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Today's FGVOTD is what we consider in the FGVOTD biz as a total no-brainer.
Yesterday's Open Thread went from discussing David Carradine to paying tribute to Michael Hutchence and INXS and then exploded into one giant homage to '80s music, which I absolutely love.
Even Mr. B got in on the action.
The Cure was mentioned a few times.
It's Friday.
"I don't care if Mondays black
Tuesday, Wednesday - heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSmfNxmaQHc
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:17 AM
Morning Biffy :) How the hell are ya? I'm the 'early bird' in this office...no one shows up until 9:45 (thus giving me a few moments to play PLUSA) so my 9am arrival is considered stellar :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at June 5, 2009 9:22 AM
The OT was posted at 9:15. Why did it take you an additional 2 minutes to get this up?? Nonfarm Worker Productivity was announced yesterday and went up from 1.2% to 1.6% but apparently not at the FGVOTD Department. Wages will be docked and benefits cut.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:24 AM
The band is The Cure but why does the drum say "The Cures?"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:26 AM
biff that is one of the worst cure songs ever. with the rain and all, this would have been more better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQKy4-_RiMk
Posted by: randolph at June 5, 2009 9:27 AM
9:45, Snappy????? Do you work for the government????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:27 AM
The economy is going to be in great shape by xmas.
9% inflation
7% unemployment
we will have traded our problems, one 4 another
Posted by: cdw234 at June 5, 2009 9:28 AM
Honestly, Biff, how DO you do it? Does Mister B give you a head's up? Or are you in perpetual morning "DIBS!" mode (and by that I do not mean Dave, I mean "dibs on the front seat")
Posted by: Nokilissa at June 5, 2009 9:28 AM
Hey Snappy, nice to see you so bright and early. Are you as bummed as me that Serena was knocked out of the French Open?
DIBS, you get what you pay for. I do the FGVOTD not for the money, but out of the goodness of my heart (and because I'm a Four Star PLUSA).
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:29 AM
randi, we covered rain songs about 6 weeks ago. Please try and keep up.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:30 AM
Nokilissa, as the old Calgon commercials used to proclaim:
"Ancient Chinese secret."
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:31 AM
Dave, nope, not the gubment...just people who love to sleep in!
Biff, Serena's early exit was a dissapointment...now there's no one to drool over :(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at June 5, 2009 9:31 AM
Randi needs to find someone to love him.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:31 AM
Or her.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:32 AM
Nikilissa...we always went for "dibs on the middle" in between my parents!!!! Then there was always the "way back" of the station...great because the "long arm of the law" could never reach that far back to swat you!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:32 AM
biff, i'm fine with mrs champion soon to be mrs. clown suit
Posted by: randolph at June 5, 2009 9:33 AM
All right folks...time for me to start earning the $$$...chat with you all later :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at June 5, 2009 9:33 AM
"dibs on the middle"
Otherwise known as "monkey in the middle"?
(Sorry, how can we resist such a setup?)
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:34 AM
"The band is The Cure but why does the drum say "The Cures?"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:26 AM"
To stop people from stealing it. The apostrophe is very small but it actually reads "The Cure's" (and then "do not steal" in very small text underneath it)
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 9:34 AM
station wagon
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:34 AM
Hey DIBS, only 345,000 people got fired in May - let's have a party!
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 9:34 AM
okay, big obnoxious umbrellas today caused me to not probably go into detail about asking my DQOTD (dumb question of the day) because i have to rant first about huuuuuuuuuge umbrellas. does anyone else find them as annoying as i do? a huge umbrella that can house a family of 10 should not be used unless you are 5000 pounds and it's a thunderstorm. not on a single person. and if you insist on using your big obnoxious umbrella at least LOOK where youre walking. and also, there is no need to use an umbrella when it's a slight mist out and not even raining. just cuz the ground is wet doesnt mean you need an umbrella. and if youre wearing sweat pants and a tshirt, you REALLY dont need to be protecting your clothes from a slight drizzle.
okay, seriously my DQOTD.
where does a 32 year old man buy normal people clothes? I have not boughten (yeah i said boughten shut up) clothes NEW from a store in probably close to 15 years (except for dainties such as underwear and socks). 95 percent of my wardrobe is work inappropriate. 90 percent is just plain inappropriate for walking around in the general public (according to my BFF kristy who confronted me a few weeks ago about my clothes). I've only boughten things in thrift stores but these days it's harder and harder to find good salvation armies and goodwills cuz of the gnats that infest them in the mornings and steal all the good stuff to sell in their overpriced "thrift stores". im looking at YOU williamsburg and bushwick! anyway, it doesnt matter. i need to find a good source to buy clothes that i dont look like an idiot.
when i say budget i mean like maybe a step up from Kmart / wallmart. (fyi does anyone remember back 20 years ago or so Lay-Away programs?) lol before credit cards (i think) where you'd put money down and get your clothes when youd pay it off? i think that's how i got most of my back to school clothes. my grandmother would work in the summers at the local pool and do a lay away thingie. ahhahaha. also, if kmart and wallmart has decent clothes, im fine with that. im just retail clothing phobic (seriously). i get really terrified when i go into a clothing store. maybe i need a personal shopper? an ambush makeover? im up for anything. also what is the avg. price for mens jeans? i feel like if a pair of jeans is the price of a new video game (50-60 bux) im like omg NO way. but now im learning that i am 100 percent sure id get more use out of a pair of 50 dollar jeans than a 50 dollar video game, since i buy video games and never play them anyway!
HELP ME PEOPLE! I need to fix my wardrobe and be a normal 32 year old man! Also id rather advice from straight guys and straight women and gay women. If youre a gay man, im probably not going to listen to your fashion advice, cuz i dont wanna go there. and i bet this is the first time in your life a gay man is asking for fashion advice.! on that, i say to you, stop stereotyping people.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 9:35 AM
Good morning folks;
It's time for my weekly trivia quiz. This one goes to my engineering roots:
When Brooklyn was an independent city, it had its own water supply system. It had an elaborate supply system that drew water from lakes and aquifers in Nassau County. This system was eventually abandoned when Brooklyn was incorporated into NYC near the turn of the 20th century. However, parts of this system are memorialized in the names of places and streets, such as "Aqueduct" race track and "Conduit" Ave.
Today's trivia quiz concerns another street that is named after a part of this system. Arguably, it is the strangest street name in NYC, if not the entire country. What is the name of this street, where is it located, and what is the meaning of its name?
Bonus trivia question: as long as we're on the subject of Brooklyn public works, here is another trivia question. The City of Brooklyn also had its own garbage landfill (actually, it wasn't owned by the city, it was owned by a private concern that had an exclusive license with Brooklyn). Where was this landfill located, what was built over it, and who was in charge of this improvement?
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 9:35 AM
Thank you for that chicken.
If you ever want to chat back and forth solely about investment stuff email me your Bloomberg MSG contact info
DJL135e54@yahoo.com
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:35 AM
Randi, I know you would be more than fine with her, but unfortunately you missed her memo telling you that the only laugh you could ever elicit was at the moment you disrobe.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:36 AM
The party is going on in the market, chicken. Look at the chart for that data series and the chart for the continuing claims!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:37 AM
Benson - I'm guessing Conduit.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 9:40 AM
hey yo yo yo
https://www.dunkindonuts.com/
Free donut w/purchase of beverage today!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 9:40 AM
"where does a 32 year old man buy normal people clothes?"
uniqlo. like the gap or old navy but japanese and better. on broadway and prince.
Posted by: randolph at June 5, 2009 9:40 AM
Rob - Most of my wardrobe is from when I was in high school or is "hand-me-ups" from nieces. Do you have any relatives who stay so with-it that their old stuff is really good as new? Pick a classic look & stick w/ it. I'm told that Marshall's has good stuff too.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 9:42 AM
"Thank you for that chicken.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:35 AM"
It may, in fact, be something that I completely made up....
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 9:44 AM
"it is the strangest street name in NYC"
strange is not a factual definition, therefore this question is impossible to answer.
anyway, i'm going with gay st. in brooklyn heights.
Posted by: randolph at June 5, 2009 9:44 AM
Arkady and Randolph;
Bzzzzzz. Sorry, not correct. Believe me, when you read the name of this street, you will agree that it is the strangest you've ever heard.
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 9:46 AM
"[Rob's entire post]
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 9:35 AM"
Quite possibly the weirdest thing I have read this week!
When you say "normal person clothes" do you mean "normal person work clothes" or "normal person casual clothes"?
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 9:46 AM
btw i just contributed to a thread and someone agreed with me. first time for everything i guess.
Posted by: randolph at June 5, 2009 9:47 AM
Rob - hit up the levis store and uniqlo on your lunch break.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 9:49 AM
Rob - I get you on the umbrella situation - however NY'ers don't know how to use them properly.
Also what's with all the dumb girls walking around today in flip flops and skirts
um hello it's 62 and RAINING!!!!
ugh!
Posted by: gemini10 at June 5, 2009 9:50 AM
Rob,
Loehmann's in Chelsea or on the UWS (not so much for jeans etc but OK for slightly more formal stuff).
Macy's always has some stuff on sale - very variable but some of it can be good.
I'm sure Target, Kmart, Kohl's etc are fine for some stuff.
Old Navy not good quality but cheap.
