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Hey Biff, can u email me re what we discussed at Union Hall? That was the kid, if you forgot. denton at speakeasy.net
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 9:21 AM
Bed Stuy house tour was great. Very nice to see that there's more than one way to restore and renovate a brownstone. Saw Amzi, too, and met his lovely mother.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 19, 2009 9:32 AM
Where is everybody?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 9:36 AM
Did anyone see yesterday's Bored to Death episode which partially filmed on Brighton Beach? Russkis representin.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 9:38 AM
Did anyone see yesterday's Bored to Death episode which partially filmed on Brighton Beach? Russkis representin.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 9:38 AM
Snappy, Cgar, i only just got your texts yesterday. I was home doing nuttin on saturday night when you guys texted me but i had lost my phone the night before, along with my faux pod, fur coat, pony head, and tarot cards at a bar in williamsburg. union pool to be exact. i totally do not even remember being there, but whatever. at 530 am someone texted a bunch of people in my contact list saying lost phone at union pool. my dumb ass thought it was union hall so i went there twice saying someone texted from there on my phone saying it was there and they were like sorry no one left a phone here. so all of saturday and sunday morning i was completely perplexed until i got this message..( Hey I have also sent you this message at Facebook and perhaps that person you talked to at union pool didn't know that your phone was still in your jacket and didn't check there, leopard skin looking jacket, that and other stuff that the bartender told me are still in union pool...pick it up asap since they're not really responsible for it.) and as i was reading union i had the card from union hall and was like im such a moron.
on a weirder note i had the craziest dream last night im trying to figure out what it means. mary kate and ashley olson's MOM called me. i was like who is this? and she says it's judy. (no clue if that's there mom's name but that's the name she gave) and she was like, i have tons of their clothes to donate to you. i was like great ill be right there to pick it. there were bags and bags full of clothes and nothing really fit me but there 100 dollar bills in all the pockets!!!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 9:39 AM
Sorry for the double post, got excited too early in the morning.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 9:39 AM
"Did anyone see yesterday's Bored to Death episode which partially filmed on Brighton Beach? Russkis representin."
Sure did - Thought of you while watching i was like "Kens would get a kick outta this!!"
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 9:39 AM
The Yankees Win, Theeeee YANKEES WIN!
denton, I just emailed you.
Good morning, all.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 9:42 AM
DH, I know the bartender dude! ha ha ha. BTW, there is no bar in Tatiana so that was totally made up but the outside and the inside filming when they are all sitting behind a table was at the restaurant. There is also no alley behind the restuarant so that was filmed somewhere else.
Also, I am not a fan of curb but last night's episode was pretty funny.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 9:44 AM
Haha Rob - shocking the bartenders at Union Pool did that. They are typically douchebags.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 9:44 AM
QUESTION RELATED TO UNION HALL NIGHT:
Why did I text "Artisan" to myself??? Who asked about it and what does it mean??? I didn't think I had that much to drink to forget the meaning of a text.
PHILLIES WIN TOO
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 9:48 AM
Glad you got your phone & faux fur back. no homo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 9:49 AM
The Yankees bore me, and I was a big fan growing up. Anytime they need someone, they just write a ten million dollar check. Or fifty million. You turn on the TV, don't even recognize half the players from one day to the next. Between steroids, luxury boxes, cable charges, it all makes me just yawn.
I did get in one of those luxury boxes a few weeks ago and did a nice stitched panorama...
http://www.pbase.com/dentontay/image/114524197/large
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 9:49 AM
when i went in yesterday there was only one bartender and one person who also i think worked there, they were actually pretty nice. it's funny cuz i offered the person who found it a 10 dollar reward. they said they knew who was texting people from my phone about the lost stuff, and the guy goes "oh she doesnt need a reward she's going back to serbia tomorrow" serbia or some country that sounds like it.. haha whatever that meant!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 9:50 AM
It amazes me how baseball and healthcare really brings out the communist in people
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 9:52 AM
I enjoyed the Bed Stuy House tour, as well. I knew one of the homeowners, and it was good to see her and her family, whom I haven't seen in years. She did some amazing work in her house since the last time I saw it. I thought it was interesting that so many of the houses are out past Stuyvesant on blocks that even 3 years ago on this blog were automatically written off as being in the hinterland. Most of the houses this year were in Stuyvesant Heights and beyond. It was a nice long walk on a chilly day. Kudos to the Brownstoners of Bed Stuy for another good tour. 31 years is a long time, so it's a good thing Bed Stuy is so huge. There were some repeats, and also some interesting new places.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 19, 2009 9:55 AM
Knicks win!!!!! beat that eurotrash team in PRESEASON - celebrate now before reality smacks us in regular season
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 9:57 AM
Anybody else considering sneaking out of work early to catch an inning or two?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 9:57 AM
- my faux pod, fur coat, pony head, and tarot cards
*Rob* are you a pimp?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 10:12 AM
quote:*Rob* are you a pimp?
well, one of my personal heros IS heidi fliess!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 10:14 AM
10:15 and I've already been given a bribe and spat on.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 10:17 AM
Rob would be about as succesful as a pimp as I'd be as a ho.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 10:17 AM
Arkady- LOL!
IJ- exactly what is it you do for a living again? :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 10:20 AM
- 10:15 and I've already been given a bribe and spat on.
Infinitejester, are you a pimp?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 10:20 AM
Did anyone get to read the election guide? Hilarious! The guy from RTH(rent to high) was right on message. When asked what he could offer NYrs, he just said "rent to damn high".
Also the student from the socialist party who just wanted to tax the billionaires and then if they decided to leave the city, consficate their wealth and property.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 19, 2009 10:20 AM
*rob*, clearly I should have listened to DH and pressed every buzzer until we got your apartment. Next time we stalk you through Park Slope. (And that wasn't the Olson Twins mom, that was Snappy's mom who called you.)
Kens, I'm a recent convert to Curb, and last night's episode was pretty funny. I'm liking the Seinfeld reunion.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 10:23 AM
Jester's a knowlege pimp.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 10:24 AM
Word.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 10:28 AM
While I'm not a huge fan of baseball. I do occasionally watch it if my partner or friends are. I watched the last half of Saturday's game.
When the Japanese (sorry don't know his name) Yankee player hit the ball and ran to first base, they then replaced him with someone else so he can run. That's when I said, this game (sport) is bullshit!!
so one guy hits the ball and another (faster) guy comes in to do the running???
If you can't do everything that the sport you're in demands, and getting paid millions of dollars doing, then why bother?!?!?
Can't these guys train to run also? Geez, Pathetic!
Oh, and a lot of them should lose some weight....chubby doesn't make an athlete.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 10:28 AM
you should have just gone ghetto and screamed from outside, come out butterfly! im only on the ground floor, but in the back so maybe i wouldnt have heard it anyway.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 10:29 AM
I'm here, just busy working for no money!
[Hello, Universe? It's me, Cobble, I'm very happy to have the work, really! But can I have just a little money from some work, pretty please?] : )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 10:31 AM
"Jester's a knowlege pimp."
um, NO!! He should know better than to call a ho the 'C' word.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 10:35 AM
DeLepp, I enjoyed the guide as well. I didn't even know all of those people were running, even though some are classic nutball candidates. I liked the rents are too damn high guy, too.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 19, 2009 10:36 AM
"If you can't do everything that the sport you're in demands, and getting paid millions of dollars doing, then why bother?!?!?"
It was the end of the game - this frequently happens at the end of games when teams are trying to manufacture a run to win. Hideki Matsui is a good hitter, but slow around the bases. The trade off is the guy they put in is fast, but not exactly a threat at the plate. So it's a fair tradeoff.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 10:37 AM
*rob*, I thought you were on the 3rd floor? I just remember buzzing and buzzing your apartment last time, but none of the names looked familiar and didn't really want to wake all your neighbors. If we'd known you were on the 1st floor, we would've just broken in.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 10:38 AM
Also the student from the socialist party who just wanted to tax the billionaires and then if they decided to leave the city, consficate their wealth and property.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 19, 2009 10:20 AM
That was the funniest part. She's a biology major, not even done with school, running for mayor of New York. ??
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 10:39 AM
ij & mm, the student was my fav as well. No fear as they say.
It was a great way to distract myself from the jet interceptionfest.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 19, 2009 10:43 AM
Cobble and I ate at Henry Public yesterday. [Hey, Cobble!] 4 thumbs up. Great burgers, but very pricey. We were thinking if we can comandeer the back room, it would be a nice place for the PLUSA Christmas Pageant.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 10:46 AM
quote:
If we'd known you were on the 1st floor, we would've just broken in.
lol. my pitbull would have probably bitten your nose off. he's very anti-prowler. ahhah
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 10:46 AM
MM- I've voting for the Rent's too damn high guy :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 10:47 AM
"The guy from RTH(rent to high) was right on message. When asked what he could offer NYrs, he just said "rent to damn high"."
I signed his petition once back in like 05 or 06 when I saw him outside the junction on Nostrand and Flatbush. He had a bullhorn and was yelling, "Rent is too damn high!" as he sat behind a card table. Seems like a broad-based issue people could really rally behind! If I were a candidate, I would steal that message.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 10:50 AM
"The Yankees bore me, and I was a big fan growing up. Anytime they need someone, they just write a ten million dollar check. Or fifty million. You turn on the TV, don't even recognize half the players from one day to the next. Between steroids, luxury boxes, cable charges, it all makes me just yawn."
"If you can't do everything that the sport you're in demands, and getting paid millions of dollars doing, then why bother?!?!?"
It's a good thing that only about, oh, 50 million people disagree with you guys. Does the phrase NATIONAL PASTTIME ring a bell? Derek Jeter would slap you losers silly if he EVER heard you utter such inane, ridiculous comments! GO YANKS!
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 10:50 AM
GO PHILLIES!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 10:52 AM
That's nice, Bxgrl. But if he wins, your rent is not going down. Here MY rallying call: "Fuel oil too damn high".
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 19, 2009 10:53 AM
brown, while I may not like things about it, I understand the game. Players can be pulled out and replaced with other players for various reasons (back in the day there were never even relief pitchers). The manager is taking a calculated risk with a pinch-runner, since the original player, once pulled, cannot come back in the game. If a pinch-runner is inserted for a good hitter like Matsui, Matsui is out for the duration. So if somehow the other team ties the game, the mamager has the services of a light-hitting pinchrunner instead of Matsui. Part of the chessboard strategy that goes on in any sport, and particularly baseball.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 10:57 AM
ENY, what happened to Bernie Williams?
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 10:59 AM
I also sorta called it - Giants stunk it up. Saints are by far the best team in the NFL
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 10:59 AM
2 serious questions....
1. Do you smarty folks think that price of oil will go over 100 bucks a barrel this winter? I want to hear opinions since winter seems like its going to be a cold one and our co-op is spending shit load on heating costs.
2. Are prices in BK Home Depot and Manhattan HD same for basic items such as masks, nails, electrical testers, wiring and such? I work half a block from 23rd street HD and if it's more expensive, I'll just to a BK one.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 11:00 AM
Ok, so now I'm regretting not tossing my tenants' copy of the voting guide. That RTH guy might be onto something (ssshhhhh!).
Meanwhile, it's gonna take a lot for the Knicks to win back my heart. Isaiah managing and coaching the team and making one stupid trade after another and pretending he had a plan was bad enough. But how could any self-respecting corporation of that magnitude doing business in NYC botch its legal affairs so badly? Any coach who called a play as wrongheaded as letting the Anucha Brown Sanders case go to trial without settlement would be fired before the first post-game interview and fined to boot. That bad is on ownership. And as for salary cap management, couldn't they find a decent accountant in NY? I've lost so much respect for what's left of that franchise. Going to a 12-step meeting and saying "Hi, I'm NYK and I've been Isaiah free for 14 months" ain't enough for me. It's gonna take a while.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 19, 2009 11:05 AM
Kens, does the fuel oil supplier offer commercial customers the ability to prepurchase for the heating season?? I can do this, and did do it, for oil for the P-Town house and Bucks County.
You prepurchase oil at current price plus a small premium and lock in the cost. Typically if it goes down you still get the benefit. But this may only be a residential thing. Not sure if my Brooklyn neighbors do it. I have gas here.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 11:07 AM
I'd vote for oil staying under $90 a bbl for the next few months. But no one knows. Israel drops a few bombs on Iran all bets are off. You can easily hedge using UCO or other ETFs, but I don't think a coop board should mess around like that...
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 11:09 AM
Need more computer advice.
We recently discussed buying new computers and the release of Windows 7.
Some techie in my family suggested waiting a few months after the October 22 release date to be sure Microsoft has worked out all the kinks.
Do people agree with this?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 11:09 AM
Generally I would agree with that Biff. Better yet, buy a Mac. It has all the Microsoft software you will need for $99 additional.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 11:10 AM
"Some techie in my family suggested waiting a few months after the October 22 release date to be sure Microsoft has worked out all the kinks."
Yes, Biff. Also my techie brother's recommendation.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 11:12 AM
I second a Mac Biff
and it will match your converse.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 11:12 AM
hey biff, that's a pretty conservative strategy, but W7 has been pretty well beta tested. If you elect to wait, the time to buy would be when the first Service Pack (SP) is released.
I wouldn't wait personally, remember Windows updates itself automatically on a weekly basis. Not likely to be so bad that you'll have a horrible experience on a new laptop with a modest amount of peripherals.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 11:13 AM
I also sorta called it - Giants stunk it up. Saints are by far the best team in the NFL
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 10:59 AM
big brother manning would like to dispute it
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 11:13 AM
quote:
"Better yet, buy a Mac."
no. dont be a sheep, biff.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 11:14 AM
Biffers - Yes. Times guy (who is really a Mac fan) says 7 has more bugs worked out than usual but you should still wait a while.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 11:14 AM
hahah m4l - maybe
I think the saints defense is MUCH better than indy
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 11:15 AM
If you need a computer and need to wait 6 months for bugs to be worked out - what's the freakin point?
Yeah - macs are more expensive but they effin WORK!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 11:16 AM
Kens, HD is usually pretty competitive on the bigger more expensive items and not so on the smaller items. you might have better pricing getting your list of stuff at a local hardware store but then you're spending the coop's dime so is it worth it not to go to HD near you
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 11:17 AM
Biff- agreed. Although the reviews from the tech mags nad reviewers have been great. It's still always better to wait a bit.
MM- I cry where are the granite countertops, all stainless steel appliances and tub spa? Where is my free lunch???? Until then Neither I nor my cats will deign to pay rent on our domicile. Instead we shall be picketing outside. Should my guy win your life is so over :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 11:19 AM
Yes, agree. BH also advises holding off for a short while, too. Save yourself the headaches.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 11:19 AM
"ENY, what happened to Bernie Williams?"
What kind of dumb question is that? What do you mean what happened to Bernie Williams? He's retired. He won four world championships while with the Yankees. He's now a successful musician. Why don't you Google him?
Yeah, the Giants got whupped. The Saints had a bye week to prepare and were ready to go off. The Giants just didn't play well. But it's a long season, and we'll see how well the Saints do when they have to play in some snow and cold. It's a bit early to declare a "best team int he NFL," although the Saints are certainly one of the top contenders, no question.
