure, he could quit and cross off going to prison on his bucket list.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-23-2012, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

Sure, he could quit and cross off going to prison on his bucket list.

Ding ding, we have a winna

cuervo72 · 06-23-2012, 12:05 PM

These "prepper" people...what are they, just sitting around waiting for Red Dawn?

M GO BLUE!!! · 06-24-2012, 12:13 AM

Whenever I go to facebook and see a "friend: has "liked" Walmart it frightens me. Yet I am never surprised by those who it is...

Grover · 06-24-2012, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

Whenever I go to facebook and see a "friend: has "liked" Walmart it frightens me. Yet I am never surprised by those who it is...

I was frightened when Facebook suggested that I like Nickelback today because "8 other friends like this." I gave some good consideration to deleting those friends.

M GO BLUE!!! · 06-25-2012, 12:37 AM

I spent the afternoon volunteering at a park for an event. Got stuck working the parking lot. I hate lazy people. The responses to "Sorry. The lot is full. There is another lot on the next block."

"I'm not walking that far!"

"I'll wait right here until a spot opens up"

"I'M 70 YEARS OLD!!!"

The best of the afternoon... One woman when she asked where she could find where it was going on & I informer her once she parks to follow to the left of the pond...

"You mean I have to WALK?"

No maam, if you ask someone really politely they will bring the fucking log cabin to your car.

Izulde · 06-25-2012, 01:07 AM

So what'd you say to the person who said they'd wait right there for a spot to open up?

Grover · 06-25-2012, 10:26 AM

Waiting for the phone to ring to find out whether I get offered a job or not.

As Tom Petty once said, the waiting is the hardest part.

Chief Rum · 06-25-2012, 12:29 PM

This might be one of the scarier headlines I have read in a while...

2 Million Flushmate Toilet Systems Recalled Because of Explosions!!!

(Okay, I added the "!!!" and upped the font size)

gstelmack · 06-25-2012, 12:38 PM

I didn't realise that toilets were sufficiently difficult to flush that they needed a device to make flushing easier...

JediKooter · 06-25-2012, 12:42 PM

Why would a tow truck driver, in this day and age, not have some kind of GPS device???

Or a map?

stevew · 06-25-2012, 12:53 PM

Diane Keaton's real last name is Hall and she was called Annie by her family. Sportsdigs probably had this story in 1979

stevew · 06-25-2012, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

I didn't realise that toilets were sufficiently difficult to flush that they needed a device to make flushing easier...

I might be wrong, but i think that device either gives you the "Whoosh" sound when you flush, or is needed for basement toilets in order to make the water run uphill.

JediKooter · 06-25-2012, 12:55 PM

Wait...I thought shit only rolled down hill?

Chief Rum · 06-25-2012, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JediKooter

Wait...I thought shit only rolled down hill?

It does only roll down hill when it's rolling.

When it's travelling through a highly-pressurized underground water cannon? Wherever the damn cannon points.

JediKooter · 06-25-2012, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

It does only roll down hill when it's rolling.

When it's travelling through a highly-pressurized underground water cannon? Wherever the damn cannon points.

Blah!!! That is one line of fire I don't want to get in the way of!

stevew · 06-25-2012, 01:32 PM

This Batman Mt. Dew tastes like the ill fated Pepsi Blue.

M GO BLUE!!! · 06-25-2012, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izulde

So what'd you say to the person who said they'd wait right there for a spot to open up?

I let her. Didn't care THAT much. Unfortunately a spot opened up about a minute later.

DaddyTorgo · 06-25-2012, 10:54 PM

Why is BP (BRITISH petroleum) a US Olympic Team sponsor?

That's fucked up.

M GO BLUE!!! · 06-25-2012, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Why is BP (BRITISH petroleum) a US Olympic Team sponsor?

That's fucked up.

It's a way of saying "Sorry your fish have black spots. Here's some money to pay for your Women's Badminton Team's trip. Cheers!"