Posted by: etson at June 5, 2009 9:50 AM
"The party is going on in the market, chicken.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:37 AM"
Oh, I'm definitely partying on down over here. It's just that I'm the guy stood in the corner wondering when the cops are going to come busting in...
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 9:51 AM
Today's Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster is kibitzer:
Meaning: one who looks on and often offers unwanted advice or comment; broadly : one who offers opinions.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:53 AM
DIBS,
Re: your exchange with snappy about lawyer start times, litigators are notorious for a late start to the day. They hate 9:30 court conferences and tend to show up late at the office. Not like you folks in the securities world. In my early days, I did some securities litigation at a big firm -- we could never find a good time to meet with the traders who worked for our clients. They were always going home right when we were finally figuring out what we wanted to ask them about. They kept asking why we couldn't meet them before 6am. We kept asking why they wouldn't meet with us at 4:30 pm. We also had to dress casual, because if we walked onto the trading floor in our suits, they would think we were from the SEC and freak out (not that they had any reason to, of course).
Posted by: slopefarm at June 5, 2009 9:53 AM
Sorry, Benson. I was in such a dash to answer I didn't even see that you'd mentioned Conduit in the question. My new guess is Marginal.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 9:55 AM
I have a very sexist rant regarding umbrellas....Most women should not be allowed to use umbrellas. they are mechanical devices and, as such, are foreign to women's cognitive powers. They don't know how to raise them when walking by people, typically keep them so low that their heads are buried and they always knock into people. Also, the open and close them inappropriately without looking out for others. It's my biggest sexist rant along with women who don't open their handbags and start the process of digging out their purses to pay at the checkout line until they are told what the final amount is. ARRRGGGGHHHHH
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:55 AM
"Gaylord Drive"
Bzzzzz. Sorry, wrong answer. Hmmm, not many guesses this week. Rob's clothing question has usurped my trivia quiz.
Any more guesses?
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 9:56 AM
just pinged your yahoo DIBS
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 9:57 AM
You've gotta be right, dh.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 9:57 AM
I replied..."ping" my BBRG
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:59 AM
quote:
uniqlo. like the gap or old navy but japanese and better. on broadway and prince
i work on the same block as uniqlo. no thanks. i did however get a 50 dollar gift card there from my ex boyfriend a while back and i think i wound up just buying 50 dollars worth of socks. which was nice. nice socks. different colors and stuff. but i lose them fast.
uniqlo is kinda lame tho, i dont know. i want to stay away from stores like that, and especially H&M, TopShop, etc. i feel like those stores are for people who are adult propers who just try too hard but don't have enough money to afford the really coold stuff (no offense to shoppers from there).
i want to blend in and be unnoticed in what i wear. but i want clean clothes and to be presentable. lol i cant believe im saying this
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 9:59 AM
Combining the talk about lawyers getting up late with yesterday's Open Thread discussion on stupid questions, I began to wonder about the sleeping patterns of sharks. My question was whether or not sharks sleep and, if so, how do they swim while sleeping? I was surprised to learn that scientists are still unsure about this.
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/b_sleep.htm
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 9:59 AM
Dibs, just yesterday I was behind a guy w/ a full cart who only dug into his pockets after all the stuff was bagged! I agree that lots of little old ladies & idiot housewives do it too but it's not a gender issue - it's stupidity.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 10:00 AM
Oh my god, Rob, I would SO love to take you shopping. I am the Goddess of reasonably priced, hip but work-appropriate clothing for men. I will get you started with Century 21, Filene's Basement (you have to dig a bit) and Loehman's. But you'd be surprised at the great sales they have going at JCrew and Banana for men right now.
Posted by: Nokilissa at June 5, 2009 10:02 AM
Benson,
I'm skipping to the bonus question: The landfill is now Prospect Park. Olmstead & Vaux.
As for strangest street name, I'm going with 17th Street, because it is three blocks from 16th Street.
Posted by: slopefarm at June 5, 2009 10:02 AM
Sharks do not get cancer. This has remained a mystery too.
Uniqlo is owned by the Japanese company Fast Retailing (9983) and has always been a very volatile stock based on monthly same store sales data.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:03 AM
"FORCE TUBE AVE!"
Ding, Ding, Ding, we have a winner!!!!
Yes, there is a street in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn with the name "Force Tube Ave"!!! Now, you've got to admit, that is the strangest street name you've heard.
What does it mean? The water from Long Island was brought to Brooklyn via conduits and aqueducts, and then stored in Ridgewood Reservoir up on the Cypress Hills (yes, they are really hills). So, in order to pump the water up to the reservoir, a "Force Tube" was employed. It ran along today's "Force Tube Ave".
As to the bonus trivia question: Brooklyn's garbage dump was at the site of the present day Flushing Meadows park. This site was turned into the park in the late 1930's by Robert Moses, in preparation for the 1939 World's Fair. The old Brooklyn Dump is immortalized in F. Scot Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby".
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 10:03 AM
Biff - Go to the Cave of the Sleeping Sharks on Isla Mujeres near Cancun - they feel safe there & go into a kind of sleep while the currents keep them oxygenated.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 10:03 AM
Arkady, I've been to Cancun, but not to the Cave of the Sleeping Sharks. Thanks, that's interesting.
Next question:
Why is it that when someone tells you that there’s billions of stars in the universe, you believe them. But if they tell you there’s wet paint somewhere you have to touch it?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:05 AM
chicken, Biff and m4l...here's the Wikepedia entry for my ex Chinese partner's grandfather...He was a general in China and his face is literally "on the money" even old gold coins!!!!
I have a very interesting WWII story about the family in HK when the Japanese invaded..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Jiyao
I was with my ex partner from 1993-1998.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:06 AM
DIBS - jumping into meeting but got your msg. Will ping you when out.
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 10:06 AM
was "flushing Avenue" part of the original sewer system?
I always thought Conduit Avenue meant that it was a conduit to the Belt Parkway. It is the best secret way to get to the airport from anywhere in Brooklyn.
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 10:06 AM
Okay, Rob, also, check out Bluefly.com and Shopstyle.com sales and, sometimes, regularly priced stuff. Very well edited and can be as inexpensive as Gap and JCrew. But this stuff is well made and will last a hell of a lot longer than Old Navy/Gap/Kohls etc.
Posted by: Nokilissa at June 5, 2009 10:07 AM
I always think of filling going into sausage casings when I go on Force Tube.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 10:09 AM
I'm scared to hear what DIBS thinks about when he goes on Force Tube.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:09 AM
Force Tube Avenue gives me an immediate visual of the nightmare producing scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in which the chubby child is sucked up into the clear acrylic chocolate tube...
Posted by: Nokilissa at June 5, 2009 10:10 AM
Dibs:
I couldn't agree with you more!
Women believe YOU should just move out of the way for them as they plow right through with their umbrella at eye level
it's the same as the woman who barges through a door when you are just about to open it for yourself
and I will go on the record - yes it's true most women are horrible drivers!
I'm a woman btw!
Posted by: gemini10 at June 5, 2009 10:10 AM
Arkady...yes, it's not really limited to women. I was being snarky. There are some stupid men out there, just harder to find :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:10 AM
I mentioned monkeys earlier:
If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:12 AM
i have issues with people who "show up late" i find that most people who "show up late" have an air of superiority and that they get off on showing up late. i find it obnoxious and rude. i am always on time. im like Pekkle from hello kitty. "on time, off balance". i find it better to always be on time, even if youre not balanced than be balanced but late.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 10:12 AM
Rob there are very nice consignments shops (second hand clothes) in Brooklyn. Try the one on Montague Street first.
Also go to Century 21 across from the World Trade Center site, there is also one in Bay Ridge but the one in Manhattan is actually more convenient to Park Slope. There is also Macy's at the Fulton Mall, they have good sales sometimes and their clothes are very "regular".
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 10:12 AM
wohoo!!! i win!
i just went to google maps and followed conduit ave and looked for the weirdest street name
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 10:13 AM
"im like Pekkle from hello kitty."
I feel so old. Whenever I use a character to compare my feelings to, it's usually someone from a 1970s sitcom.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:13 AM
Sam, ixnay on the onduitcay. You are right, it was the best kept secret way to JFK (not to mention Robert Moses, etc.), at least until you spilled the beans.
Posted by: slopefarm at June 5, 2009 10:14 AM
quote from dibs:
I have a very sexist rant regarding umbrellas....Most women should not be allowed to use umbrellas. they are mechanical devices and, as such, are foreign to women's cognitive powers. They don't know how to raise them when walking by people, typically keep them so low that their heads are buried and they always knock into people. Also, the open and close them inappropriately without looking out for others. It's my biggest sexist rant along with women who don't open their handbags and start the process of digging out their purses to pay at the checkout line until they are told what the final amount is. ARRRGGGGHHHHH
i semi agree with that. but i find metrosexual men even worse than the women when it comes to umbrellas.\
also, umbrellas are lame. big woop if you get a little wet.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 10:14 AM
Rob, in certain circles being on time is being late. You need to be there at least ten minutes before the time of the appointment.
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 10:15 AM
Rob;
I agree with Sam's recommendations. In addition, there is a local men's clothing shop in Park Slope on the corner of 5th Ave and 7th or 8th street (I forgot which, but it is right on the corner, you can't miss it). They are reasonably priced, and have a good slection.
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 10:15 AM
Dibs - That's because stupid women are doing the shopping for their idiotic men.