Hey Dave, how did McMabb do yesterday? At least the Giants can beat Oakland!
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 11:19 AM
PCs work too, DH. The whole world runs on them, outside of the arts. However I'd agree with your first para, which is why Biff should do it now. He won't have to wait for 6 months.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 11:21 AM
DH, do think Saints is better than Indy but Indy is only team who can debate it. Vikes might be undefeated but they don't look good enough to debate it.
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 11:22 AM
ENY, you know the Yankees treated him like sh*t.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 11:22 AM
Thanks so much everyone for the computer advice. I think I'll wait until early January, all things considered, given I do still have a functioning desktop at home.
Follow-up: can one buy a Mac even if one is not prepared to wear tight jeans, a scarf, knit cap and thick black framed glasses while sitting in a coffee shop for at least 10 hours each weekend pretending to be doing something important on it?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 11:24 AM
denton- I have a pc and have no problems with anything in the arts. It's what I do. I wanted a mac but it was too expensive to get the one I needed. and I love pcs anyway. But I always get the snob thing- oh, you're a graphic artist and you USE PC??? Yep- the end result is the real test, not the hardware.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 11:24 AM
MM- I cry where are the granite countertops, all stainless steel appliances and tub spa? Where is my free lunch???? Until then Neither I nor my cats will deign to pay rent on our domicile. Instead we shall be picketing outside. Should my guy win your life is so over :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 11:19 AM
bxgrl, great evil paid me a visit and convinced me it would be in my best interest to not even offer the storage unit to shelter you so you should dial it back
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 11:25 AM
m4l- Do you not understand why Mm is called the Great Evll? ;)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 11:27 AM
"wear tight jeans, a scarf, knit cap and thick black framed glasses"
Is this NOT how you already dress, Biff?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 11:28 AM
A late start for me today - but I've got nothing to say so it's probably just as well.
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 11:29 AM
True m4l - Saints and Indy are the real deal - i think the Vikings and Broncos should fall off as far as the undef teams go.
Denton - All i know is i've had tons of PCs and they all crapped out on me. Perhaps they are better nowadays
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 11:29 AM
slopefarm, you should be excited Knicks fan. we added the 2nd pick player from the best draft in recent memory. He's going to make a huge diff. plus they'll be eating some good Chinese food going forward - ie they signed the Chinese pt guard Sun specifically to address ordering authentic chinese dishes. well fed players make a huge diff
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 11:30 AM
Biff, the PCs users would be wasting their time there too if they weren't at the geek shop every saturday trying to get that week's spyware and viruses removed.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 11:30 AM
OMF LOL
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/roo/1421675324.html
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 11:30 AM
DH, I'm with you. I'm fed up with PCs, and I'm especially fed up with Microsoft. Then again, I have Vista. My brother told me I should upgrade to Windows 7, and my Vista problems will be solved. But I'm thinking of getting a Mac.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 11:32 AM
Biff, go with Linux (or even Android) and then you can wear whatever you want.
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 11:32 AM
that's funny rob.
If they are living in a loft, why do they need the tents?
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 11:33 AM
Go Chargers! Giants were handled by the brees and the saints yesterday, but not as ugly as the Jets.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 19, 2009 11:34 AM
Morning (barely) all...
Rob that is brilliants. I love that there are 4 guys and two girls so they need two more girls...
Perhaps they need assistance with their pitched tents?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 11:36 AM
- We have space for 2 more females,
(http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/roo/1421675324.html)
Well *Rob*, now's the time to kiss up to 11217 and borrow his blond wig.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 11:36 AM
^^^^^ Oh wait, they're looking for someone who's 'drama free'.
Never mind, Rob.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 11:36 AM
*rob*, that is hysterical! Can't wait to see the documentary.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 11:38 AM
WTF is brilliants?
This no caffeine thing is not helping my brain cells out in the morning hours.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 11:38 AM
i am the most drama free person in the tri-state area, brokejokster!!
*roB*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 11:40 AM
Funny m4l
"well fed players make a huge diff"
Doesn't seem to be working for Eddie Curry. Poor guy, he's been through a lot lately, though.
Seriously, I have to respect a team's ability to get and follow sound legal advice in order to have respect for them on the court.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 19, 2009 11:43 AM
- i am the most drama free person in the tri-state area, brokejokster!!
Understatement of the Year!!
And not the part about me being 'broke'jokster.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 11:45 AM
Rob - Read your 9:39 & say that again about drama...
FYI - Just heard on the radio that the #3 trains are screwed up from 42nd St to Nevins - car derailed at Park Pl.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 11:49 AM
"ENY, you know the Yankees treated him like sh*t. "
Yeah. They paid him $87 million over six years in his last contract. Then they wouldn't re-sign him at the end of the contract, asking him to work out if he wanted to stay on the team. He didn't want to do that, and stayed home. It didn't stop them from having him come back to the stadium for special events and the Yanks even did a "Centerstage" interview and a special on Bernie's music and life after baseball. He seemed to be pretty happy throughout. Yeah they really treated him like sh*t. Too bad the Yanks didn't treat Bernie as well as the Red Sox treated Nomar Garciaparra. Or the Mets treated Tom Seaver.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 11:49 AM
So I asked Miss Moneypenny for a new mouse pad as my old was was getting all ratty and she brought me one of those new high-tech ones that doesn't move around on one's desk and has the huge gel-filled bubble thing to rest one's wrist on so one doesn't get carpel tunnel. How the hell does one get used to this thing? It feels bizarre.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 11:50 AM
bx, see rob @ 11:30 if MM resorts to self help during your rent strike. There's even cats and tents.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 19, 2009 11:50 AM
I have the same mousepad, I just pretend its a devils dumpling.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 11:51 AM
Biffy - If it's like one I had to use, I turned it the other way so I could avoid that pad thingy.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 11:52 AM
ENY, to be fair, Yanks (albeit treated Bernie Well) didn't give Bernie same respect as other core players. Bernie had to threaten signing Red Sox offer before Yanks gave him that contract
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 11:53 AM
Thanks slopefarm! BTW, benson and I are having a bit of a smackdown on the AY thread. I know how you miss us ;)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 11:54 AM
Bernie is an awesome guitar player
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 11:54 AM
mac viruses are rare because they have a much smaller share of the market. As it gets more popular, hackers will begin writing more mac viruses. But they are out there. Mac users are also vulnerable to spy and malware if it's web based.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 11:59 AM
A PLUSA (???) told us last night to log onto this site.
Well, now what?
btw - sorry you didn't see us. There were 7 of us. We enjoyed it and the food was GREAT!
Posted by: Asian Women at Y at October 19, 2009 12:03 PM
Mac vs. PC is sort of like other "issues" we've discussed. Each of us is comfortable w/ what he's "always used" & no minds are going to be changed by discussion. (See AY thread above.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 12:03 PM
AWAY - Just join the nonsense! You're obviously going to be good at it given your log-in name.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 12:04 PM
bx,
At least you guys aren't resorting to ad hominems and such. Aggressive arguing on both sides, but you are behaving.
Sometimes you guys remind me of Ackroyd and Curtain on SNL Weekend Update doing Point/Counterpoint.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 19, 2009 12:04 PM
"We enjoyed it and the food was GREAT!"
Hello AWAY. Enjoyed what, and what food was great where?? And which PLUSA?? My God, I'm more confused than usual.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 12:06 PM
That's true M4L. But Bernie wound up with the Yanks in the end, correct? He talked about the entire episode in his "Centerstage" interview. Hey, I didn't say there weren't bumps in the road. But if Bernie felt so disrespected, how come he's come back to the Yankee "family?" In fact, Bernie's number will be retired in Monument Park eventually. Bank on it! It's nothing like Nomar and the Red Sox. Nomar had Jeter-like status as a Red Sox, and they basically kicked him out of town!
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 12:07 PM
Jane, you ignorant slut!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 12:08 PM
Thanks Arkady.
We were going to go with 'AWRY' (Asian Women Rike Y) But thought it might be considered derogatory by some (you know switiching the 'R' and the 'L')
Posted by: Asian Women at Y at October 19, 2009 12:10 PM
I don't know about that arkady - I'm sure there are others like me who have one type at work and the other at home.
I gave up on a personal PCs when time came to buy a new one because of viruses, malware etc etc, haven't had a single problem in 3 years with the Mac and i don't do anything regarding securirty. As for work, we use PCs and they are fine - but we've got an IT team keeping them fine and updating etc. All that costs money. When one calculates a Mac for home use is expensive, one should take into account any security measures and software also needed to be purchased.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 12:10 PM
slopefarm- lets be clear- I don't use ad hominem atacks. I respond to how someone treats me. I'll attack an issue or an argument, not the person- unless that person attacks me first. I'm not the one who made it personal with MM, BRG and THL.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 12:10 PM
Thanks for the advice guys! I am going to look into fixed prices for the heating costs as we were given that option last winter when oil went up to 147 per barrel.
M4L, my HD advice was for me and not co-op but thanks. I'll stick to the Brooklyn one and support local micro-economy.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 12:11 PM
Is there a way to search for rentals on Property Shark?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 12:14 PM
ditto- I've worked on both and since I love computers, my idea of happiness is to have both kinds and a Linux to boot. I haven't had a problem with pcs because I am a nutjob when it comes to security- I'm sure at some point I will eat those words, but most people get viruses because they get careless, especially with email. Corporate computers are so complicated and sophisiticated, and the needs are so great, I wonder if they were mac would the situation be any easier?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 12:14 PM
DH, they have rentals on P Shark now?
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 12:19 PM
"DH, they have rentals on P Shark now?"
Just commercial - thought there was a way to search for rentals, but that might have been streeteasy.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 12:23 PM
StreetEasy has rentals now. Not a huge universe so far, but it's growing.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 12:24 PM
"And which PLUSA??"
Ah for Pete's Sake, they didn't tell us their real name.
Posted by: Asian Women at Y at October 19, 2009 12:25 PM
Then give us their login, AWAY!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 12:26 PM
who is this AWAY and where did she met some PLUSAs????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 12:27 PM
"who is this AWAY and where did she met some PLUSAs????"
Reading comprehension, Dave!!!!!!!
We NEVER said we met PLUSAs.
We said:
A PLUSA (???) told us last night to log onto this site.
Posted by: Asian Women at Y at October 19, 2009 12:31 PM
I'm thinking AWAY can't pass the Seinfeld Test
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 12:32 PM
AWAY, where did you meet him/her/them and what time? Maybe the said PLUSA(s) will come out and admit to recruiting new Brooklynites.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 12:32 PM
What's a PLUSAs?
Posted by: Asian Women at Y at October 19, 2009 12:33 PM
I saw someone with a profile name of "Brownstoner" on Silverdaddies. Male (obviously) mid thirties living in Brooklyn
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 12:34 PM
AWAY, we're all just curious (especially after 6 drinks). What's the PLUSA's log-in name? If you didn't get the name, how about a description? And at what restaurant were the 7 of you eating where the food was so good?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 12:35 PM
Well AWAY, if a PLUSA told you to log in, maybe that PLUSA can tell you the meaning of PLUSA.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 12:35 PM
Anyone heard from Snappy?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 12:36 PM
Mommy told me dont talk to strangers
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 12:37 PM
Dave, SilverDaddies ought to be paying you commissions for recruiting. First ghetto and now "brownstoner", LOL.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 12:37 PM
Arkady, we heard from her yesterday, so we know she survived another Saturday of Margaritas. I emailed her earlier, but haven't heard back yet, so I'm hoping she didn't have a Sunday night relapse.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 12:39 PM
I've always relied on the kindness of strangers.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 12:39 PM
I am out of the stock market as of right now.. Take it for what its worth... I got on at around 1025 sp a couple of weeks ago and I think we are topping.. I still own calls on the bgu... So not totally out... If we close under 1096 than I think we go down.. Anywhere from three to ten percent... Anyone have anygood investment ideas... I am running out of places to look for under priced investments.
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 12:42 PM
I heard from her post-margaritas & she said it had been a temperate, though late, outing. Seems odd, though, that she hasn't been on yet today. We told her she had to check w/ us before she went bus sight-seeing again!
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 12:42 PM
HOBOKEN...if the market goes down 3-10%, when will you get back in?? If it goes up after that (you think??) you're not likely to catch the bottom anyway and you will be buying at higher prices.
This kind of market timing is the biggest destroyer of wealth.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 12:44 PM
dibs- because those of us who know and love you have given up being kind to you.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 12:44 PM
quote:
I gave up on a personal PCs when time came to buy a new one because of viruses, malware etc etc, haven't had a single problem in 3 years with the Mac and i don't do anything regarding securirty
dont lie. you bought it because you are in image conscious over-consumer. why do people make up ridiculous reasons for their purchasers!? how would you like it if i waltzed around claiming the reason i buy and drink 40s is for street cred when we all know the reason reason is that they are cheaper and get you drunk faster!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 12:46 PM
AWAY,
Your story sounds odd.
Also, what is with the 'we'? Are there two or more of you sitting around the computer and alternating posts?
Posted by: etson at October 19, 2009 12:48 PM
quote:
I gave up on a personal PCs when time came to buy a new one because of viruses, malware etc etc, haven't had a single problem in 3 years with the Mac and i don't do anything regarding securirty
He's absolutely right.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 12:49 PM
quote:
I am out of the stock market as of right now.. Take it for what its worth... I got on at around 1025 sp a couple of weeks ago and I think we are topping.. I still own calls on the bgu... So not totally out... If we close under 1096 than I think we go down.. Anywhere from three to ten percent... Anyone have anygood investment ideas... I am running out of places to look for under priced investments.-hoboken rocks.
lol i dont know if anyone cares about that. the important question is how much weight you lost this week! youre the guy who has a weekly weigh-in here right? hahah
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 12:49 PM
"a temperate, though late, outing"
That's an apt description.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 12:49 PM
and like 70-80 percent of mac users only buy them so they can stand in long lines and complain all day at the Whine Bar in the apple stores! i am convinced.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 12:53 PM
I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is 50% illusion.
Posted by: Asian Women at Y at October 19, 2009 12:53 PM
What is this baloney?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 12:55 PM
cobble- I'm wondering if AWAY is related to TITS?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 12:56 PM
Sounds likely. Garbage.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 12:59 PM
Or worse . . . Awaye Realty!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 1:00 PM
butterfly im still at 214, the weight is getting harder to lose.. The first seven lbs were easy.. The next couple of lbs look liKE they are going to be harder to lose..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 1:02 PM
maybe it's the woman who b*tchslapped jester?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 1:02 PM
TITS did say she was Asian. I say we ignore both of them.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 1:05 PM
do people still do jumping jacks? i feel like i havent seen someone do a jumping jack in like over 10 years!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 1:05 PM
ROFL, *rob*
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 1:06 PM
DIBS i see where you are coming from but if I held last year I would have gotten killed.. I use the technicals to make my buys.. The friday that we closed around 1025 was a good day to buy because if I recall we rallied at the end of the day to close just above the 50 day avg.. I will be looking for a similar sign.. I really want close to a 10 percent correction to jump in.. I must admit I have missed some of the upside... Not because of my trading technique but because I took a couple of months off to have some fun with the family..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 1:07 PM
rob, you're making several good points today. I must be drinking or something... lol. What _are_ those expert lines in the Mac stores? And why so many Mac forums?
