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2.16.2016

Welcome to another 5k

OK. So you all have reached 5,000 posts, so THT has asked that I make a new thread. I'll gladly acquiesce. But first, a photo of the always-lovely Jenna Fischer to user in a new post. Please enjoy.

4999 Comments:

Tar Heel Tiger said...: Pioneers are ok, but for Colorado schools, none gets more loyalty from me than the Brooms of Aspen State Teachers College. Go Brooms! Clean Sweep!; 1:29 PM
E-Bro said...: Took you for more of a Colorado School of Mines guy, but to each their own.; 2:06 PM
bubbs said...: You guys can't make me get off this bandwagon. It bandwagons good.; 2:15 PM
bubbs said...: I don't have a favorite CO school. I feel left out.; 2:15 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: For CO schools I never attended, CSM would definitely be at the top. Any college with "Mines" in its name is all right by me.; 2:36 PM
michael said...: The Eurasian School of Mimes is my favorite Colorado school.; 2:44 PM
E-Bro said...: Never heard of that one.; 2:56 PM
michael said...: They've never heard of you, either.; 3:08 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: There really is a Eurasian School of Mimes, but I wasn't aware they had a satellite campus in Colorado

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF THEATRE & FILM ARTS "KRUSTYO SARAFOV"
Bulgarian Site English Site
4-Year Degree Programs in Pantomime and Directing for Pantomime
NATFIZ 108-A Rakovsky Str. Sofia 1000 Bulgaria
Tel +359 2 987 9862 / +359 2 986 4019 Fax +359 2 989 7389 E-mail natfiz@bgcict.acad.bg; 3:23 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: They should have had a mime on Star Trek Next Generation. If they used the computer to translate his movements into audible speech, would that be a violation of the mime directive.; 3:28 PM
bubbs said...: That's a Pantomime 300 level course question. I can't help you.; 3:56 PM
michael said...: THT, that's just about the nerdiest joke I've ever done heard. Well done.; 4:32 PM
bubbs said...: I saw the pun, but I don't understand it because I'm not a treky.

That joke is lost on me.; 5:07 PM
michael said...: Sad!; 5:08 PM
michael said...: Here bubbs, now you can be smart too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive; 5:12 PM
THT said...: Without doubt and by far, that was the worse of the two jokes I've ever made. I don't remember the other, but it had to be better... waaaaaay better.; 10:27 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: somebody from NC magazine wants to get together in a few weeks to talk about maps. Someone should warn him that there is no off switch.

I was thinking this morning about how the 4 Enterprise captains would have responded to a mime on their crew.
I think Kirk would have just laughed at it. Janeway would have coddled it. The guy who's on NCIS New Orleans would have quickly learned to just ignore it. But Picard? That would have been awesome. I can just see the frustration building into a hilarious outburst. SHUT UP, MIME!; 8:29 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: there's been a whole lot of this today.; 4:36 PM
michael said...: All your Star Trek talk has clearly left bubbs and Ebro feeling left out.

Be sure to make up at least one lie for your map interview. Then watch as it goes out into the ether and becomes a part of Map knowledge. If you need help coming up with an entertaining false map fact, I'm sure we can help you.; 5:11 PM
THT said...: Trust me, all I have to do is state map facts to assure false map facts will be printed.; 8:26 PM
Cincytiger said...: bubbs, I check in periodically and usually start reading where I left off the last time. Anytime I am feeling down I pop in over here and y'all always make me laugh. Most of the time I think I get your positions. I don't post often because I don't want to cramp your style. :) Carry on.; 7:25 PM
THT said...: just got home from the Buy More and popped in here to find a most pleasant surprise. Hey Cincy!; 10:54 PM
bubbs said...: You're always welcome to post, Cincy. We're like the Timex of comment sections. We just keep on ticking along, and it's nearly impossible to derail things over here.

Mostly because we're off the rails to begin with. But that's neither here nor there.; 9:20 AM
bubbs said...: Had a long weekend. That was good.

The oldest had her birthday yesterday. Ended up getting her foot broke. Still have to go today to get a cast or boot or whatever the ortho decides. Happy Birthday!; 9:21 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I had a long weekend too. That was bad.

