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October 14, 2009
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Today's Throwback Thread of the Day is the first Forum Post from last year inviting Brownstoner fans to the First Annual End of The World (Or Maybe Not) Party.
A number of long-time, hardcore PLUSAs were involved in the discussion, which was just over a year ago.
Just a few of the things of note:
- I think this might have been Rob's first post ever (10:43AM - it's towards the bottom as he posted it the day after the thread was first put up). He basically introduces himself and didn't yet include the patented *Rob*.
- Cobble's Better Half aka Chad was referred to as "my 6'5" body guard"
- DIBS was already longing for a throwback to the "hot son of the contractor who demolished the party wall who was sitting in the backhoe" thread. Not only that, but check out his post at 3:48PM!!!
- The What's post at 2:47PM shows how tight he and I have always been.
http://www.brownstoner.com/forum/archives/2008/10/end_of_the_worl.php#comments
http://tinyurl.com/yjwo9f4
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 9:16 AM
Biff, is there any chance you were running this morning around 7am? (Don't laugh at me for asking)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 9:20 AM
A shout out to benson and our other Italian posters.
Al Martino, famous crooner most noted for his Volare and appearance in the Godfather passed away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS87g9b8jTA
On a related note, I ate at Saraghina last night and one of the things they had on their ever-changing menu was polpette!!!!!!
Not meatballs as we know them here but luscious small balls of beef, pork and maybe veal. Typically not served with pasta in Italy, Saraghina did serve them with tomato sauce for the American palette.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 9:23 AM
"- The What's post at 2:47PM shows how tight he and I have always been. "
You write this knowing the sort of people who post on the OT? I can't wait til dibs sees this! :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 9:23 AM
Were you chasing him, CGar???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 9:23 AM
Ah, the good old days...I'm just glad I still have my body guard!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 9:25 AM
No, Dave, but the dog was!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 9:25 AM
did biff look particularly criminal this morning?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 9:27 AM
And, Cobble, now you have a Gar-dog, too
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 9:27 AM
More cucina news: Times today has a big piece on pasta - not adopted from the orient post-Marco Polo, taken from the Arabs about 200 years earlier.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 9:28 AM
Si, CGar! Now I just need a bunker! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 9:29 AM
Times not reliable info source - especially when they try to discredit the Chinaman's history on noodles
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 9:29 AM
No, bxgrl, Biff looked no more criminal this morning than he does any other day
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 9:31 AM
Hey, that gives me an idea, maybe I should make a blog...Cobbleville? ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 9:31 AM
I suppose that explains Ramendan
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 9:32 AM
"Biff, is there any chance you were running this morning around 7am? (Don't laugh at me for asking)"
No, in the word's of Shaggy, "It Wasn't Me". I did walk rather briskly over the bridge today around 7:15 though.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 9:33 AM
Cobble, that would be fun but I would prefer a blog called Margaritaville.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 9:34 AM
ditto- LOL!
Oops- in the interest of keeping all my future apartment possibilities open- everyone knows noodles were invented in China!
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 9:35 AM
cobble, will you have Troll Spray???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 9:35 AM
Hmm, on second thought, maybe I should start a blog called Rehabville!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 9:36 AM
Nice throwback, biff. Some reminders in there that we were in the middle of election season, then. I remember discussing Joe the (unlicensed) Plumber with Master (the licensed) Plvmber and Smokeychimp at Union Hall. We've definitely lost some folks -- there was a big presence of brownstoner regulars who were not OT regulars. I think a lot of those folks have fallen by the wayside as part of the PLUSA social scene.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 14, 2009 9:37 AM
I'll have something I like to call Troll-Off.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 9:37 AM
Dave and all;
The next time I go to my company's Milan office, I am going to check if this term "polpette" is "corrente" in Italy. "Corrente" literally means "current", but it is hard to convey its true meaning, which kind of is "really used in the language".
Just because it is an Italian word, one should not assume that it is used there. For instance, the phrase "Fettucine Alfredo" is "Non corrente" in Italy, even though it was indeed invented at a restaurant in Rome called Alfredo's. Some American movie stars (I forgot whom) came upon it and made the phrase popular here, but it is virtually unknown in Italy (though the dish certainly exists).
Another example is the common salutation among Italian-Americans of "cin'(t)ann", which is supposed to mean "live a hundred years". When I first tried this in Italy, they looked at me as if I had said the equivalent to "To your horse's health". The expression doesn't exist there.
I have a feeling that the term "polpette" is not used in Italy - I simply don't recall coming across it in my time there. However, in the interest of peace, I'll say that I might be wrong on that, and so I'm going to check it out next time I go there.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 9:39 AM
An apartment on the 68th floor of One Conduit Road in Hong Kong just sold for HK$439 MM (US$57 MM) or HK$88,000 psf...US$ 11,354 psf.
The developer is asking HK$ 100,000 psf for the two penthouse units.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 9:40 AM
I'd like the nominating committee to know that I am still anxiously awaiting my statuette for yesterday's Great PLUSA Truce of '09...I've already cleared a spot on my display shelf. Ahem....
Mornin' folks!
(thanks for shutting off the lights again last night Cargar)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 9:41 AM
"English muffins" are unheard of in England.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 9:42 AM
No prob, Snappy, but did you see *rob* try and get me in trouble with you by turning them back on and leaving them on?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 9:42 AM
Benson - Kudos!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 9:43 AM
"I'd like the nominating committee to know that I am still anxiously awaiting my statuette for yesterday's Great PLUSA Truce of '09...I've already cleared a spot on my display shelf. Ahem...."
Snappy, I suggest we wait at least a day before bequeathing you the award. Truce's have been known to be, how shall we say, short-lived around here. Keeping fingers crossed, however...
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 9:43 AM
It's also interesting how there were some pretty far out Forum posts back then in the Wild West days of The Forum.
Scroll through and see from the pictures some of the wackier ones from October 2008:
http://www.brownstoner.com/forum/archives/2008/10/
Included in there was a wrap up after the End of the World (Or Maybe Not) Party:
http://www.brownstoner.com/forum/archives/2008/10/heres_to_our_fu.php#comments
http://tinyurl.com/ylqp6vq
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 9:44 AM
Yes, Cargar...I say we put him in the corner today. Which is best since he's sick and we can't have him tossing germs all willy nilly around the OT. Did he clean up the clam chowder?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 9:44 AM
i wanted to state this yesterday in the 1500 rentals thread but it was too late in the day when i read it.
anyway i have beef with the 1 and 2 months free baloney. why you ask? because they still do the "you must make between 40 and 45 x the rent" thing.
they stated in the apartments... 1700 a month, but after the free months and concessions and stuff it works out to 1300 a month. here's the sphinctitious part of it that i do not like. someone like me could perhaps quality for a 1300 dollar apartment, but NOT the 1700 dollar one, even tho you pay 1300 dollars a month. and the free months rent is stupid. why not just make it 1300 a month to begin with? so one or two months a year i dont have to pay the rent? but when you are paycheck to paycheck like a gazillion people at there, scrounging to pay 1700 a month is annoying when in reality it's 1300.
i know the owners, developers only do the free month thing so that when the economy picks up they can jack the rent up to 1800 instead of 1400.. it's just f'ed up and im thinking about starting a citizens lobby to petition this renting practise which i believe SHOULD be illage.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 9:45 AM
Biffers - When you post the party on the Forum today, why don't you give a call-out to some of the Forum regulars by name to try to entice them?
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 9:45 AM
btw, you can order chinese beef meatballs at all the places that serve dim sum here in NYC, HK, and probably most metro cities in china
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 9:45 AM
Biff! Don't be a kill-joy! I'd like to think this truce will at least last through the week.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 9:46 AM
"Sphintitious" - great coinage, Rob!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 9:47 AM
benson, like I said the other day, our definition of meatballs is not what is available in Italy, supporting your original statements.
I understand your concer on the origins & usage of the word "polpette."
I just thought it very coincidental when I saw it last night at Saraghina. It was not there the week before. Additionally, they were not served with pasta like they would be here in the US.
I had the tagliatelle with meat ragu.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 9:49 AM
Arkady, perhaps, although people already think many of us are already being exclusionary. Are you coming tomorrow?
"I'd like to think this truce will at least last through the week."
You are very optimistic, Snappy! :-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 9:53 AM
Biff, we had the Non-PLUSA you'd like to meet category on the ballot! Just sayin'...
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 9:55 AM
Okay, anyone who makes over $100k go take the survey! Just joshin'...
Posted by: brownstoner at October 14, 2009 9:55 AM
Shall we set up a betting pool on this issue: How long will the PLUSA truce of October 2009 last?
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 9:56 AM
So I guess your advertisers don't care about us poorer folk?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 9:57 AM
Oops, Cobble/Arkady, I guess I misunderstood. I thought Arkady meant to mention PLUSAs by name to get them out. I would definitely love to have some first-timers and Forum regulars attend. I don't hang out in the Forum much. Can you two suggest who you would consider "the regulars" there?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 9:58 AM
no benson, why don't we all just drop it already? It's old. Really old.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 9:59 AM
It'd be nice to think that the truce could be as enduring as some of the topics from last year's pre-party postings. It *could* happen if people make an effort to be unprovocative.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:00 AM
I think the PLUSAs are on the road to mending their differences. It's a slippery slope and people will fall off the wagon with the slightest provocation but I'm optimistic.
If I get bored I'll just throw something controversial out there and watch the sparks fly.
Recessed lighting
ensuite master baths
meatballs
pasta
AsshatHill
Miss Muffett
cornerbodega
PropJoe
Gravesend property values
contextual anything
Horror Show
foie gras
dildos
shaken not stirred
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 10:00 AM
I took the survey and unfortunately, I'm poor! Oh well!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:01 AM
Done, Mr. B.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 10:01 AM
Biffy - Look at the winners of Who You'd Like to Meet; cite some of the people who came to last year's Union Hall but haven't been since; write the invitation w/ enthusiastic encouragement for others who post regularly.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:03 AM
i don't know why the meatball thing annoys me so much. i can't help it, but i grew up in an italian neighborhood in NJ and thought i was italian. so much so that the first time i saw another ajin kid in school, i was like wtf? and when they had big trays of food and stuff, there was always a big tray of meatballs. not over spaghetti, just meatballs. not all beef, mixed ground veal and pork and maybe beef. along with baked ziti, eggplant parm and other stuff. these were pretty old school italian people too. so maybe it's a regional thing or something. but i will wait until benson gets back from italy.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 10:04 AM
Update: 1 out of 40 respondents so far makes over $500,000. Less than 30% making under $100K though...developing...
Posted by: brownstoner at October 14, 2009 10:04 AM
Mr. B...who makes more than 500k? I need to know who to pretty up for :)
**I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger, but she ain't messin' wit no broke broke...**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:07 AM
I'm interested to learn which is the favored neighborhood for investment.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:07 AM
Took the survey. Pretty well constructed. Except there was no WSJ or FT listed.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 10:07 AM
Arkady, great ideas. I'll post it later today or tomorrow.
Cobble, can you recall who were on the list of the nominees people most wanted to meet?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 10:08 AM
After 60 responses, 50/50 male-female split...
Posted by: brownstoner at October 14, 2009 10:08 AM
If they've been reading the OT, I can't imagine why they would want to come. It hasn't been pleasant.
benson- I know that but it doesn't help. We seemed to have worked through a lot yesterday and now we're already saying it won't last. What's the point? The damn thing was stupid to begin with.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 10:09 AM
Snappy! ROFL!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 10:09 AM
I'm interested to learn who in the hell would admit to using the Post as their main news source for daily consumption!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:09 AM
of course that is what they claim...how many people are honest in surveys.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 10:09 AM
50/50 male/female split is called transgender
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 10:10 AM
Hmm, I'd have to look it up Biff. Hang on.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 10:10 AM
59/60 so far have a college degree...
Posted by: brownstoner at October 14, 2009 10:10 AM
I am so not the $500,000 person :(
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 10:11 AM
60 responses in half an hour! Lots of people for the party.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:11 AM
Heya Cobble :) If I can't win the mega millions I gotta at least entertain the idea of going straight and being a kept woman!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:11 AM
26. Brownstoner poster/lurker you’d most like to meet
east_new_york, 11217, What, Snark/snarkslope/ditmasnark, dittoburg, tyburg, Townhouselady, gemini10, nomi, minard lafever, brendafromflatbush, legion, bowl of dicks, Nostalgic on Park, fsrq, randi, brooklyn greene, chicken
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 10:11 AM
Good morning everyone.
PLUSA? One of those things I keep reading and have no idea wtf it is...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 14, 2009 10:11 AM
Park Slope way out in the lead for neighborhood residence...