Grover · 06-26-2012, 07:42 PM

John Rocker Is Now An Unsurprisingly Bad Political Columnist

ahahahahahahha.

cartman · 06-26-2012, 07:55 PM

Well, it hasn't been called 'British Petroleum' for quite a while now. It has been BP since British Petroleum merged with Amoco (American Oil Company) and Arco. Although they are headquarted in London, the largest division by far is BP America, with a huge office complex in Houston.

DaddyTorgo · 06-26-2012, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

Well, it hasn't been called 'British Petroleum' for quite a while now. It has been BP since British Petroleum merged with Amoco (American Oil Company) and Arco. Although they are headquarted in London, the largest division by far is BP America, with a huge office complex in Houston.

Still....just seems funny.

Grover · 06-27-2012, 02:09 AM

Episode 411 of Breaking Bad - "Crawl Space" might be one of the single greatest episodes in television history.

Radii · 06-27-2012, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grover

Episode 411 of Breaking Bad - "Crawl Space" might be one of the single greatest episodes in television history.

Along with Face Off, Half Measures, Full Measures, and for a little less climatic action. the Fly episode of Breaking Bad. Maybe more

Grover · 06-27-2012, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radii

Along with Face Off, Half Measures, Full Measures, and for a little less climatic action. the Fly episode of Breaking Bad. Maybe more

Yup.

Face-Off is on right now, too!

Chief Rum · 06-27-2012, 09:26 AM

I am guessing 411 means the 11th episode of the 4th season right? 411 episodes sounds like a lot of episodes.

JediKooter · 06-27-2012, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grover

John Rocker Is Now An Unsurprisingly Bad Political Columnist

ahahahahahahha.

Haha! Not shocked that it's the WorldNut Daily that brought him on. You think Fox has a problem with honest reporting? Let's say the Earth is the truth and what the WorldNut Daily pretends the truth is, would be the Andromeda galaxy.

Rocker should fit right in with the rest of the racists and homophobes that work there.

Suicane75 · 06-27-2012, 10:38 AM

Yahoos front page says Nora Ephron is very ill right now. Which I guess is an upgrade over the dead she's been the past couple of days.

GrantDawg · 06-27-2012, 01:53 PM

katy-perry-part-of-me-3d-1024x768.jpg

Can I pick which part of her?

molson · 06-27-2012, 11:13 PM

Interesting roomate wanted add...

Be my new roommate

Grover · 06-27-2012, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson

Interesting roomate wanted add...

Be my new roommate

That's certainly... dubious.

M GO BLUE!!! · 06-28-2012, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grover

That's certainly... dubious.

I may apply as Col. Thaddeus Mustard. My only belongings are a candlestick and piece of rope.

britrock88 · 06-28-2012, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson

Interesting roomate wanted add...

Be my new roommate

I'm imagining the premise from Psycho and trying to fill in the gaps of this.

britrock88 · 06-28-2012, 12:04 AM

I like the idea of starting each page of this thread with a girl, too.

TCY Junkie · 06-28-2012, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by britrock88

I like the idea of starting each page of this thread with a girl, too.

Every time I open this thread page, I think I clicked on the pics thread. Then as I scroll down can't believe people aren't posting pics. Happened at least 3 times, maybe I should be more focused when online.

britrock88 · 06-28-2012, 01:36 AM

Well, I'm not doing anything better; let's give it a shot.

britrock88 · 06-28-2012, 01:36 AM

britrock88 · 06-28-2012, 01:37 AM

Random thought: the subject of this photograph is attractive.

TCY Junkie · 06-28-2012, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by britrock88

Well, I'm not doing anything better; let's give it a shot.

Thank God you posted a pic, I thought you wanted to talk about me being more focused online.

britrock88 · 06-28-2012, 08:20 AM

Hrm. We lost a post that knocked both pics off the tops of their pages. Tsk tsk.

gstelmack · 06-28-2012, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TCY Junkie

Every time I open this thread page, I think I clicked on the pics thread. Then as I scroll down can't believe people aren't posting pics. Happened at least 3 times, maybe I should be more focused when online.

It's going to drive me out of reading this thread while I'm at work. We have a pics thread, can we keep this to true random thoughts please?

spleen1015 · 06-28-2012, 09:17 AM

I don't know what to do. I want to play WoW, SWTOR, OOTP13, and any Saints Row on 360. Can't pick 1!

