02-09-2017, 12:24 AM | #16551 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
|
I worked at Sbarro's (the mall pizza place) early on in my college years, and that is where I discovered calzones. They are awesome.
__________________
. . 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. |
02-09-2017, 01:43 PM | #16552 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
I was perusing old magazines on Ebay and found that most of the ones I wanted were around $4-$5 with varying degrees of shipping costs that would usually, if bought in bulk, come out to around $7 per mag.
Then I came across a guy who was selling his for $2.50 but wanted $10 shipping. So I emailed him and asked if he combined shipping. His response was that there's no way he would do that at his already slashed rates. I really want to explain to him that $60 for 5 magazines is in no way cheaper than $35 for 5 magazines but it's just not worth the effort. I guess I'm maturing. |
02-09-2017, 02:20 PM | #16553 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
|
Quote:
How exactly did it take you that long to have a 'boli?
__________________
"A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams |
|
02-09-2017, 02:23 PM | #16554 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
|
Quote:
|
|
02-09-2017, 02:37 PM | #16555 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
|
Stromboli is rolled, kind of like a deli pinwheel.
__________________
null |
02-09-2017, 03:51 PM | #16556 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
Wild guess is that they simply aren't as common, depending upon your geography and/or dining choices. I probably discovered the existence of calzones around 25 years ago. I don't know if I knew what a stromboli was until at least 10 years after that, maybe more.
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 02-09-2017 at 03:51 PM. |
02-09-2017, 04:16 PM | #16557 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
|
Yeah, but Suicane's location is "NJ"
__________________
"A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams |
02-09-2017, 06:15 PM | #16558 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
I guess I just don't recall if that's lifelong or more recent or what. (old age, the memory is the first thing to go sometimes. I forget what the second thing is)
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
02-09-2017, 07:50 PM | #16559 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
Nope, always lived here. But like I said, I've never thought pizza could be improved upon so I've never had the desire to try and zone or a boli.
|
02-09-2017, 07:50 PM | #16560 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
|
02-10-2017, 08:19 AM | #16561 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
|
Sitting here deciding whether or not to send my sick kid to school today.
He's been out all week (tried sending him tuesday, but he threw up at recess), nasty cough, little bit of stomach issues earlier in the week that seem to have abated. Fever's gone, but he's still got that vicious hack and snot. But god damn, I hate for him to miss a full week of school, even if it is only kindergarten. |
02-11-2017, 03:01 PM | #16562 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
I too am all about the 1 trip. Is it laziness that you only to walk once, impressive that you can carry 6 bags of groceries at once? One time I decided to put two of the heavier bags handles over my head to free up my arms for the many other bags. But as I got halfway to the door I realized I was slowly being strangled by the handles around my neck. Couldn't stop though, it was 1 trip or death. I guess I made it. |
02-11-2017, 03:05 PM | #16563 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
|
Quote:
Not laziness. It's a rite of passage. One trip to rule them all.
__________________
. . 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. |
|
02-11-2017, 03:18 PM | #16564 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
|
02-11-2017, 03:50 PM | #16565 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
If only Jeffrey Dahmer had been Canadian, he might be a free man right now. A living, free man.
|
02-12-2017, 04:19 PM | #16566 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
|
Quote:
Imagine if that released cannibal was your neighbor. I hope he never invites anyone over for dinner.
__________________
"I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney" |
|
02-13-2017, 10:32 AM | #16567 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
Whenever I see a commercial for Quantico, I think of a TV exec somewhere saying "What if we took the horror and terror of 9/11 and added lots of tits?"
|
02-13-2017, 10:34 AM | #16568 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
|
Sounds like a pilot for a new HBO show.
__________________
"A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams |
02-13-2017, 11:36 PM | #16569 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
|
Whoever decided that Cheeze-Its should have an "Extra Toasty" version should get a raise.
__________________
"I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney" |
02-14-2017, 07:03 AM | #16570 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
|
Quote:
Were you home with him all week? If the answer to that is yes, then send him to school. |
|
02-14-2017, 08:06 AM | #16571 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
|
|
02-14-2017, 08:32 AM | #16572 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
|
Quote:
+1
__________________
Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time! |
|
02-14-2017, 09:06 AM | #16573 |
lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
|
|
02-16-2017, 06:41 PM | #16574 |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
|
It's kind of a nice feeling when the car dealer tells you that they're not interested in your trade-in. It's tough to take on a car payment for the first time in about 8 years, but I feel confident that I got maximum value out of that '06 Elantra. And it still runs great, it's just fallen apart aesthetically.