I hope for her next birthday you aren't planning to break her leg. And as far as my upcoming birthday, STAY AWAY!; 9:57 AM
michael said...: So cincy reads all our posts, huh? Whenever Jimmy makes that movie based on our posts, cincy will be able to say, "The book was better."

Feel free to post anytime, cincy.; 10:55 AM
michael said...: Speaking of bad birthdays, a few weeks ago my 12 yr old's "love interest" lacerated his pancreas (which is pretty hard to do) the day before his birthday while playing chase with my girls and his brother. He apparently fell from high on a tree house and hit his stomach on a step ladder to the monkey bars or something. They were worried it would be permanently damaged and he'd be diabetic. He was in bed in a hospital in bham for a week and couldn't eat or drink anything (they originally said a month, but he got better enough after a week).

When he got hurt, he was whining about how bad his stomach hurt and stuff, and his parents, like any good parents, were like "suck it up!" They didn't take him to a dr until later that night. They took him to an urgent care and they were like, "Uhhh take him to the ER!" Apparently the whole thing was life threatening. So they felt pretty bad for that. And it made me feel better for all the time we've taken our kids to the ER and 4 hrs later the doctor is like, "yeah they're fine"; 11:00 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: This movie on GritTV right now is awful. Really, really awful. Watching it is almost as bad as eating an onion.; 11:47 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: right now they are in the middle of the desert with a massive downpour; the wagons are getting stuck in the mud; meanwhile, the bright sunshine is casting shadows galore.; 11:55 AM
bubbs said...: It possible for it to be raining and sunny at the same time. Surprised you didn't know that.; 11:56 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The rest of my family thinks I'm incapable of taking care of myself. I'm getting hungry, and to prove them wrong, I'm going to let one of y'all bring me a Philly cheesesteak from Pat's. Heck, I'll settle for one from Chili's.; 12:00 PM
bubbs said...: I think you accidentally got those reversed. You don't "settle" for an original, THT. Everybody knows that.; 12:05 PM
bubbs said...: I've gotten pretty good at injury assessment, MJT.

I think your daughter's BF's parents need to simmer a little bit. Who among us didn't lacerate their pancreas a time or two when they were growing up? It's not that big of a deal. A few days in bed and the old body repairs itself. No fuss needed. Besides, given the statistics, that kid will probably end up with diabetes anyway. Why not get started early when he's young and it's easy to get used to things like that? Seems pretty smart to me. Heck, I might go lacerate some pancreases when I get home tonight.; 12:11 PM
michael said...: When it's sunny and raining that mean's the devil is spanking his wife. If you called it something different then you're wrong.

THT, will you ever end your running gag where you act like some guy named Pat makes a better Philly than Chili's?

And bubbs, you couldn't lacerate your pancreas even if you tried. You don't even know where one is. you'd probably hit the spleen instead, lol.; 12:17 PM
bubbs said...: Oh yeah?! Watch this!; 12:20 PM
bubbs said...: We said the devil was beating his wife. I'm calling that close enough. Helps that we grew up in the same area. Although they get it right in Hungary too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshower; 12:22 PM
michael said...: Yeah, basically the same thing. My momma and grandmother said "spanking" and it always struck me as funny, so I'm sticking with it. I haven't heard anyone outside of them use that exact wording.

My dad was a Yankee so he didn't have anything entertaining to say about it.

Another from my mom's side was saying God was moving his sofa after a loud thunder.; 12:48 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I think this particular rain cloud was only about 20 feet above the ground. Thankfully, that movie is over and I turned off the tv before the next awful one started.

Someone sent me an email that included the photo of a "person of interest" the police were seeking to question regarding the fire that collapsed I-85. The image was of Wm T Sherman.; 1:31 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I outfoxed the birthday curse and went ahead and climbed the 12 foot ladder to replace some outdoor light bulbs instead of waiting til this weekend. Mission accomplished and internal organs are intact. The pancreas underground stop is a favorite of mine, it's right next to the British Library and its huge collection of maps; 1:47 PM
bubbs said...: Oh, I think you've spoken far too soon about the birthday curse. Especially since Mrs. THT is gonna surprise you with a roller skating party.; 4:38 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I hope it's at one of those X-Games courses with jumps.; 6:45 PM
bubbs said...: Can't guarantee anything, but I'll make sure she's aware of your requests.