Mizzou B-ball fan · 06-28-2012, 02:22 PM

I just saw Kenny Loggins singing 'Footloose' on 'Let's Make A Deal' while Wayne Brady danced with a guy in a cow costume to the music.

That is all.

Coffee Warlord · 06-28-2012, 04:22 PM

Goody. My boss is quitting, after 19 years here, leaving me and one other guy as the only two programmers for our division.

The amount of added responsibilities we're going to get stuck with is, to put it mildly, absurd. Dude did a buttload, and was on call about 95% of the time. So we're going to be expected to...do a ton more work, and be on call 24/7.

I can pretty much guarantee they won't be increasing our pay (which is already low by industry standards) to compensate, though I'm going to be pushing for it heavily. Honestly, even with a drastic increase in pay & benefits (that again, in my experience with this company, will not be happening), I'm not sure the headaches he had to go through would be worth it.

Time to pick up the search for a new job.

DanGarion · 06-28-2012, 04:54 PM

Ugh...

Quote:

Yesterday, we shared the plan with our team members in Human Resources; HR Operations; Learning, Development & Inclusion (LD&I); and Talent Management and Movement (TAM). We notified team members affected by the new structure transition that their current positions would be eliminated, effective August 2, at the same time advising them of new opportunities that will be available in the realigned structure. We will be posting the newly defined positions within the next two weeks so that the HR, HR Ops, LD&I, and TAM team members can apply for the positions that are of interest to them. All of this internal movement will be managed with dedicated resources to complete the transition as quickly as possible, with minimal disruption to the team members and the needs of our business partners.

The realigned structure geographically positions the HR Team for enhanced responsiveness, leveraging their collective experience and talents. However, some members of the current team are affected as 25 positions will no longer exist in the new structure. This is always a challenging component of change and on behalf of the entire team, I want to thank everyone for their professionalism and continued commitment as we transition the HR organization. I know I can rely on all of you to support our colleagues and join me in wishing them continued success as they pursue the next chapter of their professional careers.

Lathum · 06-28-2012, 05:12 PM

are you one of the 25?

DanGarion · 06-28-2012, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum

are you one of the 25?

Not yet. I'm one of the many that have to reapply for their position because there are too many people doing it in my "geographical location".

06-23-2012, 10:54 AM	#8701
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Bucket list moment just a few hours away now: I'm actually going to see Iron Maiden with my son. Now I just gotta live long enough for him to turn 21 so we can go to Vegas together and I'll have pretty much ticked off all the critical items. Wonder what the over/under on me making it another 7 years would be? __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

06-23-2012, 11:19 AM	#8702
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Quit smoking and your chances increase dramatically. Just sayin.... __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

06-23-2012, 12:05 PM	#8705
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	These "prepper" people...what are they, just sitting around waiting for Red Dawn? __________________ null

06-25-2012, 01:07 AM	#8709
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	So what'd you say to the person who said they'd wait right there for a spot to open up? __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

06-25-2012, 10:26 AM	#8710
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	Waiting for the phone to ring to find out whether I get offered a job or not. As Tom Petty once said, the waiting is the hardest part. __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner

06-23-2012, 11:23 AM	#8703
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Sure, he could quit and cross off going to prison on his bucket list.

06-24-2012, 12:13 AM	#8706
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	Whenever I go to facebook and see a "friend: has "liked" Walmart it frightens me. Yet I am never surprised by those who it is...

06-25-2012, 12:37 AM	#8708
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	I spent the afternoon volunteering at a park for an event. Got stuck working the parking lot. I hate lazy people. The responses to "Sorry. The lot is full. There is another lot on the next block." "I'm not walking that far!" "I'll wait right here until a spot opens up" "I'M 70 YEARS OLD!!!" The best of the afternoon... One woman when she asked where she could find where it was going on & I informer her once she parks to follow to the left of the pond... "You mean I have to WALK?" No maam, if you ask someone really politely they will bring the fucking log cabin to your car.