Last edited by molson : 02-16-2017 at 06:41 PM. |
02-16-2017, 08:37 PM | #16575 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
|
See, our issue is not knowing when to part with cars. Like our '93 Saturn SL2. It doesn't have AC (and due to a botched conversion, might not be fixable), the odometer stopped at 177k, and the ceiling cloth hangs. But it still runs really well for a 23yo car!
(and actually has fewer miles than our '98 Cherokee Classic...)
__________________
null |
02-16-2017, 09:43 PM | #16576 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Jul 2001
|
My '03 Mitsubishi Lancer hit 100k on the move up to Indiana. Hooray for working from home and putting limited miles on the car. Though the heat doesn't work currently and it gets cold here. I'm not completely convinced its not fixable yet. Otherwise it runs great and I'm hoping to get it to at least 150k if not 200k miles.
|
02-16-2017, 10:55 PM | #16577 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
I gave up on my fantasy baseball season halfway through 2015. I skipped 2016 entirely. I'm thinking of jumping back in, but gosh dang do I feel so far out of the loop. The research ahead feels so daunting.
|
02-17-2017, 01:26 AM | #16578 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
I don't know if it's the lighting, the makeup or the fact that everyone smoked like a chimney, but every TV show from the 70's looks like it's actors are made out of leather.
|
02-17-2017, 02:34 AM | #16579 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PDX
|
__________________
Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM. |
02-17-2017, 08:44 AM | #16580 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
|
Quote:
Contrast my 2015 Tundra hit 100k on Wednesday... |
|
02-18-2017, 11:15 AM | #16581 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
Apparently Dolph Lundgren has an engineering degree from MIT and is a literal genius.
|
02-18-2017, 12:14 PM | #16582 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Prairie du Sac, WI
|
|
02-18-2017, 12:15 PM | #16583 | |
College Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.
|
Quote:
His degrees are from other places (Washington State, Clemson, Royal Institute of Technology, University of Sydney). He had a Fulbright Scholarship to attend MIT but left to become an actor. He is freaky smart though. |
|
02-21-2017, 12:03 AM | #16584 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PDX
|
You know what infuriates me? Those 'articles' where some crappy site collects a bunch of stories from a reddit thread and turns it into a clickbait slideshow. Now, what infuriates me about this is not the redundant-content, circle-jerk but the fact that the number of stories that headline claims this article contains never actually matches up with reality. Is it that hard to properly count XX stories? Has some young internet hotshot figured out how to make money by promising me 21 stories and then only delivering 14?
__________________
Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM. Last edited by thesloppy : 02-21-2017 at 12:03 AM. |
02-21-2017, 12:09 AM | #16585 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
I'm with you dude. I scrolled through 11 pages of "where are they now" about the cast of Bring It On trying to find out which one was doing porn. And none of them were doing porn.
|
02-21-2017, 10:11 AM | #16586 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
|
The good news: My wife gave me a pass to go to GenCon this year.
The bad news: Housing registration opened up on 2/12. My son's birthday. I obviously missed it. The worse news: There ain't nowhere downtown to stay, unsurprisingly. |
02-22-2017, 07:08 AM | #16587 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
|
There's currently a 50+ post conversation on my neighborhood's facebook group about people parking on my street. I'll agree its annoying that people park on both sides of the street (especially when my neighbors park in front of my house) when every home in the neighborhood has a at least a two car garage, but this comes up at least twice a year and nothing ever happens.
|
02-22-2017, 07:48 AM | #16588 | |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
|
Quote:
a. very small children b. dogs c. turnover, with many move-ins coming from out of state (four good-sized employers of middle/upper-middle class types are within 15 minutes). Plus, the development is heavily clear-cut, and of course being so close to the coast, it's extremely flat. Most people in the development can easily see fireworks within a good mile or more radius from their front yard. As a result of all of that, people who want to see fireworks and live in that development tend to buy their own, stay home, and watch the show. I've never been in a true war zone, but I am not exaggerating when I say that for an hour or so, it sounds like what I imagine a war zone sounds like. Mortars firing off that you can feel in your chest if you're outside, barrages of high-impact firecrackers, rockets, you name it. We lived on a street that was a little under a quarter mile long, and there were usually at least 3-4 gatherings of people shooting off the big stuff on just that little street. So, as you might imagine, January 1st and July 5th are always popcorn-worthy mornings in that FB group as there are inevitably newcomers (usually with horror stories about their dogs and kids) who are FREAKING OUT that such a thing is allowed, and of course there are also a handful of usual suspects who complain about it every six months, and they're always responded to by a larger group of *other* usual suspects who remind them that "you bitched about this 6 months ago. You knew it was coming and you chose to stay home, didn't board your dog, didn't turn on a fan in your kids' rooms, etc. etc. etc., dummy!" There are always posts in the day or two prior to the holidays warning newcomers which get pointed to as "well, you were warned," and inevitably the response is "yeah, ok, I read that, but I had no idea it would be THAT loud!!! I can't believe you people literally burned up that much money in one night!" It's a guilty pleasure; I feel a bit juvenile for enjoying it, but I confess that I look forward to it every time those holidays roll around. Point being, yeah, neighborhood FB groups are, uh, something else.