And it's men who are more likely to have those huge golf umbrellas that they pop open as they come up out of the subway after they've poked someone's eye out w/ the ferrule on top. (And that's after they've whapped a dozen people in the train.)
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 10:16 AM
Biff, you need grandkids to help you keep young.
Oops, did that just make you feel old?
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 10:17 AM
I third Uniqlo but Rob says he doesn't like it. Uniqlo quality is good for the (new) price, as Rob discovered with the socks. Plenty of generic looking basics there, you don't have to wear the wierd stuff (like, you know, the awesome '80s retro pastel plaids from Opening Ceremony).
Marshalls also good, I second that. Also Century 21, especially on sale. Their men's is the best.
You will find better quality used menswear in the turnabout and charity thrift shops of the Upper East Side. Housing Works is excellent.
I've also had great luck with Etsy's vintage clothes, but it may not be right for men looking to "blend in." You can sometimes get good bargains on eBay, but I also find there's always something wrong with the item I didn't know about (smell, etc.) that makes it unwearable.
Garage sales? Free boxes? Oh right you already tried that. There's some really cheap places in Bushwick but it's probably not worth the trip out.
Buying new clothes is the fastest way to destroy your budget though. Used is better.
Posted by: mopar at June 5, 2009 10:17 AM
quote:
Oh my god, Rob, I would SO love to take you shopping. I am the Goddess of reasonably priced, hip but work-appropriate clothing for men. I will get you started with Century 21, Filene's Basement (you have to dig a bit) and Loehman's. But you'd be surprised at the great sales they have going at JCrew and Banana for men right now.
YES!!!! i would love that :)
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 10:18 AM
sam, I still have my kids to keep young...although they are making me age very quickly.
Next stupid question for all to ignore:
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:18 AM
Biff, bread.
cant complain it aint sliced when there's no bread to eat b4 then
Posted by: more4less at June 5, 2009 10:21 AM
M4L, that is a great answer. I think you're right.
Next:
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:22 AM
There's both a J Crew and a Banana republic near me in Rockefeller Plaza. i always though banana was way overpriced for what it is and J crew was far more reasonable.
If you religiously go to Syms (there's one at park & 54) you can actually find real nice clothes at incredibly low prices. I bought a Karl Lagerfeld cashmere/wool suit once for about $230
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:24 AM
I am on a trivia rage today.
Tying it into Rob's question.....
What stretch of a long street in Brooklyn was once "the" location in Brooklyn for men's clothing stores?
I should restrain myself, I'm going to run out of trivia.
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 10:24 AM
Dibs and Gemini,
Another in agreement. I call it the Women's Stealth Umbrella Wars everytime it rains. And I always feel like a rube as I walk along with my arm upstretched to get the umbrella to above-head height, meanwhile women continually come within an inch of my eye with their umbrella spokes, nary an apology or a backwards glance in sight. (Men really don't do this for the most part in my experience) And I think again about how much I dislike so much about women sometimes.
Posted by: Nokilissa at June 5, 2009 10:24 AM
Speaking of bread, have we heard from boofer yet?
Posted by: HmmWhichNeighborhood at June 5, 2009 10:24 AM
Biff - If a masochist asks to be hit & a sadist does it is the masochist unhappy because his wish was granted?
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 10:24 AM
DIBS, continuing from yesterday OT. the 0.5 dialect is mandarin. I read only some of the chinese characters cause I came to the states pretty young hence had to be self taught reading the characters
Posted by: more4less at June 5, 2009 10:24 AM
Original Penguin has super cheap sample sales. Short sleeve shirts for $8, long sleeve for $12. Cash only. But maybe it's too hipster looking.
Posted by: mopar at June 5, 2009 10:25 AM
"If you religiously go to Syms (there's one at park & 54) you can actually find real nice clothes at incredibly low prices."
Rob, would you like to borrow my tefillin and tallith?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:25 AM
J Crew is actually insanely expensive now. 100 bucks for jeans? 30 bucks for a tshirt? no thanks.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 10:25 AM
Biff, I remember 60's sitcoms "F Troop" McHale's Navy" "The Munsters" and which was the one (a comedy!) set in a Nazi prisoner of war camp?
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 10:25 AM
quote:
Rob, in certain circles being on time is being late. You need to be there at least ten minutes before the time of the appointment.
when i say im on time, i am always early. very early. id rather wait around. ive gotten laughed at at job interviews for being waaaaay to early and sent outside and have to wait in au bon pains and stuff lol. i agree with you. just on time, to the dot, IS late. because you need time to settle.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 10:26 AM
m4l...go up to my 10:06 post and check out my ex's grandfather!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:26 AM
Hogan's heroes
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:27 AM
Speaking of bread:
How did a fool and his money get together?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:27 AM
Sam;
Hogan's Heros!
Remember the fat Nazi guard (I think his name was Schultz?).
"I know nothing!"
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 10:28 AM
benson, being part german I take offense to Hogan's heroes. They portryaed the germans as fools and that's disrespectful. Never mind that they have a history of starting land wars in Europe. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:31 AM
How about people using umbrellas when it is snowing?
I always thought that was a southern thing. People in the north don't use umbrellas when it snows. They use hats. I think many New Yorkers are really secret southerners.
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 10:31 AM
sam, I grew up on Batman, Leave it To Beaver, The Munsters, Addams Family, etc. But they were all in reruns when I saw them.
Arkady, since the definision of masochism is "the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation", I would say the masochist would be happy he or she was hit. I think the suffering contemplated in the definition is from the actual pain received, not from the denial of one's wishes.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:31 AM
Make that "definition"
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:32 AM
Good 60s shows - TW3, Laugh-In
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 10:32 AM
DIBS, I don't know answer to that. I haven't been back to China since I fled that communist country to this "Golden Mountain"
Posted by: more4less at June 5, 2009 10:32 AM
"How about people using umbrellas when it is snowing?"
Last week, my kids laughed at a woman who used her umbrella to block out the sun. Little did they know their maternal ancestors all do that.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:33 AM
There's some indication that david carradine's hanging was not a suicide and might have been part of some sexual asphyxiation thing. After all it was in bangkok.
I need to call my policeman friend over there and get the straight poop.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:33 AM
But the dumbest show ever was "my mother the car" I felt sorry for Jerry Van Dyke because he had to live in the shadow of his incredibly talented brother and then he was cast in such a dumb show.
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 10:34 AM
Biff - So it's a success not a failure?
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 10:36 AM
Don't know the answer to what, m4l??? I was pointing you towards the Wikipedia description of my ex-Chinese partner's grandfather...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Jiyao
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:38 AM
Biff;
Going back to your evolution question: I don't believe in the Theory of Evolution. Why? Simple: take a look at a Moose. Can anybody explain to me why any species would evolve into Moose? If you've ever seen a Moose up close, you know what I mean. Simply the ugliest, clumsiest animal that could possibly exist. Again I ask, why would anything evolve into a Moose???
Also, for the fans of 60's TV shows, here is the great cultural dividing line: which show did you prefer: The Munsters or The Adams Family?
Put me in the Munster's camp.
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 10:38 AM
Other '60s shows I watched as a kid...no wonder I'm such a mess:
Flintstones
Get Smart
Jetsons
The Monkees
Gilligan's Island
Carol Burnett
Bewitched
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Mod Squad
Andy Griffith
I Dream of Jeanie
Green Acres
Dick Van Dyke Show
Brady Bunch
Courtship of Eddie's Father
Beverly Hillbillies
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:40 AM
"Last week, my kids laughed at a woman who used her umbrella to block out the sun. Little did they know their maternal ancestors all do that."
I'll rock a parasol if I'm going to be outside for a long period of time in the sun - i sunburn way too easily and sun screen lotion doesn't always work.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 10:40 AM
benson...how would we have Bullwinkle & Rocky if it were not for the evolution of the moose???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:41 AM
benson, you just reminded me that my list should have included Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:42 AM
Lost In Space
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:44 AM
Biff, are all these koans meant to honor David Carradine? I might have missed it, but no one really paid tribute to Kung Fu on the OT yesterday (lots of talk of suicides and 80s bands). I bet we could get some agreement from DIBS and what on that one. Can anyone in the 40-50 age range who has ever meditated say they were free from that show's influence?
Posted by: slopefarm at June 5, 2009 10:44 AM
Benson - You're approaching it the wrong way. Moose evolved so Native Americans could feed & clothe themselves.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 10:45 AM
The Rifleman.
As a young child I was IN LOVE with Johnny Crawford who played the Rifleman's son...
http://www.riflemansrifle.com/johnny.htm
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:45 AM
This clip Perfectly explains evolution vs. creation (and it's Fall over Funny).
http://www.hulu.com/watch/54634/family-guy-evolution-vs-creation
Posted by: TownhouseLady at June 5, 2009 10:47 AM
"If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:12 AM"
Because they used to be the fish.
"I need to call my policeman friend over there and get the straight poop.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:33 AM"
If he's a friend of yours, is his poop going to be straight?
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 10:49 AM
slopefarm, I didn't mean to not give Kung Fu it's props. I absolutely loved that show as a child. I was completely riveted to the show when it was on. I even posted a quote on here not that long ago from the series:
Master Po: [after easily defeating the boy in combat] Ha, ha, never assume because a man has no eyes he cannot see. Close your eyes. What do you hear?
Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
Master Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Young Caine: No.
Master Po: Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?
