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8.07.2017

Yes, it's that time again

THT has alerted me to the fact you all are approaching 5,000 posts, which means it's time for a new thread. It would be my pleasure to create said new thread. Before I leave, however, I'd like to provide you a picture of the always-lovely Mariska Hargitay.

Have a nice day.

3816 Comments:

michael said...: It wasn't too long for me, and I did read it. And it was life changing.

Nice Boom THT. I was just sure someone was going to goof it up.; 12:16 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I may be a BEASLEY!!! gooferupper, but I don't botch a page flip.

I feel like Norm behind this keyboard.... Old Norm, anyways.; 12:47 PM
michael said...: I agree. Norm sure is old.; 3:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 42° and flurrying sideways. On one Street near the buy more, trash cans were being blown up and down the street.; 5:51 PM
E-Bro said...: 63° in Hanalei right now. High of 76 today. Wish I was there.; 9:22 AM
michael said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10:16 AM
michael said...: -173 deg C on the dark side of the moon right now.; 10:17 AM
michael said...: Hey it looks like blogger is working normal again! Woohoo!; 10:17 AM
E-Bro said...: Are you following the live blog of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission as well?; 11:01 AM
michael said...: I am not. Are you wanting me to live-blog the live blog like the old days?; 11:45 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm glad we have thermometers all over the moon.; 12:24 PM
E-Bro said...: That would be great, MJT. Here's the live blog Twitter Account to live-blog.

https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace; 1:03 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, guys. Sorry, but I've been busy reading THT's post on the last page.; 1:11 PM
bubbs said...: Also, blogger is not fixed.; 1:20 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ...not even close to being fixed. michael was just teasing us. A live blog of a live blog on a terminally ill blogger web site could be entertaining.; 1:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ...not even close to being fixed. michael was just teasing us. A live blog of a live blog on a terminally ill blogger web site could be entertaining.; 1:51 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: that's what happens when you accidentally refresh the "timed out" page 25 minutes later; 1:52 PM
michael said...: Well awesome job re-breaking blogger, gang. I can't take you guys anywhere.; 3:22 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I can't take myself home, thank you. I'm outta here!; 3:40 PM
bubbs said...: I think it's ridiculous that THT gets to leave before me. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!; 4:28 PM
michael said...: I am sorry that happened to you, bubbs; 5:51 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ok, let me repeat myself (and undoubtedly both will then show up), though flipping the sentence phrases...

The real outrage is that I'll have to be at work before bubbs.; 6:24 PM
bubbs said...: What time did you get to work?; 8:57 AM
michael said...: None of your dang business.; 11:14 AM
bubbs said...: Look at MJT. I bet you get someone to stamp your time card for you.; 12:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 6:40 your time, technically 20 minutes early but about 30 minutes later than I had hoped. It was one of those mornings where I could not gain consciousness (about 60% of my mornings are like that in old age, a significant drop from the 99.999% in my first five decades). I wish I could just suddenly wake up alert like MrsTHT does.; 1:23 PM
bubbs said...: I suspect your odd hours have a lot to do with that.; 1:42 PM
bubbs said...: I suspect your odd hours have a lot to do with that.; 2:23 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I suspect my odd hours have a lot to do with that.

And perhaps lifelong sleep apnea.; 3:19 PM
bubbs said...: Well, 3 out of 3 comments agree that it's the odd hours. Gotta go with the odd hours.; 4:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: For your holiday shopping convenience, the Buy More will be open 24 hours tomorrow. Come on buy! If you need any help, have them page my over the intercom system. I'll be in the back unpacking inventory and getting it out on the shelves. We just received a large shipment of Dixie's popular cast paper pots.; 7:52 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: e and y are nowhere near each other on the keyboard. I think the wiring in my brain has frayed.; 7:53 AM
bubbs said...: Well, I follow instruction. I'm gonna page your when I get there.; 8:46 AM
michael said...: sdfaasdgasdgasgagaesggwea; 10:51 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: somebody's wiring is crossed and frayed, and crossed some more; 11:15 AM
michael said...: Are you talking about my?; 11:51 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Yys, I am.; 12:02 PM
bubbs said...: Bloggyr has jackyd this placy up somything good now. Nothing works.; 12:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bloggyr must havy got ahold of my kids, too.; 1:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Dash Pick: UCF 28, Auburn 26. If running back Kerryon Johnson doesn’t play, the Tigers will be in trouble offensively.