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 1:08 PM
"DIBS i see where you are coming from but if I held last year I would have gotten killed.. "
What happened last year is incomparable to a 3-10% correction. No one times the latter perfectly.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 1:09 PM
Mac forums are to teach users new things. The lines at Mac stores are because people are buying things.
There are no pop ups, no viruses bothering Mac users. I know because I'm posting on my laptop right now as my office desktop has been overrun with viruses.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 1:11 PM
For cobble and DH. I have one word for you - zyzzyva. (actually there are some others for you in here):
http://tiny.cc/UuqgI
Posted by: etson at October 19, 2009 1:12 PM
dibs you know quite well my charts were excellent in last years down market.. It is much harder to time the market in a bull market.. I admit that.. But is this a bull or a bear rally.. The dollar is taking a pounding and you have to worry about whether or not we will have a fast slide of the dollar which will bring up interest rates... I have already started to buy long term calls options on tbt..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 1:14 PM
Good for you Hobokenrocks.
DIBS, market can't go up forever....
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 1:14 PM
I'm PC & have never had a problem & use all freeware for protection (rewrite.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 1:15 PM
Hoboken, if you were in Brooklyn, I would invite you to come work out with me. I need a gym buddy (no homo). If anyone has a membership to Bally's holler. I need to get back on a work out program stat.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 1:15 PM
This morning (8:30am) I went out to buy bread from the bakery cause I wanted a cold cut sandwich for lunch. The bakery was closed. I didn't get any bread :-(
I just had rolled up cold cuts and rolled up cheese, dipping them in mustard. YUMMY!
I have to say, I didn't miss the bread at all.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 1:16 PM
dibs- just how did that virus get on your office computer, I wonder?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 1:20 PM
I got two stocks for you guys...
CEU is about to break out
SKM has reached its foreign ownership limit and will start to put on a premium over the local shares. That premium has just moved from -1.6% to +1.9%. When people were buying this in 2007 the premium went to 25%.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 1:20 PM
"Good for you Hobokenrocks.
DIBS, market can't go up forever...."
Chicken, I'm just asking for another 5000... after all that will only catch us up to 10/9/7. Dow 30,000, then I'm out :-)
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 1:23 PM
Rob, I'll gladly work out with you but you admitted yourself that you are clumsy and probably will drop a dumbbell on your foot. Wanna get a Bally's membership? I'll go with you.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 1:24 PM
Same here Arkady. I'm on a PC and have never had any issues. We use freeware as well.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 1:29 PM
rob - I don't think anyone has seen our Mac apart from my mum and my babysitter, and I don't think either of them would know an apple from an epson.
Really, pop-ups, porn issues and viruses just completely wiped out our old dell, we had do get the hard disk erased and stayerd again. When the monitor started to go we just updated and jumped ship.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:30 PM
kens - I just got back from the gym. Although Rob thinks I'm a style-ho I work out at NYSC not the fancy LA Sports club just downstairs.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:31 PM
if there's any freegans on this board, the trash can on the corner of the block after union street and 4th avenue always has gigantic bags of assorted bagels and muffins hanging out of it!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 1:32 PM
Arkady - how many kids have access to your computer?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:32 PM
hey arkady and thl, where do you all get your freeware virus protection? i had symantec but ironically it bugged out on my computer. have to say in general, have been perfectly satisfied on a price vs performance basis with PCs, and have owned both PCs and macs. unless you are a graphic designer or something, no need for a mac in terms of normal home use.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 1:33 PM
freeware and free bagels? who said this city isn't affordable?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:33 PM
rob is extra rob-like today, I'm noticing.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 1:34 PM
ditto, NYSC is just too expensive and fancy for me. Bally's is about as ghetto as they come with 30 year old dumbbells and half non-working machines. I would love to go to a nicer gym like LA sports or NYSC but it would make my monthly payment jump to 100 a month instead of 16 bucks a month I pay now. Bummer :o(.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 1:35 PM
Yeah, *rob* is on a tear on various threads - beware of any thread today involving a trust fund
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 1:36 PM
ken the women are hot in nysc.. It may be worth the extra couple of bucks...
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 1:37 PM
Ditto - Three teens periodically use my unit but any problems typically come from cats on the keys & are just temporary snafus.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 1:38 PM
i have neither a mac nor a pc. the computer i use at home is a neon green laptop designed a few years to be given away to needy children in remote african villages. it has no hard drive, but im am able to surf the internet. it has this cool little program on it too where you tell a little turtle to do stuff. it's kinda slow and i cant watch youtube videos on it though but it was only 5 bux at a stoop sale.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 1:38 PM
how much is Ballys?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:38 PM
CG - I use Avira anti-virus & AdAware.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 1:39 PM
rob is at home... not good for PS.
right now there is a great piece of freeware... malwarebytes.org.
Norton sucks.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 1:39 PM
btw, i think trust fund has to be one of the most overused and misused of phrases. seriously, people can have a well to do family and not have a trust fund. it's a pretty specific thing. it's an actual thing. it's become slang for anyone with more money. fact of life, everyone on this board has some money. i doubt there are any indigents reading and posting to brownstoner on a daily basis.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 1:39 PM
arkday, good for you. I think the kids were the downfall of my PC. They'd open any email regardless.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:40 PM
- pop-ups, porn issues and viruses
Dittoburg confirms his love for 'L' words.
lust, lascivious, lie, lewd, libidinous.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 1:40 PM
kens - as you can see I paid attention to the top half of your post and not the bottom.
16 bucks - that is cheap. Do you get verrucas with that?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:41 PM
thanks denton and arkady, i'll look into those. symantec did this weird thing where it worked fine then when i tried to renew it, it couldn't reinstall on my computer or some such crap. very annoying.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 1:42 PM
I'd have to ask my husband but I know we also use AdAware.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 1:42 PM
bj dont forget "list"
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:42 PM
All Fort Greene and Clinton Hill PLUSAs are strongly encouraged to support the new Greenlight Bookstore on Fulton. I went this weekend and what a charming place, with great selection and super helpful staff.
Posted by: wasder at October 19, 2009 1:43 PM
awesome, thanks thl!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 1:43 PM
I have free security software from malwarebytes and AVG
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 1:44 PM
ken the women are hot in nysc.. It may be worth the extra couple of bucks...
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 1:37 PM
I actually prefer gym with ugly women. That way I can consentrate on the work-out and split as soon as I am done. Anytime there are cute girls at the gym, my gym times goes from 1 hour to about 2 and a half for the obvious reasons.
Ditto, I pay 16 bucks a month but I had a membership for like 10 years. First 3 years I paid like 40-50 a month and there after I get yearly renewals for $192 a year. It's a fixed rate every year so far. They have an option to raise it but haven't done so far.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 1:44 PM
quote:
fact of life, everyone on this board has some money. i doubt there are any indigents reading and posting to brownstoner on a daily basis.
girl please, im about as indigent as they come!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 1:44 PM
"it's become slang for anyone with more money. fact of life, everyone on this board has some money. "
cgups, you seem confused. There are people with some money who have made it themselves. There are people with some money who have inherited it. And no doubt many are a mix of the two.
People with no money like rob, or people who have made it all themselves, tend to be more critical of inherited money.
Ironically, it is conservatives who are always claiming AMerica is a meritocracy. Yet they're the ones always whining about 'death taxes'.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 1:45 PM
"if there's any freegans on this board, the trash can on the corner of the block after union street and 4th avenue always has gigantic bags of assorted bagels and muffins hanging out of it!"
Hahah - bagels outta the garbage - reminds me of college!! those were the days!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 1:45 PM
CG ups- AVG free is also good. I used to use it and then bought their software. A friend still uses the freeware and swears by it. And as a graphic designer I can attest to the fact that you can accomplish the same thing on a pc as on a mac. I have illustrator and photoshop (although I prefer other programs), and with all the programs written for pc, it's really not an issue.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 1:45 PM
Denton - What does malwarebytes.org do?
I'm looking for something similar to RegCure but free.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 1:47 PM
$butterfly is probably a 8figganigga... You know what they say about people that cry broke... WelL I know what my motherinlaw says everytime I tell her that I am broke.. LOL..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 1:49 PM
death taxes can largely be gotten around with effective estate planning.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 1:50 PM
The only freegan stuff I'll do is brownies out of Snappy's rubbish.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 1:50 PM
here you are - all searching for what to use to protect yourselves.....
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:50 PM
totally dipster, did i tell you i no longer have my soul because of a day old bag of bagels? it's pretty sad actually. actually denton, if you must know, i don't so much truly mind people with old money (like the kind of people on gossip girl), i think it's new money people that are a turn-off. but money is money and you can't take it with you when you leave! i just think that people who substantial parental help with rent and down payments is why rents are so high!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 1:51 PM
or by not being dead.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 1:51 PM
I think we need the What back here right now.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 1:52 PM
Nightline did a freegan story recently, and this woman was picking ALL of her food out of dumpsters and trash bags - from day old bagels to old fish to expired canned goods (some of which made her sick). Yuck.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 1:52 PM
my point is you can blame the world for being born poor instead of to a rich family, or for being born ugly instead of beautiful, but plenty of people who come into money are perfectly decent people who work hard and are not spoiled brat monsters ruining new york for all. one of the hardest working guys i know comes from crazy money and you'd never know it. i just think it gets tired for people to hate on the idea of inheritance when it's part of people's motivation for saving and preserving things to pass on to the next generation. i mean give me a break, i don't think someone living in the middle of park slope qualifies as indigent quite like a family living in a shelter or people getting their only hot meals from a soup kitchen.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 1:54 PM
I'm with rob. I'm as indigent as they come too. Really- not everyone on this board ha money.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 1:55 PM
old fish??
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 1:57 PM
or rather it's about as useful to blame the world for being born poor instead of rich or being born ugly instead of beautiful, but these are things that we need to accept. to spend your like fighting it it to waste your life. plenty of poor people end up doing great things with their life and better society with little to no fanfare and no financial gain because they didn't sit on their ass whining about it.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 1:57 PM
"old fish??"
Yeah, ditto, it was pretty gross. 1/2 eaten sandwiches, leftover meals, you name it.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 1:59 PM
ditto, you're right. Nevertheless it is entirely possible to go without if you use some common sense. Anyway part of it's kinda the tweaker esthetic that if you grew up with PCs become fun. Ya know, replacing your own CPU, flashing your BIOS, adding a hard drive or two... and yes, comparing anti-virus software.
Arkady, it's a simple anti-virus/malware scanner. Right now, it's the best. Altho I run the full version of AVG it pickup up a coupla things, and it's also bailed me out at work where some of my good employees have gotten infected.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 1:59 PM
Me and some friends would run to dunkin donuts everynight at 2am to get the free donuts they were going to dump... That was about 18 years ago..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 2:00 PM
oooh, am i channeling benson today? heh
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 2:01 PM
Malwarebytes is what they are running on my PC right now.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:01 PM
That may be the case, CG ups, but there are plenty of us who live paycheck to paycheck (or unemployment check to unemployment check). Personally I don't think money makes you better or worse as a human being. I think it does make you more secure and gives you the freedom to do things poorer people can't. I know quite a few people with money who I would trust with my life. Same with some poor folk. But this is brownstoner, after all. You know we're gonna make blanket statements and stereotype wherever possible :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 2:01 PM
dibs, you sure do like a lot of Asian telcos. You're not spending time with their repairmen, are you?
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 2:02 PM
i know bxgrl. :) i guess it's kind of annoying, kind of like it's ok to slag on one group but not the other. it just gets ooooooold. i am having recession-backlash-itis.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 2:04 PM
"Anyway part of it's kinda the tweaker esthetic that if you grew up with PCs become fun"
Denton, somehow I just don't find this fun, LOL.
Arkday, I agree with Denton, and, as I mentioned I have both AVG and malwarebytes software, which seem to complement each other. My brother is a computer engineer so I get whatever he recommends.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 2:04 PM
dibs, you heard anything about logm? Recent IPO and nice software that seems to be knocking similar stuff outta the box.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 2:05 PM
CG- nah! YOu would have mentioned meatballs :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 2:05 PM
" plenty of poor people end up doing great things with their life and better society with little to no fanfare and no financial gain because they didn't sit on their ass whining about it."
CGups - do you really think "the american dream" exists anymore? Back in the day it was possible to work hard and climb up into a different socio-economic group. But nowadays, the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 2:05 PM
Hola losers! What's shakin?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:06 PM
dh, it does exist. But agree it's harder than it was when I was a kid.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 2:07 PM
Snappy, where have you been?! I was sure we'd "killed" you again.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 2:08 PM
denton...i'll check it out.
Where you the one that mentioned Artisan to me at Union Hall??? And what was the issue???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:08 PM
denton, I'm a computer-spaz so that tweaker path is one I haven't trodden. However, I do like to fiddle around with my car so I can understand the fun.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:09 PM
Ah, I'm alive! Just putzing around the house taking care of odds and ends.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:09 PM
CGups - do you really think "the american dream" exists anymore? Back in the day it was possible to work hard and climb up into a different socio-economic group. But nowadays, the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 2:05 PM
I think it happens all the time.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:09 PM
the 50's leave it to beaver idea of americana is no longer a reality (maybe it never existed), and so has the american dream evolved. the wealth gap is larger than ever but there is still huge opportunity in this country via education and plain old hard work. it's always been hard to rise into the next socioeconomic class, but in a way there is constant progress/evolution.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 2:11 PM
quote:
i know bxgrl. :) i guess it's kind of annoying, kind of like it's ok to slag on one group but not the other. it just gets ooooooold. i am having recession-backlash-itis.
omg what are you talking about? poor people get mocked on this site incessently! lol. just the mission statement along claims it is a website specifically aimed at "the affluent!" i come here for the irony of it all. if not, id just stick to the off topic section of the pimps up h0s down board!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 2:11 PM
"I think it happens all the time.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:09 PM
If that helps you sleep at night - Mr. Uppercrust ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 2:12 PM
I'm amazed at some clips on youtube that get a lot of views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o1Oab1o2fc&feature=related
I don't get it. What am I missing?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 2:13 PM
I agree w/ dibs - there're still plots of ground in the land of opportunity.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 2:15 PM
quote:
CGups - do you really think "the american dream" exists anymore? Back in the day it was possible to work hard and climb up into a different socio-economic group. But nowadays, the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer.
very true. the american dream can and does exist in the form of reality tv show tho. one can become rich simply by being themselves, or playing on on tv. it does always irk my man buttons when you find out that some reality tv contestants dont NEED the million dollars and stealing a spot away from someone who does need it.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 2:15 PM
Artisan? The chip company? Not me dibs.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 2:15 PM
The inventor of the Snuggie is now a multi-millionaire.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:16 PM
hard work is necessary - but it has to be to the right end if what you want in life is to earn a lot (often at the expense of other things).
Plenty of hard work leads to a small pay check at the end of the week, month after month and year after year. One has to be careful when just saying "hard work", the converse being the implication that you're poor because you don't work hard, which is often completely false.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:17 PM
There are a lot of people who are probably a bit more indigent than Rob and bxgrl, no disrespect intended. The homeless guy who hung around my block and swept the sidewalks for change, for instance. He was found dead on the street this weekend. He was truly indigent, so much so that I'm sure he never even posted on Brownstoner.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 2:17 PM
"I agree w/ dibs - there're still plots of ground in the land of opportunity."