Now to see if I can find Mrs. THT's email address ...; 9:30 AM
michael said...: Did you try MrsTHT@THT.com?; 11:50 AM
bubbs said...: It says my email was rejected. I think I'm blocked by THT.com.; 11:57 AM
michael said...: That's cold, THT.; 1:15 PM
bubbs said...: Blocking me from THT.com was a first step. I feel like THT has secretly begun ruining my life. He's going to methodically work through every bit of it, and reduce it to crumbs.

He's probably mapped the whole thing out. Got it pinned on the downstairs wall next to the TV that always has GritTV playing.; 2:31 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: you are confusing me with Norm and confusing yourself with Jeff. As far as the email, you're almost there. Wrong domain; 4:07 PM
bubbs said...: Jeff. Man, I didn't know Norm had a feud with a Jeff, too. I don't even know a Jeff. Actually, that's not true. I know a Jeff in my office. And to be fair, pretty much any feud with that Jeff would be considered valid by me. So I can't really blame Norm for that one.

I'll be trying MrsTHT@bluebell.com next.; 4:12 PM
THT said...: Jeff/Jet, it's all the same to Apple's voice recognition. You should be glad it was even intelligible.

Friend from our San Antonio days (they now live in Roswell, GA) texted me last night about the game (that I wasn't watching). Texted me at 2:40pm today saying he was in town and wanted to get together for dinner. That thought didn't cross his mind last night???; 4:41 PM
bubbs said...: So did you eat dinner with your friend, or did you tell him the dance card was already full?; 8:40 AM
bubbs said...: We have a D lineman nick named "pickle." I'm okay with this.; 8:56 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: he came over and we had steak, mashed taters, asparagus, salad, and 2.0's awesome chocolate cake made with Duke's mayo. My steak was cooked PERFECTLY.

Pickle is from Asheboro, NC. I hope he becomes an All-American Tar Heel Tiger!; 9:37 AM
michael said...: Chocolate cake with Duke's mayo? Mmmk.

I wonder what Pickle thinks of Jeff?; 11:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Here ya go
Duke's Chocolate Cake

It's yummy.; 12:06 PM
bubbs said...: I think Pickle would suplex Jeff.

He would also eat the mess out of some Duke's Chocolate Cake.; 12:54 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Penguins need to win 2 of 3 road games to guarantee home ice in first round vs those pesky Blue Jackets. Any CBJ regulation loss decreases Pens win requirement by 1. GO PENS!!!

Not that it matters :(; 2:08 PM
bubbs said...: You ever wonder why there's 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon? Most measurements end up being easily dividable by 2 down to the next unit. Do people who use the metric system have to have a scale to measure (by weight) when baking?

Also, what's up with the "tea" and "table" jazz? Did we really need a smaller spoon to stir tea with? How long have those measurements been around? How long has tea been a thing in the western world?; 8:36 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: You should talk to Fannie Farmer, "the mother of level measurements."; 8:58 AM
bubbs said...: I had no idea who Fannie was until today. How have I lived this long and not known about Fannie?; 9:47 AM
michael said...: You know a lot of people call me the Father of Heaping Measurements; 11:34 AM
bubbs said...: Hey. Don't you have you're own magazine? FHM? Never knew what that stood for. How about that?; 11:38 AM
michael said...: Anyone who reads the articles knows what we're all about at FHM. Can you not read?; 11:42 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I only subscribed for the pictures.; 11:46 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I thought FHM was for Famous Historic Maps; 11:50 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll tell you something else I subscribe to...; 11:50 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!; 11:50 AM
bubbs said...: Yeah, MJT. Can't you already tell by my previous line of questioning that I'm interested in measuring tools? When I pick up your magazine, I'm only looking at pictures.; 12:07 PM
bubbs said...: I think the Famous Historic Map society lost claim to that magazine when they couldn't produce any historic maps that were actually famous. No offense, THT. I blame the lack of a solid social media game by that FHM group.; 12:09 PM
bubbs said...: As an aside I, in fact, cannot read. I have a seeing eye dog that reads this blog for me.; 12:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, the plagiarist. Don't make me go searching for proof.; 12:24 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I guess a dog isn't the same as "someone".