I'm hoping Gus has learned the error of his ways and actually has a sans KJ game plan.; 2:02 PM
michael said...: mory bullytin board matyrial! kyyp ym coming!; 3:08 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I get to meet some of Cincytiger's Cincinnati friends tonight for dinner. They'll probably report back to Cincy that I'm a nut obsessed with maps and I outkicked my coverage by 88 billion gigaparsecs; i.y., nothing Cincy doesn't already know.; 3:32 PM
bubbs said...: What puts you and Cincy's friynds in thy samy proximity?; 4:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If Cincy shows up, perhaps she can correct or improve on my currently incomplete knowledge... I think the Cincinnatians' infant grandchild is in the local medical center; prayers would be most appreciated.; 4:48 PM
bubbs said...: That, I can do.; 5:18 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Inventory going out faster than you can imagine. Having a hard time keeping up with the shelf-stocking. bubbs, was that you with the fake "clean up on aisle 9" page for THT?

I'm missing a whole lotta college football today.; 3:47 PM
bubbs said...: Back at it for a couple days, then off for the holidays. I'll take it.; 8:49 AM
E-Bro said...: No time off for me during the Holidays. Favorite time of the year to work because nobody is here.; 10:08 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm off this week. Went to Asheboro today (had to show the bagman where #91's parents live). Heading to Richmond, Yorktown, and Williamsburg tomorrow. Trips to W-S Thursday evening and Saturday evening. I won't miss work this week. At. All.; 3:14 PM
bubbs said...: Maybe you and Ann Coulter can instant message over the holidays, E-Bro.; 4:19 PM
michael said...: Anyone fix blogger yet?

Saw the new star wars movie over the weekend. It watched good.; 4:21 PM
Cincytiger said...: Been busy, busy at the Cincy hacienda for a few days. I know y'all know this, but THT and his Mrs. are amazingly awesome people. Our friends from Cincinnati have a 3 year old granddaughter just diagnosed with leukemia. The granddaughter and parents live in Wilmington. Our friends came over from CIncy to stay in a hotel and keep the five year old sister while the 3 year old started treatment. THT and Mrs. had the grandparents and 5 year old over for dinner. They said they were treated like royalty. The 5 year old wants to go back for a sleepover. :) The world is full of good people and I know two of the best!!; 5:11 PM
bubbs said...: Since me and MJT were the last two to post before Cincy, I think it's safe to assume she's talking about us as being two of the best.; 5:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: That was mostly MrsTHT, Cincy. Obviously, bubbs and michael deserve some of the credit. I just came home from work that evening and sat down and ate.; 7:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I saw El Dorado tonight. It watched real good.; 9:12 PM
E-Bro said...: Oh, that's a good one.; 7:52 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: At 3:30 this morning I decided not to travel today. Maybe i'll make the Virginia circuit tomorrow. In the meantime, I'll head down to UNC library. It will be empty today. Y'all play nicely.; 8:41 AM
michael said...: I'd agree that THT and Mrs THT are pretty awesome.

And thank you cincy for calling me one of the best. It looks like you complimented all the regulars here except for ebro. No comment.; 11:50 AM
E-Bro said...: That's fair.; 1:02 PM
bubbs said...: Totally.; 2:34 PM
E-Bro said...: Too far.; 3:21 PM
Cincytiger said...: You're all special, trophies for everyone! Seriously, this is a pretty awesome group of people right here.; 9:42 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Trophies... LOL on I-64E