Young Caine: [looking down and seeing the insect] Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
Master Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:51 AM
Young Caine: You cannot see.
Master Po: You think I cannot see?
Young Caine: Of all things, to live in darkness must be worst.
Master Po: Fear is the only darkness.
----------------------------------------------
Caine: Is it good to seek the past, Master Po? Does it not rob the present?
Master Po: If a man dwells on the past, then he robs the present. But if a man ignores the past, he may rob the future. The seeds of our destiny are nurtured by the roots of our past.
----------------------------------------------
Caine: I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 10:52 AM
chicken...this particular policeman also moonlighted many years ago as a go-go dancer. HOT
He and a fellow officer came to my hotel room once in uniform!!!! Luckily I was good friends with the manager of the hotel
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 10:53 AM
thanks for all the advice and suggestions about where to shop :) will definitely try some of them out. just have to get over the initial hesistation of walking in and feeling uncomfortable. hahahaha.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 10:53 AM
quote:
"my kids laughed at a woman"
LOL i love your kids!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 10:58 AM
benson, wasnt there a moose head on some recent HOTD thread??! then someone corrected me and told me it was a caribou? (looked like a moose to me tho)
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:00 AM
Rob, not surprisingly, they actually spend most of their time laughing at me.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 11:00 AM
quote:
"I'll rock a parasol if I'm going to be outside for a long period of time in the sun"
:-/ x 6000
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:01 AM
So do we, Biff. ROTFLMMFAO.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:01 AM
"So do we, Biff. ROTFLMMFAO."
DIBS, I won't tell you their ages, but it's also no surprise your level of humour is around the same as theirs.
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 11:03 AM
Hola Everyone,
Just got back from Republica Dominicana. Was awesome.
M4L, A lot of eye candy at the resort! Very prime! Most Europeans (Primarily Spaniards and Portuguese were insanely tattooed which I found interesting).
Almost every girl had a tramp stamp.
What I found interesting is that no one uses sheetrock there. All walls were crooked but the steel and iron work at the hotels was impeccable.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at June 5, 2009 11:07 AM
okay time for me to buy new contacts (thank you refund check). (fry i paid my student loans this morning. WOOT! im a responsible chile. any color suggestions? i like getting color contacts every once in a while. my eyes are emerald green but i dont like that color. ive never done brown before. ive tried all the shades of blues and greens. maybe gray?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:08 AM
I better watch it today, or I may become plussaic.
From what I read, it seems that poor old David Carradine was trying to asphyxiate himself in order to heighten sexual pleasure. That seems to be happen quite a bit. In the old days people used poppers. The idea of strangling yourself from the ceiling or bedframe sounds pretty risky.
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 11:09 AM
Sheetrock tends not to hold up well, if at all, in tropical climates. I never see it in Asia or Mexico. Concrete & plaster is so much nicer.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:10 AM
haha rob - :-\ is the face i was making when i had sun poisoning from being out in the sun for a couple hours with spf 40 on, and ended up getting oozing green blisters on the back of my neck!! great fun.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 11:11 AM
Rob, you're really putting us all on.
How can someone with emerald green eyes not like them?
That is the best possible eye color.
Are you for real?
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 11:11 AM
Fellow 'Stoners, our next big gathering will be on Wednesday, June 17 at Rope, Inc. in Clinton Hill at 415 Myrtle Avenue (between Vanderbilt Ave & Clinton Ave).
We will start around 6pm, but please feel free to drop in whenever you can. We plan on being there for at least a few hours.
The number of the bar is (718) 522-2899 and here are directions and reviews:
http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/40051250/brooklyn_ny/rope.html
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 11:12 AM
poppers are not good for my high BP. Additionally, poppers are illegal in some states and you can get arrested at the airport if they are found in your luggage. That said, I'm certainly not advocating trying to hang onesself. I just don't get that really. I'm kinda old fashioned in that I like it horizontal, in bed, under the covers!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:13 AM
DIBS, I agree. everything was concrete and plaster but the job was crappy. Nothing was straight and the worst tile work I have ever seen in most of the resort (and it was a 5 star resort). The Steel and Cast Iron gates and chandeliers was some of the most gorgeous I have ever seen. Not sure if it was made there or important but the work was spotless.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at June 5, 2009 11:15 AM
Kens, welcome back.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 11:16 AM
Thanks Biff. Don't know if I'll make it on the 17th. Flight comes in at like 7ish and I would have to grab a cab home and jump into my car to get there by 8:30ish the earliest and that's a stretch. I'll try though.
Snappy, If I understand the above correctly, you gots a JOB! Congrats!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at June 5, 2009 11:18 AM
important = imported
Posted by: Kensingtonian at June 5, 2009 11:19 AM
LOL dave i do poppers with friends sometimes (straight friends, some female) watching music videos. ive never done them for sex before. it seems ridiculous to do.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:21 AM
rob...I didn't think people did poppers for anything except sex. However, I can remember doing them on the dance floor during the 70s & 80s. What a mess!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:24 AM
well they are super cheap and a better alternative than weed. and it lasts super short period of time so it's like crack, but sorta kinda feels like ecstasy, for a few seconds anyway. and it's always a good excuse picking them up to go to the porno stores in sunset park lol. fyi, that little "mini time squares" in sunset park is my fav. area of brooklyn. sketch city!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:27 AM
sorry - is there a pg-13 way to explain what poppers are? i'm scared to google it here at work.
i'm thinking they are synonymous with beans.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 11:29 AM
poppers is amyl nitrite...you buy it in a bottle and inhale it for a very, very brief rush. In fact, the best brand is "Rush."
rob...what kind of people hang in that Sunset Park area of video stores?? Lots of latin guys????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:31 AM
"well they are super cheap and a better alternative than weed. and it lasts super short period of time so it's like crack, but sorta kinda feels like ecstasy, for a few seconds anyway. and it's always a good excuse picking them up to go to the porno stores in sunset park lol. fyi, that little "mini time squares" in sunset park is my fav. area of brooklyn. sketch city!"
Rob;
I say this in all sincerity: you need to find a higher purpose in life.
Posted by: benson at June 5, 2009 11:31 AM
and where excatly is that in Sunset park???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:32 AM
"and where excatly is that in Sunset park???"
I sense that, as we speak, someone is on hopstop.com mapping out a trip from Bed Stuy to Sunset Park.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 11:35 AM
quote:
rob...what kind of people hang in that Sunset Park area of video stores?? Lots of latin guys????
sorta yeah. everyone is sorta shady tho. and ugly. and they like to ogle. ive really only gone twice, in a cab, for the sole purpose of picking stuff up tho. in and out fast. even the cashiers owners of the porn stores in sunset park are shady. they are not like the super sweet indian guys in the porno shops in manhattan.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:39 AM
"poppers is amyl nitrite...you buy it in a bottle and inhale it for a very, very brief rush. In fact, the best brand is "Rush."
jeez - looked it up on wiki, sounds dangerous. its available in stores?? ketamine has less side effects :-\
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 11:39 AM
Biff, its too far to go for sex what with the internet these days!!!! Besides, I don't travel, I host. That said, I've met some very nice people over the years in sordid places like those.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:40 AM
quote:
"In fact, the best brand is "Rush."
i prefer Jungle Juice actually
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:41 AM
dh...available all over the Village, LES; not just in sex shops. They are bad for your heart & BP but they are legal, although not so in all states.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:42 AM
I see the little bottles of amyl nitrate being sold in convenience stores next to cigarette lighters and other smoking paraphenalia all the time. It cannot be illegal in NY. It does give one a real rush and is OK as long as you don't become hooked on it or want to move on to hanging yourself from the ceiling fan.
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 11:42 AM
Interestingly, during the early 80s, gay men thought that poppers might have been the cause of AIDS and many had a false sense of security in that they had not used poppers.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:45 AM
ok- 11217 has just called me a bitch and rob incredibly stupid on the gehry thread. Nice to have him back huh?
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 11:47 AM
"OK as long as you don't become hooked on it or want to move on to hanging yourself from the ceiling fan."
Are you talking about poppers or the Open Thread?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 11:47 AM
oooooooooooooooooh k!
there was this girl in college who came to our apartment once with like 20 bottles of ketamine uncooked and was like cook this up for me ill be back in a few days. LOL yeah okay, that stuff was gone FAST. luckily she never came back!
all i remember from that was thinking i was a leopard and being stuck on a patch of astroturf. thank god those days are long behind me!
i sorta think the subject should be changed tho, i feel grimey talking about this kind of stuff
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:47 AM
sam, they are legal in NYS and you cannot become adddicted to them in the physiological sense. Many people, however, feel they can't do without them. Prolonged usage is dangerous, as it is with alcohol but, everyone has his or her obsessions.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 11:49 AM
quote:
gay men thought that poppers might have been the cause of AIDS
wow, were they really that dumb? in a sense it may have been true for many of them spreading their legs and just taking anyone inside. that is why i cant fathom how/why they would be fun during sex? i think sex is SOOO much better sober. (which probably sounds like it's crazy to say coming from me)
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:51 AM
"you cannot become adddicted to them in the physiological sense. Many people, however, feel they can't do without them."
sounds like green - which oddly enough is illegal
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 11:53 AM
quote:
ok- 11217 has just called me a bitch and rob incredibly stupid on the gehry thread. Nice to have him back huh?
where? jeez. that boy has problems.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 11:54 AM
Gehry thread, rob.