Tar Heel Tiger said...

I can't read. Thankfully, I was able to hire someone to read the HABOTN blog to me.; 12:26 PM
michael said...: It's really exhausting typing all these words for a couple of guys who can't read.; 12:44 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: well, duh! I'll subcontract my reader (who's also a great typer) to type your words for you.; 1:03 PM
bubbs said...: How could I plagiarize when I'm not even able to read that original comment?

My seeing eye dog isn't able to type. I have to get Charlotte to handle that for me:

https://media0.giphy.com/media/fHekGKVKEpRgk/giphy.gif; 1:50 PM
michael said...: Why didn't Charlotte hyperlink that link? THT gets a lot better help than you, bubbs.; 2:14 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Is that Harrison's? Why couldn't you find a gif of an adorable dachshund at the keyboard?; 2:20 PM
bubbs said...: She's great help, MJT. Fantastic. She'll do some big, big typist things. THT's help is terrible. A liar.

Send dead fish to me.; 2:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: My assistant is a deaf mute. My assistant reads the posts to me via sign language. You probably think all signers are liars.; 2:47 PM
bubbs said...: Was worried there for a second. I haven't been able to get in here all day.; 11:53 AM
michael said...: Me too. I was scared we got Burn Thoritied.; 12:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I've been here all morning waiting for y'all... and waiting for....; 12:23 PM
bubbs said...: Glad you said that. One notion I had was that my seeing eye dog and Charlotte were putting together a strike.; 12:40 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Of course y'all bumped me off right when I was getting to 38BEASLEY!!! and now that I've finally snuck back in, I see someone has botched it all up.; 12:44 PM
michael said...: On the one hand, man what a terrible ruining of a perfectly good BEASLEY!!! by bubbs.

On the other hand, THT, you had 17 minutes after your 3887 to not let bubbs ruin things, and you fell asleep at the wheel. Shame on you.

But there is yet another bummer: every one of the last 10 posts has been a 3BEASLEY!!!x post. Those sorts of runs only happen every thousand posts. And we all wasted them. Just flat out wasted them. Sad!; 2:52 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I was not asleep; I hit "refresh" 88 times in those 17 minutes and could not get the page to load.; 3:39 PM
bubbs said...: Sounds to me like you're the one who broke the whole danged page in the first place. I was so happy to get this thing back in the living realm, Charlotte forgot to tell me what number our post was about to be.; 4:46 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I know y'all won't be checking in during the middle of the work week, but I just wanted to come here to my safe place so I could yell WARRRRRR EAGLE!!!; 8:50 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Unequivocally and without question, this is the most important information you'll need over the next 2 weeks.; 6:47 AM
michael said...: I disagree, THT; 11:44 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Well, at least you didn't question.; 11:56 AM
bubbs said...: Well, we really can't know until the 2 weeks are over. Maybe not even then.; 12:01 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, you are absolutely right. I mean, what if a 1666 Horne map of Carolina suddenly showed up for sale. That would be mighty important to know. I sit corrected.; 12:34 PM
michael said...: A 1Devil Horn Map? What exactly are you getting into, THT?!; 1:09 PM
bubbs said...: Looks like it's wearing off, THT. You need to freshen things up on MJT.; 1:31 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: first map titled Carolina

The first map to name Carolina was a large map of North America, published one year before the little Horne map. Only one known copy; it's in the NYPL.; 2:56 PM
bubbs said...: I dunno. I think I could make a map about like that. But it is old and has animal drawings ... I'd follow the bidding up to about $20. Any higher then, frankly, I think you're getting robbed.; 3:08 PM
michael said...: THT, why don't you just print the map off that website for yourself? That's just like $.10 a page give or take. Free if you do it at work.; 4:07 PM
THT said...: I actually have a high resolution scan of that very map. It was very briefly in my house about 12 years ago. I couldn't afford it but the local rare book dealer let me bring it home and scan it. He then sold it to the California map dealer who then sold it to a fellow in Charlotte where I assume it still is. Too bad the Charlotte guy didn't know the book dealer. He paid the map dealer almost double what the book dealer sold it for.; 4:41 PM
bubbs said...: Too bad you didn't buy it from the book guy, and sell it to the Charlotte guy for double. Doubling your money over a 12 year period is solid.