Posted by: brownstoner at October 14, 2009 10:12 AM
No Huffington Post?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 10:12 AM
bxgrl - You can control that. I bet I'm the only one in the geriatric category & there ain't nothin' I can do about it.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:12 AM
Ok, here are my other contributions toward fostering the new peace. Two parts, one an apology, the other a response to Montrose's post late yesterday on the OT:
1) I apologize for using the term S____ V_____. I have a wife and daughter, and I certainly would not want anyone directing this term against them. Straight out, I apologize.
2) Montrose, you are indeed correct that I do not promote the concept of political correctness. My beef is that there is a one-sided political correctness on this site, and it has multiple dimensions. I think I've tried to point it out numerous times, so no need to go into details. I thought about it last night, and I suppose that some of it is inevitable when you have an overwhelming number of folks who tend to think along certain lines (which is the case on this site, folks). However, one cannot set oneself up as the sentinel against every ocassion where this pops up. So,I'll try to be less prickly in this regard.
OK folks, there you have it. That's my penance.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 10:12 AM
OK OK, it's me who makes over 500K. Now who wants to be my friend?
I actually make peanuts, literally.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 14, 2009 10:13 AM
that's funny you said clean up the clam chowder cuz last night i heated up manhattan clam chowder!! not the new england kind cuz that's dairy! and i was so loopey from the Soma pills that were prescribed to me i spilled half of it all over the kitchen :( the dogs came running in lapping it up, and they are maniacs, you can't keep them down! i am feeling a lot better today, used the inhaler twice so far. coughing a little because the building gave us free bagels and cream cheese downstairs. grrr dairy.. they did this cuz the elevator has been broken for the last 3 days and the freight is still under construction!!! i had to walk up 5 huuuuuuuuuuuuuge flights. these are like Soho loft height flights, not too bad, but i feel bad for the people who work on the 11th floor! i guess it's good exercise tho.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 10:13 AM
Pathetic Loser Usual Suspect Asshat
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 10:13 AM
I've met NOP- definitely worth meeting. Benson- you especially would like him.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 10:13 AM
So, on average we are well educated (allegedly!) and make good money. Mr. B, you should have included something like "On a scale of 1-10, how hot are you?" LOL...maybe I will attend tomorrow afterall!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:14 AM
Very well thought-out & elegant, Benson.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:15 AM
*rob*, I turned the lights off again after you left, and told Snappy it was so the roaches could finish your clam chowder
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 10:15 AM
1) I apologize for using the term S____ V_____. I have a wife and daughter, and I certainly would not want anyone directing this term against them. Straight out, I apologize.
Benson, thank you.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:16 AM
Towards Peace:
I apologize to everyone whom i called an "asshole" or a "moron."
I will likely have to apologize again in the future for this.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 10:16 AM
Snappy, you have to be there tomorrow. I pre-ordered pitchers of Margaritas for you. Besides, if you don't show, *rob* and I will be forced to call your Mom again
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 10:17 AM
thanks for apologizing. especially for that horrible term, which i find hateful and disgusting on so many levels.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 10:17 AM
Did my duty, Mr. B. I don't know whether it is comforting or disconcerting to think I read much better to advertisers demographically than I am actually worth to them. I guess that's good for you.
Also, I agree with DIBS that the media choices were constrained.
btw, that reminds me, DIBS, we had some discussions here with BRG a while back about the Barnes Foundation. Slate has an article today critiquing the proposed new home for the collection on the Ben Franklin. Looks like there is a fair amount of time left to see it in its original habitat since they haven't started the new building yet -- a must-see if you haven't done it yet.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 14, 2009 10:17 AM
Snappy - The rain is supposed to hold off so hair isn't an excuse for either of us.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:18 AM
Margaritas? NOOOOOOO! I'll be home hiding under the couch with Hari :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:19 AM
Yes, i remember the discussion about the Barnes Foundation
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 10:19 AM
rob- glad you're feeling better! We really were worried.
benson- you're a good guy to say that. (Meatballs were, however, invented by us Jews. I wanted to come clean)
kens- you nearly had 5 offers of marriage until we read the second line. :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 10:20 AM
Slopefarm - Times had a piece on it yesterday - I think it's fugly & rivalled in non-contextuality only by Bklyn Museum & proposed new entry to BBG.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:20 AM
"1) I apologize for using the term S____ V_____. I have a wife and daughter, and I certainly would not want anyone directing this term against them. Straight out, I apologize.
Benson, thank you."
What she said.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 10:20 AM
Cobble, thanks for the names.
I apologize for every hilarious joke I've ever made that clearly went over everyone's head.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 10:20 AM
Alas, I am holding off till the weekend to imbibe adult beverages...I figure I better be sure the roids and antibiotics are fully out of my system before I go back to tanking my liver :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:21 AM
Snappy, don't make us come get you!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 10:22 AM
Snappy - I had to wait 5 days after mainlining on the PICC
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:23 AM
doesn't mean (even if honest reply) that the brownstoner reader makes 500K..just the household. Someone here could already be the one being kept.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 10:23 AM
bxgrl, I'm confident asserting that, at a minimum, KOSHER meatballs were invented by the Jews (although now I await somebody making the argument that it was the Muslims who invented them).
I thought some of the poll categories were funny, such as the "I don't need no stinkin' mortage" option.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 10:24 AM
I figure I better be sure the roids and antibiotics are fully out of my system before I go back to tanking my liver :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:21 AM
You got 'roids too??? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 10:25 AM
I'm being "kept" at the moment. And thank g*d for that!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 10:25 AM
Biff, if you are apologizing for your "hilarious" jokes, you've got nothing to be sorry for :) J/K
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:25 AM
This is all very placatory. I nominate this brownstoner thread for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 10:26 AM
Pete, I'm willing to be kept by the kept! It's all good :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:26 AM
Dave, now do you really want me to start discussing your 'activities' and the likelihood of who's got the better chance of having roids between the two of us? :) :) :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:28 AM
now that's a spicy meatball
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 10:28 AM
Benson gets the Noble Prize.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:28 AM
Weren't Jews invented by the Zoroastrians?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 10:29 AM
"This is all very placatory. I nominate this brownstoner thread for the Nobel Peace Prize."
Clearly Ditto didn't see Snappy's 10:25 post! Hmmph!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 10:29 AM
There should also have been a question about size of household...permanent members, not just one-night-stands.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 10:30 AM
THE PEACE PRIZE IS MINE DAMMIT! I WILL GET THIS PEACE PRIZE IF I HAVE TO KICK ALL YOUR ASSES TILL HELL WON'T HAVE IT AGAIN :)
Ahem...now...about my statuette...
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:30 AM
for those of you that are uninsured, i thought this was a great link from brokelyn
www.brokelyn.com/no-insurance-guide-to-brooklyn-healthcare/
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 10:32 AM
Snappy - Just put gold lame outfits on your little twin dolls.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:33 AM
Snappy, the Peace Prize is being handed out tomorrow night at Union Hall. If you're not there, it will go to the next most deserving person. I believe CG_ups was quite involved in the peace negotiations yesterday...hint, hint...
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 10:34 AM
"Benson gets the Noble Prize"
That Borsalino does make him look noble.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 10:34 AM
Eeek! There should be an accent over the "e" in lame - I wasn't referring to your gimpiness!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:35 AM
Benson, thank you. Apology accepted, 'nuff said.
In the immortal words of Verdi, "pace, pace, pace mio Dio, pace mio Dio." If you've ever heard Leontyne Price or Renata Tebaldi sing this, it is peace indeed, and powerful stuff. It's from La Forza del Destino.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 10:35 AM
Biff, I'd hate to have to kick your ass, but I will if pressed :) I have spoken. The peace prize is mine. Attendance or not. Got it, bucko? :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:36 AM
Ooooh...they would look good in gold lame!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:37 AM
oh snappy. it. is. on.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 10:37 AM
hahahahaha
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 10:37 AM
Biff, resorting to blantant bribery is unbecoming!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 10:39 AM
bring it CG!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:39 AM
MM- opera snob! :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 10:39 AM
Biff - You'd better look out - we never heard how Snaps hurt her foot & now she's got armor for a swift kick.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:39 AM
Arkady - lame and noble - are you going for the most erudite misspeller PLUSA award?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 10:40 AM
Yeah...uh...I uh...I hurt my foot kickin' ass and takin' names! Watch out...IT'S NINJA SNAPPY!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:42 AM
wha? People are fighting over who is getting the peace prize? Life as oxymoron :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 10:42 AM
I'm outa here for the day- snappy- don't hurt them too much.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 10:43 AM
"" - "Noble" was intentional; "lame" is a result of ignorance about how to get accent marks.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:43 AM
I'll try bxgirl :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:44 AM
i like irony
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 10:45 AM
I'm irony deficient.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 10:49 AM
Arkady - I have no idea other than cutting and pasting from Word ΰЀй
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 10:50 AM
Where has Irony Balls been lately?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 10:50 AM
before i take the survey i want to know if it's going to hurt my already poor self-esteem, and since it's aimed at advertisers, maybe i shouldn't take it because i am not the target audience that any of the advertisers are aiming for? it's not like Billy Dee Willams is sipping down a cool colt 45 in any of the Ads, not that ive seen anyway
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 10:53 AM
Rob, I don't think Phillip Morris is advertising here, so don't take it.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 10:55 AM
I need to find a new place to store my irony board. It's become at cat scratcher :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:57 AM
brownstoner got a shout out on brokelyn if that makes you feel better rob. they were listing cheap bars where you can host a birthday party and mentioned that clover club is great but pricey so to bring a brownstoner reader/friend.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 10:57 AM
rob - It doesn't call for any self-examination (no rewrites, please.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:58 AM
Snaps - Is that a really pressing issue?
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 10:58 AM
You definitely shouldn't be using an ironing board to scratch your cats, its too unwieldy.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 10:59 AM
Our drinking prowess is now fodder for other websites? Yikes! AA, here we come!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 10:59 AM
ROFL Ditto!
I tried to imPRESS upon Hari that the irony board is not for nail grooming, but alas, he's still HOT for it :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:00 AM
My cat loves to scratch his chin on my pen/pencil whenever I try to write. Either that or he'll bite the end of it.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 11:06 AM
ditto, you have a cat????? no homo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 11:07 AM
So is this 'Throwback Thread of the Day' going to be a regular feature or is it going to be a 'Throwback Thread of the Whenever Someone Feels Like Posting One'?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:10 AM
By the way....
Just because we now have a peace accord doesn't mean I have to like cats, or cat-talk.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 11:11 AM
I do have a cat, he's fat and black and is polydactyl on all paws. Bless his little cotton socks.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 11:13 AM
By the way....
Just because we now have a peace accord doesn't mean I have to like cats, or cat-talk.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 11:11 AM
I knew it couldn't last.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 11:14 AM
silly grumpy ducky.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 11:14 AM
Fat??? We have one that's 22 lbs.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 11:14 AM
Awww...what's the kitty's name?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:15 AM
Just took the survey.
What is a brownstoner 'brand'?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:18 AM
"Our drinking prowess is now fodder for other websites? Yikes! AA, here we come!"
Snappy, where was this? Do you have the link?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 11:20 AM
Snappy - I might out myself if I gave you his name, its quite distinctive.
He was pre-named. He was an alley cat and the kids who gave him to us as a kitten told us it was a street gang name where they came from (meheho).
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 11:20 AM
I'm guessing that soon we will be able to go to Trader Joe's and buy Brownstoner Cookies. In the shape of a house of course. Are their period appropriate cookies? (please don't rewrite that...I know how it sounds!)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:20 AM
"Snappy - I might out myself if I gave you his name, its quite distinctive."
So you have a cat AND you're gay? (No homo)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 11:21 AM
how about a Brownstoner-Brand Bazonga-Bra at Victoria's Secret for the old-fashioned lady needing extra support for her front stoop?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 11:23 AM
All,
I have an honest-to-goodness cat question. I hung out with a friend of mine in W'burg Friday night and discovered he is a hoarder and cat collector, with 7 cats. The guy is pretty destitute and yet he spends $13 a night on cat food. The original pair of cats bred and now there is a whole family.
I asked him how you're supposed to get rid of cats, and he said all the shelters are full. He is a friend of mine and he is in no shape to be laying out this kind of money when he has to worry about his rent all the time. He said he knows, he knows, but he can't just turn them out on the street.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 11:23 AM
- Are their period appropriate cookies?
Anything that is chocolaty and will make the cramps go away.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:23 AM
I'm on a conference call and have to pee very badly but can't leave my office.
Please advise.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 11:24 AM
Gingerbread houses are contextual.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 11:25 AM
jokester,
"branding" to me is if the company has a distinct personality and style, and if you trust and accept a company's content as vetted, reliable, and worthwhile
Biff,
http://www.brokelyn.com/brooklyns-best-birthday-bars-the-search-continues/
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 11:26 AM
"So you have a cat AND you're gay? (No homo)"
I'm just confused
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 11:26 AM
- I'm on a conference call and have to pee very badly but can't leave my office.