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 11:55 AM
ah okay. i just looked. i love how he likes to just talk about people when they arent even there to look. then runs away when he gets called out on his shenanigans. whatever. i dont hate him at all, i think he's humourous on some level, as we all do, as most of us are, but when someone takes themself that seriously and constantly makes nasty remarks about other people and whole neighborhoods, it's ridiculous. lunchies!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 12:05 PM
bxgrl, "change" is either the coins or simply something people say but NOT do. you surprised he same old same old? Now, don't just stand there, defend yourself
Posted by: more4less at June 5, 2009 12:11 PM
rob, initially no one had any clue what AIDS was or what caused it
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 12:13 PM
more4less- I want you to know I did it so you would have something interesting to read. I've felt I haven't been doing enough to keep you amused lately :-)
rob- re clothes- I don't know if anyone mentioned several really good thrift stores along 3rd Ave. above 86th and along 26th (between Lex and 1st. They are run by different organizations and some can be wuite exspensive but they get good quality clothes and sell at very good prices. Men's clothing seems to go for much less than women's. ( think it's 26th- it's whatever street the 6 stops at. Park Ave. South stop- but I'll double check).
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 12:22 PM
It's too rainy and depressing to have another shitshow arguement! This is where I come for happy thoughts!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 12:23 PM
DH, are you joining us on the 17th?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 12:26 PM
dibs/rob-recently there were leaders of nations who still didn't believe it exists. 80s were a terrible time in NY during AIDS. The only thing I feel nostalgic about were the music and the clubs. Many people danced instead of hooking up.
Posted by: DeLepp at June 5, 2009 12:26 PM
DeLepp, I'm assuming (hoping) you'll be there on the 17th.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 12:28 PM
Yep, I'll be doing my starry sky dance Tuesday night in prep for Wed.
Posted by: DeLepp at June 5, 2009 12:33 PM
Put me down as a maybe for the 17th. I'm coming back from out of town that day. Will probably decide at the last minute.
Posted by: slopefarm at June 5, 2009 12:37 PM
ya planning on it biff
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 12:55 PM
slopefarm, hopefully you can. If not, we'll do a smaller one sometime afterwards and hopefully get the ever-elusive but lovable wasder to join us.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 12:58 PM
My my my, I'm out for a few hours, and lookie what happens. Has 11217 gone off the reservation again?
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 1:02 PM
just read that whole gehry thread. it was painful
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 1:10 PM
Biff...I just realized that a friend of mine from Bangkok is in town that week. If i don't show please send the police to the room at the Sheraton near Bryant Park.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 1:10 PM
HI Cobble. Looking forward to the next get-together. And the Victorian Flatbush House Tour.
Posted by: mopar at June 5, 2009 1:12 PM
tell me about it, rob :-)
cobble- you're assuming he was ever on the reservation at some point.
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 1:17 PM
ditto Rob.
I'll be there, not sure about BH at the moment. He doesn't really like hanging out in bars. It's hard for him to hear, and he doesn't drink!
hi mopar!
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 1:17 PM
i cant get the song Dont Cry for me Argentina out of my head today :-/
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 1:23 PM
"Biff...I just realized that a friend of mine from Bangkok is in town that week. If i don't show please send the police to the room at the Sheraton near Bryant Park."
DIBS, I'm going to ask them to remove all drape cords and ropes from your room before you both check in.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 1:27 PM
Biff, I won't be a registered guest. I'll just be spending the night like a cheap "money boy" from Patpong. How tawdry!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 1:32 PM
There's a book review in the WSJ about the history of people traveling to the East for sex.
Posted by: infinitejester at June 5, 2009 1:32 PM
Like to East New York & Canarsie, jester?
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 1:33 PM
"cobble- you're assuming he was ever on the reservation at some point."
touche! Actually, I thought he was pretty well behaved up till today—after his last vacation. He's just an excitable boy.
We forgot Warren Zevon yesterday - although Excitable Boy was 70s.
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 1:33 PM
FORCE TUBE AVE!
I knew that one, and I didn't even have to look it up! DH beat me to it. Damn work kept me from answering sooner.
"benson, being part german I take offense to Hogan's heroes."
EUROTRASH
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 1:35 PM
Oh as for jeans:
Walmart sells Levis for $30. Anyone tried them?
As for "premium" jeans, the best for men are APC and they're $150.
Don't all hate me, but I've tried to save money by buying inexpensive jeans, and it's backfired. There is something wrong with the elastic and they don't look or fit right. But I'm a woman and this may be different for men's jeans.
Posted by: mopar at June 5, 2009 1:40 PM
The actor who played Hogan was found in a similar situation as Carradine. Or was he stabbed by a call boy?
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 1:42 PM
Bob Crane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crane
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 1:46 PM
Bob Crane was found bludgeoned after he ended his relationship with a guy from Sony electronics who Richard Dawson introduced him to. A "Family Feud" of another type!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 1:48 PM
ENY...I'm sure there's a little Eurotrash mixed in with your blood somewhere along the way. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 1:49 PM
OK, I'm all up for happy talk,
where's the what?
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 1:52 PM
mopar, no youre right. sometimes it's worth it to pay a little more for something. most of the time i buy shoes and stuff from goodwill (i know EWWWW) but they are good quality and last a long time. the few times ive bought super cheapo shoes for like 15 bux from payless they fall apart in a few months that it's almost not worth it.
okay is anyone else like seriously so over this week's nasty weather!? i feel like Pigpen from peanuts right now!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 1:54 PM
This weather really sucks - really depressing. I just wanna go home, curl up on my couch and order a movie on demand.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 1:56 PM
DIBS, isn't it true you have a little Mexican and a little Thai in you as well?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 1:57 PM
Re-write anyone?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 1:59 PM
"DIBS, isn't it true you have a little Mexican and a little Thai in you as well?"
Innuendo!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 1:59 PM
Biff...every country in Latin & Central America and Asia as well. And a lot of them are not little!!!!
"This weather really sucks - really depressing. I just wanna go home, curl up on my couch and order a movie on demand."
I'm thinking that sentence can be rewritten and would sound like more fun!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 1:59 PM
Rob, Have you ever tried DSW for shoes? Maybe they don't have shoe styles you would like, but I have gotten some amazing deals there. Name brands. Worth a look? You have to hunt through and have a little patience. I got a pair of 9 west shoes that I had been eyeing for $10.
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 2:01 PM
PATH train service halted between NYC & NJ due to a fire.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:02 PM
Rob, a suggestion: tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and beautiful. Go to Fulton landing and take the ferry to Governor's Island. There you can rent a bicycle, for cheap, and ride a round the island, you will enjoy it so much. I swear you will. On the way homw stop by Housing Works on Montague and buy some clothes.
I'm still suspicious about yout green eye remark tho.....
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 2:02 PM
DH, I saw your ROTD review. It sounds like a nice place but not really conducive to a Brownstoner gathering when we eventually have one in W'burg. Correct?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:04 PM
Last stupid question of the day:
Why do you call it an asteroid when its outside the hemisphere, yet call it hemorrhoid when its in your ass?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:06 PM
Biff - Atmosphere.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 2:08 PM
Would you prefer to sit on the subway reading about anal fistulas?
(Rewrite.)
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 2:09 PM
"DH, I saw your ROTD review. It sounds like a nice place but not really conducive to a Brownstoner gathering when we eventually have one in W'burg. Correct?"
No Biff - it's strictly a restaurant. There are tons of bars with really fantastic outdoor seating in Williamsburg/Greenpoint.
I posted a link late yesterday on the OT from Gothamist re: Best Outdoor Bars in NYC. The vast majority of them were in Williamsburg/Greenpoint.
http://gothamist.com/2009/06/04/best_new_nyc_bars_and_restaurants_f.php
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 2:09 PM
Okay, I'm back from the gym and see that Rob still needs clothing assistance so I'll throw in my two cents.
Pants (trousers) from Lands End:
- mail order so you don't have to traipse to the shops
- very good waist & leg selection so they will have the right size for you
- never seem to change the styles so you can reload when required
- just buy 5 pairs in different colours and be done with it
Shirts from TM Lewin (http://www.tmlewin.co.uk/):
- fantastic sales on at the mo (4 shirts for £90) and these are from Jermyn Street (Jermyn Street is to shirts what Saville Row is to suits, or Canal Street is to knock-off LV handbags!)
- I don't think they have a NY store but they do deliver to the US
- most of them are french cuffs (doubled back) so you'll need cufflinks but a plain pair will not be expensive, or you can get the frog-knot ones for a couple of bux.
Suits. If you are lucky to be a standard size (which you probably are, Rob) then surf the racks at Century 21. Don't go for anything outlandish.
Otherwise, get a cheaper made to measure one. A cheap suit that fits you well will look much better than an expensive suit that doesn't.
That's it from me. Off for a pizza - will check back in with you PLUSAs later tonight.
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 2:10 PM
Are you into fisting, Arkady???? WOW
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:11 PM
quote:
I'm still suspicious about yout green eye remark tho.....
ha! you shouldnt be. i did go to eyes on broadway at lunch and ordered new contacts. i ordered Aqua. why are you so chary of the fact that someone can get bored with green eyes?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 2:11 PM
Oh - the casual Lewin shirts are not french cuff!
http://www.tmlewin.co.uk/Category.aspx/MenShirtsCasual
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 2:11 PM
oh and sam yes that idea you had is a great idea. i was thinking about taking the new ferry :) tomorrow tho i might be going to belmont stakes with my harlem friends. (ive never been there before). i think tomorrow. maybe sunday?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 2:13 PM
Just 2-fisted drinking.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 2:14 PM
DH, I think I'll leave it entirely up to you to pick a good location. You seem to know your stuff.