I think I'll land in a plot in the ground by the time I get another opportunity.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 2:17 PM
dibs - There's a company of that name in Man. that does old bldg. restoration.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 2:18 PM
Well, I would be filthy rich if some dingbat down in Virginia didn't have my $200mil Mega ticket :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:18 PM
"He was truly indigent, so much so that I'm sure he never even posted on Brownstoner."
classic
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:20 PM
No plot for me. Since it's one of my most valuable assets, I'm leaving my corporeal being to charity - science. No hassle for the family, no cost, etc.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 2:20 PM
kinda funny that everyone on here is "the american dream" is still alive and well.
Didn't we do a survey a while ago and we found out the vast majority of you are all ivy league (or midwest equivalent) educated? Come on people. hahaha
Not picking on anyone inparticular but if you think Rob has had all the same opportunities as you all in his life, you're pretty delusional.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 2:20 PM
"I agree w/ dibs - there're still plots of ground in the land of opportunity."
I also agree. Cleverness, hard work, tenacity and innovative ideas will deliver you to the promised land. Of course, not everyone is going to go the "Super Bowl" of success, but it's more likely to happen for the average person here in the U.S. than in any other country. For an example, look no farther than Mr. Brownstoner' blog. He created something where nothing (of its type) previously existed.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 2:24 PM
"He was truly indigent, so much so that I'm sure he never even posted on Brownstoner."
QOTD
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 2:24 PM
I don't know that I ever believed in the so-called American dream. I certainly don't think it exists now.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:25 PM
I am not ivy league.. I just wanted to make something of myself.. After a stint at VIACOM as a IT Project Manager I found my calling in trading.. Truth be told that I am lucky SOB.. My first trade , NITE , doubled in about a week and the rest is history..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 2:26 PM
"Not picking on anyone inparticular but if you think Rob has had all the same opportunities as you all in his life, you're pretty delusional."
Rob's grammar-and-punctuation-don't-matter mantra will shut off some opportunities right away!
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:26 PM
Luck plays a large part - fortune in the sense of serendipity. I've had a lot of that.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 2:27 PM
jeez dipster, now youre making it sound like im walking around with a block of government cheese in my hannah montana lunchbox :-/
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 2:27 PM
not me, dh. Rob has had some tough times but he also has a degree.
Anyway anyone who posts on stoner all day probably already has enuf money or isn't working hard enuf :-)
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 2:28 PM
rofl Rob!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:29 PM
have the balls to be direct. nobody (i certainly was not) implying that everyone has the same opportunities. the point is that there is opportunity, people seize it and do manage to succeed. there are people that had amazingly difficult circumstances growing up and have grown to be successful (and well adjusted) people. many of the kids at the school i work with are from families below the poverty line. some of them move on to "just get by" in life. some of them have done really well. one of my students is on his way to beomcing a teacher via a rockefeller fellowship. another one is becoming a nurse and the first college graduate in her family. or some of them are even upper middle class white kids that live in brooklyn and rise to the top of their field. who knows, there may even be hope for you.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 2:29 PM
Rob is not "disadvantaged" or lacking opportunity. He's BROKE.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 2:29 PM
"Luck plays a large part - fortune in the sense of serendipity. I've had a lot of that."
I used to often eat dessert at Serendipidy. It played an unfortunate part in making me large.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 2:30 PM
quote:
Rob's grammar-and-punctuation-don't-matter mantra will shut off some opportunities right away!
don't be silly. as if i'd type a resume not using capital letters or something!? don't you know anyone under the age of 20!? proper grammar and punctuation are so LAST millenium!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 2:30 PM
The American Dream is definitely there but two things: it is extremely easy to get sidetracked. I could more or less sleepwalk through life and end up ok, I had many advantages. And second, the aspirational aspect of the american Dream is not very strong for native-born americans I don't think.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 2:31 PM
I don't think I've had luck, but I've had an absence of bad luck to screw up things, so that amounts to the same I suppose.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:31 PM
All a question of definitions, and of what period to which compare. Social mobility is still very possible but likely to come by different means. Harder to just join one giant company at the bottom rung and spend one's entire working life there any more. It also feels like social mobility works both ways more now - easier to start off middle class and end up poor. Not sure if that's anything that requires a big change in social policy though.
The cost of education here is a big hurdle.
(From what I recall re brownstoner posters there is not a big difference between the educational background of the allegedly wealthy and the allegedly poorer. Most went to pretty good colleges).
Posted by: etson at October 19, 2009 2:32 PM
- The American Dream is definitely there but two things: it is extremely easy to get sidetracked.
Like on Brownstoner.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 2:33 PM
look, even a commie pinko fag atheist like me still thinks you can make it here in USA with hard work and some smarts and sacrifice and right attitude .
Deck may not be in shuffled in your favor and my political opposites are trying their hardest to make it more difficult.
If you can't look around and see people who started with nothing building a good life for themselves and family your circle is too small.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 2:33 PM
I agree the American dream is alive and well. I have managed to survive here for over a decade, having come to this land with $20 in my pocket.
(Of course, the rest was tied up in stocks, bonds and bank accounts, but still...)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 2:34 PM
lol now i have that mya song stuck in my head. got to have a J O B if you wanna be with me, cuz there's nothing going on but the rent! speaking of disadvantaged versus broke, i have noticed that Aquarians are often discriminated against in various fields of work..
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 2:36 PM
Where are the chefs today?
YooHoooooo THL, Where are you?????
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 2:36 PM
I think Etson summed up what I'm trying to say much more elloquently.
Social mobility is possible, but much more difficult nowadays.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 2:36 PM
oh pete. i heart you.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 2:37 PM
no offense hipster, but etson said something completely different from what you posted. maybe it was what you were thinking but it wasn't what you were writing.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 2:37 PM
The most awesome story of tenacity & grit was the one about the little girl who lived on the subway - on her own - for a couple of years & won the 1st NY Times college scholarship & went to Harvard & did well.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 2:38 PM
Believe it or not, I worked my way through college and put myself through grad school. Neither one was Ivy League but grad school was Northwestern. Yes, it was a lot less expensive back then and so too were houses. The latter were much more affordable as a % of income than they are today.
Being older, I just got an earlier start that's all.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:38 PM
I'm here, I'm just getting some work done. What's up?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 2:38 PM
Rob - and they'll be complaining a decade from now that they weren't given the opportunities... ;-)
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:39 PM
"Social mobility is still very possible but likely to come by different means."
Social mobility and economic success (i.e., "the American Dream") are two distinctly different things.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 2:41 PM
quote:
went to Harvard & did well.
almost anyone can go to harvard and DO well. the hard part is getting IN and paying for it. once youre in, youre in, and the coursework really isnt any that more challenging than your typical state school. it just boils down to which fruits you call your parents.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 2:42 PM
"no offense hipster, but etson said something completely different from what you posted. maybe it was what you were thinking but it wasn't what you were writing."
**getting ready to take flack from the ivy leaguers who think i'm trying to say they didn't work hard to achieve what they have***
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 2:43 PM
It also depends on how you define success in your world. For some success is having enough money to pay the bills and hang out with their buddies. Others need much more in their life in order to feel like they've accomplished something.
Everyone's needs vary.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 2:43 PM
Anyway anyone who posts on stoner all day probably already has enuf money or isn't working hard enuf :-)
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 2:28 PM
Ha ha, 100% true. I don't work hard enough, that's why you'll never see me bitch about not making enough money :o). I got a sweet offer to go back to the dark side (corporate law) about a couple of weeks ago but I would definitely give up posting on brownstoner and be miserable at work but I would me making more money. I denied the offer. I love my job and that's partially why I am willing to live on a smaller income but if I had a family to support or felt like I need more money to pursue hobbies/interests or whatever, I would look for a better paying opportunity.
Don't even get me started on American Dream. I will debate till I turn blue. As M4L once said, immigrants just see too many opportunities in this country and the notion of self entitlement just astounds us sometimes.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 2:43 PM
"i have noticed that Aquarians are often discriminated against in various fields of work.."
I was told one couldn't get a job at the Aquarium unless one was a Pisces.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 2:44 PM
I had a suitcase stuffed with unfashionable clothes and some toiletries and about $1500. And some proper teabags too.
I'm getting all sentimental and homesick now at the thought of it. I remember how difficult it was to buy one fork and one knife and one plate at the time. Everyone wanted to sell my a 70 piece cultlery kit.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:44 PM
You're right about "getting in," rob.
It is much, much harder nowadays to get into a good college or grad school and they are much, much, much more expensive.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:45 PM
Oh, there you are THL, chef hat and all.
I have a box of lasagna pasta.
I don't love lasagna because I 'm not a big fan of mozzarella cheese or ricotta cheese. And I can't stand Parmesan cheese.
Actually, food with melted cheese turns me off.
Is there anything else I can do with the lasagna pasta? Can I boil the pasta and maybe cut it up or wrap something in it?
Something else to make with it but the traditional lasagna recipe.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 2:47 PM
oh by the way, apparently i am a true nerd. and we do lots of funny things, but apparently one of the more annoying things is that we are overly rational and analytical to the deteriment of socially acceptable behavior. this includes being very literal.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 2:48 PM
DIBS, are you find it's more expensive these days to get into a more desirable place?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 2:48 PM
"**getting ready to take flack from the ivy leaguers who think i'm trying to say they didn't work hard to achieve what they have***"
(i) You're teflon ; )
b. I, for one, don't think that's at all what you're saying.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 2:49 PM
"Don't even get me started on American Dream. I will debate till I turn blue" - yay Kens is turning into a democrat!
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 2:49 PM
Jokester, you don't like melted cheese??? Just twist the knife in my heart! Wow!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:49 PM
how many of YOU have stolen a roll or toilet paper from a Wendy's before? lol i bet the answer is a big fat zero ahha
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 2:49 PM
I'll confess to not having stolen bog roll.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:51 PM
"**getting ready to take flack from the ivy leaguers who think i'm trying to say they didn't work hard to achieve what they have***"
DH, a few of my friends would like to have a word with you:
http://componentsofenthusiasm.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/frat21.jpg
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 2:51 PM
"how many of YOU have stolen a roll or toilet paper from a Wendy's before? lol i bet the answer is a big fat zero ahha"
Nope - but i haven't paid for sugar in years (thanks starbucks!!)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 2:51 PM
can make a layered lasagna with tofo, mushrooms, eggplant, whatever and any type of sauce you like. If you weren't so rich and entitled you'd know this :)
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 2:52 PM
"Is there anything else I can do with the lasagna pasta?"
Y'know, BJ, they do sell pasta in other shapes and sizes ;)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 2:53 PM
I can't afford to eat at Wendy's. They chase me out when I try to enter.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 2:54 PM
I like what I think is called the Harvard quandary.
If a person is smart enuf to get into Harvard, would they do OK without the degree? Cuz they're that smart.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 2:54 PM
Argh. Slow day. May have to turn the tv on afterall.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:54 PM
Biff, prices have been coming down, obviously. Things in BoCoCa are beginning to look reasonable and lots of deals are out there if you have cash and want to do a renovation.
Nothing is cheap i brownstone Brooklyn and it won't be cheap. Things that are going cheaply in Bed Stuy need a lot of work.
BJ...re: pasta.....cook those lasagna noodles and cover them with a meat or a mushroon ragu.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:55 PM
so of all the pastas, you chose LLasagna ....
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 2:55 PM
No melted cheese??!?!?!!!???
*sitting mouth agape in complete shock*
I'd just cook it up and then lay the strips out on a cutting board and slice them into long strips or into little bits.
Really you could wrap anything in it, chicken strips, veggies but without melted cheese to bind it together I don't know how successful it'd be. Unless you rolled them and then packet tightly into a pan. You'd have to pour sauce of some sort over it so that the pasta didn't dry out when you baked it.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 2:56 PM
what pb, says, minus the tofu. Yuck. Plus zucchini!
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 2:56 PM
make spinach rolls?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:56 PM
On second thought, spinach rolls need cheese. Ok, here's my suggestion: Drop the lasagna off at the nearest food pantry/soup kitchen, head to the grocery store and pick out a different kind of pasta!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 2:58 PM
quote:
Nope - but i haven't paid for sugar in years (thanks starbucks!!)
LOL totally. i used to fill up a thermos with their milk too back in the day. i dont anymore really. you know who are a total bunch of milk thieves? im serious!!! park slope moms. they dont even try to be sly and do it on the down low. they just whip out a bottle and fill it up with milk that is supposed to be there for people who PAY for the COFFEE AND TEA, not for your baby! i see this ALL the time. one day im gonna embarrass one and scream YOUR SO GHETTO LADY!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 2:58 PM
I could never be with someone who doesn't eat cheese.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:58 PM
packet=packed
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 2:59 PM
lasagna pinwheels. boil the lasagna noodles until flexible. roll them into pinwheels with sauce of choice (meat sauce, mushroom sauce, spinach filling, a veggie ragout would be nice). throw it in the oven and bake it a bit.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 3:00 PM
you could use it as shingles, but don't cook it first.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 3:00 PM
why is that DIBS? hmmm?
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:00 PM
DIBS, not sure what your 2:55pm was in response to. Maybe someone else was asking about renovations?
"Nope - but i haven't paid for sugar in years (thanks starbucks!!)"
Unless you're actually paying $6 or so for every (insert-the-blank)-achino you drink, in which case, I'm sure they are more than happy to throw in free sugar with every purchase.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 3:01 PM
Sorry about the knife wound snappy, but yes, melted Cheese is grouse! Except on a burger and maybe french fries (I have to be in the mood).
Thanks Pete! NO tofu and NOOOOOOO mushrooms. I guess I can add other veggies.
Maybe this is a stupid question but: Do I need to cook the eggplant, squash, zucchini, etc. before layering it into the lasagna?
it's not going to burn or get crispy when I bake it cause there's no cheese?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 3:02 PM
Greetings everyone! I'm checking in from the concierge desk at the Brooklyn Marriott on Adams Street (my company's only Brooklyn Hotel). Sort of a new experience for a Brooklyn native to be downtown OUTSIDE of Central Booking... ; )
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 3:02 PM
Rob,
When I was in college I'd swipe extra everything. Ketchup packets, salt, pepper, sugar, napkins you name it. When I'd cook I'd season the food with all my freebie packets of soy sauce hot sauce etc. I also swiped rolls of toilet paper when I'd visit my friends that still lived in the dorms.
I figure if I could save $2 by not buying ketchup that was one more 40oz. for the weekend.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:02 PM
- I could never be with someone who doesn't eat cheese.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:58 PM
No Comment!!!!!
This one is too easy.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 3:03 PM
"melted Cheese is grouse"
Never knew you could make cheese from grouse milk
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 3:04 PM
why DIBS - don't you wash it very often?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 3:04 PM
The thing with going to Harvard is, you'd better be great because if you decide to just slum it everyone wonders why you don't do something better. Be careful what you wish for! there are unexpected qualities to experiences that seem 1005 positive.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 3:04 PM
Pete, as I've ranted on now for well over a year, brownstones are not coming down to what many would consider "cheap."