Rocking down the hwy with an eclectic mix of awesome music. Touch of Grey at this moment.; 9:29 AM
michael said...: Didn't know you were a hippie, THT; 11:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I just stopped at a church where my great x6? grandfather was a minister in the 1720s; 12:28 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: He founded the Hippie Movement; 12:46 PM
michael said...: Yeah well my great x6 grandfather told your great x6 grandfather to cut his hair.; 2:39 PM
E-Bro said...: Given you and THT's generational gap, your x6 grandfather should have respected his elders a bit better.; 3:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I almost cut my hair. Happened just the other day.; 3:10 PM
michael said...: Fake news Ebro. People have babies at all kinds of different ages. One of my other x6 great grandfathers was alive in the 1200s.; 3:36 PM
E-Bro said...: So, he was (is?) a vampire?; 4:06 PM
michael said...: There's really no way to know, ebro.; 5:44 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I don’t like unanswerable questions; they keep me up all night.; 4:33 AM
E-Bro said...: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?; 7:58 AM
michael said...: No.; 9:55 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 2.0 disagrees; 10:20 AM
Cincytiger said...: Mr. Cincy says yes. Anytime I suggest we watch a Christmas movie, he says "Let's watch Diehard - great Christmas movie." So , there's that.; 10:31 AM
E-Bro said...: What does Mrs. Cincy say?; 10:58 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: and I guess Mr. Cincy thinks Rio Bravo is a musical?; 11:12 AM
michael said...: I posted a long paragraph explaining why it is not. Apparently it didn't make it through the ether; 11:49 AM
Cincytiger said...: Diehard is not an anytime watching movie for me. I will suffer through Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Broken Trail and a few others, but I draw the line at Diehard and Terminator movies.; 12:18 PM
michael said...: Come on cincy, it's one of the best movies of all time! I've loved it since I was a kid.

I will say none of my kids have seen it... because the unedited version definitely earns its R. In the era of cord cutting, kids can't see nearly as many awesome action movies. I can remember watching Die Hard and Rambo and Terminator Predator and Commando and all kinds of awesome edited movies on TV back in the day.; 12:30 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I went out to the ether and read your post. Makes sense to me.; 2:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Y'all have a great campfire during the awful bowl game tonight. I'll be in Old Salem standing around outside in the cold.; 2:25 PM
E-Bro said...: Singing Christmas carols or what?; 2:47 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: helping out with their candlelight tours. My assigned role was completely useless, something at which I excel. MrsTHT was assigned to the pottery and was pretty essential there.

Watching White Christmas now. Is that a Christmas movie?; 11:36 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: when posts were getting slowed in the ether yesterday afternoon, I wondered if the upcoming 12BEASLEY!!! post would get botched due to ether delays. Turns out, it got botched with no delay whatsoever.; 9:13 AM
michael said...: Wow. Some people just don't pay close enough attention to the post count.

White Christmas is actually an action movie.; 10:03 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: michael, once again, is spot on. The opening war scene is especially riveting.

BTW, you stuck this in my head two days ago. GET IT OUT!

...preferably without providing a Jan Terri link.; 10:16 AM
michael said...: Try another song about cutting hair:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R0igKESJUY; 10:57 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: meh.... not a catchy melody. But at least I now have the best song from that album in my head; 11:36 AM
michael said...: aw come one, I love that song. I sing it to my wife every time she makes me get a haircut.

What do you consider the best song? 5:15? Real Me? Love Reign O'er Me?; 12:01 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The last one. The other two are very good.

Unfortunately, it's too late for me to order one of these for you to have it by Christmas. Maybe in 2048.

Looking forward to watching NMSU in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl next week. I can't remember whether or not I watched their last bowl game on TV.

This is the only football game I remember watching that year.; 2:42 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm I the only one in the southeast watching CMU vs Wyoming? GO POKES!!!

I'm guessing less than 10,000 fans there which is about 10 times more than were at the Bahamas Bowl earlier today.; 3:40 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm I???

How 'bout them Pokes?! They forced 8 turnovers on the blue rug in Boise. My only regret was the snow never arrived in sufficient quantity to cover that awful Smurf Turf.

How many of you made the short trip over to Legion Field for the big bowl game today? Looks like you had your choice of seats. In fact, I bet there's a row in the lower level where you could move freely to stay on the line of scrimmage the whole game.; 12:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Happy Valentine's Day!!!; 11:08 AM
bubbs said...: Just getting back to the digital world.

Happy Belated Valentine's to ALL!; 9:47 AM
E-Bro said...: Yeah, Happy Valentine's to all you suckers who have to buy things for your wives/husbands and/or girlfriends/boyfriends.; 10:44 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I don't buy anything for any of them. But if you're in the buying mode, come on down to the Buy More on H. We'll be having a 24 hour sale. The sale ends just in time for me to go to prison on Friday.; 11:15 AM
bubbs said...: The way E-Bro worded that, he's allowing that some of us have spouses AND girlfriend/boyfriend.

This ain't France, E-Bro.