I'm a little shocked you weren't aware of this, THT. You should start running all money decisions by us before doing (or not doing) anything.; 4:55 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Too bad I didn't know the Charlotte guy. However comma if I had had the money to buy it in the first place, I would not have sold it.

Did anyone watch the A-Day game? I was not at home and it didn't find its way to the DVR. Are we going to go 15-0 this year? I hope the preseason pollsters don't buy into all the hype.; 8:04 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll be honest, although it's in itunes on my phone, the thought never even occurred to me to listen to this* last Saturday as we were rolling up and down I-85. Dementia has reared its ugly head.

*youtube is blocked at Buy More satellite store, so I hope that link is what I intended.; 8:58 AM
bubbs said...: We will not be going 15-0 this year.; 9:27 AM
michael said...: THT, the reason you don't have money to buy that map is because you have never used your map skillz for profit like you should have been doing. You gotta buy and sell a few maps to keep a few maps, man.; 9:51 AM
michael said...: Hey THT was that your way of saying you turned 60 on Saturday? If so, happy birthday! If not, then I rescind my happy bithday.; 9:53 AM
bubbs said...: Turn your passion into a career!

I have a 12 part series on cassette tape explaining how you can do just that, THT. In this series you'll learn how to make a business plan, manage inventory, generate clientele and so much more!

With three easy installments of 19.95 I can have these tapes on the way to your door step today. But act fast. This is an introductory price, and it's only good for the first 1000 orders!; 9:56 AM
bubbs said...: That's right. It was his birthday. Belated Happy Hap, THT!

Did you break something on one of the ramps that Mrs. THT got you for your skate party?; 9:58 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll send the $19.95 payment to Dear Leader. He handles all HABOTN transactions.

MrsTHT absolutely prohibits me from turning passion into career. She has well documented proof that I am incapable of doing that. Of course, that was before I watch your 12 part series.... btw, what's a cassette tape?*

Thanks, michael, rescinsion...rescindignation...whatever is not necessary.

*Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Waters was the first cassette tape I purchased. I think The James Gang Rides Again was the next, then a bunch of Elton John and Alice Cooper.; 10:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: After all the great anticipation of a skate party (thanks for the hype, bubbs), there was nothing of the sort! However, I had something even better. 2.0 made me a lemon pie with homemade graham cracker crust. Yes, the one made with Borden's sweetened and condensed milk, the one that is so disgustingly sweet that I'm the only one in the family who eats it. More for me! No, of course it does not have meringue or whipped cream on it. That's disgusting!; 10:59 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: This headline... Jarrett Stidham, Jeremy Johnson comparisons don't really hold water ...seems so stupid that I didn't bother to read the story. However, I will be disappointed if our quarterbacks are incontinent.; 11:19 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 44.5 x BEASLEY!!!; 11:48 AM
bubbs said...: I really want to make some Hitler jokes, but I can't decide where the lines are here.

Say what you will about this administration, it's fodder for some fantastic comedy.; 3:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: spicer needs a 12 second delay between the time his mouth opens and when the speech becomes audible, just enough time to bleep out complete stupidity.; 4:01 PM
bubbs said...: Mmm. It might need more than 12 seconds on that buffer.; 4:17 PM
E-Bro said...: Man, it gets dark early in Alabama.