Open a desk drawer
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:27 AM
jester. to start with, he needs to get those animals spayed/neutered ASAP. secondly. try BARC. they are in williamsburg and might be able to help, if not with housing the cats then with resources. also the mayor's alliance for animals may be able to help as well. lastly, tell him to watch animal cops on the animal planet channel. he will see that animal hoarders have a lot of love in their hearts for animals but truly end up doing more harm to themselves and the animals than good.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 11:27 AM
Biff, I was referring to what CG said above about Brokelyn.
Jester, even on the best food available, it does not cost 13 bucks a day to feed cats...wtf is he doing?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:28 AM
wireless headset on MUTE. then go pee.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 11:28 AM
- "branding" to me is if the company has a distinct personality and style, and if you trust and accept a company's content as vetted, reliable, and worthwhile
Is the content in the OT vetted, reliable and worthwhile? I really have to think about this.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:29 AM
do call forwarding to the men's restroom
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 11:29 AM
should always have a johnson catheter within reach.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 11:29 AM
- wireless headset on MUTE. then go pee.
raise the volume to HIGH on wireless headset. then go pee.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:31 AM
"Jester, even on the best food available, it does not cost 13 bucks a day to feed cats...wtf is he doing?"
Feeding them fancy meatballs.
CG, that reminds me of the funny scene from Airplane. I have a feeling I would forget to turn it off while doing my business in the Little Ranglers' Room.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 11:31 AM
jester, thanks for the link. (No sausage)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 11:33 AM
Muffin's Pet Connection will let him list the kitties as for adoption on their website while they live with him. Folks to visit that website or Petfinder.org will be able to see the kitties and hopefully fall in love and come take one or two.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:34 AM
Sanppy, I know. I witnessed him spend #13 for cans of cat food, and I asked if he spent that much every day. Affirmative was his answer.
CG_ups, check. I'll see him today and get on his case.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 11:35 AM
Wish I was swimming right now...a deep, vast clear sea. Can't you just hear the rushing of the water, spilling over therocks and shore?
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 11:37 AM
Jester, the ASPCA has mobile vans that go to different lower income neighborhoods on Saturday's for spay/neutering for cats and dogs. Their schedule is on their website. If one is on public assistance, the fee is $25 per pet. It's $75 if you are not. Considering my vet charges at least $75 for me to sit in their office, this is a great deal. The downside is you have to get up at dawn on Saturday to be in line, outside, by at least 6:15-6:30. They say 7, but if you aren't in the line and have one of the first 24 pet spots, you won't get in. They go by cages, not people, and many people bring two pets.
You end up in line for a couple of hours, leave the pet, and come back at 4 to pick them up. It's a great service.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 11:37 AM
If he's honestly spending that much per day on cat food then he is seriously over feeding the little furballs. I buy a premium brand of cat food and it costs me $20 to feed two cats for about 1 and a half month's worth of food.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:37 AM
Ditto;
You must have had a great cup of coffee this morning. You're really on a roll today!!
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 11:38 AM
I was once on a set (yes, TV) and wired (for sound). Between a take, the producer and I were talking and we got a little naughty with our verbiage. It was too late before we realized that my mic pack was still on. The sound guy heard everything.
The same sound guy also heard me tinkle later on in the week when I forgot to turn off the pack when I went to the little girls room.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:38 AM
Guy next door is hosing off his driveway:
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT it sounds like.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 11:39 AM
I'll verify that but it was from some shitty bodega and maybe it's their idea of a "luxury" item.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 11:41 AM
Thanks Benson, I think its the pseudoephedrine in the Advil Cold & Sinus I took, I'm wired
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 11:41 AM
What show weere you on, BJ??? Romper Room???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 11:41 AM
"I'm on a conference call and have to pee very badly but can't leave my office."
"Guy next door is hosing off his driveway:
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT it sounds like."
jester, you're KILLING me!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 11:43 AM
- Romper Room???
Is this what the OT is now called?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:44 AM
Then don't also read my 11:37, Biff.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 11:44 AM
Biff, you don't have a plant in your office you can 'water'?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:45 AM
Just read the Brokelyn article. Is it just me, or does anyone else find a little creepy that people monitor where we go drinking?
(Biff, just put your hand in a cup of warm water until your call is over. You'll be fine.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 11:46 AM
*skipping all jester's posts until I've been to the Loo"
"Biff, you don't have a plant in your office you can 'water'?"
I used to but it was a PITA to take care of. I got rid of it. I never thought it might come in handy now.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 11:47 AM
"(Biff, just put your hand in a cup of warm water until your call is over. You'll be fine.)"
CGar! LOL! I was going to say something like that, but I took mercy on him!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 11:47 AM
Where's all the ladies today? I apologize, and then they leave me.
Story of my life....
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 11:47 AM
That's a long conference call. Hope you're negotiating the peace treaty and how to award the prize to Snappy without backlash.
Must not be that importent of a call for you to be posting during. So pur the phone down and run to the toilet.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:48 AM
i think you guys are misinterpreting the brokelyn article. i didn't mean to create any hostility towards what i think is a great website.
since brokelyn is about being broke in brooklyn and brownstoner is about (supposedly) buying and renovating property in brooklyn the implication is to get your rich brownstoner friends to buy drinks for poor brokelyn peeps.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 11:50 AM
Can I just say that I am officially in love with Fresh Direct! More yummies brought to my home. A girl could get used to this.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:51 AM
Biff, let us know how it all comes out. remember: clear means you're properly hydrated.
CarGar, to me it's more like we're so cool, we leave amazed bystanders in our wake. Only half in cheek, that.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 11:53 AM
[Biff standing at urinal trying to pee into each one of the drain holes consecutively]
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 11:54 AM
If it's clear, it's beer.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 11:55 AM
Biffy - Use the waste basket.
My cat food costs about $15 a week. It's a lot cheaper if you can buy it by the case at a pet shop - the new one on 6th Av. across from St. Augustine's church has best prices I've found for high-end stuff.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 11:55 AM
Don't forget to wash your hands!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:56 AM
Don't forget to unzip your pants!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 11:57 AM
My fat boy cat needs some special SD diet due to past history of bladder problems. The vet has me over a barrel. Its about 30 bucks a bag. Not to metnion the 1000 buck emergency surgery he had.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 11:58 AM
Ditto - If you have to get to the point of infusing him I have a great resource - less than a third what vets ask even including shipping.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:00 PM
ditto....our cat got fat on that UTI diet...he no longer has the UTI problem but is now on the RD (Reduced Diet) food. It doesn't seem to do any good but I can't inagine what he'd look like without it. The other tabby is fine on the RD food
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 12:00 PM
"[Biff standing at urinal trying to pee into each one of the drain holes consecutively]"
It's more like trying to avoid the white, pungent hockey puck so none of it deflects back onto me.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:01 PM
And zip back up afterwards!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:01 PM
I officially put Pia on a diet yesterday. Bought her the 'overweight/inactive' kitty food. Sigh. My poor baby is stress eating and has ballooned. I love my little lard ass, but I worry about her.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:02 PM
I am happy to attend any brokelyn posters' birthday parties at Clover Club. Not guarantees on payment.
Posted by: etson at October 14, 2009 12:03 PM
This friend also does undercover work where buys illegal cigarettes from bodegas. he gets paid $25 per successful purchase. He asked the detective how he should dress, and was told, "Just dress like you always do."
He also was queried about doing some drug buys. The payout for him? $40.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 12:03 PM
I agree with CG_ups. I think brokelyn was doing Mr. B the favour with their mention and even included a link to today's Brownstoner Food & Drink thread.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:04 PM
- I love my little lard ass
I love this phrase.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 12:04 PM
The cigarette sting is one thing, but as a private citizen I'd never agree to do drug buys for the po po. Who wants drug dealers coming after you? I don't need another hole in my ass. I shit just fine.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:06 PM
uh-oh.... Brownstoner just posted thread with picture of a gun on sidewalk on Union St (even tho he wrote avenue).
Like how near to Union Hall....Last time we had to fend of rats now guns. what gives.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 12:06 PM
Does he get to keep some of the drugs?
Posted by: etson at October 14, 2009 12:07 PM
I know Brokelyn wasn't judging us...I was just kidding :) Was anyone serious?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:07 PM
I wondered if he meant Union St. Confuzzed me for a moment.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:09 PM
aren't there any food kitchens/pantries for cats?
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 12:09 PM
He turned down the drug buy inquiry, he feels uncomfortable with it. It was supposed to be at the Red Hook projects and he shops at Pathmark near there, I told him.
To get illegal cigarettes, ask the owner "Do you have the cheaper ones?"
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 12:10 PM
It's a lo-o-ong walk from that McD's to Union Hall & up hill all the way.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:11 PM
Union Hall has bouncers with peace officer licenses anyway. Those guys sacrifice themselves and get ZERO respect - "You just some rent-a-cop blah blah blah."
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 12:13 PM
"And zip back up afterwards!"
D'OH! Thanks, Arkady.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:13 PM
The Kirkland dry cat food at Costco is the best. It looks and smells like Science Diet, and the ingredients are comparable. It is low ash. I also had a cat with UTI. Best of all, the 25 lb bag costs $17, and lasts forever. That's about the same price as a 6 lb bag in the pet or grocery store. My guys scarf it down, and a little bit satisfies them.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 12:15 PM
I figured if Jokester thought you needed reminding to open your zip... Wouldn't want you to blow your image at work.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:16 PM
Pete, we can use the guns to shoot the rats
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 12:16 PM
- "And zip back up afterwards!"
D'OH! Thanks, Arkady.
The next conference call might have been very interesting.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 12:17 PM
I've still got that rat trap :) Makes me giggle and cringe everytime I look at it. Ah, memories.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:18 PM
Thanks Arkady, I'll keep it in mind. The problem with the UTI diet is that its hi-fat. He used to chase my red laser pointer around the room, but now, like his owner, he just follows what he desires with his eyes.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 12:18 PM
My vet says to give my guys only moist - best for males & particularly Siamese. My last 2 had to be infused after they turned 18 - one for 2 years & one for 3 so I'm following her advice even though the fellows would prefer dried.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:19 PM
Montrose;
I'm going to report you to Mr. B. Shopping at Costco? Tsk-tsk.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 12:20 PM
Hmmm...yes...I suppose Costco is very non-Asshat!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:22 PM
benson - You don't like CostCo? Snappy doesn't either. I think it's terrific! I take out-of-towners there as part of the "tour".
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:22 PM
- Wouldn't want you to blow your image at work.
How many have gotten their image blown at work.
And I'm using image as a euphemism.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 12:23 PM
My wee one is currently eating dry cat food that I first soak in water for 30 minutes until mushy. He's at the point now where he refuses to eat it dry. Picky little bastard!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:23 PM
I like Costco...just not the one in Sunset Park. They made me cry :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:24 PM
What do you expect, Snappy, if you don't have chocolates & beef?
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:25 PM
Cats eat chocolate?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:28 PM
Arkady;
Actually I like the BJ's in East NY. I was just kidding Montrose because sometimes her pal Mr. B. rants about big box stores.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 12:28 PM
I've never been to that BJ's - don't want to pay for 2 memberships but I've heard they have better selection.
No, Snappy, cats aren't allowed chocolate but the environment they're brought up in - odd eating habits by owners - have a lot to do w/ idiosyncratic behavior.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:31 PM
Ok, so I just had to go again. I must have been backed up.
At what age does a man have to start going in the middle of the night (assuming he's not taking some bladder control meds)? I'm really dreading that.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:31 PM
- Actually I like the BJ's in East NY.
How much do they cost?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 12:32 PM
"Actually I like the BJ's in East NY."
I prefer the BJs in Brooklyn Heights.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:32 PM
I go at least 3 times during the night. Of course I also drink almost a full gallon of water each day. Really gotta stop doing that. Ugh.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:33 PM
Benson, back off on the Costco finger wagging - that's exclusive territory of CMU
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 12:34 PM
Ok, then if we are blaming the owners then I guess I'm at fault for Pia's cheese puff fetish. She licks off all the cheese and then it becomes a toy to scoot across the kitchen floor.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:34 PM
used to go to costco and now with BJ. go mainly to the one in middle village queens
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 12:36 PM
Biffers - Shouldn't be an issue until mid-50s. Recent diet can have an immediate, temporary impact. Even room temp. But if you're worried, ask your doc at next check-up.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:36 PM
Widget hears the Cheetohs bag as I come in the front door!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 12:37 PM
Thanks Arkady. It hasn't happened yet, but it can't be far off. Definitely drinking a ton before bed doesn't help...unless it's a ton of booze, in which case I just pass out and pee in the bed.