I'll be heading to the 24hr sale to see if I can find some cast iron for the wife.; 11:22 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm missing the USM vs FSU game :(

GO GOLDEN EAGLES!; 12:38 PM
E-Bro said...: bubbs, I didn't want to assume anything and I judge no one (you depraved lunatics).; 1:01 PM
E-Bro said...: So, blogger seems to be working again. It's a Festivus miracle!; 1:02 PM
bubbs said...: That aluminum pole can work some magic.; 1:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We'll have a limited supply of magical aluminum poles available tomorrow at the Buy More for $19.95.; 2:32 PM
bubbs said...: Any cast iron ware tomorrow?; 4:09 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: only the finest Dixie cast paper products, but they usually sell out quickly.; 8:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: yep, they've sold out already.; 7:33 AM
bubbs said...: Must have been all the Missouri players. They didn't show up to the game last night because of it.; 8:28 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: busy busy busy busy :(

Kerryon; 1:09 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Finally slowed down enough where I think I'll head home so I can get ready to do my time in the penitentiary later this morning. Looks like I missed a fantastic Alamo Bowl.; 12:38 AM
E-Bro said...: It was quite good. What bowl games are supposed to be. Weird and fun.; 7:58 AM
bubbs said...: Not so concerned about getting a weird Peach Bowl, but I want it to be fun!; 7:59 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: After a double+ shift and 3 hours sleep, I'm drooling on myself, but I still got to work early in hopeful anticipation of my parole hearing this afternoon.; 8:34 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I haven't been paying any attention to basketball, but I noticed AU has a good record. Is this going to be like prior years where start off great against a bunch of nobodies and we end up at +/- .500 or will this early season success carry over into conference play? I.e. will I be setting myself up for disappointment if I start paying attention?; 9:16 AM
E-Bro said...: We're going to find out quick by starting with Tennessee away and Arkansas at home.; 10:08 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: UNC won at TN and lost at home to Wofford. The logical conclusion is that the game at TN is a gimme.; 10:25 AM
bubbs said...: Like E-Bro said, we should know within a few conference games if we got a real shot at the dance this year.

Early predictions say we are right on that bubble.; 10:47 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ok, playtime is over. Time to buckle down and get to the real work if I'm going to have any chance at parole for good behavior this afternoon. I've spent the day thus far working on the weekend Buy More work schedule for April through December. I'm sure, if you could see it, you would quickly observe that yours truly has crammed his weekends into the Spring & Summer months (with one in December for good show) and zero work weekends during what I anticipate to be the terribly mediocre season we didn't get this past Fall. Except for Thansgiving weekend. I usually work that holiday and weekend when the Iron Bowl is on the smelly side of the state.; 11:48 AM
michael said...: Everybody doing OK in here?

I got a bunch of cast iron stuff for Christmas, so I no longer need to visit the buymore for anything really.; 1:45 PM
E-Bro said...: What about some cornmeal or something?; 2:01 PM
michael said...: THT has never given me even the slightest indication that the Buymore has cornmeal.; 2:18 PM
E-Bro said...: But has he given you the indication that they don't?; 2:40 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: War Eagle cornmeal is really good. It's somewhere in NW Arkansas. We can't seem to keep our cornmeal in stock. We do have some great mealworms.; 3:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We may have to go to Laramie to warm up this week.; 4:20 PM
E-Bro said...: Guess I will knock out one of those TCM movies I've been saving on the 'ol DVR next Monday night.; 8:30 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I've got Sons of Katie Elder on the DVR. Dean Martin and John Wayne were good, but the other sons couldn't act worth a hill of beans. I don't even remember what I watched after the Rose Bowl, but I didn't last long. A huge bowl of ice cream followed by two dachhunds in my lap sealed my fate.; 8:53 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: busted pipes and flood in the penitentiary this weekend knocked out most everything. I'm thrilled internet just came on. The work will pile up until they get the phone system back on line. I'll either get paroled early or end up stuck here late trying to get caught up. It's not hard to guess which option I'd prefer.; 9:02 AM
michael said...: Yikes! Gotta drip those penitentiary faucets.

Yesterday has to be the worst day in Auburn football history that didn't involve a loss to bama.; 10:28 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I was so disappointed and downright embarrassed in our offensive and defensive trench warfare yesterday. Offensive lived up to its name and then some. When Stidham leaves the pocket, he's a lot slower than he looks. He must run the forty in 10 flat.