__________________
The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'! |
|
02-22-2017, 07:56 AM | #16589 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
|
Thank you, Ben.
I just spit coffee literally. I dont facebook but we have the same arguments every year here as well... |
02-22-2017, 08:11 AM | #16590 | |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
|
Quote:
I'll hazard a guess that your face-to-face discussions are a lot more civil and productive than the FB flame wars. I just checked: the development's FB group has around 1,700 members at the moment--big enough so that the general internet feeling of anonymity is definitely a thing there. FOFC's most heated moments in political threads are more civil than that group on July 5th.
__________________
The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'! |
|
02-22-2017, 09:51 AM | #16591 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
|
Quote:
I have a pretty strong redneck/country bumpkin side that stays well hidden. But I will admit my one weakness is GIANT fireworks displays. We spend ~$2k every July 4th to blow colored gun powder into the sky. We have acreage, but they built a neighborhood that runs up to the side of my property. I literally have 1,500 ares off my back porch of fields and trees (I dont own anywhere close to all of it. My piece is less than 100) but now off to my two sides I have neighbors on 3/4 acre lots. We cook a whole pig, usually have a couple kegs, 100 or so of my closest friends and a big firework display. ('Merica Fawk Yeah)...and my two labs - who were trained under a shotgun as duck dogs before they go too old - lay around and enjoy it. The new neighbors from Buffalo couldn't understand 2 years ago and said we traumatized their poor 3 toy chihuahuas. They didnt exactly approach us civily..the retired Buffalo police officer rode up on his golf cart with his side arm clearly visible. After the 3rd GD-it...I explained it was time for him to take himself back home and off my property. Looking at the crowd we had gathered he decided it was a good idea. The next year he joined us, after his pups were boarded at the vets. I call him a friend now but we got off to a rough start. |
|
02-22-2017, 10:19 AM | #16592 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
I'll just stick this local headline here.
Athens man assaults mother with pork chop, head-butts her, police say | Online Athens
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 02-22-2017 at 10:19 AM. |
02-22-2017, 11:09 AM | #16593 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
I really think I'm more offended by click-bait crap than I am by "fake news".
Worst part is how, by & large, the source of that garbage -- or at least the reason it works to its purpose -- is that the average person is either too lazy or too stupid to check shit out before clicking the #$%@$ "share" button.
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
02-22-2017, 11:13 AM | #16594 |
Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
|
It's like the stupid reply-all people.
|
02-23-2017, 09:53 AM | #16595 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
I frequently lament things I do for work being "a grind" or "tedious".
I rarely describe much that I do as being genuinely "hard", as in having to figure shit out. After 5 days of what amounted to forensic accounting, I've conquered one of those rare truly "hard" tasks. I am ... relieved. Relatively satisfied to get to the end and find only a single Jon mistake (an extra billing cycle for a contract that I didn't pick up on). And I am glad to be on the other side of this shit so I can move on to something else.
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 02-23-2017 at 09:53 AM. |
02-23-2017, 10:37 AM | #16596 |
H.S. Freshman Team
Join Date: Nov 2016
|
If a tree falls down in the woods with nobody around, it's still a tree right?
|
02-23-2017, 10:45 AM | #16597 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
|
__________________
"I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney" |
02-23-2017, 01:07 PM | #16598 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
|
Taco Bell pulling popular chicken-shelled chalupa
This is an outrage, I absolutely love those things.
__________________
"I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney" |
02-23-2017, 01:55 PM | #16599 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
|
Yeah, those things are tasty.
__________________
null |
02-24-2017, 03:01 AM | #16600 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
A nose is something you really can do without, for the most part.
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 41 (0 members and 41 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
|