Things you're a little bit embarrassed to admit

[Fudge Nuggets 18825]

4 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

Reggae says "Hold my beer, mon"

You can fuck right off

[El Diablo 4232]

8 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

You can fuck right off

Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, there's some good reggae musicians. Only real issue I have with it is that it all sounds the same for the most part. If I hear No Woman, No Cry that's great! I'm not going to a concert though to listen to 3 hours of derivatives. Maybe if there's a bunch of ganja. Maybe. Polka, Tejano, Reggae, all suffer from the same malady - it all sounds alike.

No worries. Is irie.

[Armybrat 40464]

20 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, there's some good reggae musicians. Only real issue I have with it is that it all sounds the same for the most part. If I hear No Woman, No Cry that's great! I'm not going to a concert though to listen to 3 hours of derivatives. Maybe if there's a bunch of ganja. Maybe. Polka, Tejano, Reggae, all suffer from the same malady - it all sounds alike.

No worries. Is irie.

You forgot zydeco from across the Sabine.

[El Diablo 4232]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

You forgot zydeco from across the Sabine.

I got to disagree on this one, not all Zydeco is created equal.

 

[Underdog 27966]

[Jkwellborn 6536]

You forgot zydeco from across the Sabine.

You forgot about weird al.

[After irth 1240]

9 hours ago, Armybrat said:

I took accordion lessons in 1956.

Now that I’m an East Texas resident, I was thinking about trying it for some Bluesy / Zydeco groovin. Maybe kick out the jams at summer BBQs, etc. 

[markstanco 12424]

I took accordion lessons in 1956.

I've never asked, but what year were you born? You sound a lot like my dad's age. 12/43.

[RollLeft 5038]

8 hours ago, HouTex said:

The accordian reminds me of tejano music which is the worst music ever made.

 

[Walden Ponderer 12638]

16 hours ago, Armybrat said:

I took accordion lessons in 1956.

Wow, that must have been a fancy retirement home for 1956.

[Armybrat 40464]

8 hours ago, markstanco said:

18 hours ago, Armybrat said:

I took accordion lessons in 1956.

I've never asked, but what year were you born? You sound a lot like my dad's age. 12/43.

Dec. 1944.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2718]

 

I personally think it's a shame that the accordion fell out of style in America. It's an amazing instrument.

Big polka fan eh?

[NWBuck 8511]

On 5/4/2019 at 5:12 AM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

Big polka fan eh?

[ImissWallyPryor 9044]

On 5/4/2019 at 6:10 AM, Armybrat said:

Dec. 1944.

So, your mom fought the Battle of The Bulge?

[bamachine 1227]

^Boo, hiss

[Armybrat 40464]

4 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

So, your mom fought the Battle of The Bulge?

It kept my dad from getting killed there. Delayed his departure from Fort Benning for Strasbourg by a week, so he missed the incident where his fellow battalion offers were caught in a German artillery barrage when their plane arrived near that city. Half of them were killed immediately.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

On 5/3/2019 at 7:22 PM, Underdog said:

He DID start the fire!

[Armybrat 40464]

3 hours ago, Armybrat said:

It kept my dad from getting killed there. Delayed his departure from Fort Benning for Strasbourg by a week, so he missed the incident where his fellow battalion offers were caught in a German artillery barrage when their plane arrived near that city. Half of them were killed immediately.

*Officers* 

[Brisketexan 103142]

Today, needing a quick lunch at my desk, I surrendered and procured a Quizno's italian (a tolerable sandwich, but just that -- tolerable).  I saw a new menu item -- they have tater tots!  So I ordered a side of tater tots.  From Quiznos.  Which takes a handful of those little disc-shaped tots, tosses them in a plastic bowl, and runs them through their conveyer belt oven to "crisp" them a bit.

Each bite tasted like defeat and failure.

And I ate them all, because I deserved it.

[Sbbruin 21567]

On 5/3/2019 at 4:32 PM, El Diablo said:

I got to disagree on this one, not all Zydeco is created equal.

 

Nor were all Buckwheats created equal.

 

[happyfunball 481]

I showed my wife a few posts on the thread “stupid shit wives...” and most she did not understand why the wife’s actions were dumb.

I feel like I will be contributing to that thread soon.

[ABSR 5266]

1 minute ago, happyfunball said:

I showed my wife a few posts on the thread “stupid shit wives...” and most she did not understand why the wife’s actions were dumb.

I feel like I will be contributing to that thread soon.

First rule of Surly....

[SHOOTER12 8766]

1 hour ago, happyfunball said:

I showed my wife a few posts on the thread “stupid shit wives...” and most she did not understand why the wife’s actions were dumb.

I feel like I will be contributing to that thread soon.

You just did...

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3826]

On 5/3/2019 at 1:30 PM, Armybrat said:

I took accordion lessons in 1956.

Can you show us on this doll where Lawrence Welk touched you?

[Guest Lobo]

Welk, you can take the girl out of the finger lakes but you can't take the finger lakes...

[SHOOTER12 8766]

3 hours ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

Can you show us on this doll where Lawrence Welk touched you?

Right in the bubble of course...

[SHOOTER12 8766]

8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Today, needing a quick lunch at my desk, I surrendered and procured a Quizno's italian (a tolerable sandwich, but just that -- tolerable).  I saw a new menu item -- they have tater tots!  So I ordered a side of tater tots.  From Quiznos.  Which takes a handful of those little disc-shaped tots, tosses them in a plastic bowl, and runs them through their conveyer belt oven to "crisp" them a bit.