TMI?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:38 PM
It's all fun and games until they crush it on the carpet!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:39 PM
Rubber sheets Biff! Get yourself some rubber sheets :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:40 PM
"Rubber sheets Biff! Get yourself some rubber sheets"
Good idea. And they would match my rubber pajamas.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:41 PM
- I prefer the BJs in Brooklyn Heights.
Some prefer the BJ's in Dumbo.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 12:41 PM
- Rubber sheets Biff! Get yourself some rubber sheets :)
They'll also come in handy with the preferred BJ's in Brooklyn Heights.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 12:44 PM
Biff;
Want me to pick up some Depends for you when I go to BJ's?
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 12:45 PM
Anyone been watching 'Bored to Death' on HBO?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 14, 2009 12:45 PM
I don't have HBO :(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 12:49 PM
Benson, if you show up tomorrow night, I promise to wear them - at least for as long as it takes me to drink one can of PBR. In other words, don't blink.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:55 PM
I just posted in the Forum. Arkady, hopefully it was what you were envisioning, although it was far less entertaining than a CobbleSnaps LLC ad.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 12:56 PM
Boo Snappy!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 14, 2009 12:59 PM
I dont have cable and as of last night, don't have a few of the public over the air channels - son broke the antenna
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 12:59 PM
quote:
If one is on public assistance, the fee is $25 per pet. It's $75 if you are not.
i find that wrong on some levels. also if one is on public assistance, perhaps they shouldn't have pets? i know i know.. it's bad to say that, but a lot of people agree. pet care isnt cheap!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 1:00 PM
Biff, you just need to use the word "booty" more often in your post and then it will be up to CobbleSnaps standards :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 1:00 PM
DH, saints 2.5pts fav over g-men. how you see it? am doing the pool picks for the wk here
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 1:03 PM
quote:
This friend also does undercover work where buys illegal cigarettes from bodegas. he gets paid $25 per successful purchase. He asked the detective how he should dress, and was told, "Just dress like you always do."
youre friend is an A-Hole. ugh i miss being able to get cheap cigs up in harlem. sometimes they'd give me a hard time, but after a while they eventually know you were really buying them. does anyone know of any places around park slope that sell cheaper cigarettes from "the drawer"?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 1:03 PM
m4l - have you tried a wire coat hanger?
Its best if you hit him with the rounded ends.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 1:03 PM
Rob, everyday there is a guy parked on 5th Ave near 10th street with a trunk full of $5 newports.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 1:05 PM
Start getting your hair cut on Ave U., look ourt for the Chinese guy who comes in the barbershop, that's all I'm gonna say...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 14, 2009 1:06 PM
"NO . . . WIRE . . . HANGERS . . . EVVV-ERRR!!!!!"
(Sorry, can't hear "wire hanger" without thinking of Mommie Dearest)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 1:06 PM
Rob - I see the lung cancer scare wasn't an epiphany then
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 1:06 PM
Also the corner of 35th street and 7th ave in Manhattan... the guy gets arrested like every other day but he's always back out there...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 14, 2009 1:07 PM
Love that movie.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 1:08 PM
"youre friend is an A-Hole."
Funny - I posted that story mostly out of expectation you would want in on the action.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 1:10 PM
"DH, saints 2.5pts fav over g-men. how you see it? am doing the pool picks for the wk here"
I dunno M4L - Saints' defense was impressive against the Jets and Giants haven't really established the run yet with Jacobs. I like the Saints - but never too good at spreads.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 14, 2009 1:10 PM
Does 'the man' read this blog? If so, sorry guy on 5th Ave! Didn't mean to snitch!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 1:11 PM
ditto,
the kid is slick. everytime he senses he's in trouble, he sticks his hands out, cracks a big smile, and asks for a hug. At the same time, until I get some redundance (ie another child), I'll hold back the old school spanking, smacking, etc
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 1:11 PM
Biff, nice forum post for Union Hall
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 1:11 PM
m4l - we're even softer on our second kid than the first, never smacked the little tyke.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 1:12 PM
Why, thank you CGar. I'm hoping to ensure it's not just DIBS and I having cocktails together. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:14 PM
Start getting your hair cut on Ave U., look ourt for the Chinese guy who comes in the barbershop, that's all I'm gonna say...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 14, 2009 1:06 PM
Listen to the Chinaman here - be very wary buying cheap cigs from a Chinese guy popping in like this or standing on street corners, etc. There are tons of FAKE cigs (like the hand bags,...) smuggled into this country
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 1:16 PM
i peed the mattress once as an adult. (this was like 6 years ago) i woke up being like WTF!? but it only happened cuz i was having a really lucid dream where in the dream i was peeing.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 1:16 PM
I'll be there (but I rarely miss a meet up for drinks). I know Kens and Etson will be there. Slopefarm will be there on the late side. I believe Jester will be there. I was fairly certain herkimer said she'll be there. Told Snappy we'll go to her apartment to get her if necessary. If *rob* is feeling up to it, he won't even need directions to get there.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 1:18 PM
CGar, I was just kidding. I know others should be there as well (DeLepp, CG_ups, DH, Jessi, Pete, Denton and Mrs. D, etc.).
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:21 PM
Listen to the Chinaman here - be very wary buying cheap cigs from a Chinese guy popping in like this or standing on street corners, etc. There are tons of FAKE cigs (like the hand bags,...) smuggled into this country
I smoke American Spirits so I'm basically forced to go to the store. Even if I did smoke Marlboros or Newps I don't know if I would trust it...
You could always go to Connecticut, it's a tobacco-growing state so the taxes are comparable to down south prices...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 14, 2009 1:21 PM
quote:
Rob, everyday there is a guy parked on 5th Ave near 10th street with a trunk full of $5 newports.
and youre just telling me this NOW? 5 dollars tho.. hmm sketchy. most black market newports are 7-8.. 5 dollars doesnt sound right at all.. i once bought them for 6 and they were actual FAKE BOOTLEG newports. they tasted like crap and didnt even have menthol! ugh. i will only buy them if they have the real stamp on the bottom, doesnt matter what state. usually they say georgia or virginia. if they dont have the stamp on the bottom they are real bootlegs from china and they are TERRIBLE.
OMFG someone from the building just came in to check the sprinklers and i saw his hand and he has LOBSTER CLAW HAND!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH that's the second person ive seen with lobster claws for hands!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 1:23 PM
Well, if Benson is going to be there, I'll be there too. also late side
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 1:24 PM
quote:
Rob - I see the lung cancer scare wasn't an epiphany then
i guess not. i dont have kids tho and dont plan to make any. so there's no real reason to live passed 40 or 45 in my mind anyway. perhaps that sounds grim to some, but when you think about that's a looooooong time.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 1:27 PM
"You could always go to Connecticut, it's a tobacco-growing state so the taxes are comparable to down south prices..."
There's also some indian reservations on Long Island where you can still get $30 cartons.
I find the imported european cigarettes that you can order online for cheap are pretty good. The light blue camel lights box from Europe is always a good conversation starter infront of a bar.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 14, 2009 1:28 PM
woohoo. free drinks for me from m4l! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 1:28 PM
quote:
If *rob* is feeling up to it, he won't even need directions to get there.
one would think
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 1:30 PM
"There's also some indian reservations on Long Island where you can still get $30 cartons."
Upstate New York Indian Reservations also. (I only know this because I used to represent a couple of the tribes.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 1:32 PM
I order over the net - $2.46 a pack including shipping for a generic.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 1:32 PM
"woohoo. free drinks for me from m4l! :)"
CG_ups, ixnay on the reefee rinksday! You're going to chase him away again when he remembers this. We'll subtly remind him tomorrow when he shows up.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:32 PM
You won't think that when you are 40-45, Rob.
For you that's the same amount of time from now as from when you were at college until today.
Posted by: etson at October 14, 2009 1:33 PM
I'll be there, I want to get the steak sandwich which is yummy yummy yummy.
Oh, and I want to see all of you people too.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 1:33 PM
"(I only know this because I used to represent a couple of the tribes.)"
You don't just represent the tribes, you're a Member of the Tribe.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:33 PM
Hi Everyone!
ok I took the survey, very well laid out - I said in the comments section it would be cool to have a Brownstoner APP now that I bought my fancy new iphone that I have been instructed by streetsmart husband to NEVER walk on 4th avenue using - ok... then, noted!
anywhooooo - here is my daily quip:
if any of you haven't had the Carrot Cake Muffin from S'nice in Park Slope you seriously are missing out majorly. I ate one on Fri,Sat and Sun - omg it's divine
Posted by: gemini10 at October 14, 2009 1:34 PM
i'm so glad that i quit smoking finally. i tried and failed so many times over the years though, so i can sympathize with those of you trying to quit. but it can be done! i used the gum for ~2 weeks. haven't had a cig in almost 3 years :)
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 1:35 PM
G10, are you coming to Union Hall tomorrow?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 1:36 PM
Hop on the PATH train and buy them at any drugstore in Jersey City.
It's $7.35 for Marlboros here.
Hi everyone!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 14, 2009 1:36 PM
"I order over the net - $2.46 a pack including shipping for a generic."
And I order my Depends over the net - $24.60 a pack including shipping for a geriatric.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:36 PM
"you're a Member of the Tribe"
Biff, how did you know I'm part Native American?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 1:36 PM
Nice invitation, Biffers! Very welcoming.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 1:37 PM
CG_ups, I just can't picture you smoking. You seem so natural and innocent. Seriously.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:37 PM
unfortunately that pan-faced chimp bloomberg has been cracking down on the indian tribes selling ciggies to non indians. i really hate him and if i ever see him on the street im going to flick my butt right in his face. on that note, i do hope he's elected and not the other guy. they other guy creeps me out, he looks, sounds, and acts like a muppet.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 1:38 PM
CGar, you're part Native American and I'm all Naive Canadian.
Thanks, Arkady!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:38 PM
Mark Twain said something like "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I do it all the time"
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 1:39 PM
thanks THL! i actually thought about that a couple of weeks ago... i was wondering how much ciggies are in jersey. jeez dumb question, but does the path train take metrocards? i havent been on it in quite some time, and when i lived in jersey i really only came into the city via buses.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 1:40 PM
but biff, i was in a band! and i didn't smoke pot ;)
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 1:42 PM
- how did you know I'm part Native American?
You live in a tent.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 1:42 PM
will try to come tomorrow - it's sooo close and love union hall CGard....
anyone - S'nice
Posted by: gemini10 at October 14, 2009 1:44 PM
- You seem so natural and innocent. Seriously.
Worst Pick Up Line.
What are some bad pick up lines have any of you heard/used?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 1:44 PM
s'nice in the slope? never been but it sounds good. i like a nice carrot cake. cookshop in chelsea has a special carrotcake with sour cream gelato that is off the hook.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 1:47 PM
"but biff, i was in a band! and i didn't smoke pot ;)"
CG_ups, you're such a little instigator!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:47 PM
Ooooh, Biffers! I'll have to get that address from you in a few years...
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 1:47 PM
Gem;
I live down the block from 'snice - I'll have to try. I have to say, though, that some of the folks in there almost look like the ultimate caricature of trust-fund hipsters.
My wife loves their chocolate cupcakes.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 1:51 PM
Bloomberg gave the world's worst answer when Thompson began accusing him of perverting the will of the people by running for a third term. Bloomberg said, "People have been urging me to." Weak, weak, weak!
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 1:51 PM
Arkady, you're not planning on driving non-stop across the country in pursuit of an astronaut, are you?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:52 PM
Bloomberg has been perverting the will of the people while others have been willing to be perverted people.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 1:53 PM
As much as many of you hate what Bloomberg did with the term limits (and apparently legally according to the courts), the majority of the people seem to be in favor of him over anyone else.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 1:58 PM
No, Biffy! I really, really want to be an astronaut, though - closest I've gotten is Space Camp.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 1:59 PM
CG_ups, you better find me before I spend all $12 in my pocket tomorrow else you'll get a rain check
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 2:02 PM
I've liked a lot of what Bloomy has done (w/ some reservations) but what bothers me about his altering of term limits is that it's similar to other autocratic dicta he has made. Thanks goodness, though, Rudy wasn't able to make the same change.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 2:05 PM
"You live in a tent."