I might have sunk $1.2MM into a place in Boerum Hill had in been available when i first started looking in early 2007 but there was nothing available a those prices that didn't need work.
Now things are different and it still seems that nothing is really avaialable at those prices and in this environment I would not be willing to spend that amount of money given the risks to the economy that this may be a prolonged timeperiod of low returns, the huge move in the market from march notwithstanding.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:05 PM
BJ- If you cut the veggies thin enough then there's no need to cook them. You should put sauce in the bottom of them pan and also pour it over the noodles. If you're rolling a lot of veggies in the noodles I'd also put some sauce in the roll itself. The sauce will bake everything without letting the noodles dry out.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:05 PM
BJ, I take the easy shots if I can.
Smegma it is then.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 3:05 PM
Maybe you could make some kind of herb-infused bechamel on top of lasagna noodles wrapped around chicken and veg saute.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:06 PM
ditto & BJ, from the waist down I'm Jewish.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:07 PM
hahhah thl. one ghetto thing i am not proud of that i used to do, mostly just in college but i did it for a few years afterwards, was going around to those big clothing drop off bins and literally fishing for bags of clothes. i guess one could look at it as stealing from the poor, but i figured i was poor so it evened out.? i wish they had those bins in nyc. the last time i saw one was a very very very long time in chelsea. did they do away with them? the ones i used to raid were usually located in jersey mall parking lots. my friend used to drive us in the middle of the night and we'd come back with a whole new wardrobe!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 3:07 PM
i had peanut butter and jelly for lunch with some chocolate milk. all this fancy food talk is making me sleepy. weird.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 3:08 PM
BUY A COOKBOOK OR GO ON LINE FOR CHRISSAKE.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:08 PM
could never be with someone who doesn't eat cheese.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 2:58 PM
Dave, aren't a lot of Asian-Americans lactose intolerant? I only know this because I was lactose intolerant for some time and my doctor told me that it's pretty common in Asian cultures and with some eastern europeans because they don't consume large dairy amounts at homeland and then come here and start consuming pizza, cereals, etc. growing up and develop lactose intolerance. Sometime the body adjust (Like in my case) and sometimes it doesn't.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 3:08 PM
Yeah!!! What cobble said! YUM!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:08 PM
I loved the Brighton episode of Bored to Death last night btw. I always hung gout in Sheepshead/Brighton as a teenager and the the protagonist's Russian client reminds me of many of the people I met down there.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 3:09 PM
Cobble that sounds yummy. Whatcha cookin' today?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:10 PM
Frumunda cheese.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:10 PM
"the ones i used to raid were usually located in jersey mall parking lots."
They still have them!
"- Smegma it is then.
is that a cheese ;-)"
Yes- It's a form of Frumunda cheese.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:10 PM
generally yes, cook the vegetables 1st... as in if making a eggplant parm you fry the eggplant 1st b4 bake in casserole.
Tofu won't kill you and will absorb the flavor of the sauce..slice like you were slicing mozzerella. If someone served it to you , you wouldnt even know it.(of course I like plain greek yogurt...none of the flavored junk in the dairy case).
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:10 PM
"there are unexpected qualities to experiences that seem 1005 positive."
Infinte: Please translate this back into english for me. Thx! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:11 PM
Joe- let us know if you need bail money. Some of us could afford to help you out :)
So glad to hear so many still believe in the American Dream- I had gotten embarrassed to tell people that anymore. Although I am probably in the middle becoming poorer class, I have to say I believe I can turn things around and am working on stuff to do so. For some of us life happens in a big bad way and knocks you off course. It may never work out for me, but in this country I still believe I have a chance at it.
Yes snappy! Spinach rolls and feta!
Posted by: bxgrl at October 19, 2009 3:11 PM
There's a cloting drop-off bin in the parking lot of Lowe's at the bottom of 11th St.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:11 PM
ditto & BJ, from the waist down I'm Jewish.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:07 PM
I am only Jewish from the wallet down.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 3:11 PM
Damn, Dave beat me to it!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:12 PM
- herb-infused bechamel
GROSS (sp?)!!!
Seriously, I don't like white sauces.
Thanks all, I'm going to do the layering with veggies and a nice spiced up tomato sauce.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 3:12 PM
DIBS - my comment about why is that referred to not going with someone who didn't eat cheese...not about real estate.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:12 PM
DIBS - my comment about why is that referred to not going with someone who didn't eat cheese...not about real estate.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:12 PM
5 is the % key.
What's frumunda? Smegma's a bodily secretion - I thought only human.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:13 PM
The lactose intolerance and diabetes thing has more to do with allergies that come from not getting enough REAL dairy and instead being exposed to thing like formula which is basically corn syrup and water, it increases your chances of allergies, obesity and diabetes like 10 times.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 3:14 PM
"http://www.epicurious.com/" — best recipe site.
Made a Spicy pork shoulder and red bean chili this weekend. Excellent. It's ALL GONE already. And Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
Today just making some quick Trader Joes Chicken Teryaki - it's pretty good. I'll make some rice and brocolli - easy peasy.
I'll cook for real tomorrow, not sure what yet. Need something interesting to do with chicken breasts.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:14 PM
I don't go with anyone who doesn't like white sauces.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:14 PM
From Under (You don't want to know from under what though).
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:15 PM
dibs any etf to short ,short term Treasuries, besides PST..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 3:15 PM
dibs any etf to short ,short term Treasuries, besides PST..
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 3:15 PM
Don't ask, Arkady.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:15 PM
"one day im gonna embarrass one and scream YOUR SO GHETTO LADY!"
Says the Wendy's toilet paper/clothes dumpster bandit.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 3:16 PM
"Need something interesting to do with chicken breasts."
Staple them on to some flat-chested girl's shirt? LOL J/K!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:16 PM
"- Smegma it is then.
is that a cheese ;-)"
Yes- It's a form of Frumunda cheese.
Sorry, gonna borrow the next line from Snappy.
EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 3:16 PM
Kens,
Eastern Europeans don't eat dairy???? No sour cream? No blintzes? Cirniki? A splotch of sour cream in borscht or with almost anything potato? I thought everyone from Poland through Ukraine and north of that put sour cream on every thing.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 19, 2009 3:17 PM
Cobble, there are an infinite number of things to do with breasts
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 3:17 PM
I read somewhere once, "Smegma may be the most maligned substance in human history."
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 3:17 PM
Run around BoCoCa and slap folks in the face with them?
tee hee hee!
(clearly I've hit my 'goofy' stage in the day!)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:18 PM
"http://www.epicurious.com/" — best recipe site.
Made a Spicy pork shoulder and red bean chili this weekend. Excellent. It's ALL GONE already. And Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
I saw a recipe like that on Brokelyn.com, MMM delicious...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 3:18 PM
I thought lactose intolerance had to do with missing enzyme.
I've become garlic intolerant....life is a bitch sometimes.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:18 PM
WHAT? that's gross? seriously? foreskin smegma is really cheese? guh-ross! i always thought it was some kind of std!
u know, now that i think about it, i dont think ive ever seen a foreskin in person!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 3:19 PM
THL - Oy! Ugh! Yechhhh!
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:19 PM
Snappy, CGar, LOL! YI should know better than to feed you that line!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:19 PM
Seriously could not date anyone who didn't love garlic in mass amounts.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:19 PM
I like cream Mexican and Asian sauces, Pete.
Here's where I ate this weekend...on Friday and then again on Sunday. I left my credit card there on Friday when we were actually eating at the bar watching the Phillies game so we went back Sunday and ate there again to watch the Sunday game,...
www.levirtu.com not one of the pastas had cheese. Bt we had an incredible appetizer last night of soft polenta and spinach with four cheeses. And we had the cheese course for dessert friday night.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:20 PM
LOL Cobble :) But if you do take one of my suggestions, I wanna see the video!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:20 PM
Oh for goodness sake BJ, GET A NON-DAIRY COOKBOOK. And stop telling everyone they're food is gross!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:21 PM
- Run around BoCoCa and slap folks in the face with them?
Whoever uses the phrase BoCoCa is gonna get slapped with her breasts!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 3:22 PM
Ask around, Rob,I'm sure you'll get a few offers for your 1st viewing.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:22 PM
HOBOKEN...don't think so. TYO & TMV for longer term Treasuries
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:22 PM
"Joe- let us know if you need bail money. Some of us could afford to help you out :)" - bxgrl
Thanks. Sorry to see you were not in attendance last Thurs. night, I was curious to meet you...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 3:22 PM
Cobble, I just assumed it was time for "Re-Name That Body Part"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 3:22 PM
Slope, they do but definitely not as much as in American culture. I got it pretty bad when I came here. I could eat hard dairy like cheeses but the minute I would have milk with cereal, I had the worst stomach aches. It got really bad at one point that I couldn't even put a little milk in my coffee. The GI that I went to back then (this was about 10 years ago) told me that it was common amonst Eastern Europeans and Asians. Told me that I will adjust and gave me lactaid pills just in case. It took about 5 years or so but I am much better. I still avoid milk in pure form like with cereal or just a glass of milk. That's just too dangerous for me but I can tolerate pretty much everything else.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 3:23 PM
Lactose intolerance is very real in many Mediterranean people & Asians. It's scaled from 1 to 100 - average intolerance is 50. One friend of mine has a 2 & can't even have French bread made w/ a TB of milk.
I can't eat (or think about) smegma w/o getting a rash.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:23 PM
Docking is fun.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:23 PM
"I was curious to meet you..."
I guess Joe had the requisite 6 drinks
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 3:24 PM
Here's the chili recipe. I only made a half recipe to see if we liked it. Apparently we did.
http://bk.ly/O0
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:24 PM
it is not that I don't love garlic, Snappy. The feeling just isn't mutual.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:24 PM
Have all the body parts been renamed yet?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:25 PM
I'm verbose intolerant.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 3:25 PM
quote:
Docking is fun.
i get SO turned off when i see that in a porno. foreskins in general skeeve me out though.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 3:26 PM
"Oh for goodness sake BJ, GET A NON-DAIRY COOKBOOK. And stop telling everyone they're food is gross!"
Ye BJ, you should really try grilled smegma, or smegma fondue perhaps.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 3:26 PM
That's sad Pete. I put garlic in just about everything I cook. Pia and I noshed a steak with a ton of garlic and green onions last night. Divine.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:27 PM
ok, DIBS,,, I think you are giving too much info now :)
and BTW, I have never been 1 to disagree with your viewpoint on townhouse prices.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 3:27 PM
DITTO!!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:28 PM
Why didn't Hari get any?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:28 PM
Don't get me started on steak, Snappy. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING except salt goes on my steaks. Why ruin a wonderful cut of rare red meat with something else????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:29 PM
"Have all the body parts been renamed yet?"
I think you're on your own with that one, Snaps!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:29 PM
Hari's tummy isn't strong enough yet for steak...especially steak drowning in garlic and green onions! He was pissed though that he didn't get any. Poor wee one whined the whole time and gave his kibble the stink eye.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:30 PM
- Ye BJ, you should really try grilled smegma, or smegma fondue perhaps.
That's gross!!!!
Sorry Cobble, had to say it.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 3:30 PM
dibs - Totally agree about steak. Feel pretty much the same about lobsters except butter.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:31 PM
I'll be reliving this whole conversation later tonight.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:32 PM
Ok BJ, I'll give you that one! LOL!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:32 PM
Me too, Arkady. Warm lobster + butter. I will tolerate very few additions to lobster salad beyond a little mayonnaise.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:33 PM
I got two new knives yesterday...LOVE IT! While cutting steak and a potato yesterday I realized just how dull my other knives really are.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:36 PM
Hellman's? ("Bring out the Hellman's, and bring out the best!")
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 3:36 PM
I hate lobster. It's not the taste so much as it is the consistency. That's what keeps me away from most seafood and mushrooms. Ick.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:36 PM
dibs - And no onion on caviar.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:37 PM
I prefer nothing on caviar
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 3:38 PM
Snappy - With your dislike of chocolate & beef, you really don't get much of a look-in on the rating of eats.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:39 PM
And no sex in the champagne room :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:39 PM
onion on caviar??????? ewwwwwwww. BTW, russian stores and markets have the cheapest caviar and good varieties. If any PLUSAs want, I'll gladly escort them to buy some.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 3:39 PM
So what kind did ya get, after all, Snappy?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:40 PM
However, I do like as many things as possible in my steak tartare....raw egg, worcestershire, lots of caper, onions, a dollop of mustard.
Only seafood red sauce with horseradish on raw clams & oysters.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:40 PM
I prefer nothing on caviar
So you get naked to eat your caviar? :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:40 PM
I lovelovelove lobster. But I never order it in restaurants because it's alway sooo over priced.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:40 PM
I'm going to write a screenplay about a blog about nothing.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 3:41 PM
Anyone ever get the sardine sandwich from Hanco's?
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 3:42 PM
LOL Arkady :)
Cobble, being on a severe budget, I went to IKEA and got two big ole choppers. I figure they will do for now until I'm employed again and can go for the knives Denton suggested before.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:42 PM
Doesn't everybody, Snaps?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 3:42 PM
Kens - I may take you up on that. What's your definition of cheap? Osetra = ?/oz, Beluga = ?/oz, Sevruga = ?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:42 PM
Well, Biff, we've already chosen the cast members! And you have some real on screen and off screen drama!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:43 PM
Cargar, I like to wear diving fins and a gold lame tube top while eating my caviar :) LOL I actually don't like caviar either...Surprise!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:44 PM
lobster, caviar..
I have no idea why Rob complains about this place being aimed at the affluent.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 3:44 PM
I'd pay good money to Snappy in diving fins and a gold lame tube top
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 3:46 PM
Will there be a blooper reel during the ending credits?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:46 PM
Hellman's = Best Foods west of the rockies!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 3:46 PM
Biffers - Will you change your log-on to Beckett?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:46 PM
Champagne tastes on a Thunderbird budget.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:47 PM
No Joe but I love sardines. What's on the sandwich?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:47 PM
"lobster, caviar..
I have no idea why Rob complains about this place being aimed at the affluent."
And DIBS hasn't even gotten the truffle discussion going.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 3:48 PM
And foie gras needs to be seared only, in butter. Never anything on it. I will tolerate the shaved green onions on monkfish liver.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:48 PM
LOL Cargar!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:48 PM
Sardines...makes me wanna sing the 'fish heads' song!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:49 PM
Fascinating discussion here of meat uses, and meatuses.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 3:51 PM
"Will there be a blooper reel during the ending credits?"
That's a must!! We'll have Rob grabbing someone's boobs, Biff misquoting someone, CGar coming out of the tent on my deck, infinite doing the Worm...the possibilities are endless!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:51 PM
This is all asshat food. What about peanut butter? Tuna? Collard greens? Potatoes? LUNCH MEAT!!!???
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:52 PM
The sardines at Saraghina were excellent. I don't think they are still on the menu.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 3:52 PM
Snappy - What do you wear when you sing that?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:52 PM
Spicy tomato sauce, mayo, butter... I actually like the classic Ban Ghee (whatever the fuck it's called...)with roast pork and faux foie gras pate better.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 3:53 PM
Arkady, a large bowl on my head and too-small tube socks :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:54 PM
No garlic in the mashed potatoes!