I sure hope our new Aussie lad Arryn Siposs can punt. According to one sportswriter, Siposs "can roost the footy a long way". I have no idea what that has to do with punting.; 11:04 AM
michael said...: I think Stidham is the opposite of Tom Brady when it comes to pocket presence. He has a knack for moving into the pass rush.

O line was with most offensive offender, though. It's hard to rationalize how great they played in our big wins and how bad they played in the big losses.; 11:21 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I can't remember what I did the past two years on the evening of the CFPNCG, but I'll be doing it again this year. Sleeping, perhaps? Somebody call and wake me up if UGA gets a lead of 22 points or more.; 11:31 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: PAROLE! Must have been the good behavior.; 12:37 PM
michael said...: I think I'll schedule a bball practice for my 12U girls team on Monday night. Probably only Auburn fans will show up, which is fine.; 12:48 PM
Cincytiger said...: Well, the freeze got our Auburn condo. Sprinkler system froze and burst on the fourth floor and flooded all the units all the way down. Mr. Cincy left in a rush to get over to check out the damage. I mostly wanted to make sure my Scottie B prints weren't damaged. ServPro is on the way. It's just stuff. Someone may have to remind me of that a few times.; 7:26 PM
bubbs said...: Dang it!

Sorry to hear that, Cincy.

I feel lucky that the cold only got my heating unit. Hope you don't have much to contend with.; 9:47 AM
bubbs said...: Apparently, everyone left this place to go help Cincy. Wish you guys would have let me know. We could have car pooled. How bad did it end up being, Cincy?; 5:00 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bizzzzie day at work. How come they get snow up north and snow down south, but no snow right here in the middle? Correction... not enough snow right here in the middle.

Cincy, I'm so sorry I wasn't there with a car full of towels.; 7:27 PM
Cincytiger said...: Mr. Cincy has been working with adjusters and ServPro and others all day. Looks like they are going to have to move us completely out of the condo and take down all the ceilings. Lots of soaked insulation in the ceilings to deal with. Also have to examine all the electrical as lots of water came through the fixtures. Mr. Cincy and the insurance adjuster for the condo complex (the association insurance will be covering the repairs and all) are having a spirited discussion about whose insurance is going to pay for the contents that were damaged - mattresses, chairs, rugs, etc. Anyone care to place bets as to who will win that discussion?; 11:16 PM
E-Bro said...: Aqui.; 7:48 AM
bubbs said...: I'm laying good money on Mr. Cincy.

Hate that you guys are having to go through this mess. It would be one thing if you were getting a remodel out of the deal, but you already just did that!; 8:48 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm guessing that the Vegas oddsmakers aren't even bothering with this one. All the money is on Mr. Cincy. This is a more sure thing than the Packers in the first and second AFL-NFL World Championship Games.; 10:12 AM
michael said...: The line has swung so far in favor of Mr Cincy that I'm putting $10 on the other guy. Only way to make any money at this point, really.; 10:31 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: you probably thought the Chiefs would win. Well, maybe your father thought the Chiefs would win since you weren't thinking yet.; 11:26 AM
michael said...: AFL 4 Life!; 11:37 AM
bubbs said...: How can you not be for the AFL? They haven't lost a championship in something like 50 years.; 1:22 PM
bubbs said...: Hey THT, the predictor people now have AU right in the middle of the pack of March Madness. Don't start believing, but don't book up your March quite yet.; 1:37 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I've got a bit of vacation time in March. Maybe I'll go see them in the tournament. Yep, that's what I'll do. Or maybe not. The last time I went to an AU NCAA tournament game, they trailed 26-4 after about 12 minutes. They almost pulled it out. I think the ref swallowed his whistle in the last minute to AU's detriment.; 8:19 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 7 degrees when I passed the beaver pond on the way to work this morning. I thought to myself, what a great temperature. And then I thought, I'm glad it's 70 degrees inside my car.; 6:39 AM
bubbs said...: About 13 degrees on the run this morning. Didn't bother me one bit. I love this weather.