Arkady, I'm not sure if Atmosphere is a bar suggestion in W'burg or a response to my asteroid/hemorrhoids question.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:14 PM
"ENY...I'm sure there's a little Eurotrash mixed in with your blood somewhere along the way. :)"
Probably...but it doesn't show!
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 2:16 PM
quote:
so you'll need cufflinks
would Hello Kitty cufflinks go well with them? :)
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 2:16 PM
"would Hello Kitty cufflinks go well with them? :)"
Only if they match your Hannah Montana suspenders.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:18 PM
Rob, you didn't say dress or work, but I'm surprised no one has mentioned Lands End (web only). I wear mostly cotton polo shirts all the time everywhere and theirs are great (unless you need to have a croc, a horse, or a goat logo). Ditto for khaki pants.
For jeans and work clothes, well priced and in the nabe, I second Benson's suggestion, and I'll add the name, JMD.
Benson, I always thought the weirdest street name in Brooklyn was Denton Place :-)
Posted by: denton at June 5, 2009 2:18 PM
Biff - It was emendment of Hemisphere (unless you meant that in the anatomical sense but, if so, it screws up your unanswerable question.)
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 2:19 PM
denton...I've bought custom made French cuff dress shirts from Lands End and was quite happy with them.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:20 PM
This question is easier:
If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:22 PM
Hane's On-Line has all-cotton polo & T shirts for around $8.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 2:23 PM
Biff, do you know who Busby Berkeley was????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:26 PM
"Biff, do you know who Busby Berkeley was????"
Your roommate in college? KER-POW!
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:28 PM
Sorry DIBS, I couldn't resist. Yes, I do know.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:29 PM
We'll see who gets KER-POWED at Rope when I bring my wiffle ball bat!!!! :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:30 PM
Charles Thrywitt and Thomas Pink are also some good Jermyn Street shirtmakers.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 2:33 PM
I'm sure I'll get KER-POWED at Rope and KER-PWNED here the next day.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:34 PM
Rob, here it is, I once had a friend with emerald green eyes. They were guaranteed lady-killers. When the girls got a load of those eyes they melted like butter. I would have killed to have eyes that color. He also had black curly hair, so that dodn't hurt either, and really nice teeth, otherwise he was failry normal looking. But listen, green eyes are the best.
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 2:35 PM
I have green eyes and sam is 100% correct.
(Except for the part about them being guaranteed lady-killers!)
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:38 PM
There's a Thrywitt on Madison and 47th and I think they are now having a sale of 4 dress shirts for $200.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:38 PM
speaking of eyes my left eyelid has been twitching for like the last hour! (im so afraid to google twitchy lid tho). anyone else ever get a twitchy eyelid? it's the weirdest feeling!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 2:40 PM
Pink is a lot more expensive that Trywitt (sp?)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:42 PM
Nerves, Rob, & tension. Odd but strangely neat if you don't worry about it. (Relax & enjoy it.)
Sometimes it's adjustment to new Rx for glasses.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 2:42 PM
"anyone else ever get a twitchy eyelid?"
yeah - its usually allergies or stress with me. Do you wear contact lenses rob?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 2:43 PM
A real sour pickle will doo it too.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:43 PM
sorry rob - yeah you do (as per above)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 2:43 PM
Land's End jeans are great, and so softy! BH just got some in black and blue - they fit well, last well, wear well. Button down shirts aren't fancy, but also wear well, and look great. Their stuff lasts, and the return policy is very good.
Chary - oh my, good word. You know Rob, you really do have a great vocabulary some days!
char·y (châr)
adj. char·i·er, char·i·est
1. Very cautious; wary: was chary of the risks involved.
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 2:43 PM
George Washington wasn't chary about the tree he chopped down.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:47 PM
I love green eyes- more than blue, but a great hazel eyeball is totally the best.
I remember seeing a woman with beautiful blue violet eyes- a true blue violet. Unbelievable.
(and thanks, sam!)
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 2:47 PM
"Pink is a lot more expensive that Trywitt (sp?)"
Much better quality though - CT shirts used to be a 100 bucks (although they have insane deals now) and Pink was 150 - I still have my pink shirts 4 years later, and my CT shirts have gotten messed up.
sometimes i miss wearing suits to work :-\
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 2:47 PM
"I remember seeing a woman with beautiful blue violet eyes- a true blue violet. Unbelievable."
There are so many more things I look at before the color of a woman's eyes!
Posted by: denton at June 5, 2009 2:50 PM
denton, given your height, you must be referring to the top of a woman's head.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 2:52 PM
i love my violet contacts bxgirl :) havent bought a box of those in a while. violet contacts wind up looking periwinkle for some reason when i where them, unless you are looking very closely. if i was straight i'd SO have a thing for black girls with violet contacts :) i had a gay crush on a girl with beautiful dark skin and violet eyes who worked at the KFC/Taco Bell that used to be on delancey street years ago :)
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 2:53 PM
dh...most of my shirts were made in Hong Kong. i don't go to the most expensive one there (Ascot Chang) but its in a high end mall and not cheap...I usually spend $45-65 a shirt depending upon the fabric (all are British). I still have shirts that were made there in 1992/93 when I lived there. Never, ever have one of the buttons come off or discintegrated from landering. Not sure how long Lands End or Tyrwitt shirts will hold up.
Also, when I travel there now I can get them turned around in 2 days.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:53 PM
Biff...as opposed to your lacivious elevator eyes, gay men actually pick each other up through eye contact. that look that lasts just a split second too long and...bingo. That said, we've each given each other the once over as well. I can still remember the look between me and my Mexican bf and I knew this was going to be good!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 2:56 PM
denton- are you 4'10"? :-)
rob- this was before colored contacts. Her eyes were naturally that color- I'm afraid I stood there with my jaw hanging down to the ground, looking remarkably intelligent....NOT!
So will you wer your violet contacts at the next meet up? We'll all have crushes on you :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 2:57 PM
Wow - nice dave. i would also think a dress shirt's life depends on the quality of your dry cleaners - but i would imagine you wash and iron your own?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 2:58 PM
Nope...always sent them out. All I wash are my sheets, jeans and underwear. TMI???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:00 PM
How about cravat?
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 3:01 PM
What are elevator eyes?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:01 PM
Does anyone here wear a "dickey?"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:01 PM
quote:
"gay men actually pick each other up through eye contact"
is this true? i always assumed people were just staring at a booger hanging out or something :-/
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 3:02 PM
"He's got those eyes that go up and down a girl's body like an elevator." The Women, 1938.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:02 PM
DIBS, did you ever indulge in a spotted dick?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:05 PM
"Nope...always sent them out. All I wash are my sheets, jeans and underwear. TMI???"
Haha not at all - do you get them done in Bed Stuy? That is the one thing that I feel is lacking in Brooklyn, good, well priced dry cleaners. In Manhattan my shirts would cost 1.75 to launder and press ($3 for hand iron)
In Brooklyn (Crown Heights and Williamsburg at least) - It's 4 bucks for a shirt, which is insane. Pants are a little cheaper to get dry cleaned, but the extra cost of shirts really adds up quickly.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 3:07 PM
Biff, I've never had on of the physiological or the custard type. I have had, if you remember from threads about 6 months ago, one that was inlaid with mother-of-pearl. And i don't mean a custard.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:07 PM
anatomical is probably a better word than physiological.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:08 PM
No, he does bangers & mash.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 3:08 PM
you people pay 4 bux to dry clean one article of something? um, you know a few years ago a little invention came out called Febreeze. it's essentially the same thing they use at the cleaners and i think it comes in different scents now as well.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 3:10 PM
YES, dh...I paid $1.95 on the UES and I pay $3.25 in Bed Stuy. I'm ready to nuke some of these Koreans. I though it was just Bed Stuy.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:10 PM
"spotted dick" - should I ask for an explanation or is it better not to know?
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 3:11 PM
DH, be careful: DIBS and I once got into a discussion about dry cleaning and that is when some people claimed we were Pompous White Asshats, which I believed started all of the ensuing acronyms we've bestowed upon ourselves and each other.
DIBS, you ever had piggies in a blanket?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:11 PM
rob...I only use Febreeze on my sheets when I've had too many guys over and don't have the time to change them!!!!!
J/K ... I don't ever use febreeze.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:11 PM
Spotted Dick is a dessert. Bxgrl, get your mind out of the gutter!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_Dick
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:12 PM
Biff, if I ever told you all of the stories about everything I've ever had your hair would turn color.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:13 PM
oh lookey look. another person too good for febreeze. actually i dont use febreeze either on anything anymore. even the unscented version has a weird smell to it. like mildew or something.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 3:14 PM
Hello to Cobblehiller and Biff!
Now please put your hands over your eyes!!
To Team Bullshit - Now the Market is imploding and no one is around for me to PWN!!!! A year ago you Mother Fuckers couldn't shut up for one fucking second but now the Mutant Asset Bubble is collapsing you run to the open form and talk about bullshit!!! This is one of the reason I hope you get fucking smashed in you faces!!!! Monday it was about the "Data" Team Bear got heavy ordnance and Team Bullshit runs for the hills. You are a bunch of fucking Snobby Disingenuous Hypocrites!!!
