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  1. 8 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:
    2 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:
    That's Tracy Ullman if you haven't caught it yet.

    I know the name, but don't know much about her besides trying to take credit for the Simpsons. Looking at her IMDB, I think the most notable thing she's done that I remember,u was playing the ugly girl in Robin Hood Men in Tights.

    Very talented comedian, had her own TV show for a few years (can't believe how long ago that was after looking it up).  You can see her talent in her perfectly understated performance as Irma.  I'd guess that most actresses would have played that role over the top, but she elicits disgust with just small gestures and comments.  Her scenes with Larry seem effortless for both.

  2. 40 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    I know. I even said I remember him being really good that year. The question was you said “Sandberg game” a couple times and I have no idea what you are talking about. What was the Sandberg game/your recollections of it? 

    Like long Cardinal fan.  Sandberg game refers to a June game between the Cubs and Cards that happened to be the Saturday Game of the Week (back when that was a big deal).  It was an amazing, high-scoring game.  Willie McGee hit for the cycle, something that's only happened around 300 times in MLB history, and his performance was an afterthought.

    After a back and forth game, Bruce Sutter, who then was still pretty much unhittable, was brought into the 9th with a two run lead.  Sandberg hit a two-out two-run homer off him.  Tenth inning the Cards take a one-run lead.  Two outs and Sandberg homers again off Sutter!  Unheard of.  Cubs ended up finishing the game and crushing the Cards season.

    I remember working at a restaurant getting ready to open and suffering through the ups and downs of that game.  Lot of Cubs fans worked at that restaurant.

  3. 22 hours ago, Reagan1k said:

    Wife’s uncle volunteered to bring the wine.  Brought three bottles of Barefoot something or other - one white & two different reds. Took everyone’s request -  Poured each person a glass, recorked the bottles and put them back in his wine tote and put it by the door….. later left taking his partial bottles back home. 

    Bear in mind this isn’t someone who is into the temperance movement.  He spent plenty of time at the bar pre and post meal drinking other peoples’ liquor.

    To say he’s cheap is a massive understatement.  Has plenty of money and two nice homes.  Just bizarrely lacks any self awareness or doesn’t give a shit. 

     

    You know pouring those glasses was absolutely killing him.  And to see not all the glasses drained at end of night...what a waste!

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  4. 21 hours ago, crony said:

    Jesus, how much cash does big tobacco pay Netflix?  I swear every character's gotta light up while the camera zooms in on the cigarette and the crackling sound amplifies. Other than that pet peeve, so far so good.

     

     

    Tell me you're a reformed smoker without telling me.

  5. Have gotten woefully out of shape that past few years.  For years, used to belong to a Fitness 19 about a mile from the house: very simple, very cheap, cardio, weights, machines, that's it, not even a shower.  Perfect.  Asked my wife to get me a membership for my birthday.  She comes back with a quote for a $430 annual fee.  Whoa, whoa, whoa, WTF!  I check online.  There's the basic option that I want: no enrollment fee, $13/month.  I call them today and confirm that there a no bullshit strings attached.  Will come in tomorrow with a check.

    Tonight wife comes home with signed Premier annual membership for $350 (I guess she negotiated them down?)  Good news is I can work out at any Fitness 19 in the US.  Awesome

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  6. Watched it yesterday without reading this thread of any reviews, and came away...unfulfilled...and confused.

    Why the focus on Dickie Moltisanti?  His story was on the periphery of the Sopranos, and even if you take it at face value that he was Tony's mentor, there was never any real mentor/apprentice scenes with the two in the movie.  He scolded Tony for school issues and told him to accept the stolen speakers.  Not exactly deep stuff.

    When Tony spoke of Dickie in Sopranos he described him as the baddest enforcer in Jersey, eventually killed by one of his many enemies.  We see him kill his father and gumba, and then wrestle with the guilt.  And then killed by Junior for an insignificant slight.  Stupid.

    The large side story of the black dude was meaningless and advanced  the story in no way.

    There were a lot of incongruities with the series (ages and what not already mentioned in this thread) and Tony was a puss.  There was nothing in that performance that portended the murderous psychopath that Tony would become in the series.