Each bite tasted like defeat and failure.

And I ate them all, because I deserved it.

Should have just listened to a polka on the accordion and had a danger dog from 7-11.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

9 hours ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

Can you show us on this doll where Lawrence Welk touched you?

In the one & in the two...

[Helobious 9393]

I've listened to "Get into the Groove" by Madonna almost every day the past several weeks. And I'm a straight male.

I'm sorry that I know a great song when I hear one. 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

12 hours ago, Helobious said:

I've listened to "Get into the Groove" by Madonna almost every day the past several weeks. And I'm a straight male.

[Fudge Nuggets 18825]

14 hours ago, Helobious said:

I've listened to "Get into the Groove" by Madonna almost every day the past several weeks. And I'm a straight male.

I'm sorry that I know a great song when I hear one. 

I'm a bit partial to "Lucky Star"

 

 

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

I have Chacarron by El Chombo on my phone at all times.

[mulletpelini 5206]

On 5/7/2019 at 4:38 PM, Brisketexan said:

Today, needing a quick lunch at my desk, I surrendered and procured a Quizno's italian (a tolerable sandwich, but just that -- tolerable).  I saw a new menu item -- they have tater tots!  So I ordered a side of tater tots.  From Quiznos.  Which takes a handful of those little disc-shaped tots, tosses them in a plastic bowl, and runs them through their conveyer belt oven to "crisp" them a bit.

Each bite tasted like defeat and failure.

And I ate them all, because I deserved it.

If only they made women like you, that'd be great.

[WhatTheBuck 28574]

8 minutes ago, mulletpelini said:

If only they made women like you, that'd be great.

i figure, I lower my standards from time to time. Why can't they?

[SKJ 1298]

I feel like I shouldn't be alive. 

I have died 3x in life and I'm always kind of, how should I say, not caring if I die... Like feeling that death wasn't all that bad...

 

[workswithseed 2012]

13 minutes ago, SKJ said:

I feel like I shouldn't be alive. 

I have died 3x in life and I'm always kind of, how should I say, not caring if I die... Like feeling that death wasn't all that bad...

 

That's embarrassing?

[mulletpelini 5206]

It's a book if you're Nikki Sixx

[NBMisha 224]

It is a novel humble brag, I will grant.

[SKJ 1298]

5 hours ago, workswithseed said:

That's embarrassing?

I've always thought that I was the only one who thought this outside of depressed, or even worse, suicidal people.

For years I wondered if I was depressed. 

[52-80 18962]

microwave, radio, rice cooker, etc.  all these devices in the kitchen have fucking lcd clocks on them.  and my age has reached a point where i have to accept that i dont know how to set the time on half of them.

[Asithappens 974]

The song "Pressure Drop" was written by Toots Hibbert (of Toots and the Maytals), who also coined the term "reggae" (reggay).

 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

6 minutes ago, Asithappens said:

The song "Pressure Drop" was written by Toots Hibbert (of Toots and the Maytals), who also coined the term "reggae" (reggay).

 

And this embarrasses you how?

[El Diablo 4232]

11 hours ago, 52-80 said:

microwave, radio, rice cooker, etc.  all these devices in the kitchen have fucking lcd clocks on them.  and my age has reached a point where i have to accept that i dont know how to set the time on half of them.

I don't know that I've ever used a microwave oven on any other setting than full blast. Goddamn thing has about 40 pre-sets, adjustable power, wifi, HDMI, you name it. No thanks.

[ChickenSandwich 9749]

10 hours ago, El Diablo said:

I don't know that I've ever used a microwave oven on any other setting than full blast. Goddamn thing has about 40 pre-sets, adjustable power, wifi, HDMI, you name it. No thanks.

I just hit the 30second button until desired amount of time reached. Fuck all those other buttons 

[52-80 18962]

17 hours ago, El Diablo said:

I don't know that I've ever used a microwave oven on any other setting than full blast. Goddamn thing has about 40 pre-sets, adjustable power, wifi, HDMI, you name it. No thanks.

how many USB ports?

[El Diablo 4232]

9 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

how many USB ports?

Beats me, I'll have to ask the AI toaster.

[CooterBrown 17695]

I just hit the 30second button until desired amount of time reached. Fuck all those other buttons 

I even use the 30 second button when I need 10 seconds. It’s arguably the biggest advancement in microwave design since the day they were released.

[Fudge Nuggets 18825]

7 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

I just hit the 30second button until desired amount of time reached. Fuck all those other buttons 

Set it on five minutes.  When you smell the food hit stop.  99% of the time it's done.

[WhatTheBuck 28574]

Microwave burn is a thing. When I'm reheating leftovers, particularly Chinese food, I take it slow at a lower setting. Meat, veggies, and mushrooms all reheat at different rates. The #4 setting on my microwave alternates between 16 seconds on and 16 seconds off. I wrap my dish in plastic wrap and give it a few minutes on 4. Then I'll let it sit and steam for a couple minutes, give it a stir, then repeat the process. Then I'll give it a final zap for 30 seconds to make sure it's good and hot and stays good and hot. 

I'm still pissed that my last order of Hunan Chicken only had three mushrooms in it. 

[Walden Ponderer 12638]

I rarely let people see what's in my music mix, because I have pretty much every song in the catalog of a one-hit wonder band, except of course for the one hit. But dammit, Katrina and the Waves was a goddamned great pub band once upon a time. And guitarist Kimberly Rew wrote a whole slew of great stuff as a solo artist, too, not to mention his work with Soft Boys (along with Robyn Hitchcock, who was himself great).