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:54 PM
did anyone else grow up in a household where helmans mayo was essentially used on everything, put on everything, and sometimes was one of the main ingredients in a meal? like macaroni salad and stuff. gack
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 3:54 PM
you clowns got it all wrong with the American dream. it's now 2009, American dream is being foreclosed on currently. It's time for CHINESE dream - work hard, save, work hard, save, ponder do a biz, say NO to Americans when they ask to buy T-bills, work hard, save,.....hope the damn kids will hold up tradition of looking after parents.
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 3:55 PM
Kens - I may take you up on that. What's your definition of cheap? Osetra = ?/oz, Beluga = ?/oz, Sevruga = ?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:42 PM
Arkady, I am not sure of the names as I always try a couple and point to the one I like and pick up a can or small tray. Beluga is a red one correct? I get the red usually for about 16-25 per lb depending where it's coming from or how good it is. Is Osetra the black caviar? Not sure what Sevruga is?. I can go to the store and check for you for sure but I am about 95 percent positive I can get it cheaper at a Russian market than any distributer or store that you may be getting it in (unless they are Russians as well).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 3:55 PM
I think that blooper reel outta include Rob showing up at some random Dress Barn in a mall in Jersey with a 40 in a paper bag looking for us :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:55 PM
Yeah, Rob & I still love it. Also butter w/ p.b. & j.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:56 PM
snappy, I just ate a tuna salad sandwich for lunch (I'm not supposed to eat it too much- mercury- but I love it!). My cats have been giving me the stink eye but my baby has been very greedy with the food and not big on sharing as much as I used to before.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:56 PM
I think Snappy's hitting 'the sauce' early today! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 3:56 PM
Now I'm downing a brownie. Oink.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 3:57 PM
"I will tolerate the shaved green onions on monkfish liver."
That gets me thinking it must be tough being a gourmet freegan.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 3:57 PM
No garlic in the mashed potatoes???????
SACRILEGE
BLASPHEMY
PROFANITY
AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHHHHH!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:57 PM
the regular bahn mi at hanco's is awesome. though i have to say, i like baoguette just a smidge better bc of the sloppy bahn mi, mmmmm delicious. it's worth a trip into the hellhole of grammercy/murray hill for that sandiwch. mmmmm. and the sloppy bahn mi is only $7, the regular pork and pate bahn mi is $5 (i think about the same price as hanco).
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 3:57 PM
THL, I haven't had tuna in a long time because the second I break out the can opener, Pia is right there howling at the top of her lungs and climbing my leg to get at it. I'm a big ole sucker.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:59 PM
Kens - Red isn't from sturgeon. Get price of pressed, too, next time you're there.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 3:59 PM
- Will there be a blooper reel during the ending credits?
This IS the blooper reel!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 3:59 PM
I wish Cobble!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 3:59 PM
My screenplay includes a very unfortunate ending for Pia and Hari. Sorry, I'm not a cat lover.
Ok, nobody wants to watch a couple innings of the Yankee game? PATHETIC!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 4:00 PM
"What about peanut butter? Tuna? Collard greens? Potatoes? LUNCH MEAT!!!???"
Snaps - Jif (sometimes creamy, sometimes crunchy); Bumble Bee (all white in water); Potatoes (any and every way possible); Lunch Meat (Hebrew National salami, pepperoni, genoa)
*rob* - I could eat Hellman's out of the jar (though I gather you OD'd on it)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:00 PM
Snappy- Don't give them the tuna. Give them the water that you drain off. Mine love that. I pour it over their kibble.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:01 PM
Biff, them's fightin' words. Put up yer dukes dammit!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:02 PM
Mashed - butter, whipping cream, salt & pepper.
Oh, yeah, & potatoes.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:02 PM
Hari accepts tuna water...Pia does not. She looks at it, discovers that there is no tuna in it, then gets very very angry!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:03 PM
Snappy, Bxgrl, Arkady etc..
On the count of three we all throw a cat at Biff's face.
One...
Two....
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWHISSSSSSSSSSssssssssssss
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:04 PM
I get tuna in oil - the water version takes so much Hellman's it doesn't make it any more healthful.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:04 PM
crazy how the sp 500 closed at 1097, apple and the others will determine if we can break that critical point...
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at October 19, 2009 4:04 PM
Well Princess Pia needs to take it down a notch.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:05 PM
"My screenplay includes a very unfortunate ending for Pia and Hari."
F*CK YOU, A$$HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pia at October 19, 2009 4:05 PM
Cargar...store brand crunchy (I'm cheap!), potatoes every way except hash browns or regular fried potatoes (gross), any all white tuna in water (for the kitties) and Hilshire Farm Deli Select super thin slices.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:05 PM
Arkady I do like the Italian ones that are packed in Olive oil but my budget is more Bubble Bee friendly.
I've been trying to cut back on the mayo consumption.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:06 PM
d anyone else grow up in a household where helmans mayo was essentially used on everything, put on everything, and sometimes was one of the main ingredients in a meal? like macaroni salad and stuff. gack
*rob*
Better than Miracle Whip, that's what all the really poor kids ate... I grew up in a "Hellman's REAL mayonaise" house.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 4:06 PM
I once made a curried tuna salad - boiled eggs, celery, bit of onion, bacon, capers, relish, & a few other things w/ the Hellman's - but I forgot the tuna.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:06 PM
Arkady, no! The mashed is only potatoes, kosher salt, oven roasted garlic, a smidge of olive oil, and finely diced green onions.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:06 PM
"regular fried potatoes (gross)"
Do you mean french fries, Snap, or something else?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:07 PM
Who is that posting as Pia? (that is what she would say though!)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:07 PM
"F*CK YOU, A$$HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!"
*adding a wood chipper to the scene*
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 4:07 PM
F*CK YOU, A$$HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pia at October 19, 2009 4:05 PM
I wonder where Pia got that potty mouth????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:07 PM
I like the Boar's Head cold cuts at the deli. We like a good hogie in this house.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:07 PM
THL, she is spoiled rotten and it is 100% my fault! I'm learning my lesson.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:07 PM
remember how i 2 weeks ago i said i was organizing a pot luck lunch? with the theme Fall Harvest?! well it's wednesday and out of like 30 people in this office only about 10 have signed up...
but i think im the only person bringing something FALL-ish! im making indiana corn casserole.
people literally signed up with the following
brownies
cheese puffs (lol!)
soda
how are those even remotely fall harvest related!?!?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 4:08 PM
Hari & Pia get upset tummies after having taken a chunk out of Biffy. They get better. He dies of sepsis.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:08 PM
No, Cargar...just cut up and fried in a skillet with onions. My family loves that crap.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:08 PM
Arkady, will do, maybe even tonight. What's your "brownstoner" email?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 4:09 PM
LOL a few years ago when we went to Italy we brought back some special expensive Italian canned tuna. The cats didn't like it.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:09 PM
Rob - Brownies are always in season. (And brown is a very autumnal color.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:09 PM
I go on my afternoon break and come back to you guys talking about caviar?!
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 4:09 PM
A wood chipper????
WHAT HAVE MY PUSSIES (cats!) EVER DONE TO YOU????
waaaaaaahhhhhhh :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:09 PM
meat was rationed via govt food stamps. veggie and congee was staple. steamed rice is a good treat. some chicken or pork is WOW!!!!!
hate to break to ya but kids growing up here really don't know what rough really means
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 4:10 PM
"Hari & Pia get upset tummies after having taken a chunk out of Biffy. They get better. He dies of sepsis."
Because we have Biff deported back to Canada and he has to go through National Healthcare.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:10 PM
Cheese puffs and soda both come from corn...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 4:10 PM
Kens - rk_dillon at yahoo.com
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:10 PM
Arkady - my Ukranian barbers once promised to set me up on a great deal with caviar - I couldn't believe their prices, until the converstaion got to the nitty gritty, red caviar it was...
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 4:11 PM
better for you Dave!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:12 PM
LOL! miracle whip! i forgot about that. the ironic thing is that my grandmother always used to say that only white trash used miracle whip as she'd slather on a whole jar of mayo on a baloney and wonder bread sandwich
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 4:12 PM
Arkady, my son snapped the residual piece of the pull-out metal portion of antenna (he broke bigger chunk earlier) and funny thing is it works better now than when it first came out of box. keep that in mind if & when you go shopping for antenna again.
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 4:12 PM
Yes! Deportation! I'm calling the INS on your ass!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:12 PM
Biff, did you get the Champs their Halloween costumes yet?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:12 PM
Cheese puffs and soda both come from corn...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 4:10 PM
So do Fritos, even more corn in them!!!!! Yuuuummmmmmmm
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:13 PM
"meat was rationed via govt food stamps."
Remember the Democrats still have 7 years...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 4:13 PM
"*adding a wood chipper to the scene*"
Whoa! You're taking your life in your hands there Biffy!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:13 PM
Anybody ever have Taramosalata?
http://tinyurl.com/yj4ul76
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:14 PM
- Biff, did you get the Champs their Halloween costumes yet?
One is dressing up like a cat.
The other as a wood chipper.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 4:14 PM
Cheese puffs! As if. You'd get run out of the building if you brought that to an office party here.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 4:14 PM
If I time this right, I might just make my first 500....?
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 4:15 PM
Cargar...for Halloween the Champs are going as "Canadians" because I'm having him deported! :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:15 PM
500?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:15 PM
500?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:15 PM
doh!
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 4:15 PM
Oh WHATEVER M4L, the violins are playing. I'm soooo sorry you had it sooo rough. Sing a different tune for 5 minutes wouldya?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:15 PM
500?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:16 PM
500?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:16 PM
omg i love taramosalata. went to the best greek diner in astoria and ate the whole thing! i love that other people avoid it on the dip platters. i mean hummus and babaganoush are good and all, so is tzatziki but taramosalata is where it's at!!! yum yum yum.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:16 PM
Wonder Bread! Nothing like PB&J on Wonder Bread, or Turkey (& Hellman's) on Wonder Bread the day after Thanksgiving.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:16 PM
I like cheese puffs. Why are you such an elitist, jester?????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:16 PM
"Yes! Deportation! I'm calling the INS on your ass!"
Wow, things have gotten bad since 9/11. They're even deporting US citizens. Where do they deport them to, Iowa?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 4:16 PM
DAMMIT! Foiled by Cobble!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:16 PM
500 for Cobby
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 4:16 PM
"Cheese puffs! As if. You'd get run out of the building if you brought that to an office party here."
There are organic/ less processed "healthier" versions available at Trader Joe's PS/Flatbush Food Coops, etc. Or were you saying you work w. a lot of foodies? If you do make them cook!
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 4:17 PM
7 degrees in London. I'll probably have to turn the boiler on tomorrow...
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 4:17 PM
My dad calls it poor man's caviar. His mother always made it.
Actually it's really easy to make CG you should give it a shot.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:18 PM
easy there killer. you called someone garbage earlier today. AWAY seemed sketchy but could be legit considering that they responded like a normal person and ditched the OT after initial abuse unlike an undercover PLUSA with a hankering for mischief.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:18 PM
"Oh WHATEVER M4L, the violins are playing. I'm soooo sorry you had it sooo rough. Sing a different tune for 5 minutes wouldya?"
Uh what?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 4:19 PM
Biffy, your citizenship will be revoked for threatening beautify kitties. You will be deported tonight at 6:45pm sharp. Get ready to ride a stinky bus back to Canada...put that on your maple leaf and smoke it! :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:19 PM
i used to love wonderbread growing up, but have you noticed that it sort of gums up and sticks to the roof of your mouth? kinda funny and can result in some pretty gross lunchroom antics.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:19 PM
Joe, why the hell would someone want to eat a healthier version of a cheese puff???? This is what I hate the most about all the left wing organic/vegan dogooders. That orange dust is to die for and the salt content is a real kicker. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:21 PM
pirate booty = cheese puffs and they are good. yum yum.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:21 PM
Oh WHATEVER M4L, the violins are playing. I'm soooo sorry you had it sooo rough. Sing a different tune for 5 minutes wouldya?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:15 PM
so you complaining about your unemployed status is fine but me saying growing up was bad is now? sorry, doesn't work that way
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 4:21 PM
I love taramasolata too, haven't had it since England though. Now I'm into whitefish salad on custy buttered toast. No whitefish salad in England. One adapts.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 4:22 PM
This is a recipe for impeachment.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 4:22 PM
ugh joe don't get me started on those stupid 10 dollar bags of white people cheese doodles that are essentially the SAME thing as good old Wise only a fool buys their snackfoods at organic grocery stores!
hmm i was curious
they really ARE from Wise! OMFG look at the Name of the family that Invented Cheez Doodles LO!L
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Cheez Doodles are a cheese-flavored corn snack produced by Wise Foods, Inc. that are similar to Frito-Lay's Cheetos, which debuted several years after Frito-Lay's snack in the 1950's. Originally manufactured by the Yohigh family, and brokered by Dave Birdie, it became the prevalent cheese puff in the East Coast. In the mid 60's the company was acquire by Borden and assigned to the Wise potato chip division. Cheez Doodles remain one of the strongest brands marketed by Wise.
Like Cheetos, Cheez Doodles came in many varieties. The currently available versions include:
Cheez Doodles Puffed - the original baked snack version
Cheez Doodles Puffed White Cheddar
Cheez Doodles Crunchy - the hard, crunchy fried version
Cheez Doodles Crunch, Reduced Fat
Croc-o-Doodles- Crocodile shaped cheese doodle snacks
Wise recently made their Crunchy Cheez Doodles "cheezier." Their less intense cheese flavor has been replaced by a slightly more powerful flavor. The new flavor is much more akin to Cheetos'. The original Cheez Doodle has a new less "cheezier" taste.
They have recently entered pop culture as the preferred snack of ESPN NBA analyst Stephen A. Smith.[1]
They are also mentioned in many of the Stephanie Plum series books written by Janet Evanovich as a favorite snack of the main character Stephanie Plum. She can eat all she wants and never get fat.
[edit] References
^ ESPN: Heckling Stephen A. Without Mercy
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*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 4:22 PM
Oh 'can it' CG, not interested in hearing your criticism, thank you.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:22 PM
Fake cheesy poofs? Ugh. May as well nosh on rolled up cardboard.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:22 PM
You can make a hard ball out of the white part of Wonder bread and eat that. It's kinda like eating playdough.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:22 PM
I like the Boar's Head cold cuts at the deli. We like a good hogie in this house.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:07 PM
THL, you disappoint me. You move out of Brooklyn and start calling a "hero" a "hoagie"? shame shame. First time I visited Philly and my cousins asked me what I wanted on my hoagie I asked WTF was a hoagie.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 4:23 PM
M4L, just pointing out that plenty of people here weren't on the gravy train growing up and don't talk about it endlessly. You seem to be doing fine now, no?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:23 PM
Pirate booty is the correct name for them alright. Every time I buy them I feel as though I was robbed!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:23 PM
bag o' pirate booty is like a buck fitty.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:24 PM
I also like cod or haddock roes dipped in seasoned flour and fried in butter
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 4:24 PM
I adore cheese puffs (as does Widget) - but maybe the person is talking about the ones you make w/ leftover dough & parmesan.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:25 PM
cobblehiller, you all right today? seriously.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:25 PM
MUST RESIST SAYING SOMETHING ARGUEMENTATIVE!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 4:26 PM
IT'S A HOAGIE!!! dammit...only you east coasters play that 'hero' nonsense. grrrr!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:26 PM
Pirate booty = Pirates of the Caribbean = Orlando Bloom = Delicious booty
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 4:26 PM
Dave, I love cheese puffs too. Just was surprised someone would bring them to a big Fall-themed party like rob is responsible for.