    Finally, there was no point to the story.  As someone mentioned I kept waiting for the payoff and the realized we weren't going to get one.  There was no point to this movie.

     

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  7. Just now, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    one game? I guess i'm old school where the greats pitched so much longer and had 12-15 year careers.  Oh well, 1 run won't win many games.

    No, over the entire season.  Dusty rode him that season like Butch and Sundance did that poor horse.

  8. 5 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    Webb should have stayed.  Analytics loses again; I'm sure Dusty would've kept him in. Go with the human instinct >> computers. 

    Were most on this thread rooting for LAD??? Hope not. 

    Weak call, but you have have so score more than 1 at home in a clincher. 

    and late night Lamonte almost killed it twice.. game of millimeters truly

    Dusty ruined the great Mark Prior's career by overusing him in 2003.  The kid is 24, they want to protect him for the long haul.

  9. 8 hours ago, Herpa Derpa said:

    You are correct. I was failed by my parents, they being of the Boomer Generation. Most parents do fail in consideration of potential. I'm not tense at all, and I'm very educated in history. I understand the personal attack is just your Boomer way (sarcasimism). However, I'm sure an educated person such as yourself is well aware that your personal experiences/anecdotes are not sufficient to make a generalized conclusion about two decades worth of individuals. And others have spoken of the fallacy of your mortgage argument. But we are speaking in monolith terms, YMMV.  I do know that the BB have been the largest cultural block since they came on the stage and the entire society bent to your demands since you were born.

    You'll get no argument from me that the Greatest Generation wasn't so great and have been forced to allow anyone else to have a seat at the table. They are shortsighted, greedy, and take no responsibility for what they've wrought. And they raised a generation of spoiled, petulant, and all-around fart sniffing children. Who in turn raised a generation of lazy cynics who refuse to take any responsibility for anything, and their little brother generation of preening, mirror-obsessed, bleating hypocrites that are a bigger force than their parents. And we're all self-absorbed beyond belief. The point is ain't nobody got clean hands in this shitpile we call America. And no one here gets out alive.

    Cot damn, I wanted to take issue with your dismissal of the greatest generation, but damn that was overall an on-point schpiel

  10. Not defending Gruden in any way, but I am happy to see the owner snipe at the NFL, saying "ask them, they have all the answers".  And Carr calling for all NFL correspondence to be made public.  Although, that'll never happen hopefully there will be enough push to get the WFT emails made public.  This was an obvious hit job by a horrible organization.  I hope it comes back to bite them in the ass.

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  11. More of a vent, because similar exchanges happen far too often, but... (preface, son goes to HS 10 miles away on the way to wife's work, starts 30 minutes later than daughter, whose school is 1 mile away):

    Me: "I have a very important 8 am call tomorrow"

    Wife: (with severe tone) "So, I'm dropping both kids off tomorrow?!?"

    Me: "No, I can drop off May and be back in time"

    Wife: "No, I like dropping her off so I can see what's going on at school (i.e. gossip with the other mothers)"

    Me:  WTF did you cop a tone if that's what you wanted all along?!

    Wife: (seemingly dumbfounded tone) "I was just asking?!"

    Cripes

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  12. On 5/16/2019 at 3:40 PM, yoladu said:

    It's the weather, man,. Truly.

    at some point it doesn't enter your conscious, you never think about the weather anymore because it is always just right.

    Ha, this is so true.  At a certain point you just forget about the weather.  I didn't travel enough for work to be a seasoned pro, so on the occasional trips I'd make, I'd be packing and realize, "holy shit, I'm going to Philadelphia in January and I don't even have an overcoat".

    I'd love to cash out house and move somewhere less California, but the problem always comes down to the weather.

  13. Not my wife, but mother in charge of bringing snacks and drinks today for 6th grade girls vball team showed up with lunch bags filled with gummy bears, chips, snack bars, caramel packs and a couple other items I forget.  Brought a 54 quart cooler filled near to the brim with ice for 20 ten ounce gatorade bottles and an hour long game, lol.  She had to lug that stuff across a large parking lot and up a flight of stairs to get to the court.

    This was only game 2.  We'll see if the other mothers took note and step up to the challenge.

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