I don't know why I live in Alabama.; 8:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: regardless of the temperature, a run would bother me.; 8:46 AM
michael said...: This cold dry weather is hard on my lungs as far as running is concerned.; 11:02 AM
bubbs said...: Did you ever get over your PF caused by the ill advised shoe choice for the pick up bball game?; 11:20 AM
michael said...: Yeah, I pretty much do no athletic endeavors for about 3 weeks around Christmas, so that ailment healed up mostly. PF is always kinda there once you have it, though. Just got to warm that tendon up.

But when I went back to play on Wednesday, I aggravated my back injury. So now I got to fix that.; 11:42 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Minimizing exercise is a great way to minimize injuries; 11:49 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Tomorrow is our big 24 hour Winter Freeze Sale at the Buy More. Come on buy! We're expecting a huge shipment of cast paper kitchenware today. Nothing works better to get the fire started in your fireplace. Well, gasoline works better, but we don't sell that at the Buy More. We do have a nice selection of 1, 2, and 5 gallon galvanized paper gas cans.; 11:58 AM
bubbs said...: I've been in the market for a 2.5 gallon galvanized paper can. Any chance you'll get some of those in?

I wanna try installing it on someone's motorbike. I think it would be lighter and faster that way. Surprised no one has thought of this before.; 12:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Arizona coaching candidates. The list includes just about everyone but Donald Trump, bubbs, and me. There are two Michaels (surely one of them must be ours) and even a Cincy... or is that a Clancy... either way, close enough.; 12:11 PM
michael said...: Can you imprint my family crest on the galvanized paper gas cans?; 12:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Yes, a transfer print can be applied after the 3D printing process, or your family crest can be embossed during the 3D printing process. It's really a matter of personal preference. The cans sell for 0.99, 1.99, and 2.99. The family crest, printed or embossed, is only an additional 199.99 USD.; 12:42 PM
bubbs said...: Not sure a picture of a goat is worth 199.99.; 12:43 PM
michael said...: It's actually the 1997 Arby's logo. Didn't feel like spending the time or the money to make a unique one.; 12:58 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Glad you copied the earlier logo. I'm not a fan of the squatty and more widely spaced Arby's on the current logo compared to your family crest.; 1:11 PM
bubbs said...: Personally, I think Arby's is even worse than Cracker Barrel. However, the logo is okay. I would go with the pre-1969 version. It's a bit wordy, but there's something about it that says "family crest."; 1:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: in high school I would frequently stop by Arby's for a snack of two sammiches, two fries, two colas for some very low mid-afternoon only price. If stopping there for lunch or supper, it was always 4 sammiches, no fries. I love those things but I don't remember the last time I had one :(; 1:44 PM
michael said...: I love Arby's roast beef sandwiches, but my wife doesn't, so I maybe have one every 4 years or so.; 3:21 PM
bubbs said...: Can't you go on a "daddy/daughter date" and make it happen?

I mean, I can't see why you would want to, but it doesn't seem that hard to create the opportunity. Other than the fact that you don't want to spend money, and you pack lunches for your daddy/daughter dates.; 5:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: AU basketball scores 88 points in their win tonight. I like that!; 7:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: There's still plenty of time to save big bucks at the Buy More Winter Freeze Sale. We're completely sold out of cast paper kitchenware. However, we've got a superb variety of officially licensed Thumb Wrestling Rings. I'm tellin' ya, you just can't find these at Amazon; 10:40 PM
THT said...: 3 whole degrees this morning. I'm glad we weren't shortchanged.; 10:12 AM
E-Bro said...: Loved me some Arby's cheese sticks back in my high school days. Also thought there chicken fingers were really good once upon a time.

Haven't been in maybe a decade.; 7:56 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 8+ days since we made it to 32. We should hit it some time today on our way to low 40s. I've enjoyed the cold (and I hope it froze every nasty critter hiding in the ground) but it will be nice to wash all the salt off my car without creating an icy hazard in the driveway.

Looks like we should order some March Madness tickets; 8:48 AM
bubbs said...: Hard freeze and March Madness in our sights. Not bad at all.; 8:55 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: did I mention that MrsTHT wants us to go to Japan in April to visit her cousins? She hasn't seen them in 50 years. I'm not sure we even know their names. We're assuming they still live in Kumamoto. Perhaps it's a bit premature to be searching for cheap/reasonable airfare.; 10:24 AM
michael said...: Has anyone checked into the phone records of Hard Freeze?; 10:38 AM
E-Bro said...: Go for the Cherry Blossoms, THT. Stay for the family members that Mrs. THT may or may not have living there.; 10:46 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We'll be there late April.. if we go. According to this calendar we will miss the cherry blossoms in central/southern Japan (Kumamoto is very southern)... and hopefully the crowds that flock to them.

