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SurlyORama

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  1. I flew out of ABIA about two weeks ago and the precheck line at the middle security checkpoint was the longest I'd ever seen it, and it wasn't even close. Snaking down the railing about halfway to the north checkpoint. So, went to the north checkpoint and while it was still crowded, nowhere near as bad.
  2. Never really thought "douche", seems like a good guy. Really bothers me how much he talks with his mouth full and food almost falling out. Pet peeve, i guess.
  3. Applied to renew online the first day I was eligible. Approved next day.
  4. I'd generally agree, but it went amazingly well with the decor of the room when it was a playroom for 4 kids all under 8. It will be replaced.
  5. A real hardcore vibe is what I was after.
  6. Had some of the smaller plates (2.5, 5, 10, 25) already. Rest was done over time, and augmented by borrowing some plates and a bar from our office gym (which was closed down for most of the time). Now have acquired enough not to need them.
  7. To be fair, the youngest is now a junior in HS, so the playroom was wasted space.
  8. In the small town my Mom grew up in, there was a soft serve place called "Dairy Creme". Confused the hell out of me when I was 6.
  9. Home gym in former kids' playroom. Wife dropped membership elsewhere so will pay for itself ... eventually.
  10. SurlyORama

    Getting old sucks

    My first vehicle was this 1964 F-100, 223 straight six, 3 on the tree, dual exhausts and glass packs. Really loud, but REALLY slow. Modified to run on propane (dad worked for natural gas company that had a program to modify vehicles. Also he didn't like the gas tank literally in the cab behind the seat.) Traded that for a 1972 Bronco. Still wish I had both of them.
  11. This right here! Missile Command was a close second for me.
  12. I was attending a football game several years ago at Michigan. Let's just say there was "extensive" tailgating beforehand, and I may have partaken. At some point, after an exciting play where my team (not Michigan) scored to take the lead, everyone was high-fiving and yelling in my section, and a person I don't know in the row behind me talks excitedly to me for 20-30 seconds or so. I couldn't understand almost anything he was saying, but the gist was that he was excited and happy. My good-natured comment to him: "Whoa, I guess you've had plenty to drink, huh?" I turn around and sit down. Wife of my college roommate looks at me with utter horror on her face and says "turn around and look at the person behind you, but be discrete." I do, and it's a teenaged boy with Down's syndrome. His mother was shooting me, shall we say, daggers from the eyeball area. Felt about 2 inches tall.
  13. I have a Genesis Platinum that turned 19 years old TODAY. While I haven't moved, it's been uncovered that entire time and is still in good shape. I've replaced the burners and grates a couple times, have a single broken knob and igniter, but still works like a charm. The actual grill box warped enough that the grates would fall in after about 13 years. Called them up and they replaced it for free (warranty on that is lifetime). So, if that's where you have rust, it might be the same for you.
  14. There's always room to get even better.
  15. My dad said that a lot, usually when we were complaining about how early he thought we should leave for an airport.
  16. Could play that thing with my eyes closed and still dominate. Bought one off the interwebs last year for nostalgia. Can still do the eyes closed thing.
  17. I celebrate the whole catalog.
  18. I have been very surprised by the amount of disgust expressed by some of my friends at the idea. I find it delicious.
  19. Runny yolk eggs atop pancakes. Syrup over the whole thing.
  20. Fun fact: no SECSECSEC team has ever lost a bowl game they wanted to play.
  21. drop them peanuts and add cashews, and now you're talkin'
  22. Not really (and no, not 1 chance that Frost is gone). Team wanted to play the SEASON. They have done so, are now 3-5, and don't see much additional reason to play a meaningless bowl (travel, quarantine in hotel, play in front of an empty stadium, etc.) I have no issue with this decision, or the decision of any team in a similar circumstance. It's not even like a normal year, where you might get in several weeks of extra practice. You will get a handful of practices in many cases.
  23. Well no, the "fucking purpose of the conference champ game" is to determine, you know, the conference champ. On the other hand, I agree. Especially in the case where the conference championship game is a blowout.
  24. Nebraska with the coveted "3pm on a workday" slot this Friday.
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