Actually, BJ, it's a teepee.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 2:06 PM
Benson, I'm sure Mr. B. has been seen in both Costco and Ikea. Even people who hate the idea end up there eventually. I don't go to Costco often, as I don't have a car, but they do have some things that are a real bargain - Kirkland brands: cat food, clear and kitchen garbage bags, for example. At Christmas time, I will stock up on cookie and cake ingredients, cuz I can't buy presents this year, and I always get a gallon jug of virgin olive oil that lasts quite a long time. Most of the rest of those mega size foods are not for me, it's just too much, and I don't have unlimited storage room, and it just doesn't make sense. I do prefer the Costco out on Rockaway Blvd over the one on 3rd, but that's too far to go most of the time.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 2:08 PM
"I've liked a lot of what Bloomy has done (w/ some reservations)"
Arkady, Rob agrees about the reservations:
"unfortunately that pan-faced chimp bloomberg has been cracking down on the indian tribes"
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 2:08 PM
I forget the poll number, but the vast majority of New Yorkers say they are pissed at Bloomberg for the term limits extension. They go on to say they're going to vote for him for a 3rd term anyway.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 2:10 PM
"i once bought them for 6 and they were actual FAKE BOOTLEG newports. they tasted like crap and didnt even have menthol! ugh."
Sucker.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 2:11 PM
I just never want to see NYC go back to some namby pamby Democrat who's going to be softer on crime and less diligent on spending ( meaning caving into the unions and other special interest groups).
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 2:14 PM
I'm not pissed at Bloomy, I'm more pissed at previous New Yorkers voting to make the system less democratic by telling you who you cannot vote for. Good job the previous New Yorkers didn't vote for doing away with voting all together.
But seeing as I can't vote, who cares what I think.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 2:15 PM
I think Boomie has done a lot of great things, but he lost me on two issues - the Crown Heights homeless intake center and term limits. The intake center is him at his most paternalistic and dictatorial, he just shoved it in our face, without a thought to the people of Brooklyn, or the homeless. He was only thinking of Manhattan and his cronies' real estate and development plans. He is much too Manhattan-centric in general. Term limits - they were voted on twice and passed for a reason, the people wanted them. It was a very self serving, dictatorial and imperialistic thing to do. It is classic Emperor Bloomberg.
That said, Thompson is not my favorite for several reasons, and I don't think he's going to win, but he's got my vote because not voting does not send a message, it just enables the status quo.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 2:15 PM
But DIBS, how much could you really have liked Giuliani?
Didn't he piss you off at all by cleaning up the seedier side of Times Square?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 2:16 PM
"i once bought them for 6 and they were actual FAKE BOOTLEG newports. they tasted like crap and didnt even have menthol! ugh."
Sucker.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 2:11 PM
Yeah Rob, TRUE New Yawker knows that when something is too good to be true, it aint man. Only tourists fall for some of this stuff
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 2:19 PM
Biff, we all had to pay some price for the job Giuliani did. Besides, it isn't totally cleaned up and how many places do you really need on a Wednesday afternoon????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 2:20 PM
I liked Giuliani during his first term, and then I thought he lost his mind and got crazy with the power. Plus he really pissed me off when he tried to ban jaywalking.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 2:21 PM
Thompson for mayor.
given how many posters ont his blog say brownstones will be 70% or more off, I'll vote for the dude
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 2:23 PM
But m4l, they'll be off 70% for the wrong reasons. Chinamen will again be targets. Don't even think such thoughts.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 2:25 PM
DIBS, there's a ton more of us here now and most in my generation dont take shit from others like our parents did then. I'll take my chances. besides, I'll vote against him once I get my premo house at 80% off - ie so just got to survive 1 term
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 2:29 PM
I don't know who to vote for. Probably either a grudging vote for Bloomberg or a protest vote for one of the minor candidates. Bloomberg's record has been pretty good, but I do find some of his policies / actions irritating (congestion pricing, term limits et al). Kind of feel like Guiliani had already done a lot of the hard work.
Posted by: etson at October 14, 2009 2:30 PM
CarGar, if they actually enforced jaywalking laws, most of us would have police records. We'd have a city full of perps.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 2:31 PM
Are you a hairy man? MTV wants you.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tlg/1390828633.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 2:34 PM
etson - I'm irritated at Sheldon Silver on congestion pricing, but that slimey creep isn't subject to term limits and has been in office for what? over 20 years?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 2:35 PM
I'm not even going to open that, BJ. That would be my idea of hell.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 2:36 PM
I hate to get into these political arguing...but DIBS --- from what I read Bloomberg has given bigger raises and courted unions more than the rest. I have to call you on that one. (even though I love unions and proud to be a union member).
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 2:36 PM
I AGREE TOTALLY, DITTO. HE IS THE SLIMIEST THING AROUND. Charlie rangel is a close second.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 2:37 PM
Okay, which of you pervs listed this?
Looking for Asian Twins....
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tlg/1417260484.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 2:37 PM
i dont believe in term limits. what's the point? i dont vote, cuz i dont care, but apparently some people care and like to vote, so let them vote for who they want, even if it's 10 terms in a row. and personally i think a good businessman is much better for a big city, especially in an economic crisis. i dont like him personally at all, and dont agree with a lot of his policies, but the people who vote do, so let them sing and dance away. ill just go with the flow and not worry about such trivial things like politics
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 2:39 PM
- MUST KNOW HOW TO EMOTE THROUGH GRUNTING.
This phrase was at the bottom of a listing for an acting role.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 2:40 PM
Ditto,
I am on Silver's side, and against Bloomberg, on congestion pricing (i.e. against it). Very glad it got put off, even if it was rather underhanded. Just another stealth tax.
Term limits themselves aren't the issue in my mind, as much as the way in which they were overturned.
Posted by: etson at October 14, 2009 2:40 PM
"This friend also does undercover work where buys illegal cigarettes from bodegas."
Oh...I get it. He's a professional snitch. It's a living, I guess. I'll have to warn my bodega guy to keep his eyes open.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 2:40 PM
MM, I know, and there are usually cops standing idly by when I (along with a dozen others) jaywalk by Grand Central every day, but it annoyed me that he tried, and threatened to issue tickets, and I still don't like the barricades on 6th Avenue.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 2:42 PM
Okay, which of you pervs listed this?
Looking for Asian Twins....
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tlg/1417260484.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 2:37 PM
Been there, done that.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 2:43 PM
Rob.......oh, never mind.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 2:44 PM
Etson, I presumed that you were against it by what you said. I'm for it.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 2:45 PM
i think the thing with giuliani is that he tried to attack the cause of problems rather than dealing with the aftereffects. i think it's more effective in the long run but often less politically palatable. honestly even though i jaywalk, i highly recommend if people cross against the light, at least do it at the crosswalk. having driven and biked in the city i have to say that people really don't see you until the last second and it may be difficult or too late to react. and you will end up in more pain than the person in the car. also to the stroller people, please don't jaywalk with strollers. pet peeve. agh!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 2:47 PM
CarGar, what about those lights in the middle of the block, like on 3rd Ave in the 50's. They were supposed to stop jaywalking by making the crossing midblock, therefore safer for pedestrians, but instead, people crawl over the gating, and cross at the curb anyway. I used to drive our company car in that area, back in the 9-5 days, and that intersection was a mess.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 2:47 PM
Sorry...one more.
Animal Planet is looking for people in the Financial Industry with CATS for the TV show Housecat Housecall!
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tlg/1421207341.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 2:47 PM
Montrose;
re: the term limits issue - I think this is a red herring. The courts have found that his actions in this case were legal. Moreover, he did make himself dictator. He still must win the vote of the people.
Moreover, I think alot of the organizations who are running around screaming about democracy are being disingenuous. NYC is far from a functioning democracy. Most of our elected officials are decided at the time of the Democrat party primary. Most people have become apathetic and don't bother to vote, so these primaries are decided by the real people who run NYC: public-service unions, machine politicians, "non-profit" social-service organizations, etc. The result is typical of any one-party rule situation: stooges in the City Council who are both corrupt ane at the beck and call of the civil-service unions. The only thing putting a stop to that is a strong, independent mayor, which is why both Giuliani and Bllomberg were elected. Thompson is a political hack machine politician who will bring us back to the bad old days.
Lest you think I'm just being partisan, note that this system is the inevitable result of any one-party-rule situation. Nassau County used to be a one-party government and in that case it was the Republicans. At least over there the folks wised up after the corruption became obvious and they gave the Democrats a seat at the table. It's amazing to me that NYC'ers, who like to think they are sophisticated, allow themselves to be ruled like a banana republic.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 2:49 PM
Funny ditto. Think you're from London, where it was adopted and seems to be accepted. I'm from Manchester, where it was voted down with 75%+ against.
Posted by: etson at October 14, 2009 2:49 PM
Bloomberg has sown the seeds of his own potential destruction by hijacking the democracy to extend term limits. He didn't like the rules, so he rather hypocritically changed them. Typical rich-guy tactics at a time when heavy-handed CEO behavior is quite out of fashion. I'm not saying he'll lose, but it is ironic his corrupt bargain could possibly trigger his defeat.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 2:49 PM
MM - lights in the middle block are intended to alleviate the traffic backup from turning vehicles by moving the pedestrian flow away from the corner. whether it works or not is up for debate, but that is the intention.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 2:49 PM
Sorry....one one more.
Snappy, you and your DIVA cats can be on TV.
"• Is your diva cat making too many demands?
• Is your boss cat ruling your household?"
http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/tlg/1401428309.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 2:50 PM
Etson, we're true to form then!
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 2:51 PM
What benson said.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 2:53 PM
MM, I can't picture the mid-block lights on 3rd, but I enjoy watching people - especially confused tourists - climb over the barricades on 6th!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 2:55 PM
sorry, I can't help it. I keep finding them.
$75/hr to humiliate men.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tlg/1421318567.html
Cha-Ching!!!!
I start my training next week.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 2:57 PM
I don't know about hijacking democracy, its Bloomberg who was elected Mayor of the city but its Silver who decides what projects will or won't fly for this city (West Side Stadium, congestion pricing etc etc). The idea that Bloomberg is somehow making a power grab when most of the power was grabbed long ago by backroom dealers in an undemocratic system is just hot air.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 2:59 PM
That may well be so, guys, and I'm realistic enough to agree with much of what you say, Benson and DIBS. Not enough people do vote, (see rob, above) and we get what/who we get. I think part of the problem is that the choices are so limited. I mean, who really wants to be saddled with the problems of the MOST IMPORTANT CITY IN THE ENTIRE KNOWN UNIVERSE? You'd almost have to be either a political hack with the support of the many factions of NYC's back rooms, or a megalomaniac control freak. If you think about it, we either get one or the other, and occasionally both at once.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 14, 2009 3:00 PM
"$75/hr to humiliate men"
I pay far more for humiliation
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:00 PM
- I pay far more for humiliation
I get mine for free right here on the OT.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 3:02 PM
love to play chicken with those idiot pedestrians who actually think I'll slam on my brakes if they chose to purposely walk into my path when it's "DON'T WALK". one time, one of those idiots (a girl) ran up to my car at the next light to scream at me that I could've mowed her down, etc. upon which I cursed her out that her blatant stupidity could've done major damage to my car, waste my time explaining to police how she got ran over,....
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 3:03 PM
quote:
Yeah Rob, TRUE New Yawker knows that when something is too good to be true, it aint man. Only tourists fall for some of this stuff
im very gullible. i once bought a bag of mushrooms from some random dude selling them. i boiled them in tea, waiting to trip. nothing happenening at all. crush more up and put them in tea, nothing. then i google them and they were f'ing shitake mushrooms from like a supermarket :( i paid 60 bux for those! LOL never again. fool me once, twice, thrice, no more.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 3:08 PM
I've paid to be to have all sorts of things done to me. Rather fun actually.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:08 PM
Bloomberg's money bought republican senate votes when he wanted them. His money bought the vote to extend term limits because would have been death wish for Quinn et al to go against him.
Someone without his $$$ would not have been able to do this.
It was outrageous although apparently legal.
Nobody is irreplaceable. Guiliani tried pulling that at end of his last term.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:08 PM
Bloomberg's money bought republican senate votes when he wanted them. His money bought the vote to extend term limits because would have been death wish for Quinn et al to go against him.
Someone without his $$$ would not have been able to do this.
It was outrageous although apparently legal.
Nobody is irreplaceable. Guiliani tried pulling that at end of his last term.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:08 PM
m4l, another reason for me to fear you, LOL. For me jaywalking is sport, but I am always very courteous of drivers and bikers who have the right of way. On the other hand, I can't count the number of times I've almost been run down (especially near LICH) when I have the right of way. And recently I've nearly been run down twice by drivers backing up the street - foolish me for looking only for oncoming traffic when I cross.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:09 PM
"I've paid to be to have all sorts of things done to me."
Haven't we all?
Posted by: Sad sad little man at October 14, 2009 3:11 PM
"This friend also does undercover work where buys illegal cigarettes from bodegas."
Oh...I get it. He's a professional snitch. It's a living, I guess. I'll have to warn my bodega guy to keep his eyes open.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 2:40 PM
So apparently you're one of those retards who walks around saying "Snitches get stitches."
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 3:11 PM
I'm selling myself short.