06-25-2012, 12:29 PM	#8711
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	This might be one of the scarier headlines I have read in a while... 2 Million Flushmate Toilet Systems Recalled Because of Explosions!!! (Okay, I added the "!!!" and upped the font size) __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

06-25-2012, 12:38 PM	#8712
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	I didn't realise that toilets were sufficiently difficult to flush that they needed a device to make flushing easier... __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

06-25-2012, 12:42 PM	#8713
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Why would a tow truck driver, in this day and age, not have some kind of GPS device??? Or a map? __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

06-25-2012, 12:53 PM	#8714
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Diane Keaton's real last name is Hall and she was called Annie by her family. Sportsdigs probably had this story in 1979

06-25-2012, 12:55 PM	#8716
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Wait...I thought shit only rolled down hill? __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

06-25-2012, 01:32 PM	#8719
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	This Batman Mt. Dew tastes like the ill fated Pepsi Blue.

06-25-2012, 10:54 PM	#8721
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Why is BP (BRITISH petroleum) a US Olympic Team sponsor? That's fucked up.

06-26-2012, 07:42 PM	#8723
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	John Rocker Is Now An Unsurprisingly Bad Political Columnist ahahahahahahha. __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner

06-26-2012, 07:55 PM	#8724
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Well, it hasn't been called 'British Petroleum' for quite a while now. It has been BP since British Petroleum merged with Amoco (American Oil Company) and Arco. Although they are headquarted in London, the largest division by far is BP America, with a huge office complex in Houston. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

06-27-2012, 02:09 AM	#8726
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	Episode 411 of Breaking Bad - "Crawl Space" might be one of the single greatest episodes in television history. __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner

06-27-2012, 09:26 AM	#8729
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	I am guessing 411 means the 11th episode of the 4th season right? 411 episodes sounds like a lot of episodes. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

06-27-2012, 10:38 AM	#8731
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Yahoos front page says Nora Ephron is very ill right now. Which I guess is an upgrade over the dead she's been the past couple of days.

06-27-2012, 01:53 PM	#8732
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	katy-perry-part-of-me-3d-1024x768.jpg Can I pick which part of her?

06-27-2012, 11:13 PM	#8733
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	Interesting roomate wanted add... Be my new roommate

06-28-2012, 12:04 AM	#8737
britrock88 Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison, WI	I like the idea of starting each page of this thread with a girl, too.

06-28-2012, 01:36 AM	#8739
britrock88 Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison, WI	Well, I'm not doing anything better; let's give it a shot.

06-28-2012, 01:36 AM	#8740
britrock88 Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison, WI

06-28-2012, 01:37 AM	#8741
britrock88 Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison, WI	Random thought: the subject of this photograph is attractive.

06-28-2012, 08:20 AM	#8743
britrock88 Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison, WI	Hrm. We lost a post that knocked both pics off the tops of their pages. Tsk tsk.

06-28-2012, 09:17 AM	#8745
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I don't know what to do. I want to play WoW, SWTOR, OOTP13, and any Saints Row on 360. Can't pick 1! __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

06-28-2012, 02:22 PM	#8746
Mizzou B-ball fan General Manager Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO	I just saw Kenny Loggins singing 'Footloose' on 'Let's Make A Deal' while Wayne Brady danced with a guy in a cow costume to the music. That is all.

06-28-2012, 04:22 PM	#8747
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Goody. My boss is quitting, after 19 years here, leaving me and one other guy as the only two programmers for our division. The amount of added responsibilities we're going to get stuck with is, to put it mildly, absurd. Dude did a buttload, and was on call about 95% of the time. So we're going to be expected to...do a ton more work, and be on call 24/7. I can pretty much guarantee they won't be increasing our pay (which is already low by industry standards) to compensate, though I'm going to be pushing for it heavily. Honestly, even with a drastic increase in pay & benefits (that again, in my experience with this company, will not be happening), I'm not sure the headaches he had to go through would be worth it. Time to pick up the search for a new job. Last edited by Coffee Warlord : 06-28-2012 at 04:28 PM.

06-28-2012, 05:12 PM	#8749
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	are you one of the 25?

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