Happy belated b-day, THT!; 7:10 AM
michael said...: Well well well look who decided to join us after spending all his time soaking it up in some hot springs under the aurora borealis and whatnot; 9:06 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: where's that detailed report, E-Bro?; 9:49 AM
E-Bro said...: Iceland is green, but only in summer time. Reykjavik is cool, but that side of the island gets slammed by gulf stream winds. Coming from and going to the airport was an exercise in driving through 30-40 mph winds and sideways rain.

Akureyri is a great town you've probably never heard of.; 10:20 AM
michael said...: Did you meet Bjork?; 10:37 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Are you kidding me, E-Bro? I've been after JJ for years to schedule a home-and-home with UNAK.; 10:43 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm pretty sure the lawn chairs for visiting fans are hidden by the trees.; 11:01 AM
E-Bro said...: I met a Bjork. Not THE Bjork. I don't think.; 11:08 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: You must have met a Bjerk. There's only one true Bjork.; 11:14 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The Quest begins in less than 6.5 hours. Nonstop hockey from 7pm til 12:30am or beyond. AWESOME!!! I really should have gone to bed earlier last night.; 11:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: can't wait to get home where I can actually see what's at these twitter links.; 3:52 PM
E-Bro said...: DU already won the National Title, THT, rendering the rest of the year's hockey obsolete as far as meaningfulness goes.; 4:13 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: blasphemy against Lord Stanley! Shame, shame, shame. Or as Donald would say, "Sad".

I'm thrilled that 5 Canadian teams made the playoffs this year. Last year just didn't seem right at all with no Canadian teams. I guess they watched a lot of curling last year.; 4:29 PM
bubbs said...: Check this out from Chris Low:

"Al Borges is returning to Auburn. @CoachGusMalzahn told me today that Borges will work under Chip Lindsey as an offensive analyst."; 4:38 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Welcome home, Al! That's great news. Are we sure he's not coming back to be TT's campaign manager?; 4:47 PM
bubbs said...: I think if Gus will stay out of the minutia, this year's offense will make more sense. However, I don't know that 1. he'll stay out of the way or B. that we'll have the OL to turn that into wins.; 5:07 PM
THT said...: looking at the depth chart, I don't understand why there are any concerns at all!; 6:54 PM
bubbs said...: Why you hate us? al.com and the creeper?; 9:08 AM
bubbs said...: Did I forget a holiday? Where is errbody?; 12:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm rat cheer, bubbs. Extremely busy day at Buy More Central, on top of a late night of hockey.; 12:55 PM
michael said...: That depth chart is all wrong. Everyone knows Cowart will be a first string all american this year.; 1:55 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: he has his own facebook page; 2:16 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: wow, did I just get pranked, big time major league.
I'm in prison and there is an extremely light day. The clerical staff prints a list of customers scheduled for the day. They created a long schedule with all sorts of fake customers with the most ornerous types of work (for me) to do. Not only a very busy schedule, but some extremely time consuming work that would get me waaaaay behind. When I read the schedule (I only look at the work to be done, not the names), I thought all sorts of ugly words and immediately got busy so I wouldn't get too far behind. After about 30 minutes, I realized there were some assistants needed for lots of this work who were nowhere to be seen. When I went and asked where they were, they told me those people were off today and the schedule was fake and they were upset that I hadn't freaked out. If only they could have heard those words that went through my head.; 7:56 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: here are just a few of the customer names:
Daniels, Jack
Weiser, Budin Acan
Day, Haveanice
Kelley, Gottyou
Morris, Thecat Harry
Perry, Mason Lee
Theya, Mademedo
Red Bull, Ima Needsome
Ocean, Billy Carl
Bobby, Ricky; 8:01 AM
E-Bro said...: I've heard of some of those folks. Sure they're not real?; 8:28 AM
michael said...: Solid prank right there.

But how do we know those aren't the real people and THT isn't the fake?; 8:56 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Everybody already knows I'm fake.; 10:35 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Great win for the Predators last night. Can they compete consistently with the Blackhawks, or will the Blackhawks control the series? I hope the Predators win the next 3, but I won't place any bets.; 12:57 PM
michael said...: Blackhawks will win the pennant probably.; 2:10 PM
THT said...: Maybe they can meet their crosstown rivals in the World Series.