Five fucking months guys, five fucking months!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now back to your schedule broadcast!!!!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end....
Posted by: Return of The What at June 5, 2009 3:15 PM
Where are all the dames today????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:17 PM
What what, what was that??? What are you trying to say???
I'm here. And I'm staying right where I am. Don't care about a little price depreciation. Its good for the market. Are prices coming down 50-70%, hell no.
"Five fucking months " seems to be puching it out another month to November...just in time for my birthday. You gonna give me a nice present for my birthday???
And why do you only say hello to Biff & cobble??????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:21 PM
biff - me *blushing.* :-)
er,dave? cobblehiller, arkady, me, mopar? ahem. some of us.
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 3:23 PM
How old are you.....really?
http://www.sonnyradio.com/realage3.swf
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 3:24 PM
Hello What. Can I look now? :-)
"Biff, if I ever told you all of the stories about everything I've ever had your hair would turn color."
DIBS, my hair IS turning colour...it's going grey. Soon there will be much more salt than pepper.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:25 PM
I think you and cobble, arkady and mopar are ladies. I'm talking about the trashy dames.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:25 PM
Peeking through my fingers....is it safe?? Can I come out now? Hiya What!
"Where are all the dames today????"
DIBS!!! What am I? Chopped liver?? Hmph.
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 3:30 PM
What....where'd you go??? I know you come sneaking around over here looking for me becasue no one is battling you in the other threads.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:31 PM
What, you and I were not really disagreeing at all in the Shelter thread and I don't really give a damn one way or the other on Atlantic Yards. Basketball is the only sport i don't really care much about.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:35 PM
cobble, we have to apologize to dave. thank you dave! kiss kiss :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 3:36 PM
Good recovery, Dibs, but lame.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 3:38 PM
"I think you and cobble, arkady and mopar are ladies. I'm talking about the trashy dames."
Dave, It' not nice to talk about me when I'm not around.
Hey everyone. I did a huge grocery store/BJ's run and in this weather YUCK. All those wet bags all over my nice clean freshly scrubbed kitchen floor Grrrrr...
Posted by: TownhouseLady at June 5, 2009 3:39 PM
Oh alright, I hate apologizing to Dave!
But you're right, I'm not trashy enough for his taste! ; )
Sorry Dave!
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 3:39 PM
Mmmm, Spotted Dick and Bangers & Mash (very funny Arkady) two of my favorites, foods that is.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at June 5, 2009 3:40 PM
THL, one word: Swiffer.
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 3:40 PM
"I did a huge grocery store/BJ's run and in this weather YUCK. All those wet bags all over my nice clean freshly scrubbed kitchen floor"
I'm working on a rewrite of that one!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:41 PM
"I did a huge grocery store/BJ's run and in this weather YUCK. All those wet bags all over my nice clean freshly scrubbed kitchen floor"
THL, you should know better than, when DIBS is around, to say BJ's and wet bags within the same post.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:43 PM
^^^^^
see what I mean!
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:43 PM
OK...here goes...
I did a huge grocery bagger on the kitchen floor. All those wet BJs over my nice clean freshly scrubbed face.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:43 PM
O
M
G
!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at June 5, 2009 3:45 PM
I did do the ConEd guy on the kitchen island once in Chicago.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:47 PM
Just when you thought you could never be shocked by DIBS ever again...
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:47 PM
But Cobble, I'm one of those pains in the ass who doesn't want to use throw away stuff cause of the environment.
I yanked out my trusty cotton mop.
Some days it sucks to care.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at June 5, 2009 3:47 PM
How 'bout those Yankees???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:48 PM
That's very naughty DIBS!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 3:48 PM
"Ladies" don't understand that rewrite. (And where's the Yuck factor?)
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 3:48 PM
Arkady...there is no "Yuck factor" in that sort of thing. You ladies got to get over that little hurdle and give your man what he wants.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:51 PM
Cotton Mop, towel, swiffer, ok, fine, whatever it takes! : )
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 3:51 PM
THL - He's going to rewrite your 3:47 too.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 3:52 PM
*speaking to myself in an low undertone* I don't understand that rewrite :-(
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 3:52 PM
"Some days it sucks to care."
Rewrite for DIBS:
"Some days I care to suck."
Ok, sorry to all the ladies here, even those that don't understand the rewrite.
I don't think this is what Mr. B envisioned the Open Thread becoming. In fact, there is very little about it right now that is becoming. oops, another rewrite possibility.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:52 PM
Well - the OT started out slow this week but we came on strong in the end!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 3:52 PM
Otherwise he's gonna head for the "cheatin' side of town"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:52 PM
Oh jeez, you're so right Arkady.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at June 5, 2009 3:53 PM
Dibs - That's what she said...
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 3:54 PM
"How 'bout those Yankees???"
DIBS, are you a yankee or a yanker?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:54 PM
"Well - the OT started out slow this week but we came on strong in the end!"
Or everyone is just waaay more bored of everything else they have to do! [Speaking for myself - excel spreadsheets are only so engaging...]
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 3:55 PM
I think you ladies need to understand my 3:51 post and the "no yuck factor" comment.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:55 PM
"I think you ladies need to understand my 3:51 post and the "no yuck factor" comment."
You cranky, no yankee.
You yucky, no ?????
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 3:58 PM
"Speaking for myself - excel spreadsheets are only so engaging"
Have you used the new excel yet CHiller?
You can filter by color!!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 3:58 PM
Good one, Biff!
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 3:58 PM
Is that supposed to be chinese, Biff?
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 3:58 PM
The Yiddish version is, "No chupa, no schtupa."
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 4:00 PM
DIBS, are you long in the Asian market?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:00 PM
Too much rain! I've finished all my deskwork.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 4:01 PM
"The Yiddish version is, "No chupa, no schtupa.""
Or, in other words,
"I ain't no Challahback girl".
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:02 PM
Biff, I'm straddling the Asian market and the Latin American markets. It's a wide spread but I've got my shorts covered and I'm looking for a bottom.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 4:03 PM
"I ain't no Challahback girl".
ROTFLMMFAO...That's the single funniest line you've ever delivered here.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 4:04 PM
"I ain't no Challahback girl"
QOTC - Quote of the Century hahahahaahahha
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 4:04 PM
DIBS, as long as you've considered the counterparty risk and exercised your options before they expire, you're ok.
Do you have a reasonable strike price?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:07 PM
Biff you gottta put together a music video for that along the lines of Gilda Radner and Jewess jeans.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 4:07 PM
"Have you used the new excel yet CHiller?
You can filter by color!!!"
DH, you are such a geek! I love ya kid! I have 2008, so if there is a later version, no. Otherwise, how do you do this 'filter by color' — sounds way more fun than what I'm doing!
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 4:09 PM
I just found out it's national doughnut day and Krispy kreme and Dunkin Donuts are giving away free doughnuts. At DDd you have to buy a small drink.
Challahback Girl is brilliant. Sheer genius Biff.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at June 5, 2009 4:09 PM
"I've got my shorts covered and I'm looking for a bottom."
Are we back on wardrobe problems?
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 4:10 PM
omig-d! You remember that, dave?!!! That was brilliant- i still miss Gilda.
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 4:10 PM
I'm putting together a covered shorts strategy that I'm gonna pitch to the What.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 4:10 PM
DIBS, you seem to prefer exotic options over the plain vanilla ones. Do you find they are more or less volatile? Do you prefer a Monte Carlo model? Any experience with butterfly spreads?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:10 PM
Jewess Jeans (always loved this one):
http://www.hulu.com/watch/61330/saturday-night-live-jewess-jeans
Posted by: TownhouseLady at June 5, 2009 4:11 PM
DH- I tried the new Office- hated it. I couldn't stand the shifting box ribbon at the top in word. It was pretty but way too annoying. Still...gee it would be great to filter by color.
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 4:13 PM
Wow, thanks for the props, everyone.
I'm kvelling.
By the way, if a Jew kvell in the forest, would anybody feel guilty?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:14 PM
The more exotic the more volatile. Although your garden variety Puerto Rican always seems to be the most volatile of any!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 4:15 PM
bxgrl/ch - i don't have it but some people in my office do and they said it's got some really useful additions - from toying around with it a few times it seems alot more complicated though.
but filtering by color rocks - i'm tired of having to put x's next to the hilighted rows and filter by that - such a waste of time.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 4:18 PM
My last stupid question (for now):
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:18 PM
Is that a rhetorical question?
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 4:19 PM
I saw something in the elevator that said 10% of the people on twitter make 90% of the comments. Is that really possible???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 4:25 PM
as chicken would concur, PLUSA = Fon Tung (or Fun Tung in british accent)
Posted by: more4less at June 5, 2009 4:25 PM
The "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks
http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/2007/12/diverse-services.html
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:30 PM
yes dave it is. i read that too. and i think 10 percent of the users on this site make up 90 percent of the comments as well ahhah.
but that's common for a lot of websites.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 4:31 PM
"Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?"
That would be a world with no imagination. : (
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 4:31 PM
A coworker just mentioned to me she's going to see Youssou N'Dour at BAM on Saturday - she'd never heard him. I tried to find on Youtube the version of "in Your Eyes" where he sings. But all I can find is the edited version. They must have pulled it off, they never play that version anymore although in concert that's what he sings.
