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tomierna's Avatar Picture tomierna (Admin) – December 07, 2007 08:50PM Reply Quote
Hell, it was a popular icebreaker on the ancien boards ...

Get up close and personal with excruciating details of your quotidien
existence!

How's your dirty laundry?



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dharlow – October 15, 2011 08:26AM Reply Quote
I used to buy from them all the time, been a few years thought.

ddt – October 15, 2011 11:18AM Reply Quote
Aw, I loved ordering from them! They'd always include a tiny plastic dog with every order.

There's some good roads and views near Putney and Killington, Mr. Cooper. Let your mom's grandkids go run and exhaust themselves.

ddt

El Jeffe – October 16, 2011 04:26AM Reply Quote
What a journey.
Not the least bit surprising to me. Having lived in Chicago, I always thought it had the worst traffic.

http://www.carbuzz.com/infographic-traffic-jams.aspx

Jeff Cooper – October 16, 2011 05:05AM Reply Quote
Interesting. I'm surprised New York isn't higher on the list--I've always thought it was a nightmare. But I'm not surprised Chicago's the worst. I run into traffic trying to drive to Chicago on a Saturday morning.

We're very fortunate in Indianapolis--our traffic is laughable to anyone coming from a large coastal city (or Chicago).

John Willoughby – October 16, 2011 12:03PM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
I can vouch for Washington, D.C.'s mess. I imagine Dave Loudin would back me up. Reno's not bad, though it's been getting worse.

Madaracs – October 16, 2011 12:12PM Reply Quote
Ooh! Scary! Scary! Don't we look mean? You can't see me! But I can see you!
I can vent here right? 6 Years since my dad passed. With all that's going on kinda wish he were around.

El Jeffe – October 16, 2011 02:26PM Reply Quote
What a journey.
6 years for me, too. Me, too. Miss him.

El Jeffe – October 16, 2011 02:42PM Reply Quote
What a journey.
Not local local, but Indy Car has a lot of attention here regardless of where they run.
Absolutely horrible crash. And one dead as far as I know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcAZ7I_lk7M

ddt – October 16, 2011 03:57PM Reply Quote
Condolences to both of you, even after all this time.

ddt

Dave Loudin – October 16, 2011 04:34PM Reply Quote
Found where it's at!
DC traffic IS the pits. A couple of megaprojects fixed some nasty bottlenecks, but there are other Beltway projects going on. It is possible with nighttime construction to have to come to a complete stop at 1 AM.

ddt – October 20, 2011 12:57PM Reply Quote
3.9 quake! And I'd guessed, since it started with what felt impact-y, that it was the closest (Hayward) fault. USGS says: about 1km from me horizontally, about 9km vertically. Wheee!

ddt

John Willoughby – October 20, 2011 02:18PM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Didn't feel it here. I'm glad; it takes a big one to reach this far from SF.

Mokers (Moderator) – October 21, 2011 06:09AM Reply Quote
Formerly Remy Martin
I barely felt the second quake. Thought somebody was moving furniture upstairs. Have to see if my renter's policy includes earthquakes...

ddt – October 21, 2011 06:56AM Reply Quote
Did something break? Sorry to hear.

But usually they don't... in most of CA, earthquake insurance is an expensive add-on for homeowners.

ddt

John Willoughby – October 21, 2011 07:24AM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Happy Trafalgar Day!

(Sorry about that, Spaniard lurkers.)

El Jeffe – October 21, 2011 07:51AM Reply Quote
What a journey.
Trafalgar's square is in the movie we went to last night, Captain America.
I had NO IDEA that movie ended like it does, though.
Puts this in perspective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZQfDIDehHk

And I want to see Devil's Double.

Jeff Cooper – October 21, 2011 05:20PM Reply Quote
The FFA convention is in town. Downtown Indianapolis never looks more fresh-faced and clean-scrubbed than it does this weekend each year.

El Jeffe – October 21, 2011 06:53PM Reply Quote
What a journey.
yeah, I agree. We headed into Burger King yesterday for lunch. I told the kids, "This should be a nice crowd - all FFA jackets"
My kids had never seen or paid attention to them before.

Cloudscout – October 21, 2011 07:06PM Reply Quote
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Last Saturday I was at my cousin's wedding in Des Moines. The reception was held in the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny.

El Jeffe – October 22, 2011 02:34AM Reply Quote
What a journey.
Looks like a pretty nice place, really.

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