Penguins up 2-0 in their series. I don't have any idea how this series is going to end up, but I'm certain of how I want it to go.; 9:18 PM
THT said...: Good news/sad news.

The Detectorists to return for a 3rd season to air in Britain late this year :)

Only 6 episodes and it will be the final season :(

That's two week old news that y'all may have already told me about and I forgot. I hope I can remember to watch it next year.; 6:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We'll never get to 5,000 if y'all don't do your part.

Double shift day at Buy More means I miss out on a lot of playoff hockey tonight. I hope the west coast game goes to triple OT.; 11:29 AM
michael said...: I got car trouble. Probably gonna cost $500+ to fix. Cars are stupid.; 12:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I didn't have car trouble. I took my car for routine service and they took me to the cleaners.
Car maintenance is expensive... and stupid.; 12:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Hot diggity!!! The Blue Leaves and the Canadian Legislators both won in OT tonight. I hate I didn't get to see the excitement. Rats, Ducks & Flames have already started and Flames have scored. I hope it goes to quintuple overtime. Rats as in darn, not as in rodent participation.; 9:15 PM
bubbs said...: I've got car trouble, too. But I'm putting it off for now. I don't think it will be quite $500 worth. Stinks having to do or pay for car work. Then again, I've never had a car payment. I'm not rich like THT, so I have to go the "keep repairing your junk" route.; 8:51 AM
michael said...: I always ignore car trouble when I can. I haven't had a working air conditioner in it for about 4 years. Unfortunately the car wouldn't start this time. Had to have it towed. Woohoo.; 10:09 AM
bubbs said...: I take it we're not talking about battery here.

$500 seems high for a starter or alternator. Of course, it could be in a really stupid spot and it's just a bunch of book hours you're paying for.; 10:58 AM
michael said...: Nah it's actually ignition cylinder area. Dang key has been having a hard time turning. During my troubleshooting (which included lots of banging and smashing of the general key area) I think I probably broke some electronics in there too. Anyway, the cheap people around town were like "You have to take that to the dealership, they have to order that part special to fit your key" so that's where I took it. Still waiting to hear back from them.; 11:05 AM
bubbs said...: Have you consider taking apart the column, and just not using a key anymore? Rig the ignition to be a hot wire start.; 11:14 AM
michael said...: No dude we had not considered that.; 1:13 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, no, come on, MJT. We're ending this thing cheap, man.; 2:24 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Just checking in to see who botched the BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!! post; 3:35 PM
michael said...: Well that's all in the past. No need to dwell on it.; 4:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: web page with some sort of temporal anomaly

Auction History
Coming soon...; 9:47 AM
bubbs said...: That should be interesting. I bet auctions have been around for a long time. Lots of history to look at.; 10:07 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: It's supposed to be a list of prior auctions for a little bitty auctioneer in Vermont. So little bitty that they apparently have no resources to dedicate to their web site.

It just struck me funny that their history is in the future.; 10:15 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bananaless pudding is oh so very good. YUM!!!; 1:25 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Headline: North Carolina inmate dies after apparent suicide attempt

Attempt?; 1:37 PM
bubbs said...: Did you read the rest of the article? It is a non-sense headline.

But now I wanna know. Did he not get it completely right so he died from complications some time later?; 2:21 PM
michael said...: Well to be purely technical, the word "attempt" doesn't relay any information about success. You can have successful and unsuccessful attempts at various things.; 2:30 PM
bubbs said...: Sure, in the strictest sense that's true. But I can't think of it ever being commonly used in the English language in reference to an attempt that was successful.

I mean, if you want to be the Barney Fife of English ... be my guest.; 2:35 PM
bubbs said...: By the way, that wasn't a literal invitation for you to come to my home or work place or anything.; 2:39 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 2.0 showed me the headline. Neither one of us made an attempt to read the article.; 3:19 PM
bubbs said...: See. This is the kinda thing you're paying for when we "miss" a Beasley post.; 3:22 PM
michael said...: FIRE BEASLEY!!!; 3:57 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: on our way to Savannah tomorrow morning. I'm guessing it's been 20 years since we were there. MrsTHT loves Savannah.; 6:42 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Wake County deputy was caught sitting at home quite a bit of time when he was supposed to be at work. His punishment?

