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Damor

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  1. Well, looks like we may have let Rupp overdo it the last couple days.  He's been acting uncomfortable and holding his tail weird.  I"m going to crown myself Vet and diagnose him with Limber Tail Syndrome (links here and here), as he looks pretty much exactly like the pictures/video:

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    Anybody else had this happen?  Sounds like rest/conservative treatment will clear it up in a few days, but I feel awful for the guy.  Extra treats incoming.

  2. Eh, dry AF, but nobody had a problem eating it. I have no business posting brisket pics on this site, but why not. Did get a decent smoke ring.

    Best of all, I had a great day on the back porch with the family.

    Oh, and now enjoying the first pour of a keg of homebrew oatmeal stout.

    Happy Easter, assholes. God loves you. b775ddcded0f9785785fa9bb4600dc8e.jpg

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  3. Indeed it is. Someone on here owned or was connected to Smokemaster, was that you?

     

    Now that the sun is up, the dog is doing a good job finding Easter eggs whilst waiting for his human brothers to wake up.

     

    Beautiful morning.332f2c8c42262324b73cca72b20eafd4.jpg

  4. The dog and I are up with a brisket I discovered in the deep freeze now on the smoker, and admiring the pre-dawn lightning show.

    We'll stream church onto the back porch TV.

    Strange times indeed.

    Might as well have a sermon beer.

    Happy Easter, Surly. ede014c13faebba266c7772ea5639e00.jpgfdc2e93f89222b5c87f41b3e7b923bfa.jpg

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  5. 13 hours ago, Newdoc said:


    Don’t know if this has been posted but it’s a great physician level pathophys discussion of Covid 19. The guy looks like someone who should be slamming a beer bong on spring break but he’s got a good mastery of the material and good presentation skills.

    Who the fuck is this guy???

    Yeah, he's not quoting literature and shit, but he's doing a pretty fucking amazing job explaining all this shit on an understandable yet sophisticated level.  I'll take exception with some of things he says, but overall, he's as good as my best basic sciences profs (albeit not as dirty or quite as outlandishingly entertaining as Frank Kretzer). 

    What a great educator.

    But for fuck's sake, turn yer damn hat around!

  6. 30 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

    I'm under a Shelter in place order.

    I live above a bar in San Francisco.

    My business partner who owns the for-now-closed-bar downstairs just told me I can use my key and help myself to all the draft beer I want before it goes bad. I guess that's means I now have access to pinball and a pool table too.

    One small ray of light through this tragedy.

    That reminds me of my elementary school daydreams of being locked in the mall overnight with the arcade and the candy store doors left open.

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  7. Great thead idea.

    I still gotta work until I get quarantined, but the wife and kids are off for at least a couple weeks.  Here's my current pandemic-prioritized watchlist (with 12 and 15yo boys):

    Finish up what we've started:
    M*A*S*H*
    Cheers
    As much Simpsons as the pandemic will allow
    We've worked our way up to Diamonds are Forever in the James Bond films
    Finish off what we haven't seen in the Pink Panther movies

    New stuff:
    World's End
    The Dead Don't Die

    Revisit:
    Shaun of the Dead
    Zombieland 1&2
    WWZ (yes, the book is better and we've all read it)
    Alien/Aliens
     

    Open for more suggestions.  I'm sure I've left stuff off, but this is a hurriedly made list.  Hope I make it through it before I succumb.

  8. 5 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    From that wall of words:

    Where do you find reliable news?
    The John Hopkins Center for Health Security site.  Which posts daily updates.  The site says you can sign up to receive a daily newsletter on COVID-19 by email.  [I tried and the page times out due to high demand.  After three more tries I was successful in registering for the newsletter.]  

     

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  9. 1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    So, my kids organically found the Simpsons on Disney + a month ago or so.  I've never watched the show in front of them, and honestly, the first 12-13 seasons I have hard wired mentally.  After that, I kind of grew apart from the franchise.

     

    Kids started on Season 1, Episode 1 (they are up to Season 7 now) and lately I just randomly throw out upcoming quotes of whatever episode they are watching.  They think I'm some kind of Simpsons savant.  The oldest thought I was cheating somehow.

    My boys' heads nearly exploded when they watched the Mister Sparkle episode, as I have a propensity to respond, 'There's your answer, Fishbulb,' whenever they piece together the solution to some conundrum.

    It also explained to them why, when I said that to them on a whitewater rafting trip a couple years ago, the guide almost fell in the river laughing.

  10. This could also go in the Surly Dad thread, but I've been keeping a list of movies to be sure to watch with my boys as they get bigger.  It's been a blast for me to revisit some great films I haven't seen in a while, and to watch their reactions.  Last night was Miller's Crossing with the 14yo.  Such a damn good movie, and it was fun to watch it twist his head into a pretzel.  It's awesome to watch someone's first reaction to the Danny Boy shootout scene.

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