"And when she talked about a fall
I thought she talked about a season
I never understood at all
I thought she said 'maple leaves'
and when she talked about a fall
I thought she talked about Mark E. Smith
I never understood at all."
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 4:26 PM
i'm just pointing out that you can be hostile. not sure why or how you pick and choose though i think that it is somewhat obvious. just a thought, get over yourself princess.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:27 PM
True Kens! It's because the rolls I get are called hoagie rolls. It's hard to get good fresh Italian bread around me. So rather than use old stale stuff I just buy the hoagie rolls now.
I'm sorry!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:27 PM
quote:
THL, you disappoint me. You move out of Brooklyn and start calling a "hero" a "hoagie"? shame shame. First time I visited Philly and my cousins asked me what I wanted on my hoagie I asked WTF was a hoagie.
in north jersey heros and hogies were often called blimpies
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 4:27 PM
Whatever CG. You spout off plenty. I'll spout off too, when the urge strikes me. Thanks for your concern.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:27 PM
and correct spelling too apparently
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 4:27 PM
cobble, this OT. on top of that most of us saying similar things all the time. just because we said it before doesn't mean we cant say it again. do I ever tell you to not say something?
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 4:28 PM
The crunchy ones are the best.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 4:28 PM
Cheetohs! Often on twofer at Key.
One of the joys of Wonder Bread is the way you can smoosh it up. But it means you have to soften the butter for your pb&j & the chunks of nut sometimes get pressed through if you grip too hard.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:29 PM
CG, you're plenty hostile yourself, and it's been noted by more than one.
So take a step back before you start calling people names.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:29 PM
" do I ever tell you to not say something? "
You aren't one of the thread police M4L DUH!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 4:29 PM
THL, is it really difficult to find good fresh italian bread in jersey city? im actually kind of surprised by that.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 4:30 PM
Hoagie, hero, sub, grinder - a rose by any name...
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:30 PM
little princess living in her OT bubble. enjoy.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:31 PM
IT'S A HOAGIE!!! dammit...only you east coasters play that 'hero' nonsense. grrrr!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:26 PM
It's a "sub" as in submarine sandwich
It's also called a grinder in many parts. You shouldn't be such a subcist.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:31 PM
"why the hell would someone want to eat a healthier version of a cheese puff????"
I was asking the same question the other night about "baked" potato chips. I got a bag by mistake, and they tasted so awful. To me, either eat potato chips or eat something healthy.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:31 PM
Uhm, yes, I believe you have M4L. I wasn't on any gravy train growing up either. And this endless talk about how easy 'most of us' here have had it compared to you makes me a little bonkers.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:32 PM
ahem..
My friend's dad claims he invented the term "hero" for those sandwich thingies. He's Greek.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 4:32 PM
Yeah Rob, sad. Most of it comes from the big manufacturers and gets dropped off in the mornings. Doesn't seem like the bakeries around here make their own either. I'm pretty bummed about it.
Surprisingly the best I've found is at BJ's. How weird is that?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:33 PM
ditto...do you go to Coney Island for your whitefish?
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 4:33 PM
"ahem..
My friend's dad claims he invented the term "hero" for those sandwich thingies. He's Greek. "
Everyone knows it was the Chinese.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:33 PM
CarGar - You're so right!!! Love the chips that have little bubbles of fat in them but you don't see them much any more because of better quality control.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:33 PM
Folks, I'm still due some abuse for Thursday, so stick to ridiculing me, please. That is all.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 4:33 PM
The Chinese invented the hero. It came in between gunpowder and pasta.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:34 PM
Joe, why the hell would someone want to eat a healthier version of a cheese puff???? This is what I hate the most about all the left wing organic/vegan dogooders. That orange dust is to die for and the salt content is a real kicker. :)
True, but the "real cheese" version is better. BTW, libertarians/conservatives like healthy food too...
Rand Paul 2009!
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 4:34 PM
I think I prefer sub to hero (and forget about that hoagie business).
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 4:34 PM
THL - Some of the frozen ones that you actually bake aren't bad - or better than the supermarket ones, anyway.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:34 PM
On the whole "you don't know your born" thing, I had the point illuminated to me recently by a friend.
I was saying how we'd done quite well considering our upbringing. To which my friend replied "20% of the world survives on less than a dollar a day. We didn't realise it but we grew up with riches that we took completely for granted. Schools, libraries, running water, public transportation."
Posted by: the chicken at October 19, 2009 4:35 PM
You've been known to go off on people plenty, CG. You don't know the first thing about me or my life. So STFU.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:36 PM
"in north jersey heros and hogies were often called blimpies"
In Connecticut (bastion of the trust fund), we called them grinders.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:37 PM
None of these things beat pork rinds.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:37 PM
We are in Brooklyn so it shall be referred to as a HERO :o)
THL, I still luv you regardless. You can call it whatever you like. I just wasn't going to miss an opportunity to mess with you :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 4:37 PM
When I got my Mui Mandoline Slicer the first thing I made?
Homemade potato chips. Eaten warm...
Jesus wept!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:37 PM
I iwsh they sold that orange powder in little shakers for use at home.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:37 PM
You're right Kens a hero it is!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:39 PM
I happen to like the taste of sweeter Miracle Whip on certain cold cuts, however my preference is Helmanns Mayo, regular, not the dietetic version. Growing up my Mom only bought/used Helmanns, in fact my grandfather used Helmanns as his salad dressing of choice, often cutting iceberg lettuce into wedges, served with sliced beefsteak tomato and then spreading it all with mayo. I recall a few years ago that he once asked specifically for Helmanns in a restaurant. When he was told that only the typical salad dressing options were available to him , he was adamant that he be provided his mayonaise. He let our waitress know that he was nearing 90 years of age and was getting to NY and out to restaurants less and less. She brought him his mayo.
Posted by: Crescent Hill at October 19, 2009 4:40 PM
see how nice you feel letting your true self come out! fun times.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:40 PM
Apple beat the numbers.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:41 PM
Didn't the Italians invent the meatball hero?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:41 PM
THL, BTW, isn't Balthazars bakery somewhere in Jersey? (I think in North Jersey though). Maybe you can pick up bread directly from them? They are yummmyyyy.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 4:42 PM
I never tried the frozen one's Arkady I'll give them a shot.
Growing up one of my dad's best buddies was Mr. Bellacicco so we always had plenty of fresh baked Bellacicco Italian Bread and Sesame Bread Sticks around the house. So good.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:42 PM
"The Chinese invented the hero. It came in between gunpowder and pasta."
I thought the Chinese invented the herro too.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 4:42 PM
CG, It appears you have a problem with me. Why don't you let your thinly-veiled hostility towards me out in the sunshine, darling. Or is there some issue in your own life that's bothering you?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:43 PM
Before you could get it in the UK, I used to carry jars of Hellmann's over there - Heinz salad dressing they use is horrid.
I agree, Miracle Whip is better on some things.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:43 PM
I iwsh they sold that orange powder in little shakers for use at home.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:37 PM
ROFL
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 4:44 PM
I'll tell Xing you said Herro, Biff.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:44 PM
Oops, I meant to say "hero", not "herro"
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 4:45 PM
Great story Crescent!
I remember my mom making a concoction of Helmann's Mayo, ketchup, Vinegar and salt pepper.
It's french dressing plain and simple. Every now and again I crave it on a salad.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:45 PM
Pete - my missus gets it every now and then from the Acme smoked fish factory in Greenpoint - they sell directly to the public on Friday monrnigs. You can pick up a nice slab of smoked salmon or sable too.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 4:45 PM
Am I the only one that things mayonnaise is "gross"?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 4:45 PM
Yankees ahead 1-0.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 4:45 PM
I think that on west coast not called Hellman's. Somehow that is trademarked for some other product.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 4:46 PM
unless you're thick, i was pretty direct. i thought you were out of line calling someone garbage, and i thought you were completely non-sensical in ripping M4L on a pretty harmless comment about growing up on porridge. and lastly, i think you get snitty about most things on this site unless it relates directly to you.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:46 PM
things = thinks
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 4:46 PM
THL - That's what they served in London on a prawn cocktail (in a half of avocado). I hated it initially - wanted my ketchup, lemon & horseradish but once in a while I crave it now.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:47 PM
yankees blow chunks
Posted by: randolph at October 19, 2009 4:47 PM
"I think that on west coast not called Hellman's. Somehow that is trademarked for some other product."
best foods west of the mississippi
Posted by: randolph at October 19, 2009 4:48 PM
omg look at this email i just got about the potluck!
"No one batted an eye at your ingredient list cause we’re to scared to eat anything you make anyway."
:-/
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 4:48 PM
now I will begin to think of myself as growing up poor since my mother bought miracle whip....but we used butter on sandwiches not mayo. I know, sounds real goyshe. Msalad had m.whip.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 4:48 PM
It's Best Foods west of the Rockies because when CPC bought the franchise out there it would've been too expensive to rebrand it. (They used to be a big client of mine.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:48 PM
Best Foods on the West Coast. Best Foods owned Helman's but it stayed Hellmans on the East Coast. Best Foods was owned by Corn Products Company (CPC International). Not sure who owns the brand now but it is what I was raised on and the only mayo I will eat and I will never eat Miracle whip.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:48 PM
When I was last in Mexico I seriously considered swiping a bottle of Lime Mayo that they'd serve with hamburgers in the restaurant of our hotel. SO good!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:49 PM
Heeeeeey, no cat fights around here unless I'm involved.
Meow.
Posted by: Pia at October 19, 2009 4:49 PM
Arkady- My mom is British so maybe that's where it came from.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:49 PM
is it just me or do the chinese claim to invent eveeeeeerything. lol
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 4:50 PM
Oh please, 6 people emailed me asking if I thought that poster was for real. I didn't see anyone standing up for them and saying, no, no, this must be a real poster. Get over it.
2nd, That was between me and M4L, but you, not to be left out of any intrigue ever, had to stick your fat nose in it.
Why not ponder your own 'snitty' moments, and leave mine alone. If I'm out of line, my friends will tell me.
Thanks.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:51 PM
I'm setting up the jello wrestling ring over here>>>>>>>
Selling tickets at $5 a head to watch the show.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 4:51 PM
Miricle Whip is NOT mayo.
It's sandwich spread.
*gag*
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:52 PM
oh pia. i'm sorry to have upset you. it seems that there has to be some sort of dustup every couple of days. but at least people are sharing their true feelings. exciting! and servicey!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:52 PM
cobble, since you like to continue this, who is the one frequently threatening physical hard to others via your 6 5" BH? please, check yourself
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 4:52 PM
quote:
Pete - my missus gets it every now and then from the Acme smoked fish factory in Greenpoint- dittoburg
lol your missus? for some reason i always thought you were F.O.D
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 4:53 PM
ditto...that was a joke about getting the whitefish at coney island.
I love sable but pricey...Russ and daughters on houston.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 4:53 PM
bj, I also loathe mayo.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 4:53 PM
"No one batted an eye at your ingredient list cause we’re to scared to eat anything you make anyway."
ROFL, *rob*. Now you know why they wouldn't eat the watermelon.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:53 PM
"Heinz salad dressing they use is horrid"
au contraire! Try egg salad made using it! its so zingy (the vinegar).
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 4:53 PM
DH addressed the Hellman's / Best Foods dichotomy about 4 hours ago ^^^^
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 4:54 PM
For the record, I am not "Pia" poster. Whoever that is, please, let go of my cat's name.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 4:54 PM
Rob! I'm sorry!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:54 PM
like i said, you're pretty obvious yourself. and we don't need to activate the phone tree for the harpy circle. whatevs. this was getting lame and now it has officially nuked the fridge.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 19, 2009 4:54 PM
THL,
http://www.balthazarbakery.com/wholesale/retail.php
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 4:55 PM
Ditto - It's very similar to Durkee's Dressing here. (Ugh.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:55 PM
rob, I would feel insulted if I got that email. What a bunch of jerks.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 4:55 PM
someone tell Ditto about Coney Island whitefish.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 4:56 PM
Yankees up 1-0, end of 2nd, on Jeter's leadoff home run.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 4:56 PM
Kens- I had no idea! Great info, thanks!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:57 PM
"Nuked the fridge" OMG! Are we back on Snappy's knickers?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 4:57 PM
"frequently threatening physical hard to others "
M4L, you've met BH. He's the sweetest/gentlest 6'5" guy in the world and anything like that was in jest. I assure you. I call him my body guard but he would never lay a hand on anyone. I use that as a joke to ask people to lay off. Now, please, let's take this down a notch.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 4:57 PM
Since this arguing stuff is getting so frequent - i motion to have all future OT dustups be conducted in "Battle Rap" format.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 4:57 PM
oh Pete - you nasty man
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 4:59 PM
ROFL Arkady!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 4:59 PM
Cobble, I, too, have no interest in continuing that kind of exchange. I'm just not the type to NOT respond when engaged.
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 5:01 PM
arkady - its also similary to japanese mayonnaise
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 5:01 PM
- this was getting lame and now it has officially nuked the fridge.
Yep, go bitch about it on "You know Who's blog"
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 5:02 PM
How did my knickers get involved??!! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:03 PM
THL - am glad to be useful for something :o).
I actually didn't know it until I was driving in Englewood a year or so ago and passed by the bakery and was like WTF is Balthazars doing in such remote location then I learned that they do all their baking there and then deliver to the city locations and whomever orders their stuff. Looks like the have an onsite retail location so maybe you can pick up some yummy stuff there. Or maybe you can call and they can tell you if they deliver their breads to some locations in Jersey City. Their stuff is oh so good. The cranberries, raisin, walnut bread is to die for.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 5:03 PM
Hey, Crescent Hill, where you been! Your story reminds me of my grandfather - he was the same way. Also reminds me that there's nothing like a BLT, with lots of Hellman's, on toasted Wonder Bread.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 5:03 PM
Cgar - not that I review not 4 hours but about 1 hour. would you like to disagree with moi?
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 5:03 PM
FOD?
I am as clueless as to that as I am to "worm-off". Isn't there a glossary section here somewhere?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 5:04 PM
We've known each other long enough to like each other, and now we've known each other to occasionally get on each other's nerves. Natural development that doesn't necessarily bode ill.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 5:06 PM
g'bye folks. Time for that long walk home. maybe I'll check later this evening to see who the last one standing was.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 19, 2009 5:06 PM
Totally kens - I <3 Balthazar bakery **looks out window and blows balthazar a kiss**
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:06 PM
LOL, Pete, I was tempted to get into a tofu scuffle with you earlier (hate tofu - don't like the texture or consistency - and like flavored yogurt) but I resisted.