Paid leave.

That fits the crime. Or perhaps I should say that matches the crime.; 7:16 PM
bubbs said...: I love hot dogs. Haven't eaten one in 20 years.; 9:36 AM
michael said...: I spent one of my two week tours of duty in the Air Guard in Savannah back in the day. Lovely place.

While there I tried to get some of my buddies to pick up a deer carcass off the side of the road and put it in the back of the govt truck we had. I wanted to feed it to some alligators we had seen previously. They wouldn't do it.; 10:43 AM
michael said...: Why don't you eat hot dogs, bubbs? You scared of choking on one and going into a coma?; 10:44 AM
bubbs said...: You've got lame buddies.

Precisely why I don't eat them.

That and because I thought it was funny to love something yet not experience in 20 years ... What if my wife starts loving me?!?; 11:50 AM
E-Bro said...: Hot Dogs are a fast food staple in Iceland and they have stands all over Reykjavik. They love their hot dogs there, and they're usually lamb-based. Good stuff. Secret is in the sweet mustard they use that I was hoping to find in a grocery store to bring home and try on American hot dogs.; 1:18 PM
bubbs said...: Well. Did you find the mustard?; 1:23 PM
michael said...: "You've got lame buddies.

Precisely why I don't eat them."

I'll warn them not to become awesome buddies, lest they get cannibalized by bubbs.; 1:33 PM
bubbs said...: I thought it a pretty slick torture for you. No cool friends for you. You ever get a cool one and they get eaten ... this is a perfect plot line for a Stephen King book.; 1:47 PM
E-Bro said...: Did not find the mustard. Should have just stolen it from the condiments station.; 2:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: No need to go to Iceland. Zack's in Burlington is a lot closer and has awesomely delicious hot dogs

Meanwhile, crappy hotel in Savannah doesn't have our room ready for us as of 4:15pm. That doesn't bother me so much as the fact they will probably rush now and not clean it very well.; 3:15 PM
E-Bro said...: Hope you didn't forget your blacklight.; 3:19 PM
michael said...: Nice job on the 39BEASLEY!!!! E-Bro.; 3:38 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: maybe i'll just sleep standing up leaning against the door. ai can always sleep in the tub after I scrub it clean; 3:43 PM
bubbs said...: I wouldn't think your AI assistant would care where it slept. Much less, need to sleep at all. What's its name?; 4:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Peg; 4:42 PM
bubbs said...: That's cool. Does Peg do stuff with your maps, or do you have her move boxes around in the BuyMore or what?; 4:52 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Peg only knows how to vacuum right now, but I think she has a lot of potential. My hope is that she'll be able to mow the lawn soon.; 8:55 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: How bout them Penguins!; 9:31 PM
michael said...: Go Penguins! Natty is in the bag!; 9:44 AM
michael said...: Wow so the Preds swept the Blackhawks. Were you expecting that one, THT? I bet my brother is bummed. I rarely talk to him though so I don't know.; 11:39 AM
bubbs said...: I don't many expected that one.

Is this a safe bet that your brother is bummed? I hope so. I just put $10k on it. Let me know when you find out how much I won.; 1:12 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the odds were so high he'd be bummed that by winning, you owe another $1000

walking tour in 87 degree sunshine and not a single map. Ugh

34 and snow showers in Laramie right now sounds awesome; 2:10 PM
bubbs said...: Yeah. This is the time of year when I really start trying to figure out a way to move to Alaska.; 2:58 PM
E-Bro said...: Well, you've done a terrible job of it so far.; 3:39 PM
E-Bro said...: Really need to start paying attention to the post count.; 3:40 PM
E-Bro said...: That said...; 3:40 PM
E-Bro said...: Boom!

New page smell.; 3:41 PM
michael said...: I saw the page was ready to turn earlier but didn't do it. I wanted to see who would screw it up this time.

Congrats Ebro!; 3:42 PM
E-Bro said...: Sounds like you were complicit in this bad page turn.; 3:47 PM