Maybe a side trip via train to Hokadate will be worthwhile.; 11:24 AM
bubbs said...: Do they have maps in Japan?; 11:37 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Maps I can't read.; 11:56 AM
michael said...: Poor THT is one of the US Americans who don't have maps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww; 12:15 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: can't wait to get home from prison to watch that.

I certainly don't have as many maps as David Rumsey or Barry McLean.; 1:26 PM
michael said...: Oh it's just the 10 year old Ms South Carolina clip. Her entire quote:

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future. For our children."; 1:32 PM
bubbs said...: I didn't even go watch the clip, because I knew exactly what MJT had linked without having to look.

That should probably give me pause...; 1:45 PM
E-Bro said...: At least she didn't call the Asian countries Oriental, assuming MJT's transcript of what she said is correct.; 3:19 PM
michael said...: The evolution of the word "Oriental" into a slur has fascinated me. I remember being surprised to learn it wasn't cool in college.

Read this a couple of years ago and found it interesting:

http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-tsuchiyama-oriental-insult-20160601-snap-story.html

I mean, I'll behave myself and not use it obviously (not that I used it a bunch prior to learning it was considered negative). Now people are genuinely offended by it, and it's never good to offend. Language is not an absolute and it is genuinely not a cool word now... but like I said, I'm fascinated by its evolution.; 3:30 PM
bubbs said...: You should be interested in this then: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/16/supreme-court-slants-redskins-derogatory-trademarks-first-amendment/96505042/

A word headed in the other direction (maybe?).; 4:09 PM
michael said...: Which word you talking about?

The band name thing seems like common sense... much like the N word, what is it my business telling how someone of another race should handle their racially charged words?

As far as the Redskins are concerned... I mean, that term was always derogatory, right? I actually just did an internet search and was surprised to see that 1 in 10 DC area Native Americans were OK with the team name. Interesting. Maybe that's what you meant by "word headed in the other direction." Redskin started out as offensive but became more benign due to non-racist use.

Unfortunately, there's really no way to know which word you were talking about.; 4:29 PM
michael said...: By the way you messed up 12BEASLEY!!!!!; 4:29 PM
michael said...: I mean 13BEASLEY!!!! whatever; 4:35 PM
bubbs said...: You're not very good with math or BEASLEY!!!'s.; 5:25 PM
michael said...: least i didn't just mess up a BEASLEY!!!; 5:42 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I heard through the grapevine this morning that ua-t won the Consolation Bowl. yuck.

BEASLEY!!!*

*just in case. I haven't had my Diet Coke yet, so my math skills are obtunded.; 7:32 AM
E-Bro said...: Don't know what you're talking about, THT, but I did hear that UGA lost last night.; 7:55 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: perhaps some of you received this email. Some of these are quite clever...

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.

I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it down.

I didn’t like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

When chemists die, they barium.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

I changed my iPhone’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool .

Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I'd swear I've never met herbivore

I know a guy who's addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.

I got some batteries that were given out free of charge.

A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.

A will is a dead giveaway.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He's all right now.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.

He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.

When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she'd dye.; 8:02 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: E-Bro, ua-t couldn't win the State Championship, so they played for a meaningless National Championship as a consolation prize.; 9:34 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: we had frozen pipes in the wall of our garage leading to two outdoor spigots. The water is now running again at the spigots and I'm hoping we have no burst pipes there. It's a little late for me to learn this...
Turn the water supplying the spigot off (hopefully there's a shutoff in a heated portion of the home that supplies only this spigot. If not, you could install one).
Open the spigot to drain the pipe, and leave it open until the cold weather has passed.; 9:42 AM
bubbs said...: Hmm. I'd say your chances of escaping a bust is greatly dependent on what kinda pipe you got in there. Hope you don't come home to a flooded wall!; 10:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: we use only the highest grade Dixie cast paper pipes.; 10:21 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: and the pipes go BOOOOOOOM!!!; 10:22 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: does everyone else hate the new Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta as much as I do? Can we buy our way out of our next game there?; 10:34 AM