I'm not going to humiliate men for a paltry $75/hr but:
"WOMEN WHO WRESTLE, BOX OR DO BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU - MAKE $100-$150/HOUR (Manhattan)"
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/etc/1420271699.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 3:12 PM
Rob - you need to do a costs spreadsheet. I think if you add up the money you've lost trying to save money, you'd come out negative.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:13 PM
I read that Monteserrante ( or whatever his name is) verdict is supposed to be out later today..
That is probably one where almost all here would agree on.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:13 PM
- Sad sad little man
Can we just shorten this to S&M
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 3:14 PM
Rob - you need to do a costs spreadsheet. I think if you add up the money you've lost trying to save money, you'd come out negative.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:13 PM
I'm thinking of hiring rob to run our short book.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:14 PM
Yes Pete, the broken-bottle school of relationship dispute resolution is not very popular nowadays
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:16 PM
"Can we just shorten this to S&M"
Have toyed with the idea
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:16 PM
JPM announced how much they have set aside for bonuses through the first nine months. I'm feeling more certain about my prediction that brownstone prices bottom by the end of the year.
Goldman and MS numbers out in a few days.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:17 PM
And the DOW just topped 10,000.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:18 PM
never mind drivers backing up CGar...those delivery guys on bikes will get you anytime. Of course, London is scariest..because we are habit formed to step off curb and look for traffic but there they drive right along the curb and coming from wrong direction.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:18 PM
oops- Monserrate verdict is tomorrow not today.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:20 PM
"And the DOW just topped 10,000."
So you and the DOW have something in common.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:21 PM
DIBS - did you post that info on the blog whose name cannot be spoken?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:22 PM
Rob;
M4L gave you very good advice above: if it sounds too good to be true, it is indeed too good to be true. Remember those words when folks ask you to fork over money for something.
Also, the right to vote is one of your most important, and was paid for by the blood of patriots. Don't squander it.
OK- getting off my soapbox now.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 3:23 PM
Ummm, not really, Biff. Sometimes it is better to receive than to give. In fact, just last night, oh, never mind.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:25 PM
I was waiting for Dave's reply, ROFL
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:26 PM
DIBS,
I've been looking for the thread, I think back in January, when you, what and everyone else were going at it with the team bull/team bear stuff and I asked for everyone's predictions for where we would be within a year. I think you had the dow breaking 11k at some point in or before Jan. 2010. I think what had it around 6k, but i'm not sure. I don't remember the case-schiller predictions. I may be wrong, but I think it was a Jan. 09 thread, or maybe Nov. or Dec. '08, but I don't recall whether it was an OT, HOTD, 6 month later, or one of what's nuclear forum posts. Maybe biff can find it, or maybe a PLUSA earmarked it somehow for revisiting. Would be interesting to look at as we get closer.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 14, 2009 3:27 PM
the voting issue seems so circular. people don't want to vote because of whatever reason. but with such low voter turnout, you'd think that people could drive change via increased participation rates. hmmm.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:27 PM
Dave, my favorite toast: "Bottoms up!"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:28 PM
"JPM announced how much they have set aside for bonuses through the first nine months. I'm feeling more certain about my prediction that brownstone prices bottom by the end of the year.
Goldman and MS numbers out in a few days."
Nice to know that housing in NYC will be affordable for SOMEONE
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 14, 2009 3:28 PM
400 to the lady with the dog!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:29 PM
"So apparently you're one of those retards who walks around saying "Snitches get stitches."
Well, I'm not a "retard," but it sounds like you'd certainly qualify. I've never said anything like "Snitches get stitches." That's the corniest, dumbest thing I've ever heard. In fact, I've lived in Brooklyn my whole life and I have NEVER heard anyone utter that phrase. Sounds like something you read on MSNBC.com.
Let's me make this clear. I come from a family with several members in law enforcement. Although I would never go out of my way to set someone up (like this jerk who makes $$ outting cigarette tax cheats), I would have no problem helping police to solve a crime, if I happened to have some information that would help. Selling bootleg cigarettes is illegal, to be sure, but it's not on my list of serious crimes, sorry. To me, there's a difference. I think you friend is a slimy little weasel, OK? And I will be sure to out him to my bodega guy (who is a pal of mine) if I even SUSPECTED he and I were in my corner store at the same time. You moronic jerk.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 3:30 PM
"I have a feeling that the term "polpette" is not used in Italy "
benson, maybe they use 'meatball'. After all, we use words like pesto, parmesan, etc.
What's up with this 'peace' sh*t? I got home late yesterday and didn't read 'Stoner'. Guess I have to go back.
Bloomberg is the greatest mayor ever in my lifetime. Guilani was a jerk. I think Bloomberg is being characterized unfairly by being called 'Manhattan-centric'. He tries mightily to reach out to the other boros, imo.
I'd love to rip down those damn fences Guilani put up. Especially the ones by the Manhattan Bridge. What an ass. Bloomberg tries to make the city more pedestrian and people-friendly, and bike friendly. Guilani built fences to pen in pedestrians and give the city back to the out-of-towners in cars. Wonderful.
I look forward to congestion pricing, hopefully it will be back. Plenty of ways to get around Manhattan without driving.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 3:31 PM
"Dave, my favorite toast: "Bottoms up!""
Not "Down the Hatch"?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:31 PM
Anyone wants to fight my well earned yesterdays' cell phone ticket for me? Who wants to write a create excuse for me? If I get it dismissed, I'll buy you drinks all night (Snappy, I am thinking of you here). Hey, I rather donate that money to a PLUSA than to Bloomberg & Co.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 14, 2009 3:32 PM
to be honest, i think bigger finance bonuses will affect manhattan pricing (and westchester/fairfield county) much more than brooklyn. honestly, the number of wall street folks who live in brooklyn is pathetically small.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:32 PM
Vote carefully- Bill Thompson Jr. = Dinkins II.
Memories...
"Why Joyce, I heard they put that taxpaying Korean immigrant Shop Owner in an insane asylum today, between riots, I really should try to stop that boycott." ....now where are my tennis balls?
Posted by: Crescent Hill at October 14, 2009 3:32 PM
What denton said.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:33 PM
"honestly, the number of wall street folks who live in brooklyn is pathetically small."
Re-write (for me):
"honestly, the wall street folks who live in brooklyn are pathetically small."
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:34 PM
denton, PLEASE stay awy from the meatball thing.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:34 PM
Not "Down the Hatch"?
Great point, Biff! Tough choice that one!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:34 PM
by my above comment, i meant for the big $ earners like those referenced in the original bonus comment.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:35 PM
Denton;
People have been badly injured over this meatball melee'. Run away.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 3:36 PM
eny, I hear ya, but are you saying you've never seen a 'stop snitching' tshirt either? I've seen plenty.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 3:36 PM
oh deah,
people getting testes again. Let talk something nice.
Like favorite place for vacation. Or cocktail recipes.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:37 PM
all i have to say is that it's MEATball, not BEEFball. bwa ha ha ha
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:38 PM
- Not "Down the Hatch"?
What about "Drinks on me".
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 3:38 PM
ENY,
Take your hat off, boy
When you're talking to me.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 3:38 PM
dibs, not trying to start an argument, but it just could be!
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 3:38 PM
- Like favorite place for vacation.
What!
And don't anyone say it.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 3:39 PM
"59/60 so far have a college degree..."
Man, I broke a perfect score! I'm not the 500k+ guy either. Maybe that's related. Hmm...
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 3:39 PM
Finance is the most popular profession and two-thirds of you commute to Manhattan for work...
Posted by: brownstoner at October 14, 2009 3:39 PM
i made a beautiful lunch for myself to eat at work today. it had sausage, shaved brussel sprouts and yukon gold potatoes. sad but true. this morning in the cab i thought the cab was stinky. i was like wtf is this dude eating this early in the morning. lo and behold, my lunch had spilled all over the inside of my bag. I WAS THE STINKY. there's a lesson in this somewhere.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:39 PM
"The idea that Bloomberg is somehow making a power grab when most of the power was grabbed long ago by backroom dealers in an undemocratic system is just hot air."
Wrong. He attempted to subvert the will of the people, and while you don't seem to be concerned, thankfully not everyone shares your view.
http://bit.ly/2jGxq4
http://bit.ly/3CJRMt
http://bit.ly/2VlmI8
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 3:40 PM
What about "Drinks on me".
BJ, whipped cream on you perhaps . . .
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:40 PM
jester. what the hell is wrong with you today?
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:40 PM
And here's a bullish sign: More than half of the renters are planning to buy within the next two years...
Posted by: brownstoner at October 14, 2009 3:40 PM
WTF is wrong with you infinite?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:41 PM
ENY- I am with you , I have never heard that expression before...it sounds like something out of Boys Town.
Posted by: Crescent Hill at October 14, 2009 3:41 PM
"ENY,
Take your hat off, boy
When you're talking to me."
Guess I don't have to read up on the peace treaty. IJ, that's a really nasty and racist remark. Was uncalled for.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 3:41 PM
Denton;
I know you'll never agree with me, but I gotta say it: Giuliani-Bloomberg are a team, as I see it.
I fully agree that Giuliani was weird and an absolute jerk in some ways. You know what? Sometimes that is exactly what you need for the job: a pit-bull jerk to knock some heads together and rip apart some sacred cows. IMHO, Giuliani did just that, paving the way for Bloomberg as an encore act. Remember that pre-Giuliani, it was commonly said that NYC was an "ungovernable" city. You don't hear that much anymore.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 3:41 PM
Mr. B, are you stopping by tomorrow night?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:42 PM
Whatever infinite. You're a fool. You can tell your jerk-off friend the same.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 3:43 PM
CG ups - the lesson is don't shave your sausage.
That always ends up a mess.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:43 PM
Finance is the most popular profession and two-thirds of you commute to Manhattan for work...
Posted by: brownstoner at October 14, 2009 3:39 PM
And spend most of our time blogging about being back in Brooklyn.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:43 PM
Holy shit.
IJ: you crossed the line big time with that one. I would take that back.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 3:44 PM
No denton, I haven't. What's your point?
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 3:44 PM
"shaved brussel sprouts"
Clue me in, how do you 'shave' a sprout?
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 3:44 PM
I'm looking for a couple jerk-off friends.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:45 PM
I don't need any of you guys to defend me. He can say whatever he wants on the Internet. I can bet you any money he'd never say that to my face.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 3:45 PM
Did that mean what it sounds like it meant???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:45 PM
"ENY,
Take your hat off, boy
When you're talking to me."
*putting Snappy's Peace Prize back in the box...prepared to ship back to manufacturer*
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:45 PM
benson, I agree that, in many ways, Giuliani paved the way for Bloomberg's largely successful mayoralty. I do think the City was much cleaner under Giuliani - there's a quality of life issue I wish Bloomberg would revisit; broken bottles and litter everywhere.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:46 PM
cut brussel sprout in half. fine slice. slivers = shaved brussel sprout. quick saute in butter. heaven.
dburg - could not shave the sausage as i am not lady gaga though.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:46 PM
Denton,
I'm postgraduate and not the 500k+ guy (or gal) either. Don't beat yourself up over it. Meanwhile, Greenwood wasn't in the neighborhood residence choices. Did you put yourself down as Park Slope? Mr. B owes both of us So Slo tinderbox tenders for boosting the demographic profile.
And yes, by all means, leave the great meatball etymology debate alone. You could destroy a fragile detente. For want of a polpette, a kindom was lost, or something like that.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 14, 2009 3:47 PM
"don't shave your sausage"
Why would anyone shave their sausage?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:47 PM
ENY, like I pointed out, its a sideshow. Everyone is getting their panties in a twist and are all outraged, yet if the people of this city were really concerned about those in power in this city having limited terms they would limit Sheldon's term. He is not subject to term limits, he controls a huge amount of the power. Whats more, what Bloomberg did is legal, unless he bought the judge.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:47 PM
CGand - I dunno, ask DIBS
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:48 PM
For want of a polpette, a kindom was lost, or something like that.
LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:48 PM
ENY. it's not a matter of defending you, it's a matter of telling someone when they've come unhinged to dial it back a hundred notches. nobody wants to read that ish regardless of to whom it is directed.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:48 PM
- Why would anyone shave their sausage?
I gather some prefer to shave their meatballs.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 3:49 PM
I just want everyone to know that even thought the peace treaty is now toast, I'll hold up my end of the deal.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 3:49 PM
"And spend most of our time blogging about being back in Brooklyn."