I was looking for DH's post but couldn't find it, but felt the man deserved credit where credit is due. I got your back DH! (Probably because I'm hiding behind you in the event a fight breaks out)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 5:06 PM
"Since this arguing stuff is getting so frequent - i motion to have all future OT dustups be conducted in "Battle Rap" format."
Awesome!
Arkady = MC Grammar
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:06 PM
Snappy - That was a cheap shot of euphemism - remember the freezer thread?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:06 PM
For the record, it was the military crawl.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 5:07 PM
Arkady, my brain is in the back pocket of the jeans I wore yesterday! I'm a smidge slow on the uptake this afternoon :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:09 PM
Biffy - Huh? I haven't picked a nit all day!
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:09 PM
Very well said, jester. (Also good to see you want us to heap further abuse on you for Union Hall!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 5:10 PM
Biff = MC Meaniepants/Cat Killer
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:10 PM
Jokester, you know, you can't even look at that blog without a log in anymore. Like it's an exclusive club or something. All lurkers require preapproval, now. Oh well, I guess one has to accept diappointment in life.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 19, 2009 5:11 PM
someone tell Ditto about Coney Island whitefish.
ROTFLMMFAO
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 5:11 PM
THL- That dressing sounds good, I'll have to try it.
CG- Thats how I like my BLT as well, as did he. Hey, he made it to 93, even with all that mayo!
Posted by: Crescent Hill at October 19, 2009 5:12 PM
"FOD? I am as clueless as to that as I am to "worm-off"
You're not alone. I don't know what any of this is supposed to mean.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 5:12 PM
quote:
Totally kens - I <3 Balthazar bakery **looks out window and blows balthazar a kiss**
they have the WORST coffee. and their iced "coffee" is nothing more than a cup over overpriced shaved brown ice. ick
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 5:12 PM
Snappy- Speaking of cats. I just checked out the itty bitty kitties. She gave them baths! Look at the freshly fluffed little furbie Gordon!
http://www.theittybittykittycommittee.com/
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 5:13 PM
Biff Tompion (a tompion is a little plug of detritus from the forest floor that bears stick up their butts to keep ants from crawling in while they hibernate. It's the stem from which we derive the word tampon...)
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:13 PM
"Biffy - Huh? I haven't picked a nit all day!"
Arkady, it was a play on MC Hammer and a tribute to your cunning linguistic skills. It was a compliment, not an insult.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:14 PM
Yes, for the foreseeable future I am the only PLUSA-approved jerk around here.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 19, 2009 5:14 PM
ARKADY!!! OMG!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 5:15 PM
"Like it's an exclusive club or something. All lurkers require preapproval"
Really slopefarm? As opposed to here where all COMMENTS require pre-approval?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:15 PM
Slope, Yes, I know it's a 'members only club' over there. And according to the What, it's going to be the best website ever, with only 20 people that can view it.
But who says I can't look. There's ways around it.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 5:15 PM
"they have the WORST coffee. and their iced "coffee" is nothing more than a cup over overpriced shaved brown ice. ick"
I'll pretend i didn't hear that ROB!!
Their hot coffee is better
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:16 PM
(a tompion is a little plug of detritus from the forest floor that bears stick up their butts to keep ants from crawling in while they hibernate. It's the stem from which we derive the word tampon...)
It is for this reason that no matter how bad the cat calling, cat talk, racism, arguing and all else gets, I will never blogicide here.
The things you learn on the OT!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 5:17 PM
THL, I can't get the page to load :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:17 PM
I figured that but it sprang by parthenogenesis out of the head of Zeus from nowhere!
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:17 PM
THL - A-DOR-able! But I bet Millicent is renamed Milton or something...
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:19 PM
"Yes, for the foreseeable future I am the only PLUSA-approved jerk around here."
You're not a jerk infinite. [Or better said, I've never seen you be a jerk.]
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 5:20 PM
Ants in the bum. Well I'll be darned!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:20 PM
DH, it was a mess around here in the guest days, but anyone can lurk or visit the site today. You just need a login to comment. The other blog now requires a login just to look.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 19, 2009 5:21 PM
an FOD = a gay man over 40. stands for friend of dorothy. it sounds pretty stupid but i laughed hard when i first heard it. no clue who dorothy is tho, i assume dorothy from the golden girls probably.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 5:23 PM
- no clue who dorothy is tho, i assume dorothy from the golden girls probably.
The Wizard of OZ
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 5:24 PM
"I <3 Balthazar bakery **looks out window and blows balthazar a kiss**"
Psst, DH, your forgot to be clear that you meant it "no homo".
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 5:25 PM
Dorothy Gale YOU MORON!!!!!!
From The Wizard of Oz
Hand in your gay card.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 5:25 PM
parthenogenesis - # human conception without fertilization by a man
# process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
# Parthenogenesis (from the Greek παρθένος parthenos, "virgin", + γένεσις genesis, "creation") is an asexual form of reproduction found in females where growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilization by a male. ...
Thanks Arkady, you just gave me my "new word for the day"
As a product of the NYC public schools, I had to take my education into my own hands at a young age...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 5:26 PM
And I don't think he has to be over 40.
But ditto is not a FOD. no homo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 19, 2009 5:26 PM
oh HAAAAAAAAAAA. hmm. i think it's funnier if it's bea arthur. is the wizard of oz even a gay cult icon movie?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 19, 2009 5:27 PM
slopefarm, I registered, looked and gave up. Not a bad idea in a sense but obviously not a good business model. Completely disorganized and all over the place. I got a headache just by looking at it. Not user friendly at all. Lots of potentially good features but just not well made or designed. I'll stick to brownstoner but if it keeps on getting ugly here, I'll just avoid OT like quiet a few regular posters do. I do miss some of the posters that went over there and you can beat me up all you want over this. I could care less.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 19, 2009 5:27 PM
"no clue who dorothy is tho, i assume dorothy from the golden girls probably"
*rob*, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland's character, LOL
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 5:29 PM
The Wizard of Oz is horrible. Feel free to take my gay card and burn it.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:29 PM
- is the wizard of oz even a gay cult icon movie?
Oh gosh, can someone pleeeeeease help gayify *Rob*
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 5:29 PM
slopefarm, I registered, looked and gave up.
What kind of site is it Ken? Same as BS?
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 5:30 PM
Note to self: don't ever compliment Arkaday again!
It's downright dangerous!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:31 PM
He gets your IP address when you register. Not so with his old blogger blog.
Not cool!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 5:31 PM
Snaps - You're safe. I think it's a male gay thing.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:31 PM
- What kind of site is it Ken? Same as BS?
Exactly the same!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 5:31 PM
what are the big Lesbian Icon Movies?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 5:32 PM
What's it called?
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 5:33 PM
- He gets your IP address when you register. Not so with his old blogger blog.
He gets your IP address when you post. Dangerous.
Viewing it he doesn't.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 5:34 PM
Biffers - I may have over-reacted. Toss more bouquets my way & I'll be gracious, I promise.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:34 PM
I tried ASSHATHILL, I couldn't register...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 5:34 PM
Kens - What are the "Lots of potentially good features..."?
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:36 PM
"an FOD = a gay man over 40."
It must be my accent.
I turned 40 this year - does that count as over 40?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 5:37 PM
Prediction:
My 5:34pm post will get copied and posted over there.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 5:37 PM
"Biffers - I may have over-reacted. Toss more bouquets my way & I'll be gracious, I promise."
Too late, Arkady! It's ON like a tompion!
Or should I say it's IN like a tompion?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:37 PM
Biff, you never answered my question about the Champs' Halloween costumes (though creative suggestions included a cat and a wood chipper, LOL).
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 5:38 PM
A-Rod homered
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:38 PM
Where?
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 5:39 PM
Careful BJ - your true identity is starting to peek thru ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:39 PM
CGar, they are likely going in one of their many superhero costumes. Look for us on Garden Place - one of the best streets to visit in New York during Halloween.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:40 PM
Biff - That would be "in".
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:40 PM
"- He gets your IP address when you register. Not so with his old blogger blog.
He gets your IP address when you post. Dangerous.
Viewing it he doesn't."
You are correct. Either way. No dice!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 5:40 PM
But, Biffy, it's too late if you're bugged already.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:40 PM
I can't believe there are people who eat wonder bread. Besides Rob, of course.
Posted by: denton at October 19, 2009 5:41 PM
The fact that know one is giving me a straight answer about this new site is causing me to consider going to this new site... that's a paradox...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 5:41 PM
"But, Biffy, it's too late if you're bugged already."
Arkady, huh?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:43 PM
Argh! My net connection tanked again :-( No 700 for moi!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:43 PM
And I assume you'll be dressed as YOUR favorite superhero, Biff Champion. If they want to take "Wonderdog" trick or treating with them, let me know, and you can borrow mine, but I don't think she digs costumes.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 5:44 PM
"The fact that know one is giving me a straight answer about this new site is causing me to consider going to this new site... that's a paradox..."
It's the anti-brownstoner.com made by "The What" former Brownstoner villian who has since been banned.
Many disenfranchised Brownstoner OT posters have defected over there, due to the better vibe.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:44 PM
Denton - I haven't had it in years but crave it once in a while as a nostalgia thing. (Except when I was young it only built bodies 8 ways...)
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:44 PM
Knicks are undefeated
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 5:45 PM
Biffers - It's too late to stick the tompion in if you're already bugged! And apparently you are about my response to your flattering remarks.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:46 PM
Geez, it's already the end of the 4th inning.
At this rate, I'll only be able to catch the last three hours of the game.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:47 PM
Dipster - I query the use of the word "many".
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 5:48 PM
Ya know, I'm enjoying this light-up ring pop and I'm starting to wonder what asshole thought this was a good candy for kids. I almost bit the candy part off and then realized that if I do, I will most certainly bite into the light that is making candy flash in the first place. Perhaps the bodega sold me recalled candy? WTF?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:50 PM
Ahhhh, got it now Arkady.
It's all good. I'm not bugged at all.
I still (heart emoticon) Arkady.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:50 PM
"Dipster - I query the use of the word "many".
Arkady - enough that I can't count them on one hand, which is too much.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:51 PM
3-0 Yankees.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 5:51 PM
- I query the use of the word "many".
Too (#) many.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 5:51 PM
Damon homers
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:51 PM
It's about 6 posters and 14 Part Time lookiloos.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 5:51 PM
Snappy, I showed that to Cobble. That thing isn't safe when you're drinking, especially the red & blue flashing lights together.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 5:52 PM
Yanks up 3-0 in the 5th on Johnny Damon's homer.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 5:52 PM
ENY, think it's time for you to prepare for friendly wager with DIBS cause it's half way there to Yanks Phillies WS show down
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 5:53 PM
Yankees are lookin so good as of late.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 19, 2009 5:56 PM
I can't seem to register...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 5:57 PM
LOL Cargar! It is tasty though...and hypnotizes kitties!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 5:59 PM
I loved the ring Snappy, glamour doesn't begin to tell the story!! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 6:00 PM
The Yanks will make it, M4L, I'm pretty sure. The Phillies...maybe.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 6:00 PM
um, who got 600?
And 700?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 6:01 PM
3-1 Yankees.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 19, 2009 6:02 PM
I don't know Snappy, after a few drinks, that flashing ring scares the bejesus out of me. Outta here. Ny-tol!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 19, 2009 6:03 PM
this temporary ride on Yanks band wagon paying dividends for this Mets fan searching for some NYC sports pride.
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 6:03 PM
"Slope, Yes, I know it's a 'members only club' over there. And according to the What, it's going to be the best website ever, with only 20 people that can view it.
But who says I can't look. There's ways around it."
"What's it called?
Circle Jerk"
Brownjokester we know who you are!
The note below is from our SDFL.
"Tell the assfuck his IP address and username is fucking Dead!!!"
Posted by: jack slade at October 19, 2009 6:04 PM
I'll be chatting it up with the Lufthansa flight attendants here in the hotel. Fuck the What and all his friends! I don't give a fuck about any of them: the who, the why, how, when...fuck 'em! (no homo)
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 6:04 PM
Cobble, I'll have to get one for you too...it is quite lovely isn't it!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:05 PM
Angels get on the board on Kendrick's homer - 3-1 Yanks, top of the sixth.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 6:05 PM
"Cobble, I'll have to get one for you too...it is quite lovely isn't it!"
Let's all wear them for the Holiday Party, even better than name tags!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 6:07 PM
JS - Well, that's certainly confidence-inspiring - really makes a kid want to join.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 6:08 PM
Jack, don't post threats here man. I don't want to be dragged in by the po po who might be investigating this crap. that post makes it hard for me to claim I didn't see or know anything
Posted by: more4less at October 19, 2009 6:09 PM
Yes! Screw the nametags...we'll just be the large group of asshats in the corner with light-up candy on our pinky fingers :-) **I gotta go buy out all the rings in that bodega!**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:09 PM
And all attendees will have to sign a waiver that they won't sue us if the bite into the light bulb part!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:10 PM
Holy Shitzoly. Someone doesn't have a sense of humor!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 19, 2009 6:12 PM
Snaps - Just go Trick or Treating & maybe you'll be given enough for the party! (And I'll take all the choc off your hands.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 6:13 PM
SDFL?
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 6:13 PM
Something along the lines of Supreme Damn Effing Leader.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 6:16 PM
Arkady, I doubt anyone is gonna give me candy!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:17 PM
M4L stop it please! Read the comment! Read the comment slowly. matter of fact wipe the meatball sauce off your glasses and read the comment again!
He said his username and ID. You people are really uptight. and bunch of drama queens.
Arkady sorry if I scared you. I came in peace!
Laters gotta catch some Yankees baseball
Posted by: jack slade at October 19, 2009 6:18 PM
Snappy! Are you kidding? In your gold lame top & short sox?
Or I guess you could send Hari & Pia around.
Posted by: Arkady at October 19, 2009 6:19 PM
Super Dorothy's Friend's Leader (SDFL)
Posted by: dittoburg at October 19, 2009 6:20 PM
"we'll just be the large group of asshats in the corner with light-up candy on our pinky fingers :-)"
Exactly! No one will have to guess if it's us! I love it!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 6:21 PM
I see the What has added to his retinue of personal messenger boys.
Posted by: East New York at October 19, 2009 6:21 PM
Hmmm...pimping the kitties for candy eh? Not bad. Not bad at all! I could then sell said candy and make a killing :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:24 PM
Super Duper Fine Lady (SDFL)
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 6:25 PM
Are we back on the gold lame tube top again!! LOL!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 6:25 PM
Yes, Cobble...I wear that top with diving fins now! A little difficult to walk in that getup, but I manage :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:28 PM
ROFL, that is the craziest image i'm getting...you know I'm in the VISUAL ARTS!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 6:31 PM
Good heavens! Someone actually makes gold lame tube tops!!!
http://tinyurl.com/yzmec6f
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:33 PM
If What's on first, Who's on second(?)
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 6:33 PM
Now I just need to find a pic of someone wearing that with diving fins! ROFL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:34 PM
Yeah, that's likely!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 19, 2009 6:35 PM
OMG, it's 1976 all over again! LOL!
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 19, 2009 6:38 PM
Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 19, 2009 6:41 PM
Things are wrapping up over here, if anyone needs me I'll be in a bar on Monatague street...
G'night all!
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 19, 2009 7:11 PM
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