Posted by: infinitejester at June 5, 2009 4:32 PM
DH, hmm, I'll check around here, that's interesting in a sense for an application of something I want to do next with this spreadsheet.
Mostly I'm just building a mailing list, so there isn't a lot of sorting involved. Nothing fancy here! But I would like to sort the places by type...Hmmm....
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 4:33 PM
The things you can learn from your elevator.
Posted by: infinitejester at June 5, 2009 4:34 PM
"Is that really possible???"
Of course it's possible. Isn't it the same situation here in the OT, DAVE (looking at you)?
I'm amazed that some of you don't realize you have your own Twitter-type deal going here (not that there's anything wrong with that). Twitter is nothing more than a public e-mail service. Same thing - in effect- as the OT.
Some of you have even said they won't go onto Twitter because they have no interest in reading about every time someone goes to the bathroom, has a date, etc. How exactly is that different from the OT, where one can keep up on Rob's frequent bodily-function posts and Dave's lurid tales of his man-about-town sexcapades?
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 4:38 PM
ysoou indoor, however you spell his name, does a GREAT duet with neneh cherry called seven seconds.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 4:38 PM
who is going to compile the book "The Wit and Ocassional Wisdom of Biff Champion"?
He's been on a roll this week.
Yogi Berra, watch out!
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 4:38 PM
I think ENY wins "best line of the day" today.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 4:41 PM
If a jew Kvell in the forest.....
did you just make that up? that is really good.
Posted by: sam at June 5, 2009 4:42 PM
Fav Yogi quote: "It gets late early" to desscribe the afternoon shadow over home plate at the old Yankee Stadium.
Posted by: infinitejester at June 5, 2009 4:43 PM
"By the way, if a Jew kvell in the forest, would anybody feel guilty?"
No- we just get verklempt
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 4:45 PM
sam, yes I did. And thanks.
Arkady, which line? I agree that ENY made a very valid observation.
THL, are you still around? Apparently Gretchen from the RHofOC is shacking up with Jo De La Rosa's slimy ex. This would all be very intriguing to me if I had a clue who Jo De La Rosa is!
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:47 PM
"one can keep up on Rob's frequent bodily-function posts and Dave's lurid tales of his man-about-town sexcapades"
Isn't it why we all log on here?
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 4:49 PM
the difference between ot and twitter is that we dont post "lyke omg1111!!! thiss!1!lollerskates!!". uh. well some of us anyway
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 4:49 PM
Agreed. That was good.
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:50 PM
"the difference between ot and twitter is that we dont post "lyke omg1111!!! thiss!1!lollerskates!!"."
Indeed. In fact, I still have no idea what this emoticon, discussed here earlier, is supposed to indicate:
:-/
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 5, 2009 4:51 PM
Taking from the context, I thought it was somewhat neutral but marginal disgruntlement.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 4:53 PM
~(_8^(|)
I don't think we see the Homer Simpson emoticon enough.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 4:54 PM
:-/ = 2 meanings
1.)your post was so dumb i fell on the floor and cant get up.
2.)your idiocy just gave me a stroke. (you know how when people get a stroke sometimes one side of their lips droop?)
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 4:56 PM
DH,
should the mouth be bigger (ie for the Duh, Dop,.... shouts)?
Posted by: more4less at June 5, 2009 4:56 PM
"Taking from the context, I thought it was somewhat neutral but marginal disgruntlement"
That was very funny, arkady!
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 4:56 PM
Thx, bxgrl.
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 4:58 PM
lol if this thread this afternoon turns into posting our favorite emoticons, i think we can safely say it's jumped the shark! 8-?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 4:59 PM
haha m4l Doh!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 4:59 PM
haha rob >;-\
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 5:00 PM
Yes, ENY, I understand that's the case here too. The 90%/10% rule works throughout nature and economics!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 5:04 PM
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that's someone in a long blonde wig
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 5:04 PM
Well, very late to this, but I didn't post anything about $60 shirts (29 pounds) because I though that would be way too expensive. Steven Alan shirts are $60 at the sample sale (it was last week but I think they have two a year). Very large selection, you could easily buy two or three. But that's way too much money. And you run the risk of looking like a hipster.
Posted by: mopar at June 5, 2009 5:07 PM
DIBS, shouldn't you be running to catch train?
Posted by: more4less at June 5, 2009 5:08 PM
Oh, Dave at 3:43, classic.
Posted by: mopar at June 5, 2009 5:08 PM
Is it drink o'clock yet?
What's the emoticon for a yawn??
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 5:08 PM
wow someone just went OFF in the salvation army thread saying gay people who shop there hate themselves and straight people who shop there support an organization that supports homophobia. ive never heard that before
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 5:09 PM
"The 90%/10% rule works throughout nature and economics!!!!"
Well, in retailing at least, it's called the "80/20" rule. But yeah, that's what I'm driving at.
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 5:09 PM
quote:
What's the emoticon for a yawn??
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*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 5:11 PM
m4l...there was a lull in my posting from about 4:30 to 5 mnutes ago...that was me in the subway. I'm on Amtrak now headed to Philly. However I just realized that I left my 10 ride ticket home and I'm hoping this conductor, who knows me, lets it slide.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 5:14 PM
Rob, it's all up to you to carry today's count to over 400
Posted by: more4less at June 5, 2009 5:16 PM
ok that last post of yours was a TOTAL tweet dave.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 5:17 PM
which one and what's a tweet???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 5:18 PM
actually im outta here in 5 minutes. have a nice weekend everyone!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 5:19 PM
NYU professor Clay Shirky has studied this phenomenon, and yes some small percentage of people online make most of the content. I think it was 10 or 12 percent. Maybe it's increasing. Most people are lurkers. Which is why Brownstoner shouldn't be surprised or dismayed that a relatively small number of people post compared to the traffic. Actually, all of Brownstoner's numbers (traffic, page views, number of commenters, etc.) seem very high.
Posted by: mopar at June 5, 2009 5:20 PM
quote:
what's a tweet???
a tweet is what you post on twitter. nah-duh
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 5, 2009 5:21 PM
twitter entry = tweet
Your train ride post is a tweet — Even I know that! : P
Have a good weekend Rob!
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 5:21 PM
"Actually, all of Brownstoner's numbers (traffic, page views, number of commenters, etc.) seem very high."
How do you know that mopar?
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 5:22 PM
"what's a tweet???"
Man...do I have to go over this AGAIN??
Hey Rob, like you I was surprised at the Salvation Army/anti-gay thing. I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it's apparently not as cut-and-dried as zinka made it out to be.
Based on what I read there (assuming it's true), it seems there are anti-gay elements within the Salvation Army. But I'm not sure it's accurate to call the entire operation "homophobic."
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 5:25 PM
Cobblehiller, I forget. Maybe it was in the second NYT article about them? Or maybe Jon posted it one day?
Posted by: mopar at June 5, 2009 5:27 PM
Poor ENY, we task you so! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 5:35 PM
Yes, g-dammit! Why don't you all LISTEN to me!??!!? jeez.
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 5:37 PM
EY- I posted on that thread just now. They aren't homophobic - they believe in a strict interpretation of the bible but they offer services to the needy no matter if they are gay or straight. It's mostly their hiring practices (I worked for them during the 9-11 recovery, and found most Salvation Army people have been raised in it and many don't know much about other religions either. I met several who didn't know what being Jewish meant. But I couldn't honestly call them homophobic- they certainly would never turn away a needy person based on sexual orientation. They might try to change it,and "save" them, but they don't hate gays. This is strictly from my experience and conversations with the many that I met.
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 5:39 PM
"Why don't you all LISTEN to me!"
We do, we do listen, ENY!
It's just that we don't RETAIN! LOL! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 5:40 PM
Yes, Sally's Army is totally against homosexuality - you can't join it if you tell. (Sounds like other armies...)
Posted by: Arkady at June 5, 2009 5:41 PM
oops- ENY.
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 5:42 PM
Hmmm...I thought ENY just said soamething but I can't remember what it was now...twits? tweeters?
Posted by: bxgrl at June 5, 2009 5:54 PM
Wait....who's ENY?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 5, 2009 5:57 PM
It's just that we don't RETAIN! LOL! ; )
Good one....that was funny!
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 5:59 PM
Hey DH - CC goes tonight. Maybe Cabrera will win another game for the Yanks - that's the Melky Way!
Posted by: East New York at June 5, 2009 6:10 PM
I'm back after a nice calzone stuffed with sausage (just for you DIBS).
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 6:12 PM
So I've tailored half of my shirts and I've only ruined one of them so far.
Posted by: the chicken at June 5, 2009 6:15 PM
"Good one....that was funny!"
Finally! I get a laugh out of someone!
Nite all!
[400?!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at June 5, 2009 6:32 PM
Not sure where to post this but I'm wondering if anyone has advice:
Our building has a shared, virtually inaccessible back yard/concrete slab. No one uses it since access is through a basement, several locked doors, and some dark roachy areas. I'm on the first floor and would like to create access through one of my windows. The other first floor apt. is vacant (owner lives out of state but keeps apt for occasional trips). Wondering if I can do this and how I would do it without pissing anyone off.
Thanks!
Posted by: kb2 at June 6, 2009 4:55 PM
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