ROFL, Dave. I want to see the stats about how often respondents check Brownstoner.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:50 PM
ENY - we weren't defending you, we were calling him out for being a f%^k
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:50 PM
if you shave your sausage you can shave your polpettes.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:50 PM
a male friend of mine that resides in chelsea told me about the waxing special at his spa. it's called the back, crack and sack. back = tushie. otherwise figure it out..... sounds painful.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:51 PM
shaving sprouts kinda kinky.. could get you arrested.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:51 PM
Well let's not pretend that a Peace Treaty means that there will never be any cyber jousting here. It's always been a part of this site (and most other blogs) and always will be. Expecting it to never get ugly is unfortunately a pipe dream.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:51 PM
"panties in a twist"
This should be the name of the Official PLUSA Cocktail
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:51 PM
"I don't need any of you guys to defend me. He can say whatever he wants on the Internet. I can bet you any money he'd never say that to my face."
Hey eny, I'm sure you don't but sometimes a community has to show that certain things are unacceptable. At least that's how I feel. To me that kind of talk is fuc*ed up. Anyway I hope you come to the meeting. I have one or two things I'd like to say to your face. Mainly about riding between subway cars :-)
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 3:52 PM
shaved meatballs and sausage it is
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:52 PM
to be honest, i think bigger finance bonuses will affect manhattan pricing (and westchester/fairfield county) much more than brooklyn. honestly, the number of wall street folks who live in brooklyn is pathetically small.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:32 PM
is that correct when we're talking about just the expensive hoods in brownstone belt?
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 3:52 PM
And DIBS, by "pipe dream", I didn't mean what you're thinking.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:53 PM
Chill out, everybody! I'm not going to destroy the peace process. That line is from "Feed the Tree" by Belly:
Take your hat off boy
When you're talking to me
And be there when I feed the tree."
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/belly/feed+the+tree_20016477.html
All-purpose comeback I've been saving up for some time now for people who never let up. I never even considered the race angle.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 3:53 PM
The Peace Treaty is NOT toast. Let's move on, folks. There's nothing to see here.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:53 PM
CG - what will the cocktail have in it? (besides bitters of course)
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:54 PM
I bet benson thinks the Italians invented toast.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:55 PM
so - directions for panties in a twist, please.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:55 PM
Shouldn't it be Panties With a Twist?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 3:56 PM
Infinite - as someone who wasn't born here and was previously culturally unaware about that particular expression until I came here, I must say its difficult to believe that an American could be ignorant of the import of that.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 3:57 PM
- the waxing special at his spa. it's called the back, crack and sack.
They should call it the Barack.
A lot of spas won't wax the sack cause it's very sensitive.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 3:58 PM
Panties in a Twist
I drink Stoli straight, so I'm not the best mixologist, but clearly it will have a twist.
Anyone?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 3:58 PM
m4l, yes, even so. wall street types are as much creatures of habit as any other people. most of the bigger money peeps are not in brooklyn. in fact, i would guess that more are in NJ than in brooklyn, though overwhelmingly most are manhattan/westchester/fairfield county as a percentage of the big earners.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 3:58 PM
I think "twisted polpettes" would be a better expression.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 3:58 PM
Remember that pre-Giuliani, it was commonly said that NYC was an "ungovernable" city. You don't hear that much anymore.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 3:41 PM
Memories:
"Joyce, Did you hear that the murder rate in NYC is at an all time high...but were OK, only my reputation has been killed. Now where is my white silk scarf?...hand me my Top Hat Dear , no, no, not the one with the bullet hole in it.
Posted by: Crescent Hill at October 14, 2009 3:58 PM
What about the English version: Knickers In A Twist????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:59 PM
It's no sideshow to me, ditto. I'm not talking about Sheldon Silver, OK? I'm talking about Michael Bloomberg. I'm a registered Democrat, and I actually voted for him the first time around. Furthermore, I happen to agree he has done some really great things. But this is NYC - it's full of capable, talented people. No one person, I don't care how spectacular he/she thinks he/she is, is indispensible. The city will continue to go on. When Bloomberg went back on his word and engineered himself an opportunity to become mayor again, he directly disregard for the expressed will of the people for his own selfish purposes. To me, this was a keen insight into his character, and I don't like what I see. I guess you and I just disagree on this issue.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 3:59 PM
Panties With a Twist is like that 50/50 male-female split that Brownstoner mentioned this morning. Not my thang, really.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 3:59 PM
A lot of spas won't wax the sack cause it's very sensitive.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 3:58 PM
And just how do YOU know this?????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 3:59 PM
Crescent Hill, your "Memories" are cracking me up - you have Dinkins nailed with the tennis outfit and the white silk scarf
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:00 PM
Biff, unpack that statuette and hand it over :)
Bloomberg is an ass. He will not get my vote simply because of the term limits thing. I know it's a throw-away, but I'll be voting for some other no name dude that happens to strike my fancy on election day. I refuse to reward Bloomberg's antics with a vote that people fought and died for me to have. Jackass.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:01 PM
quote:
Finance is the most popular profession
:-/
i havent taken the quiz yet..
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 4:01 PM
DIBS, the English version has a dash marmite in it, you wouldn't like it
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:02 PM
dow closes 10,016, +144.
Only 4000 more to go, make that 5000 or so with inflation.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 4:03 PM
"Whats more, what Bloomberg did is legal, unless he bought the judge."
Yes, it was definitely legal. It was also disingenuous, sneaky and it reeks of a back-room deal, which is exactly what is was. Covert subversion of the democratic process. It was, to paraphrase the supporters of Andrew Jackson, a "corrupt bargain."
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 4:03 PM
ditto, jester's a good guy, and I for one am inclined to give jester the benefit of the doubt that all he intended was a lyric
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:03 PM
does finance include people who are in finance roles but not at a financial institution? i.e. accountants, treasurers, controllers, etc?
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 4:03 PM
By the way folks: today I called up my colleague in Milan and discussed the whole meatballs/polpette issue. I'll talk about it in tomorrow's OT.
As a hint: it's kind of like that classic Japanese movie Rashomon, where three principals in a murder give their version of what happened.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 4:03 PM
Snappy, who fought and "died" for that??? Did I miss a real revolution while I was on vacation???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 4:04 PM
Stop Snitchin' T-shirts were very popular in the jersey malls in the late 90s.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 4:04 PM
I've been around a few hacks with sacks.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 4:04 PM
500??
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 4:05 PM
It's funny about this term limits thing, which was a Republican/Conservative issue. And now it's the liberals that are pissed when someone over-rides what conservatives put in place.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 4:05 PM
dust up are unavoidable. that shit happens in the real world so why would it be any diff in a blog. key is not let it blow up to be bigger than what it is, address it, and dont bring it to memory recall 24/7.
as bad as that post by jester sounded, I'm not sure if he meant the racist angle. his post history doesn't support it nor do I expect him to have balls to say such a thing to ENY whom albeit claims to look like Eddie Murphy but I suspect is a much bigger dude (plus he sounds like type who handles his business).
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 4:05 PM
500!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 4:05 PM
"ditto, jester's a good guy, and I for one am inclined to give jester the benefit of the doubt that all he intended was a lyric"
Why didn't he quote the third line?
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 4:06 PM
Dave, you ninny.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:06 PM
Well, if you know him personally and think its not meant in that way I'll reserve judgement.
Which is hard for me because I'm judgmental according to my therapist and Cobblers.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:06 PM
"Panties With a Twist" sounds like some of the "ladies" I saw dancing onstage in Bangkok.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 4:07 PM
Biff, I think Denton snagged 500 this go round!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:07 PM
Denton - the imagery of the third line makes it even worse..
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:07 PM
It never ceases to amaze me.
Snappy takes a break from the OT midday, but somehow comes back just in time for 500!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 4:08 PM
500
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 4:08 PM
does finance include people who are in finance roles but not at a financial institution? i.e. accountants, treasurers, controllers, etc?
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 4:03 PM
I chose "other" on that question cause I based it on my company's industry vs. my finance/acctg role
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 4:08 PM
denton, what m4l just said
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:09 PM
I try jokester...I try :) But Denton beat me out!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:09 PM
right ditto. at least it would have sounded like it came from somewhere tho.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 4:10 PM
omg i LOVE Belly!!! one of my first fav. bands growing up as a kid!!! i love tanya donelly. i didnt see your quote jester, or i would have guess it was feed the tree immediately.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 4:10 PM
interesting m4l. i guess either a lot of non-OT people took the survey or there are more finance geeks than i thought here!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 4:10 PM
So benson, you going to Saraghina to sample the polpette???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 4:12 PM
an apology would help smooth things over - albeit buying a drink would be better but then ENY doesn't want to hang with the PLUSA's
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 4:12 PM
CG-ups, based on your description of a shave brussel sprout (for real, not by Chelsea standards), when are you venturing into being a private chef, and sign me up, please
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:12 PM
Denton and all;
In a sad commentary on present NYC, Mr. B.'survey had neither "engineering" nor "industrial" in the list of fields.
I don't know what's a lonlier state of being: being a mechanical engineer in NYC or being a Republican/Conservative in NYC.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 4:12 PM
benson, you really ought to get there sometime. Everybody there speaks Italian, even the Mexican pizza chef.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 4:12 PM
benson, I take it you see I made the same complaint. However you're only half right... we need more engineers and fewer conservatives. lol.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 4:14 PM
so is anyone drinking Panties in a Twist tomorrow?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:14 PM
- so is anyone drinking Panties in a Twist tomorrow?
I suspect some might drink out of Panties with a Twist.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 14, 2009 4:17 PM
grey goose dirty martini with a lemon peel twist?
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 4:17 PM
and 3 MOTHERFUCKING OLIVES!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 4:18 PM
one of my degrees is from engineering school benson!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 4:19 PM
Boy am I glad we don't have to turn the page after 200 over here.
Panties with a Twist sounds very gay to me. no homo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 4:19 PM
Yes, dirty definitely. An OT cocktail should be dirty with a dash of bitters and a twist of lemon for tart-ness.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:20 PM
It was just some hippie song from my college years that I listen to all the time on my iPod, sorry to cause such PLUSA chaos. Lost in all this is how I was just sticking up for a friend. I could have put more thought into it but I don't obsess over each post, I just copy and paste. I expect people to deal with it or assume you missed something if you don't get it.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 4:21 PM
I notice Mr. B's survey didn't have sheep-herding either. Things have really gone downhill in NY since the British left.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:22 PM
benson, I take it you see I made the same complaint. However you're only half right... we need more engineers and fewer conservatives. lol.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 4:14 PM
guess I'm a sell-out according to that. I switched majors in jr yr - from Electrical to Acctg. I chose the path of least resistance - well I at least apply that electrical concept in the decision
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 4:23 PM
it was NOT a hippie song at all jester. it had nothing to do with being a tree hugger. it was about death and dying!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 4:25 PM
Glad you had a chuckle CG-
In truth, Dinkins was/is a very refined man. A true gentleman. Unfortunately he was the wrong man at the wrong time and the socio-economic fabric of the city began/continued to unravel. His term was a disaster for much of NYC and he is widely regarded/ remembered as an ineffective sub par mayor. I fear that Bill Thompson will bring forth much of Dinkins failed ideology. In contrast, Mayor Bloomberg is beholden to no man, and to no group. The choice needs to be made, and to me, Bloomberg is the only reasonable option.
Posted by: Crescent Hill at October 14, 2009 4:26 PM
"That line is from "Feed the Tree" by Belly"
Now I get it. You probably got that "Snitches get stitches" crap from that garbage rapper Belly. Unlike you, I don't have to sample phony MC's to obtain access to street credibility. I'm from the streets. And no, M4L, I'm not a big guy or a bully, but I grew up in a much rougher Brooklyn than most of the folks here, and dealt with lots of actual tough guys. And I'm still around. Like I said, I seriously doubt infinitejester would want to open his mouth to say something stupid to me if we were standing face to face.
Posted by: East New York at October 14, 2009 4:27 PM
I'm in favor of switching majors now (said with spanish accent).
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 4:28 PM
Does anyone really stand a chance against Bloomie? Why the hell are so many who are pissed at him voting for him anyway?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:29 PM
"grey goose dirty martini with a lemon peel twist"
"Yes, dirty definitely. An OT cocktail should be dirty with a dash of bitters and a twist of lemon for tart-ness"
I'm sold. Panties in a Twist it is!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:31 PM
i like mike. overall, he remains a businessman at heart not a politician which i think has been his greatest strength. the whole term limits thing is douchebaggy but overall when weighing the merits, i feel that he is quite effective. and he likes parks, the arts, and puppies. ok, i don't know about puppies. but still, overall he's the guy for the job right now. nyc certainly does not run itself, don't underestimate the negative fallout that would come with an ineffectual mayor.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 4:33 PM
"assume you missed something if you don't get it"
Describes my experience the first 5 times I popped into the OT
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:33 PM
"that garbage rapper Belly"
Belly is a band. What is the "that" referring to, like you "knew" who it was when you obviously don't?
Posted by: infinitejester at October 14, 2009 4:35 PM
I've got another great name for a cocktail - my dad's favorite insult for when one of us lads was being a wuss or a pansy (no homo).
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:36 PM
CG ups, he's also fairly pro-environmental which scores points with me.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:37 PM
ENY, eddie murphy is 5 9" at most and 160 lbs. in my head, I think you're 5 10" to 5 11" and 185 lbs. The 25 lbs diff is what I meant with the much bigger dude reference.
switching topic alittle and since DH couldn't give me a more decisive input. saints 2.5pt fav vs g-men - what's your take on it? I'm leaning g-men
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 4:37 PM
I was all for Bloomie before the term limits shennanigans he pulled. Had he simply put that to a public vote, I would have been ok. I just feel like on principle I can't vote for him again after all that. I don't know why that bugged me so much, but it did.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:38 PM
Snappy - I prefer to refer to him as "Bloomers" based on the underwear of choice of ladies of a certain age in England.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:39 PM
What's the name Ditto?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:40 PM
One thing that does annoy me about Bloomie is that nasal Boston accent. So damn grating.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 4:41 PM
Bloomers! Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:42 PM
"Big Girl's Blouse"
As in "Are you going to punch that bully back or are you going to be a big girl's blouse about it?"
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:43 PM
ROFL!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:44 PM
It is amazing that this richest most successful guy does have this very annoying whiney voice. Don't think it is the bostonian thing as much as his personal speaking voice.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 14, 2009 4:45 PM
Pete;
Yes, that's more to the point. You would think that a guy with that much money would have a more "Master of the Universe" voice.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 4:47 PM
I mean he CAN afford voice and speech lessons
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:49 PM
benson- I was out visiting my 101 year old uncle, otherwise I would have engaged you on the Bloomberg/republican/democratic issue :-)
I must be the only one who thinks Dinkins never got a chance to prove himself. Our first Black mayor he was scrutinzed and practically demonized the second he walked into Gracie Mansion. They even made an issue out of his bedroom furniture. I will say he was no match for Giuliani's nasty temperment.
As far as this being a one party town, well look around. Almost every state in the union is either one or the other and the bigger issue is why don't the Republicans make a stronger showing in NYC? And maybe its because they aren't addressing the things Nyers want addressed. Face it, it is a liberal town- at least more liberal than North Dakota. there is a wide range of political philosophies, but with the republicans making no attempt at hiding the contempt they feel for us, and misreading what the public is saying, I don't see it changing anytime soon. And benson is right- its not good for NY to be this way, but you still have to ask why. And don't put it off on demonizing liberals o.r democrats, or complaining about the unions. Get a message people can agree with, or one that can convince them the Republican party offers better choices
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 4:50 PM
You really want to slit your wrist? Watch Bloomberg speaking Spanish at the end of his press conferences. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it, but make sure there are no sharp objects around.
Posted by: benson at October 14, 2009 4:51 PM
He speaks Spanish. His voice is much more macho in Spanish :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 4:51 PM
am i the only one who wants to see ENY and IJ settle this with a Worm Off?!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 4:53 PM
I agree w/ much of what Benson said earlier. Also think Silver is the person to get rid of.
Jaywalking is often safer than crossing when you have a green light because you let your guard down.
My deck is Thorosealed - pool next.
Signed,
Knackered in my Knickers.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 4:53 PM
His Spanish can make you wanna jump off a bridge. eeek!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:54 PM
benson- I remember the first time he spoke Spanish. I laughed so hard I sucked soda up my nose! He reminded me of the Priest in the Princess Bride. (Was that Eric Idle?)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 4:55 PM
ROFL Rob and Arkady!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:55 PM
i thought his whiney nasally voice was due to him having Neuticals??
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 4:55 PM
"worm-off"??
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 4:56 PM
Well, it looks like everyone needs a drink: The bar is open, what can I pour you? [Oh, and our glasses are clean here.]
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 4:57 PM
I liked Dinkins & supported him but he let a lot of opportunities slide.
Mind you, I'm probably the only person left on the planet who thinks Carter was a good president.
The whiney part of Bloomer's voice is his own but the MA inflections & pronunciations also still sound alien in NYC.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 4:57 PM
Lol @ 'big girl's blouse'. I remember that - never been called one.
Also got the Tanya Donnelly lyrics straight away, but not surprised that others didn't.
Posted by: etson at October 14, 2009 4:58 PM
"with the republicans making no attempt at hiding the contempt they feel for us"
bxgrl, I think this paints Republicans with too broad a brush - and I say this as a registered Democrat (though I may re-register as an Independent). Unfortunately, what we hear the loudest in this country are the extremes of BOTH parties. 60% of the country is center/center-right, but the 60% always seems to be drowned out by the most extreme wings of both parties.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 4:59 PM
Cobble, I'll have the CG_ups special: Stoli Vanilla with Newman's Own Pink Lemondade. And a small bowl of popcorn would be nice too :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 4:59 PM
file another one under things that white people don't get.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 14, 2009 5:00 PM
"I'm probably the only person left on the planet who thinks Carter was a good president."
Make that one of two, Arkady.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:00 PM
am i the only one who wants to see ENY and IJ settle this with a Worm Off?!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 4:53 PM
Rob, that's now how I envision ENY settling stuff when I said the dude is type that handles his business.
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 5:00 PM
Thompson would let the TWU walk all over him. He more or less endorsed the work slowdowns planned for today.
Every City union will pull this crap if he were in office and being the namby pamby that he is, he will give in to them. he is betrothen to the unions and you do not want that in a mayor.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 5:01 PM
Coming right up, Snappy! I think we have some pretzels [rustle rustle rustle] here too!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:01 PM
Wonderful to have company, CHiller!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:04 PM
I'll have a Black & Tan and some pistachio nuts, please.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 5:04 PM
Dave, it's too late in the day to start on unions. One of these days I'll let loose with my full anti-union rant.
Thanks Cobble :) I got another fresh direct delivery today so I can add some fine cheeses to the spread!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:04 PM
Kens, look at the ticket carefully to see what they hit you up for. A buddy of mine got one crossing holland tunnel (from NJ into NYC) and going to just pay the massive amt (200+) but chose to fight it when he realize it was deemed "reckless driving" which is a 5 pt offense (ie next violation gets your license suspended). Lucky for him the NJ DA rep at the court settled with him, think like $125 for some no pt violation.
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 5:05 PM
Ok, DIBS, but only if they're UNsalted.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:06 PM
Yawks! Egad! By my trothen!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:06 PM
Well, that's just lovely Snappy!
I'll pull out the cute new cocktail napkins!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:07 PM
Oh, and whatever happened to our clambake? I think we should have a cocktail/appetizer potluck clambake.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:07 PM
I typed "worm off" in Google and it suggested piperazine tablets for de-worming your chickens
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 5:07 PM
Dave, the fact that you want Black & Tan is a given :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:08 PM
Kens' sister (if you're reading this), you just got tip on his Xmas gift - bluetooth ear piece
Posted by: more4less at October 14, 2009 5:08 PM
I'll have a Big Girl's Blouse on the rocks, but hold the tequila worm off
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 5:09 PM
Cocktail napkins? Now it's a party!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:09 PM
I don't think our chicken has worms - he's boxing today (or has boxed) (or was boxed) but I doubt he wormed off.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:10 PM
I'll have a Big Girl's Blouse in my bed.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:11 PM
I heard DIBS has a bluetooth codpiece
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 5:12 PM
I know! It's amazing how a simple little thing like cocktail napkins can dress a place up!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:13 PM
ditto.....I love gusanos de maguay. they make the best beer snacks when the'yre fried up crunchy with a little salt. Mmmmmmmmmmmm
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 5:13 PM
snappy - do you want Panties in a twist in there too?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 5:14 PM
I'll pass on that Ditto...it'll only wind up on the floor :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:16 PM
eurgh
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 5:17 PM
im getting frustrated this afternoon about having been prescribed a NEW-ish drug for people with severe asthma when i dont even have asthma. since taking it i keep having these little bouts where i feel like i cant breathe! wtf? is my doctor an idiot?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 5:17 PM
"is my doctor an idiot?"
When you were in his office was he sitting behind his desk with a stethoscope around his neck or was he sitting in the corner with a pointy hat having a big "D" on it?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 5:19 PM
rob - Advair is really good. I did the announce show on it & recommended it to friends when I'd learned how it works.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:20 PM
Yes, but Rob, bad bronchitis can bring on an asthmatic reaction. Depending on the drug he gave you [Advair?] is can take some time to work. Unless he gave you a bronchiodilator which gives you pretty instant relief if your breathing is tight.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:20 PM
Rob, after years of smoking you may in fact have asthma. I didn't always have it. It came upon me from being a total jackass and continuing to smoke. But I will tell you that Advair is a nasty med. I refuse to take that anymore. I do a regular inhaler or nebulizer for emergencies and Flovent for daily use to keep the ole breathing bags in check.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:20 PM
rob- tell your doctor immediately! You could be having a bad side effect. Most drugs can do that- it depends on your matablolism and physical condition.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 5:21 PM
Isn't Advair a steroid? I avoid them myself, too.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:22 PM
It isn't all that new - I think the show was in '97. Usually it's recommended for really severe breathing difficulties - if taking a deep breath is like inhaling through one of those little, plastic cocktail straws.
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:24 PM
And Arkady scores 600! Don't mind me. Resume Advair and cocktails.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 5:27 PM
Advair made me absolutely loony (yes, I can be loonier!). I felt like I was going crazy and had the shakes like a crackhead. Very bad stuff. Even after I stopped taking it, it took my body 3 days to calm down again. That was like smoking a really really bad and powerful bag of weed.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:28 PM
Congrats Arkady! You were 600!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:28 PM
CarGar - Couldn't you just have left it at: "Arkady scores"?
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:30 PM
Geez, I need a drink now, must be a bottle of Pinot Gris under [rattle rattle tink] here somewhere. AHA! There it is!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:31 PM
Yippee!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:31 PM
Oh, how I want beer! Cobble, tip your glass for me!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:32 PM
Arkady!! Not every joke with numbers is about your age!
But speaking of age...I saw a photo of myself today, in which, I looked like MY MOTHER!!
Holy mother of g*d, it's HAPPENING!!! NOW! It thought I might have a few more years...but as it turns out, no.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:33 PM
ROFL, Arkady! Sorry. Next time.
Cobble, I hate when you drink on the South Verandah without me!
Snappy, loonier? Than what I witnessed? Really?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 5:34 PM
"Cobble, I hate when you drink on the South Verandah without me!"
Ah, CGar, I didn't know you were home from work yet! I have to talk to the butler, he's supposed to ring me!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:36 PM
Cobble, it's nature's payback for the hard time we give them in our younger years...we wind up looking *and* acting exactly like them :) I catch myself using some of my mother's well-worn phrases all too often lately.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:36 PM
Yup, Cargar, I can be worse!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:37 PM
When my hair gets long, and I'm carrying my extra cubicle weight, I look like my father, and that's NOT a look I'm going for!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 5:39 PM
" it's nature's payback"
Cripes, Snappy, don't I know it!!!
I've given up on not sounding like my folks, they just spit right out of my mouth all day!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:39 PM
Hmmm. Everyone who knew my mother wishes I were more like her: moderate, even tempered, voice of sweet reason...
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:41 PM
Sigh. I am my mother's child. Sigh.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:42 PM
I would kill for a sazerac right now
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 14, 2009 5:42 PM
My mom was here last week - people always tell us we have the same facial expressions.
Posted by: etson at October 14, 2009 5:43 PM
Oh well. Dinner time! Later asshats :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 5:44 PM
My father was a real teetotaler, so clearly I don't take after him. When my brother and I were well beyond drinking age, and the waiter would come to take our drink order, before either of us could say anything, my father would automatically turn to the waiter and say, "The boys will have Cokes."
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 5:46 PM
Sazerac for DH, here you go....
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:50 PM
TTFN!
Posted by: Arkady at October 14, 2009 5:51 PM
Gott go make applesauce! [To go with the pork chops, yes, really!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 14, 2009 5:51 PM
"We're having pork chops and apple sauce" -- Peter Brady
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 14, 2009 5:53 PM
WHO LEFT THE LIGHTS ON???
**click**
darn energy wasters...rabble scrabble frickin' frackin'...
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 7:07 PM
Thanks a lot, Snappy! I just walked in the room, couldn't see a damn thing and knocked over the PLUSA trophy case!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 14, 2009 7:23 PM
*sneaks in thru the sky light*
*fumbles around hopped on Advair, Soma, and a 40*
*ouch*
*turns on the lights*
*steals the cream cheese*
*exits sky light*
*ouch*
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 14, 2009 8:21 PM
Oh, and a warning: The next person to come in here and leave the lights on will be getting a hot pot of grits in the face and several b.b. pellets in square in the ass!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 14, 2009 11:25 PM
Pathetic losers...
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 9:09 AM
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